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Old Posted Jan 7, 2011, 11:15 PM
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Nice to see them working so fast -- can't get that eyesore transformed quick enough imo!

Speaking of eyesores, I hope that I live to see the day when that parking garage comes down.
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Old Posted Jan 8, 2011, 12:02 AM
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The parking garage isn't coming down anytime soon, but it could be the base for an array of aesthetically placed solar panels to generate electricity and hide a good chunk of the brutalism.
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Old Posted Jan 11, 2011, 9:29 AM
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You know, I wonder if they are going to reuse the same anchors or insert new ones for the new cladding.

I curious as to which one's more efficient - building new cladding to match the old fasteners, or removing the old anchors and installing a brand new system.

With the new cladding and glass on this building, along with the addition of First and Main, that corner is going to sprout some new energy. Funny thing, once the remodel is done, I bet a visitor passing through will assume Edith Wyatt is a brand new building.
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Old Posted Jan 11, 2011, 10:27 AM
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It will be a new building. It'll just have a re-used skeleton.
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Old Posted Jan 12, 2011, 12:04 AM
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Wow. Now wonder they're renovating this building. There doesn't appear to be any insulation in it... has to be a huge energy hog.
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Old Posted Jan 12, 2011, 4:23 AM
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Even if this re-skin were happening during the boom years (before 2008) it would be one of the most exciting projects in town. What a huge improvement the new design will be. Thanks to all those in PDX providing updates.
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Old Posted Jan 12, 2011, 7:05 AM
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Incidentally, PacificNW, could you change the title of this thread from "Proposed" to "Under Construction"? We don't have too many under construction these days.
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I have tried to do this but I am an idiot. I contacted a moderator to do this. Thanks.
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Fixed.

The rest of the name of the thread was too long to fit "Under Construction" so I just did "U/C"
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Old Posted Jan 12, 2011, 11:13 PM
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Thank you. And thanks for the great close-up pics philopdx..... fascinating to watch this transformation.
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Thanks James...
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It was raining buckets today at lunch but I wanted to get a couple pics of the crane going up. I forgot my camera on Friday when it started. They used a temporary crane to set up about 8 to 10 stories or so of the crane tower, then they lifted the top piece in place, and they've been using the crane itself to lift and slide in more pieces.









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Old Posted Jan 23, 2011, 4:10 AM
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A couple of pics from Jan 16-ish, then several from today:











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Old Posted Jan 30, 2011, 11:24 PM
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Nothing has changed but the trees. They had crews there today chainsawing all the trees and landscaping.
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So cool to see this one finally underway. Thanks for sharing all of these photos - it's going to be great watching the progress!
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Update from 5-7-2011: The frame for the new cladding is going up.







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