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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">What</SPAN> will Portland look like in 2035? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In our race for sustainability, density, and development, will we lose the human scale and historic character that sets us apart? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As Oregon cities debate their long-range urban plans, a program by the Historic Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO) asks: “<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Will There Be A THERE, There?” at 3 p.m. March 11, UO / White Stag Bldg., 70 NW Couch St., Portland. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The program, which includes </SPAN>noted author, architect, and critic Steven Semes, will present <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">“a conversation about preservation, design, development, and saving our unique sense of place” and </SPAN>point out that the design of our built environment matters a great deal. Semes challenges the conventional wisdom about Modernism, density, sustainability, and what makes for compatible infill in historic settings. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He makes a persuasive case that context matters and that new buildings and additions to old buildings should be harmonious with their neighbors. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The HPLO program will include a panel discussion on how we can achieve development goals without sacrificing livability, lead by Michael Mehaffey, former Education Director of the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment and Project Manager for Hillsboro’s Orenco Station. The panel will include notable representatives of the Portland development, planning, architecture and preservation communities.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">For further information, visit <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-fareast-language: #0400"><A href="http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/">www.historicpreservationleague.org</A></SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-fareast-language: #0400"> or call (503) 243-1923.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">“Black Impact: African American History in the Far West”, recently opened a Bend’s High Desert Museum, will run through May 20. Built around a range of compelling and uplifting personal stories of African Americans who influenced Western U.S. history, the exhibit features rare artifacts, along with audio and video, such as footage of World War II African American paratroopers, gospel and jazz music and oral history recordings, which bring the stories to life. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">“The story of African Americans’ impact on the growth of the West is rarely told,” said Curator Linda Rhine, who created the exhibit illuminating the African American migration west, the rising black middle class through industrial and railroad jobs, and the importance of community. “This is an opportunity for us to share some unique accounts of individuals who have truly made a difference in their communities.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Exhibit highlights include a discussion of laws on the Oregon frontier designed to exclude blacks; African American fur trapper George Washington Bush who settled Bush Prairie in Washington; the Buffalo Soldiers of the 1860s. It explores how former slaves, employed as railroad porters in the 1870s, helped start the black middle class in the West; how black newspapers, magazines, churches, and recreational clubs formed the foundation of the African American community in the West. It also features former Bend resident and wife of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers Williams, who served as the first woman chair of the NAACP.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Have you ever wondered why the black population in Oregon is so small? Oregon has a history of black exclusion and discrimination, but also of a vibrant black culture that helped sustain many communities throughout the state - a history not taught in schools. Walidah Imarisha will present “A Hidden History: Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon?” from 6:30 – 8 p.m., Feb. 27 at Wille Hall, Campus Center, Central Oregon Community College in Bend. The presentation features an interactive timeline of black history in Oregon and explores how history, politics and culture shape the landscape for black Oregonians. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Visit <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">www.highdesertmuseum.org</SPAN></U> for further information about the exhibit or related programs, or call (541) 382-4754.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">The Historic Preservation League of Oregon, the American Institute of Architects-Portland (AIA/Portland) and the Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) will present a series of three candidate forums at various locations around Portland beginning at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 21. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Moderated by Jim Heuer, the first forum will feature city council candidates and will take place at the AHC, 701 SE Grand Avenue. Joseph Readdy will moderate the second forum, also featuring city council candidates, beginning at 6:30 p.m., March 6 at AIA/Portland, 403 NW 11<SUP>th</SUP>; and Randy Gragg will moderate the third forum, featuring mayoral candidates beginning at 6 p.m., March 21, at the UO / White Stag Bldg, 70 NW Couch St.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Preservation, urban design, and livability have become significant election issues as the city grapples to balance growth and increased density with sustainability and conservation of historic resources. How will the candidates for mayor and city council protect what makes Portland, PORTLAND? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With recent data showing that rehabbing existing buildings creates more jobs than new construction, manufacturing, highway construction, or agriculture, should the city invest more in this area?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What's the economic potential for heritage tourism if revitalized historic neighborhoods attract more visitors or the economic impact if hundreds of unreinforced brick apartment buildings collapse in the Cascadia earthquake? The public is welcome to ask these and other questions during the events at various locations in Portland.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">For more information, visit <A href="http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/">www.historicpreservationleague.org</A> ; <A href="http://www.aiaportland.org/">www.aiaportland.org</A> or <A href="http://www.visitahc.org/"><FONT color=#800080>www.visitahc.org</FONT></A> . </SPAN></P>
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