Mark Granlund is always on the lookout for people who will help "fight the good fight," he said. As executive director of the Architectural Heritage Center, Granlund is passionate about historic preservation. He searches for new recruits - those who can make donations to the Heritage Center and support its mission to save historically significant buildings.
Brian Emerick's design of the Porter Glisan building renovation at Northwest 12th Avenue and Glisan Street gives the building a modern flare without stripping the past. The Pearl District has radically changed since the days of this building, so we wanted to respect its industrial heritage," said Emerick.
The historic Academy Theater in the Montavilla neighborhood will be donating 15 percent of its concessions sales on March 11 to support the Architectural Heritage Center. Originally opened in 1948, the theater was closed in the 1970s. A full-scale renovation was performed on the theater, and it was reopened in 2005 with a restored rounded lobby, new neon signage and three screens with stadium seating.
The Architectural Heritage Center wants to know your 10 favorite Portland buildings. As part of Oregon's sesquicentennial celebration, the AHC is asking Portlanders to e-mail a list of their top 10 Portland buildings to AHC education manager Val Ballestrem, valb@visitahc.org, by Feb. 1.
The Bosco-Milligan Foundation can't rebuild the Oriental Theatre or the Jacobs-Dolph Mansion. But with a new exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center, the preservation unit's executive director believes she's doing the next best thing. The Heritage Center this summer will be home to three exhibits celebrating forgotten artifacts of Portland's built history. Two - one of which has yet to open - focus on hardware; the third exhibit recalls demolished city buildings and contrasts their designs with the buildings that replaced them.
Jeanne Lambin, the author of "Preserving Resources from the Recent Past," will discuss efforts to preserve "modern" buildings of the postwar era during an April 6 presentation at the Architectural Heritage Center in Portland. Lambin's presentation will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 701 S.E. Grand Ave., in Portland.
An exhibit this winter at the Architectural Heritage Center's Meyer Memorial Trust Gallery will tell the story of Portland's grassroots preservationists. A Lasting Legacy: Historic Preservation in Portland will highlight early Portland preservation advocacy efforts, including the transformation of the historic West's Block Building into the Architectural Heritage Center.
In February of last year, Portland City Council approved the demolition of the Kiernan Building, also known as the former home of the Dirty Duck Tavern. This month, Portland will bid farewell to the building. SERA Architects-designed new Blanchet House of Hospitality, this week's featured On The Boards project, will replace the Dirty Duck. Blanchet House, a soup kitchen and transitional housing facility, is currently located in a 100-year-old building on the same block. Its new facility on the Dirty Duck property will be nearly three times the size at four stories and more than 36,000 square feet. (Blanchet House was able to increase from a three- to four-story option because of acquired funding).
... protection raised a question on the Architectural Heritage Center's Portland Preservation Blog. ..Th...
After a period of relative silence, a developer has broken ground for a mixed-use building next to the Hollywood Theatre in Northeast Portland. Hollywood District business owners and historic preservationists had concerns about the project, which was proposed to include approximately 52 apartment units and no parking. A project manager said the team was concerned about a prolonged design review process, and chose to use a different process so it could build without facing potentially costly and delay-inducing appeals.
...In May, the Architectural Heritage Center's Portland Preservation blog publi...
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