Sometimes the “do nothing” option amounts to a victory for preservation. In response to neighborhood concerns, Portland General Electric...

  The next Portland house destined to land on the National Register of Historic Places tells us more about an important figure in the city’s...

  Yes.   At long last, challenging work of restoring the David P. Thompson elk statue and fountain to its rightful place on SW Main Street h...

Thousands of people who used to enjoy riding the old Portland Zoo train through scenic Washington Park are likely to have a chance to testif...

  Historic Carnegie branch on Knott Street There is much to admire about the new Albina branch library that just reopened after two years of...

  The closed Washington Park Zoo railway station (Melissa Darby photo) From 1960 to 2013, the 2.5-mile Washington Park Zoo Railway route int...

  Unlike houses and commercial buildings, churches are less susceptible to abusing their original architecture with trendy makeovers or so-c...

  During a recent visit downtown, Jim Paynter, a dedicated reader of Building on History, captured an interesting that tells us much about t...

  Exactly a year and a half ago, a couple residing in Northeast Portland’s Alameda neighborhood agreed to pay $500,000 for an eyesore reside...

  Big Pink (nee U.S. National Bank Tower) In the history of urban development, Portland faces a problem perhaps never before considered:  Wh...

  Two changes are afoot – one positive, one not – in the Grand Avenue East Portland National Historic District. On the plus side, Mother F...