Portland’s New Market Building (built in 1872) sits across the cobblestone street from the historic Skidmore Fountain and is a prominent feature at Portland’s Saturday Market. While the Saturday Market has not always been located here, the New Market Block, with the New Market Building and the projecting colonnade, was constructed to house both a theater… Read More Building Feature: Portland’s New Market Building
The Dalton Highway is one of the most unique highways in the world. 414 miles through Alaskan wilderness Crosses numerous broad valleys, mountain passes, and the Arctic Circle Few amenities and no cell phone service Narrow dirt road, truck traffic: broken windshields and flat tires expected So why is it there? The Dalton Highway, known… Read More Architecture on Alaska’s Dalton Highway
While the Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon, has received its fair share of critiques, it is a poster child for the American Post-Modern style and helped define Post-Modern Classicism. It pulls classical details back into architecture unapologetic, though stylized ornamentation. Look no further than the giant ribbons that festoon the building’s upper floors! While… Read More Building Feature: the Portland Building
I’ll be upfront and say, I generally gravitate towards fiction (I’m currently reading this with my bookclub and my favorite book last year was definitely this one). I like to always have a architecture or preservation book on the back burner, but I take my time with them. Recently, however, I’ve found myself excited by multiple… Read More 2017 Preservation-Themed Reading List
Portland, Oregon, has many interesting architecture and design elements. Every time I visit I find more cool things. One of my favorites? The Benson Bubbler water fountains sprinkled throughout the downtown area. Keep an eye out, the more you look, the more you see! Here, five fun facts. 1. There are 52 four-bowl fountains and… Read More Benson Bubblers: Five Fun Facts
Susie Trexler 