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Particularly during the summer, the park serves as a lunch spot for nearby workers, a central meeting ground where senior citizens can feed the pigeons, and a recreation area for frisbee players. Furthermore, with the Wing facade to remind them of the dig- nity that characterized the streetscape during the last century, several of the merchants are now independently ren- ovating their storefronts. Saitmarsh's, a stationery and gift shop, has rede- signed its facade, and the new owners of the Bristol Building adjacent to the park plan to install a Victorian restau- rant. The City Planning Department continues to improve the streetscape, Car Park Facade Knits Urban Fabric Simon Building Some facades are worth saving not for outstanding architectural qualities, but for their contribution to the street- scape. The Simon Building, while a re- spectable stone and brick structure with arched windows and terra cotta orna- ment, lacked the charm and finesse of its cast iron neighbors. Yet buildings such as this, standing in close-knit rows, establish continuity of texture and rhythm and create a distinctive pat- tern; without them there are only loose threads, not an urban fabric. Fortu- nately for Portland, the owner of the Si- mon Building decided that, while dem- olition was the easier route, the fire - damaged structure could be given a new lease on life with a thoughtful ad- aptation to a new use. Joseph Simon, a leader in Portland's turn -of -the century business and polit- ical spheres, constructed this building as a luxury hotel in 1892. He embossed his name on the panel that crowns the symmetric facade, and further orna- mented the building with iron window grilles, inset tiles, and beaded cornices. The hotel joined other edifices of this size and style in what was then Port- land's commercial center. As the city grew, leading businesses moved out of the older district, which consequently began to decline. By the mid-I960's, the upper two floors of the Simon Building were a flophouse and the ground floor a club for a Chinese Tong. Then, in 1973, a fire severely damaged the building. It was sold soon after to William Naito, a local business- man who already owned a number of structures in this district. Naito had his reasons for buying older buildings. In an interview in American 74 Portland, Oregon Preservation, he explained: "I have been in the china importing business for years, and my operations were centered in what was regarded as the 'skid road' side of the city. So, about 15 years ago, we started buying these vacant buildings as they came on the market. We were able to purchase them at their land cost, or slightly below, be- cause they looked like they were ready for demolition." But, Naito continued, he fell in love with the buildings and decided not to raze but to renovate. Today he owns sixteen renovated buildings, fully leased, and he has a waiting list of peo- ple who want to set up businesses in the historic district. Despite his dedication to rehabilitat- ing Portland's commercial district, Naito thought the Simon was one building he couldn't save. Estimates indicated an excessive amount of time and effort, at a minimum cost of $90,000. Naito decided to demolish the building and use the site as a parking lot for the restaurant next door. Before he did so, his architect, George Shel- don of Sheldon-Eggleston-Reddick As- sociates, suggested an alternative so- lution: create a parking lot, but do it in such a way to keep the facade. Naito agreed, and the plan was implemented. The Simon Building was carefully dismantled, removing the interior and part of the side and rear walls but leav- ing the facade essentially intact. Shel- don retained the street level posts and lintels of cut stone but, to facilitate the passage of cars, removed all of the win- dow framing members. He then erected a steel support structure as an added brace at a cost of $15,000, filled and and has recently replaced the cement sidewalks with brick and added Victo- rian -style benches and streetlights, These improvements, it is hoped, t4zll help attract shoppers and tourists who already frequent the waterfront area. The Historic Commission has nomi- nated the downtown area for National Register designation. paved the new parking surface for $7,000, landscaped the interior, cleaned and patched the facade where neces- sary, and painted the iron grilles. The total cost of the project, completed in 1974, was $25,000. The facade serves the desirable functions of maintaining the line of the street and the context established by surrounding buildings, as well as con- cealing the parking lot. Inside the lot, the plantings and the doorway to the restaurant, with its awning, lights, and shrubs, relieve any sense of starkness and make the enclosed space inviting. The only troublesome aspect of the project is the gaping window openings, which appear rather bleak without their accustomed mullions and glass. Com- pared to blocks in many cities where demolition has created bleak stretches of asphalt, this is not a serious problem, and the project must be considered a success. The parking lot portal solu- tion, one that should be considered by other cities, received an Award for De- sign Excellence from the American In- stitute of Architects and was recog- nized for innovative preservation by the National Trust for Historic Preserva- tion. CONTEXT The Simon Building is part of the old commercial district which developed soon after Portland was settled in the 1840's. These buildings lined the edge of the AVilamette River, and when ma- jor fires in 1872 and 1893 destroyed about thirty blocks of the city, new buildings were soon erected, Many of these second -generation structures had facades of cast iron, a material well - suited to the intricate detailing popular at the time and one that produced an unusually handsome commercial dis- trict. As the city continued to grow, though, many of these older structures were torn down, particularly along the riverfront where a highway mowed down one of the finest stands of cast iron facades beyond Broome Street in New York City. Preservation was just beginning to become a concern when, in 1965, a surprise late -night demoli- tion of one more cast iron facade build- ing spurred a constituency into action. Today, Portland has an Historical Land- marks Commission, two historic dis- tricts, and numerous historic conser- vation districts —areas that do not meet historic requirements but are architec- turally and historically significant. The City has encouraged preservation by establishing an Urban Conservation Fund, which provides companion loans to private financing for restoration work, and by amending the City zoning code to make preservation a part of the plan- ning process. City officials are also quick to credit the private sector for funding most of the work in the historic districts. Fore- most among these private contributors is William Naito, whose entrepeneur- ship has produced, as American Pres- ervation notes, "some outstanding and memorable innovations for an area that was once known as `wino town.' " Naito is thinking about adding new con- struction on the Simon Building that will incorporate the existing architec- tural relic. As in the Granbury bank fa- cade story, meeting the demands of the automobile age by saving a facade al- lowed for greater flexibility than dem- olition would have; and it maintained a human dimension in the streetscape that so often is lacking in new con- struction designed for the car. Right: Plantings, brick paving, and period de- tailing soften the edges of the parking lot. The Simon Building today. Rough -cut sandstone and top floor ornament are particularly strik- ing. Without mullions, window openings are somewhat imposing, but the streetscape is maintained and the parking lot well hidden. ' S e r •�� ••�.: •'E �J.. yam. r 'wvr � r • .x�.rl }}��y - � i r, � '•'�� fC:',:� `i j � '�%}..--t i � -r .. Lo ' r \' .. -.i.3' l . n �•� i/��'�: � rr'= u�a�- � 1. �. V � Ill 1 t4o��/], �': /� ".1 �, ► �,�•'f_.• - r r �: Ki �� r,. .� r ! � �• Q.,:r, M1 � Y'� t . " J 't !_ y r� - .. [y :�. ♦ . � :� �., �J� .ti -y. � 'ti, n, s. ' ,�• 1 • �. -:� '•3r •j .� � r. . / i - ti„ .�`� 1 n' °.r,.. .. 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