Portland Brewery Blocks
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| Brewery Blocks | |
| Designer | GBD Architects, Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Date | 2005 |
| Building Type | multiblock urban redevelopment |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Street Address | |
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These blocks were the site of a large-scale redevelopment project encompassing the former Blitz-Weinhard Brewery site with work largely done by GBD Architects. The development site includes five contiguous blocks on the south edge of Portland's Pearl District.
The development includes these specific building projects:
- "The Brewery Blocks, located at the former site of the Blitz-Weinhard Brewery, is a five-block project in the SW section of Portland’s vibrant, post-industrial neighborhood known as the Pearl District. The Brewery Blocks provides a transition between the Central Business District and the River District by introducing approximately 1.7 million sq. ft. of urban retail, creative Class A office space, residential housing and parking. With the combination of historic preservation of the Weinhard Brewhouse and the Armory Building, and an increase in retail and commercial activity, this area has been transformed into a bustling urban neighborhood. Additionally, it provides a design that is faithful to the industrial character of the former Brewery and the Pearl District, and is consistent with "environmentally friendly" sustainable development concepts. Gerding Edlen Development is excited to have transformed The Brewery Blocks into livable and usable space that will serve the community for many years to come." – Gerding Edlen
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- "Preservation in Portland," by Brian Libby, ArchitectureWeek No. 437, 2009.0729, p C1.1.
[edit] External Links
Mixed Use Brewery Blocks at ArchitectureWeek
