... latest update:
11/11/2009 12:56 PM
plan for 2010 based on experience of 2009
Landscape Architecture Field Trip
Spring 2010
Lorn Clement and Chip Winslow
Portland, Oregon
Chip Winslow chipwin@ksu.edu 03.10-14.10
Lorn Clement lacjr@ksu.edu
... page references are to Bart King's (2007) Architectural Guidebook to Portland
... note that city blocks in downtown Portland are 200' X 200'
the
significance of the annual field trip
summary and trip overview
information on
financial assistance for the trip
Itinerary 2010
Wednesday, March 10
mid-day Arrive at the airport for check in and getting to the gate
mid afternoon Depart KC MCI Int'l Airport
early
evening Arrive Portland, proceed to downtown via MAX; hotel is in the
northern edge of the oldest part of the city,
the Yamhill District. (Get off the MAX at the Old Town/Chinatown or
Skidmore Fountain stop.)
evening Check into the Embassy Suites Portland - Downtown
319 SW Pine St.
503.279.9000
Originally the Multnomah Hotel, 1912 ... p. 125
The hotel is on SW Pine St., four or so blocks from the Willamette River front, south of Burnside St. (See Burnside Bridge on the Downtown Map.)
Pioneer Courthouse Square is five or so blocks south and a few blocks west of the hotel.
YAMHILL DISTRICT
Walk east to, and north along the river; pass by:
Skidmore Fountain, 1888, by the Willamette River, at 1st Ave. and Ankeny St.
Olin Warner, sculptor ... p. 118.
Tom McCall Riverfront Park and McCall's Waterfront Park Bldg., 1949,
a.k.a. McCall's Waterfront Restaurant, 1020 SW Naito Parkway ... p. 98.
Japanese American Historical Park north of the Burnside Bridge
Murase Associates
DOWNTOWN / GOVERNMENT CENTER /
Pioneer Courthouse Square, 1984,
"Portland's Living Room" b/t Broadway and SW 6th Ave., Morrison and Yamhill Sts. ... p. 11.
7:00 PM Dinner
Thursday, March 11
8:30 AM Depart for walk to:
9:00 AM Firm visit: GreenWorks, P.C. (confirmed)
24 NW 2nd Ave., Suite 100 (Street address is just north of Burnside, just east of hotel)
503.222.5612 Jim Figurski, principal www.greenworkspc.com
"THE PEARL" DISTRICT
EcoTrust Building (LEED Gold certificate)
Jameson Square and nearby streetscape
Peter Walker
Tanner Springs Park, 2005,
NW 10th Ave. and Marshall St.
Atelier Dreiseitl and GreenWorks, PC ... p.175.
12:00 PM Lunch..
CULTURAL DISTRICT
1:00 PM Meet Emily Hauth and Allan Schmidt, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, for green streets tour ... PSU, Brewery Blocks...
The Portland Building, 1982 designed by Michael Graves;
5th Ave., b/t Madison and Main Sts. ... facing the Plaza Blocks ... p. 90.
The Urban Center / University Plaza, 2000, b/t SW5th and 6th Aves., Montgomery and Mill Sts.
Walker Macy, landscape architects ... known as the "front door to Portland State University" p. 111
Continue with Emily H. and Allan S., BES, tour of the River East Bldg.
..storm water site work by Murase Associates and GreenWorks; and the Multnomah County Office Bldg. green roof.
Lownsdale Square, Chapman Square, 1852, a.k.a. Plaza Blocks
b/t 4th and 3rd Ave. Madison and Salmon Sts... p. 96.
4:00 PM
Ira C. Keller Fountain, 1970, a.k.a. Forecourt Fountain, SW 3rd Ave, b/t Clay and Market Sts.
Angela
Danadjieva Tzvetin of Lawrence Halprin & Assoc. ... designed for interactive
performances and
"to reflect water in its natural environment without mere
mimicry" ...p. 108.
Pettygrove Park, SW of Civic Auditorium, north of Harrison Ave.
Lovejoy Fountain/Plaza, 1966
In Lovejoy Park, b/t 1st and 4th Aves., Harrison and Lincoln Sts.
Lawrence Halprin & Assoc.
7:30 PM Dinner
Friday, March 12
8:30 AM Depart for walk to:
9:00 AM Firm visit: Mayer/Reed (confirmed)
319 SW Washington St., Suite 820 (St. address is downtown, four or so blocks south of hotel)
(503) 223.5953 Carol Mayer-Reed www.mayerreed.com
... given the sun this day, we adjusted our plan and visited the Japanese Garden in Washington Park at 11:00 AM or so... took the MAX to Kingshill/Salmon and walked up the hill to the Int'l Rose Garden and the Japanese Garden.
1:30 PM Lunch downtown
2:00 PM
Firm visit: Walker
Macy (confirmed)
111 S.W. Oak Street, Suite 200
(St. address is downtown, four or so blocks southeast of hotel)
(503) 228-3122 Doug Macy http://www.walkermacy.com/
((Alternative -- part of the group may choose to visit the new Land Bridge in Vancouver, WA, by Fort Vancouver National Park, design by
Jones & Jones, Maya Lin))
4:00 PM Depart on MAX to Orenco Station
Explore, observe and document aspects of this award-winning transit-oriented
community's urban fabric;
per questions posed by Blake Belanger and John Hunt ... Orenco/231 MAX Station.
Walk up Orenco Station Parkway and cross
Cornell Road to the Town Center.
http://www.movingtoportland.net/living_west.htm
http://www.costapacific.com/communities/orenco.html
7:00 PM Dinner at Orenco Station Grill
Saturday, March 13
9:00 AM Depart for east side walk... down to the Hawthorne Bridge and across the Willamette..
Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade
Mayer/Reed w/ Hargreaves Associates for schematic plan; detail design and implementation by Mayer/Reed
Oregon Convention Center, 1990, addition in 2002 w/ The Rain Garden, 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. by Mayer/Reed
12:00 PM Lunch at Ankeny Square, in the Saturday Market; check back at the hotel for dry shoes, etc...
1:00 PM
WASHINGTON PARK
MAX Station, way below grade and at the surface (Murase Associates)
Vietnam
Veterans of Oregon Memorial (Walker - Macy)
Hoyt Arboretum
Oregon Zoo
World Forestry Center, 1971, 4033 SW Canyon Rd., across from zoo entrance... p. 204.
(View of Mt. Hood)
SOUTH
WATERFRONT
(by Street Car, almost to southern end)
2:30 PM The Aerial Tram, 2007 for views of town and environs... p. 213.
South Waterfront to top of hill occupied by Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
3:30 Residential Towers, Mirabella, etc.. site work by Mayer/Reed
6:00 PM Dinner
Sunday, March 14
9:00 AM
OLD TOWN - CHINATOWN
Lan Su Yuan, 2000, a.k.a. Classical Chinese Garden, largest Suzhou-style garden outside China
b/t NW 2d & 3rd Aves., Everett & Fanders Sts.
? AM Revisit favorite places for sketching, analytic diagramming, photography
? AM Check out of hotel
? PM Arrive at the airport for check in and getting to the gate
? PM Depart Portland Int'l Airport
? PM Arrive KC MCI Int'l Airport
Downtown Map
Resources
Notes
From Jim Figurski: Re the trip to Orenco Station via Max, it's worth it just to get off at the various stops to see the public art installed at each. The zoo stop is one of the deepest subterranean rail stops in the US and the above grade plaza at the zoo was done by Bob Murase. GreenWorks also did a Stormwater retrofit to the zoo parking lot. Tom Liptan is Portland's green roof guru ...
From Lee Skabelund: ... introduce the larger Portland park system and ecological restoration & management issues to the students on Wed. -- perhaps you could get someone from the Parks Dept. (or from Vigil-Agrimis, Inc.) to meet you on the afternoon of March 12th and/or at Washington Park on the morning of Saturday, March 15th. Paul Agrimis (RLA, PE, PWS) or Tracy Johnson may be able to assist in some way -- or point you to folks who can shed light on these bigger-picture landscape ecology and ecological restoration issues. Per the discussion of Forest Park on the Parks & Recreation website, FLO played a role in thinking about the Portland Park System. The issues related to urban water quality (which you will explore with GreenWorks & Mayer/Reed) should be linked to larger ecological restoration & management issues, including salmon habitat Last week I listened in on an excellent webinar presentation by Dean Apostle as he spoke about restoration issues in the Pacific Northwest. It would be great to inform the students about the major ecosystem types in the region -- including oak woodlands, old-growth conifer forests, tidal wetlands, and riparian woodlands.
From
Carol Mayer-Reed:
... the best "edgy" coffee shop is across the street from the hotel on SW Third. It
is called Stumptown. It is quite a hipster/cult destination. Not everyone in
Portland looks and acts like the characters that hang out there, but it is a fun
people watching place for sure. The Bijou Cafe is right next door on Third and
Pine and it has a great breakfast. If the Stumptown is too edgy or crowded, they
might like Morning Star Cafe which is at SW Third and Washington. It is still
hip but with a little less attitude. Good coffee and pastry both places. VooDoo
donuts is two blocks north of Stumptown and sells ridiculously decorated donuts
and is "open late." ... I hope you left some time to browse in Powell's
Bookstore. Also tell the students there is good, cheap happy hour fare at the
City Grill which is on the 30th floor of the US Bank Tower, the big pink office
high rise at SW 5th and SW Oak. It is one block west of your hotel. The light
rail project has the pavement torn up all around it, but don't be put off from
that. You can get great views in about three directions, so it is worth the
look, even if you don't want to be part of the bar scene. You can eat at the
restaurant part, but it costs more.
Acknowledgments
Jim Figurski. Thanks very much for so much help on the itinerary, office visit and tours of projects.
Carol Mayer-Reed. Thank you for involving your entire office during the visit, and the great advice above..
Doug Macy. Thank you for help on the itinerary, office visit and introductions for projects.
Lynsie Lee at Murase Associates. Thank you for the cut sheets.
Emily Hauth and Allan Schmidt at BES. Thank you for the in situ discussions on rainwater, greenstreets and greenroofs.