Top 5 Favorite Portland High Rises (cities, Chinatown, buildings)

[pzrOrange]

the Smart tower may have been not the best design, but I really feel that Portland needs at least a couple of tall buildings of that caliber. may be not as tall, but definitely taller and more modern looking than the US Bank tower...

[aajn1983]

Originally Posted by Minervah

Well, my two cents for what it's worth, I like the Portland Building and miss the gorilla. I think they should have kept him up there instead of Portlandia.

i also like the portland building.

the same architect did the central library in downtown denver, very similar vibe.

[aajn1983]

Originally Posted by pzrOrange

the Smart tower may have been not the best design, but I really feel that Portland needs at least a couple of tall buildings of that caliber. may be not as tall, but definitely taller and more modern looking than the US Bank tower...

seriously?



i guess i'm not knocking the building itself, as much as the fact that it has absolutely no place in the portland skyline. it's a joke. we don't need our own version of the space needle.

as for modern skyscrapers, i'm not a fan. mid-rise buildings and density, yes. but, shiny new skyscrapers belong in seattle and san francisco. portland is better than that.

[pzrOrange]

Portland kind of reminds me on downtown Minneapolis, but without the 3 tallest buildings.



I am all for modern skyscrapers, they add more meat to the bones and make the skyline more monumental so to speak.

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[juggler]

Moderator cut: off topic I too question whether Portland has even 5 highrises from which to pick. For simplicity's sake, compare us to neighboring Seattle; yes they are nearly twice our population, but they have a lot more than double our skyscraper count.

[Haley James]

Originally Posted by juggler

Moderator cut: off topic I too question whether Portland has even 5 highrises from which to pick. For simplicity's sake, compare us to neighboring Seattle; yes they are nearly twice our population, but they have a lot more than double our skyscraper count.

According to this there are 23...
List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Minervah]

How high does a building have to be before it is called a high rise? Does the list of the 23 tallest buildings in Portland on Wikipedia all qualify as high rises? Or are some of them just tall buildings?

[ramedud]

Originally Posted by Minervah

How high does a building have to be before it is called a high rise? Does the list of the 23 tallest buildings in Portland on Wikipedia all qualify as high rises? Or are some of them just tall buildings?

That particular list of tallest buildings in Portland uses 250 ft. as a standard for what a highrise is.

From Wikipedia:

The Emporis Standards Committee defines a high-rise building as "a multi-storey structure between 35–100 meters tall, or a building of unknown height from 12–39 floors" and a skyscraper as "a multi-storey building whose architectural height is at least 100 m or 330 ft."

[AndyAMG]

We don't want/need highrises, In my opinion no building should come within 100 feet of Pittock Mansion, that would be 700 feet or so, that would be a 670 foot tall building or 50-55 sorties. IMHO that would be too much and you wouldnt get that famous west hills view of the city and Mount Hood. None of our buildings are all that memorable. They were all minimalist and built quickly in the 80s bank boom. We are not Seattle/SF and we don't need to be.....

[Minervah]

Originally Posted by ramedud

That particular list of tallest buildings in Portland uses 250 ft. as a standard for what a highrise is.

From Wikipedia:

The Emporis Standards Committee defines a high-rise building as "a multi-storey structure between 35–100 meters tall, or a building of unknown height from 12–39 floors" and a skyscraper as "a multi-storey building whose architectural height is at least 100 m or 330 ft."

I see, thanks for the information. I guess coming from Chicago I don't think of Portland's tall buildings as skyscrapers. Most of the ones here today weren't here when I first moved here. The skyline is very different today. My favorite tall buildings are the Portland Building and The Koin Tower.