Urban Lives, Old Spaces: Mid-century Modest to Millennial Modern

Urban Lives, Old Spaces is a blog series that chronicles the shifting lives of historic spaces and how the built environment connects with contemporary issues in our lives. Featuring a different space in each blog, guest writer Lainie Ettinger looks at the resilience of historic places and the changing role they play in making Portland [...]

Urban Lives, Old Spaces: Mid-century Modest to Millennial Modern2022-11-23T18:27:22-08:00

Ornamental Plaster: The Modern Craftspeople Keeping an Ancient Art Alive

Plaster Demo at AHC Open House August 13, 11am-2pm Come see the process of restoring plaster for yourself at AHC’s upcoming Open House on August 13. The event runs from 11-2 and will feature walking tours every half hour, ice cream and live music; demonstrations by members of the Plasterers Union Local 82 begin at [...]

Ornamental Plaster: The Modern Craftspeople Keeping an Ancient Art Alive2022-08-09T15:44:01-07:00

Share your voice on our city’s historic resources

The Historic Resources Code Project (HRCP) proposes changes to the City of Portland’s regulations for identifying, designating, protecting, and reusing historic places. You can read the draft HRCP proposal, released in July 2021, here. The draft will go before the Portland City Council on November 3. Share stories or general ideas The HRCP [...]

Share your voice on our city’s historic resources2021-11-05T13:59:33-07:00

Weigh in on city plan that impacts Portland’s historic resources

Updated October 28 - The deadline to submit written testimony on the Proposed Draft amendments of the Historic Resources Code Project has been extended to November 10, 12:30pm, so you still have the opportunity to weigh in on a city plan that impacts Portland’s historic resources. You can access a sample template for writing your [...]

Weigh in on city plan that impacts Portland’s historic resources2020-10-30T09:43:06-07:00

Candidates discuss issues related to our city’s built environment

Updated October 20 - In the final candidate forum in this election cycle, the AHC asked candidates for mayor and commissioner to weigh in on equity, livability, and emergency preparedness issues as they relate to the city's built environment. Read their ideas. Updated July 30 - The AHC asked Dan Ryan and Loretta Smith, the two candidates running [...]

Candidates discuss issues related to our city’s built environment2020-10-22T10:31:24-07:00

Preservation Legislative Alert

UPDATE (April 2, 2019): Your testimony is still needed! Please submit your testimony by Wednesday afternoon, April 3, before the next committee hearing. Address your testimony to Senator Dembrow (committee chair) and to the committee clerk, and email it to: Sen.MichaelDembrow@oregonlegislature.gov senr.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov Two important legislative bills that could have substantial positive impact on preservation are [...]

Preservation Legislative Alert2020-09-11T15:42:17-07:00

City housing proposal still being debated

  Buckman neigbhorhood. Photo by Brian Johnson July 24, 2018 - Portland’s city planners have recently delayed a decision on a proposal aimed at increasing density in residential neighborhoods and largely eliminating single-family residential zones throughout most of the city. If approved as proposed, the plan would allow duplexes, triplexes and possibly even [...]

City housing proposal still being debated2021-01-05T17:05:45-08:00

The House of Morris Marks: A Preservation Story

In 1880 when Portland shoe merchant Morris Marks and his wife Annie built a new home at 1134 S.W. 12th Avenue, he probably didn’t imagine the house would ever move. The home was designed by Portland architect Warren Heywood Williams in an Italianate style, of which there are few remaining examples in Portland. Williams would [...]

The House of Morris Marks: A Preservation Story2021-01-05T17:10:13-08:00

Draft Central City 2035 Plan Discussion at the AHC – April 12th, 2016

On April 12th at 6:30 PM, the Architectural Heritage Center (701 SE Grand Avenue) will be hosting an information session on the draft Central City 2035 Plan. Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staff will provide an overview of the draft Central City 2035 Plan, which will provide a new long-range land use and transportation [...]

Draft Central City 2035 Plan Discussion at the AHC – April 12th, 20162021-01-08T10:39:00-08:00

City Council Gets an Earful on Demolition Issue

To follow up on our posts from the past week, yesterday, the Portland City Council accepted the report from the Portland Historic Landmarks Commission, that included several recommendations, including those aimed at the demolition of single family homes in the city. Hopefully now the City will begin to take a hard look and perhaps even [...]

City Council Gets an Earful on Demolition Issue2020-09-11T15:42:23-07:00
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