The Ramona | x feet | 6 floors | Complete

[MarkDaMan]

From Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
http://www.amaa.com/portfolio/projec...dvcnk9b3RiIzE4

Pearl Family Housing – Portland, Oregon

Services Employed: Architectural Design, Interior Design

CLIENT: Turtle Island Development

CLIENT GOAL: By most measures, the Pearl District has emerged as a successful new urban neighborhood. However, this success has yet to include the full range of the population. Specifically, families with children are underrepresented. The Pearl Family Housing Apartments will lead the course towards realizing the goal of providing a home for this segment of the population in the Pearl District.

DESIGN RESPONSE: The Pearl Family Housing Apartments is a new apartment community located in the North Pearl District. The primary goal of this project is to provide affordable housing in the Pearl District for families with children. The building will be built on the block bordered by NW 13h and 14th Avenues and NW Raleigh and Quimby Streets. This location is 2 blocks from “The Fields” park, 4 blocks from the new Safeway grocery store and 3-5 blocks from the Portland Streetcar.

[MarkDaMan]

Pearl District development is up for design review
Daily Journal of Commerce
POSTED: 04:00 AM PDT Monday, March 9, 2009
BY DJC STAFF

The Portland Design Commission at its meeting on March 19 will review plans for a new six-story, mixed-use development in the North Pearl District designed by Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects.

Owner Ed McNamara wants to locate a 138-unit affordable, family-oriented building with ground-floor community service tenants at 1350 N.W. Raleigh St. The building’s ground floor would incorporate an outdoor courtyard area that can be accessed by future residents. On-site parking would include 10 parking and two loading spaces at ground level, as well as one full level of below-grade parking with 119 spaces.

McNamara last year received a loan from the Portland Development Commission to help cover predevelopment expenses for the project, which is targeted at families earning 60 percent of median income, or about $41,000 per year for a four-person household. He also developed the Sitka Apartments at 1115 N.W. Northrup St., in Portland.

The hearing will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Bureau of Development Services, 1900 S.W. Fourth Ave., Room 2500A, in Portland.
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDeta...-design-review

[Okstate]

This is the same as the proposed elementary school, right?

[PacificNW]

↑ Yes...

[Eco_jt]

Construction starting starting on this =)

[urbanlife]

I would love to see more developments like this throughout the city...I hope this one goes well and looks good when it is finished...the renderings look really good.

[MR. Cosmopolitan]

^ Yea it gibes some some sort of NY feeling, realy nice to see vintage style buildings going up in the city.

[Okstate]

This will be one large footprint.

[pdxman]

I saw a yellow crane out of the corner of my eye in this area on the streetcar today. My guess is it's for this project?

[PDXsteve24]

Yes the yellow crane has been moved in to help construct this project. It is making good progress thus far! =)

[Okstate]

You aren't the old PearlSteve are you ^?

[PDXsteve24]

No I do live in the Pearl though and I have been watching this project over the last few weeks.

[Sioux612]

Is this going up near the Overton office site?

[Lefty]

Is this going up near the Overton office site?

Yep, one block north on the other side of NW 14th.

[2oh1]

If this turns out looking anything like those renderings, it's going to look really nice. It's a shame the Pearl doesn't have more of this style.

[eric cantona]

this building will also have one of the largest green roofs in the state.

[Leo]

To each his own, I suppose... I think it looks terrible. If they *must* imitate an old style, I'd rather they imitate something like 705 NW Davis, The Embassy, or the base of the North Park Lofts building ...

[llamaorama]

Is it the exterior or bricks you don't care for?

What I like is the size and shape of it. I'm not sure what the proper architectural term is, perhaps "massing"? It hugs the sidewalk and has a courtyard like a classic urban building but isn't so tall it creates lots of shadows. The windows and other features are all nicely symetrical and properly sized. It's got a base, a middle, and a top like all classic structures. It might not stand out but I expect it would contribute to the atmosphere one feels while standing on the opposite street corner and looking at the block.

Really more cities need this kind of infill, it makes everything feel much bigger and urban even if the individual building is a forgettable one.

[Leo]

Like I said, to each his own, but personally, I find this building unappealing.

It strikes me as big, bulky, and almost brutal. The windows seem very small. Its u-shape reminds me of the old apartment buildings in NW, but its proportions somehow strike me as inelegant.

I’m generally not a fan of fussy design details, but I might find this particular building more appealing if it had more of them. I like the horizontal scoring on the first floor, but I think it would look better if it was a lighter stone (like on the Embassy and 705 NW Davis). It strikes me as something you would end up with if you were to take a building like The Embassy and perform a low-cost rehab.

[Sioux612]

Originally Posted by Lefty

Yep, one block north on the other side of NW 14th.

Any news on this project? Overtonoffice.com no longer exists, fwiw.