Behind the Chinatown Gateway sculpture (Brian Libby)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
Chinatown Experience
Just in time for the Chinese New Year comes this curator’s tour of the recently opened Portland Chinatown Museum in Old Town Chinatown. The museum’s executive director and curator, Jacqueline Peterson-Loomis, will guide attendees through the new installation of the museum’s 2,400 square foot exhibition "Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns." After your museum tour, ticket-buyers will be treated to a Chinese dinner at the nearby Red Robe Tea House and Café. Ticket buyers will also receive two complimentary museum tickets for future use. Portland Chinatown Museum, 127 NW Third Avenue. 6PM Wednesday, January 16. $65.
Downtown Civic Spaces Tour
This Positively Portland Walking Tour explores several of Portland's most important public buildings dating from the middle of the 19th century to the early 21st century. Included on the tour list are the Pioneer Courthouse and Portland City Hall, dating to 1875 and 1895, respectively, as well as the Edit Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, dating to 1975 and renovated/transformed in 2013, and the Mark Hatfield United States Courthouse, completed in 1997. Tour begins at Pioneer Courthouse, 700 SW Sixth Avenue. 1PM Friday, January 18. $15.
South Park Blocks Walking Tour
The South Park Blocks is a surviving 19th century urban green belt in the heart of downtown Portland. This designated Cultural District has become a center for education, entertainment, and worship, as well as one of the most desirable walk-able neighborhoods in the city center. This Positively Portland Walking Tour will observe some of Portland’s finest examples of late 19th and early 20th century architecture expressed in churches, schools, apartment buildings and centers of public culture. Tour begins at Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue. 1PM Saturday, January 19. $15.
Portland's Historic Sacred Spaces
Portland's first house of worship was built in 1850, five years after the city’s founding. Since that time many of the city’s most important architects and artisans have contributed to our rich assortment of sacred spaces, serving a variety of faiths from around the world. In this Architectural Heritage Center lecture, John Doyle will discuss the architectural styles, interiors, and decorative arts of Portland’s sacred spaces from the city’s founding to the present. Attendees will also learn how architects such as Warren Williams, Joseph Jacobberger, and Pietro Belluschi made significant contributions to this legacy. And of course, no program about Portland’s sacred spaces would be complete without including the Povey Brothers Studio and their famous stained glass windows. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, January 26. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Changing the Language of Polished Concrete
In the construction world, accurately articulating polished concrete’s structure, form, and esthetics is crucial to success. Yet not enough members of the project team are fluent in the material’s language. Design professionals and contractors speak differently about polished concrete, and it could even be argued they do not view the material’s end-function the same way. In this Construction Specifications Institute chapter meeting, Chris Bennett, co-author of A New Concrete Glossary: A Guide to Architecturally Exposed Structural Concrete, will outline current practices for modern polished concrete construction and evaluate its impact on our planet with an overview of carbon emission rates and related environmental impact. Rogue Eastside Barrel Room, 928 SE Ninth Avenue. 5:30PM Thursday, January 31. $10 ($5 for students).
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