1. SOUTH Park blocks
STAMB Meeting, May 26, 2015

2. HistorICAL overview
City’s oldest park – Daniel H. Lownsdale donated unimproved roadway for public usage in 1852.
1877: Landscaping starts (still not a ‘park’ until 1885)
Landscape Design: Louis G. Pfunder
Planted 104 Lombardy poplars and Dutch elms between Salmon and Hall.
“Park Blocks, 1878,”Oregon Historical Society, OrHi 23454,

3. Park Blocks & Portland State 1960s
Tour of buildings along the Park Blocks from SW Jackson to Market Street.
Starting on the east side of the street moving north and then crossing to Park Ave West and travelling south.
“Aerial of SW Portland Centered on South Park Blocks, ca. 1938,” City of Portland Archives,

4. For the more graphically oriented

5. Aerial of Portland State, ca. 1963

6. Sw park & Jackson 1964: Residence
2015: Native American Student & Community Center

7. Sw park & College
1964: Playground and Portland Community College Admin Building (formerly Shattuck Elementary School)
2015: Playground and Shattuck Hall

8. Sw park & Hall

9. Sw park & Harrison Looking South
1964: South Park Hall, phase 1
2015: Neuberger Hall
Re-named in 1972.
East addition completed 1969…

10. SW Harrison & Broadway 1964

11. Sw park & Harrison Looking North
1966: College Center
2015: Smith Memorial Student Union
Re-named in 1969.

12. Sw park between Mill & Market2
Sw park between Mill & Market 1
1966: Old Main
2015: Lincoln Hall
Re-named in 1972.
1. Park & Mill Street
2. Market & Park Ave

13. SW Park between Market & Clay
2015: University Park Condos

14. SW Park & Market
1964: Apartment complex
2015: University Park Condos

15. SW Park between Market & Clay
1964: First Unitarian Church parking lot
2015: University Park Condos

16. SW Park & Market
2015: Park Avenue Cafe

17. SW Park between Market & Clay
1966: Vacant Lot
2015: Park Avenue Café
Church is First German Evangelical (1438 SW 10th Ave)

18. Sw Market & Park Ave 1964: Parkway Manor Apartments
2015: Parkway Residence Hall
Constructed & owned by Harry Mittleman in Acquired by Portland Student Services as PSU housing in 1969

19. Sw Park & Mill, 1964 1964: DCE addition 2015: XSB
General Extension Division (GED) of OSSHE re-named in 1963 the Division of Continuing Education (DCE). Built in 1957, expanded in 1962.
Acquired by PSU in 1976.

20. Sw Park & Mill, 1962 1962: GED addition excavation 2015: XSB
General Extension Division (GED) of OSSHE re-named in 1963 the Division of Continuing Education (DCE). Built in 1957, expanded in 1962.
Acquired by PSU in 1976.

21. SW Mill & Park Looking South
1962: Ione Plaza
2015: Vue Apartments
Portland State planned on acquiring the Ione during the 1960s & 1970s but nothing beyond some concept drawings came of it.
The President’s and other administrative offices were located here from

22. SW Montgomery & Park, 1962 1 2 1962: Parkview Apartments
2015: Simon Benson House
1. Parkview next to Martha Washington Hotel for Young Women (now Montgomery Residence Hall)
2. Parking area next to Parkview facing Blackstone

23. SW Montgomery & Park, 1968
1968: Parking lot facing Martha Washington Hotel and Blackstone Apartments
2015: Simon Benson House, Montgomery, Blackstone

24. SW Harrison & Park 1962: Blackstone Apartments
2015: Blackstone Residence Hall
Constructed & owned by Harry Mittleman in 1931.
Acquired by Portland Student Services from Mittleman as PSU housing in 1969

25. SW Park & Harrison 1962: Queen Louise Apartments 2015: Millar Library
Tree on the left is the Library’s beech tree.
Constructed for Harry Mittleman ca. 1960s.
Demolished 1969

26. SW Park & Hall 1962: Vedanta Society house 2015: Millar Library
Tree on the right is the Library’s beech tree.

27. SW Park & Harrison
1980: Millar Library (pre-addition, aka Library West)
2015: Millar Library
Tree on the left is the Library’s beech tree.

28. SW Park & Hall
1962: Parkhall apartments
2015: Peter Stott Center

29. SW Park between Hall & College
1962: Douglas Court apartments
2015: Peter Stott Center

30. SW Park between Hall & College
1962: The Savoy apartments
2015: Peter Stott Center

31. SW Park & College
1962: Duplex residence
2015: Peter Stott Center

32. SW Jackson & Park
1964: Park Plaza Apartments with playground in foreground
2015: Park Plaza Apartments

33. PARK MALL DEVELOPMENT
1972: City of Portland and PSU collaborate to close the park blocks to through traffic and update landscaping and hardscaping.
1974: Phase 2 of the Park Mall Development project commences. The phase added more benches, signage, sculptures, and other features to the Park Blocks
“Park Blocks Re-Development, 1972,”