July 6, 2021 | 10:30am
A Partnership with the OJMCHE, Architectural Heritage Center, and Halprin Landscape Conservancy
Interested in learning more about Portland’s first urban renewal project and the Halprin fountains? Join us for a guided walking tour of South Portland, which covers historic and architecturally significant sites of the neighborhood.
Along the way, you will hear from our trained tour guides about the city’s first urban renewal project of the early 1960s that irreparably changed the physical, social, and cultural landscape of the neighborhood. Included will be a walk through the Portland Open Space Sequence, a series of fountains designed by Lawrence Halprin and Associates between 1965 and 1970.
We will begin the 75-minute tour at the former Shattuck Elementary School, 1914 SW Park Avenue, and end at the former Lincoln High School, 1620 SW Park Avenue, on the campus of Portland State University (PSU). These buildings, now re-purposed for the university, bookend neighborhood changes over the past 100+ years.
Cost: $12 members of OJMCHE and AHC; $20 non-members; $5 children 12 and under.
All tours run rain or shine.
Space is limited to 15 people per tour. Pre-registration is required.
The walking tour is offered in conjunction with the OJMCHE exhibition Lawrence Halprin, Fountains, opening on June 23, and the Architectural Heritage Center’s current exhibition, South Portland and the Long Shadow of Urban Renewal.
We are grateful for your participation and encourage you to consider supporting our virtual programs.