As a year filled with political and social turmoil grinds to a close, let’s take a few moments to recall some excellent achievements for pr...

  A six year fight that finally led to the acceptance of the Eastmoreland Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places is s...

  Newspaper advertisement, 1964 One encouraging thought for architectural preservationists is that we don’t have to worry about saving “hist...

  To be snarky about it, one could suggest that visiting Lloyd Center is a good way to get out of the cold, rainy weather and to avoid the c...

  (Emerick Architects) A pleasing restoration and lively new activity in Southeast Portland is headed for 800 S.E. 10th Ave., where a histor...

Architectural preservation clearly wasn’t a priority when Portland Public Schools remodeled Jefferson High School in the early 1950s.   As...

  We venture many leagues and a few centuries outside our normal preservation bailiwick to ponder just where it was that Sir Francis Drake s...

  Orange pieces would be newly created Potential return of the historic David Thompson elk statue and fountain has reached a significant new...

  (Portland Public Schools) Many Portlanders would have trouble identifying the building above, erected in 1909.   Its Renaissance Revival a...

  Gone But Not Forgotten If you lived in Portland between 1927 and 2020, you likely will remember the tall sculpture of a pensive-looking Pr...

  1819 NW Everett St. (Hartshorne-Plunkard Architects) New life for the landmark old First Church of Christ Scientist in Northwest Portland ...