Updated July 30 - The AHC asked Dan Ryan and Loretta Smith, the two candidates running for Portland City Commissioner 2, about their views on equity, livability, and emergency preparedness issues as they relate to the city's built environment. Read their ideas. May 6, 2020 - Portland’s primary election takes place on May 19, 2020. We wanted to [...]
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: [email protected] [email protected] Two important legislative bills that could have substantial positive impact on preservation are [...]
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 four-plexes [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
To update our post from last week, last Thursday, members of the Portland Coalition for Historic Resources met at the Architectural Heritage Center to develop a three-pronged approach to addressing the demolition issue in Portland. This Thursday, they will propose the following emergency measures to the Portland City Council. Close loopholes by defining “demolition” as [...]
The Portland City Council will hear the annual “State of the City Preservation Report” from the Portland Historic Landmarks Commission on Thursday, July 31st starting at 2:00PM. A number of historic preservation issues, successes, and challenges are included in the very thorough report. We hope you will help fill City Hall with supporters of historic [...]
Last night the Eastmoreland Neighborhood announced they would be staging a "park-in" to keep yet another demolition from occurring. Here's the text of their announcement from their Facebook page: DEMOLITION UPDATE: The developer at 3620 SE Rural has circumvented the ENA's 120 day delay for demolition and plans to raze the house tomorrow morning. A [...]
As we recently reported, it seems that building demolitions in Portland are continuing unabated, or at least the continued threat of demolition is still out there. The Markham House in Laurelhurst is still in danger of being demolished, even though we've heard that the new owner has offered to sell the house to someone interested in [...]