Schnitzer Center, Pacific NW College of Art (Wikimedia Commons)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
NW Broadway Corridor Tour
This Architectural Heritage Center walking tour offers an in-depth look into some of Portland’s most histoiric public and private buildings located near and along NW Broadway. In addition to the architectural details, attendees will also learn about the history of the buildings and the architects who designed them. This tour provides the opportunity to step inside Union Station and two former federal buildings – the former 511 Broadway federal building that now houses the Pacific Northwest College of Art and the historic US Custom House that is now a WeWork shared office. Along the way one will see several styles of architecture, ranging from the Romanesque to the International – and all are within a few short blocks. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Tuesday, July 16. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Summer Story Hour: Actionable Resilience
How do we approach sustainability as it relates to our transportation, our energy usage, or the preservation of our historic roots? As part of the Summer Story Hour from Design Museum Portland, this edition, titled Actionable Resilience, features three speakers: Portland Center Stage community programs manager Jonas Angelet, Green Hammer design director Erica Dunn, and B-Lone founder Franklin Jones. Vestas, 1417 NW Everett Street. 6PM Wednesday, July 17. $20 (free for Design Museum Portland members).
The Architecture Lobby Portland — Chapter Meeting
This chapter meeting for the newly established Portland chapter of national organization The Architecture Lobby will feature updates and discussion on ongoing national projects and events, including the upcoming member congress in August in Los Angeles. Local chapter projects will be discussed, as well as an open group conversation about member experiences with architecture work. Time permitting, there will be a continuation of last month's discussion of about P.E. Moskowitz's book How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood. All are welcome. Ankeny Tap and Table, 2724 SE Ankeny Street. 6PM Wednesday, July 17. Free.
URM Seismic Resilience Symposium
Unreinforced masonry (or URM) buildings present a challenge for earthquake-prone communities. There are over 1,650 URM buildings in Portland and millions around the world. These structures are important historic, architectural, cultural, and economic landmarks, but their vulnerability to earthquakes imperils these buildings and the people in them. The URM Seismic Resilience Symposium is a three-day event for architects, engineers, owners, property managers, and anyone that might deal with URM buildings. The symposium will include two days of lectures focusing on topics and concerns related to URM buildings, including: construction and seismic engineering technology options, building codes and historic preservation requirements, public policy, finance, and resilience. The symposium is organized in a partnership between the International Masonry Institute, the Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Structural Engineering Association of Oregon, American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Association of Preservation Technology Northwest. Portland State University, Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Avenue. Begins 7:30AM Thursday, July 18. $425 ($300 for emerging professionals, $175 for students).
Pearl District Walking Tour - A Century of Preservation and Change
Over the last 20 years, the Pearl District has been transformed from industrial enclave and rail yards into one of Portland’s most popular residential, cultural and retail districts. A century ago, the area went through a similar transformation, from a working class housing area at the edge of a marsh to the city’s biggest industrial and warehousing area. Many of Portland’s best known architects of the period designed buildings for important local and national companies. Most of these buildings remain, with their exteriors intact, and new uses inside. But as the recent demolition of the Pacific Northwest College of Art's Feldman Building (a renovated old warehouse) reminds us, the current wave of development could threaten more historic buildings. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 6PM Thursday, July 18. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Historic Downtown Beaverton Walking Tour
As the inter-urban rail network expanded into hills and fields west of the city of Portland in the early 20th century, many small rural enclaves became bustling suburbs that grew up around the rail stops. The automobile era has tended to erase much of the evidence of these streetcar era suburbs. Yet Beaverton still retains a core intersection of the early 20th century streetscape. This Positively Portland Walking Tour will start at the contemporary Beaverton Library and explore the buildings that defined the city of Beaverton nearly 100 years ago. Tour begins at Ava Roasteria, 4655 SW Hall Boulevard, Beaverton. 10AM Friday, July 19. $15.
Historic Sellwood Walking Tour (Part One)
Before it was brought within Portland city limits in 1893, Sellwood was an independent, incorporated town. This Architectural Heritage Center tour takes you through a section of the original Sellwood tract where you’ll see a variety of houses and commercial buildings, some dating back to the town’s earliest days. Tour meets at Oaks Pioneer Church, 455 SE Spokane Street. 10AM Saturday, July 20. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Historic Hollywood District Walking Tour
Starting at the iconic Hollywood Theatre, this Positively Portland walking tour will head northeast along Sandy Boulevard, exploring the built environment on this well-known diagonal arterial. Most of the commercial buildings reflect the eclectic stylistic palette of architects and builders of the period between World War I and World War II in Portland. Host Eric Wheeler will discuss how the automobile transformed this neighborhood into a place where mid-century Portland teens went dragging the gut and city residents came to experience food from a variety of ethnic cultures. The tour will also include the residential area north of Hollywood, including for fine examples of Craftsman, Period Revival and even some modern residences. Tour begins at Hollywood Theatre, 4100 NE Sandy Boulevard. 10AM Saturday, July 20. $15.
Building Reuse: A Conversation with Kathryn Rogers Merlino
The impact of the demolition and removal of an older building can greatly diminish the advantages of adding green technologies to new construction. Reusing existing buildings can be challenging to accomplish, but changing the way we think about environmentally conscious architecture has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions. In this talk from the City Club of Portland, Kathryn Rogers Merlino makes an impassioned case that truly sustainable design requires reusing and reimagining existing buildings. An associate professor of architecture and an adjunct associate professor in the department of landscape architecture at the University of Washington, Rogers Merlino teaches courses on architectural history, theories of preservation and building reuse, vernacular architecture as well as graduate and undergraduate design studios. Her current research argues that the reuse of existing buildings – both everyday is a critical part of our sustainable future. Rogers Merlino will be preceded by a presentation from Ren DeCherney, director of sustainability at krowdsourced, a digital and physical materials library. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 2PM Saturday, July 20. Free.
Old Town Walking Tour
The commercial district near the Skidmore Fountain and the oldest standing buildings in downtown comprise this tour of Portland’s only National Landmark Historic District. Visitors on this Architectural Heritage Center tour will see the work of Portland’s earliest architects, learning how cast iron played a central role in their designs and how the city developed so close to the river. Along the way, visitors will also learn about some beautiful but long-lost buildings while also seeing great examples of historic preservation. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Tuesday, July 23. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Solar Drinks: Exploring Community Solar
Solar Oregon Board Member Bridget Callahan will discuss the upcoming community solar program, launched this year, and its potential to create more clean energy in Oregon. This meeting of Solar Oregon be discussing what community solar will look like, when it will be coming, some of the forms it could take and how one can get involved. The Hive Taphouse, 13851 Beavercreek Road, Oregon Cityy. 6PM Wednesday, July 24. Free.
A Welcoming Space for all Abilities
This is the first in a new three-part series of Architectural Foundation of Oregon events highlighting the positive social impact of architecture in the community. What are the latest innovations in designing for individuals with varied abilities? Find out at Seven Corners Collaborative on Division Street in Southeast Portland, recently designed by Waterleaf Architecture for Community Vision and five nonprofit partners. It fosters innovation and collaboration while providing support and services for individuals with intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities. Join Joe Wykowski from Community Vision and Bill Bailey from Waterleaf on the Seven Corners Collaborative roof deck discuss their collaboration on this building. Seven Corners Collaborative, 2475 SE Ladd Avenue. 5:30PM Thursday, July 25. $25.
Broadway and Mid-Town Tour
Beginning in the 1890s, the area downtown between Southwest Broadway and Ninth Avenue underwent a dramatic change from a residential neighborhood on the edge of town to a bustling commercial and cultural district. This Architectural Heritage Center tour takes a look at what are today some of the most well recognized and architecturally significant buildings in the city. Attendees will see the work of some of the premier Portland architects of the early 20th century, including A. E. Doyle, John V. Bennes and Morris Whitehouse, while also hearing stories about the city’s first public library and one-time park blocks that were lost to development. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 6PM Thursday, July 25. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Piedmont Neighborhood Walking Tour
In addition to the well-known neighborhoods of Irvington, Ladd's Addition and Laurelhurst, Portland is also home to the lesser known but architecturally rich neighborhoods of Piedmont and Walnut Park. These areas contain many fine examples of familiar styles such as Queen Anne and Arts & Crafts but also the less frequently seen forms of Byzantine, Jacobean and Prairie style. Along the way during this Architectural Heritage Center tour, attendees will see the work of architects like Joseph Jacobberger, whose North Portland Branch Library has stood as a neighborhood landmark for more than a century. Tour meetup location revealed with ticket purchase. 10AM Saturday, July 27. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
Downtown Fraternal Lodges & Secret Societies Tour
Fraternal lodges, also known as secret societies, played an important social role in early 20th century Portland. These organizations not only provided an active social outlet in the pre-electronic age, but also offered a financial safety net in the days before government programs fulfilled that need. They also provided a place to create and maintain business relationships. This Architectural Heritage Center tour, includes six architecturally significant and historic fraternal lodge buildings, including the former Elks and Masonic temples, as well as the Scottish Rite Center. Tour meetup location to be announced. 10AM Tuesday, July 30. $25 ($15 for AHC members).
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