Portland Building, Remodeled Instead of Demolished, Might Lose Historic Status
"An audit by the City of Portland, Oregon, has found that the DLR Group’s renovation of the Michael Graves–designed Portland Building is over budget and, once complete, will cause the building to lose its historic landmark status," reports Jonathan Hilburg.
The Portland Building came close to being demolished back in 2014, due to "desperately needed waterproofing, seismic, and efficiency upgrades."
The city an alternative that involved reskinning the tower "with a unitized aluminum rainscreen designed to imitate the original facade."
"However, according to the City of Portland’s audit of the renovation, a follow-up to an initial risk analysis report, the budget has increased to $214 million. It was also revealed that once the project is complete, the building will be removed from the National Register of Historic Places," according to Hilburg.
Topics
- Google's San Jose Transit Village Plans Revealed
- The Varied Career of a Transit Service Planner
- The Life and Death of Neighborhood Rebrandings
- 150 Acres of Undeveloped Land to Become 2,350 Homes Outside Denver
- City to Bicyclists: Berkeley Not in Idaho
- Anti-Development Forces Strike at L.A.'s Transit Oriented Communities Program
- New York City 'More Congested Than Ever'
- Kanye West's Unpermitted Vision for Housing Utopia Has Been Demolished
- What Walk Buttons Do (and Don't Do)
- Jersey City Building More Apartment Than Manhattan
- 28.3 Million Acres of Public Land at Risk in Alaska
- First-Time Home Buyers Look Different Than They Once Did
- Consumer Group Accuses States of 'Punishing' Electric Vehicle Drivers
- L.A.'s New Tool for More Efficient City Asset Management
- Pedestrian Planning Changing the Public Realm in Vancouver
- Digital Transportation: The Future of Urban Mobility
- Frequencies Restored on L.A.'s Expo Line After Rider Backlash
- A Traffic Safety Commitment for Chicago's West Side
- Report: Shared Bikes and Scooters Could Reduce Car Trips By 50 Percent in Downtowns
- The Great Flood of 2019, Visualized
