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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: BookAntiqua-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">1. </SPAN>Oregon Black Pioneers Seeks Photos and Artifacts</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">3. </SPAN></STRONG>List of Oregon’s Most Endangered Places to be Announced<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">OREGON BLACK PIONEERS SEEKS PHOTOS AND ARTIFACTS</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 5.75in">The Oregon Black Pioneers is planning an exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society Museum, which will explore Portland’s early African American experience with the railroad through the mid 1900s.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The group is seeking photographs and artifacts that depict the lives of Portland’s African Americans and their families in relation to the railroad.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The deadline for gathering materials is June 15.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 5.75in">For additional information about the exhibit, contact Gwen Carr at <U><A href="mailto:gwecar@comcast.net">gwecar@comcast.net</A></U> . To offer photos and artifacts, email Jackie Peterson-Loomis at <A href="mailto:Jackielp@comcast.net">Jackielp@comcast.net</A> . </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">AHC SETS WALKING TOURS, LECTURES IN PORTLAND<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) will host several walking tours and a lecture during May. Tours include the </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN">Skidmore / Old Town Historic District on </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">May 10, featuring Portland’s only National Historic Landmark District, which contains the highest concentration of cast-iron fronted buildings on the west coast – with much of the iron produced locally.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">On May 17, a tour through Sullivan’s Gulch, the remaining neighborhood of Ralph Lloyd’s Holladay Addition, will feature some wonderful architecture; and on May 24 a tour through Lair Hill, one of Portland’s oldest residential neighborhoods, will take place.<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">William Hawkins </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">and </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Wes Risher</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> <SPAN lang=EN>will provide an introduction to the origins of Portland’s park system, featuring the </SPAN></SPAN>Olmsted Brothers’ Park and Boulevard Plan<SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN">, from 10 – 11:30 a.m., May 19 at the </SPAN>Architectural Heritage Center, <B><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"><A href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=701+SE+Grand+Avenue+Portland,+OR+97214&jsv=107&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.916234,81.210938&ie=UTF8&ll=45.518542,-122.660787&spn=0.008645,0.019827&t=k&z=16&iwloc=addr" target=_blank><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">701 SE Grand Avenue, Portland</SPAN></A>.</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> In 1903, the City of Portland hired the </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Olmsted Brothers</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> <SPAN lang=EN>to create a plan for a vast network of city parks and landscaped boulevards, resulting in many familiar places today, such as Terwilliger Boulevard and Mt. Tabor Park, and others like Hawthorne Park lost through time. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The Historic Preservation League of Oregon (HPLO) will announce its list of Oregon’s Most Endangered Places for 2012 at a noon luncheon, May 22, at the University Club, 1225 SW Sixth Ave., Portland. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, the event’s keynote speaker, will speak on the “return on investment” generated by preservation and adaptive reuse, and reflect upon the state and federal legislation that has boosted economic development of our historic places.<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">Every year historic properties across Oregon are rehabilitated and reused, enriching neighborhoods, revitalizing Main Streets, attracting heritage tourism, and conserving valuable resources. Nominated by citizens from around the state, properties on Oregon’s Most Endangered Places list will receive assistance from the HPLO to address immediate threats and develop strategies for long term viability. They will also have the opportunity to apply for a seed grant from the HPLO to start their preservation efforts.<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">For further information, visit <A href="http://www.historicpreservationleague.org/">www.HistoricPreservationLeague.org</A> or call (503) 243-1923.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><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">Gunny Harboe, an award-winning preservation architect, will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural George McMath Symposium from 10 – 11:15 a.m., May 30, at the University in<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 N.W. Couch St., Portland. Harboe, of Harboe Architects in Chicago, will present “Restoring Chicago's Icons: A Public/Private Partnership.” Over the past 20 years, Harboe has been responsible for preservation work on some of Chicago's most iconic historic landmarks, including the Rookery Building, Reliance Building, Carson Pirie Scott and Co. Store and the Chicago Board of Trade Building.<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">The McMath symposium explores key contemporary issues in preservation by bringing in leading spokespersons from around the nation. It is held in concert with presentation of the George McMath Historic Preservation Award, which this year honors Portland architect Hal Ayotte and takes place following the symposium during a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., also at the UO in Portland White Stag Block.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">The deadline for symposium reservations is May 16. For further information, visit <A href="http://hp.uoregon.edu/mcmath"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT color=#800080>http://hp.uoregon.edu/mcmath</FONT></SPAN></A> or call (541) 346-3697. <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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