Call to Volunteers
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Superbowl Weekend? AHC Volunteers Deserve A Big Cheer!
Marketing or Graphic Design Volunteers -- If these are your talents, we need your help on some special projects.
Library Project -- Volunteer needed to identify, sort and evaluate items in our library. Some database experience helpful.
Office Project -- Are you a whiz at organizing clutter? We have a short term project to organize a storage area and print materials.
Kitchen Revival Tour -- April 16 seems far away, but it's not too early to sign up to be a kitchen monitor.
For details about current volunteer opportunities, please contact
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Donation wish list
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-Pot holders and kitchen towels
-Three nice serving spoons
-One Cake server/platter
-Ground coffee
Office/Technology
-Postage Stamps
-Plain white printer paper
-Large Foam core sheets
-Windows PC Desktop computers. [Windows XP or Vista.]
-Rolling Computer Rack
If you have donations that we can use in our kitchen and offices, please call or email Philip at 503.234.7264 or philipa@visitahc.org.
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Internship Opportunities
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We have an ongoing program and offer internships each term. Applications are always accepted via the submission of cover letters and resumes to the appropriate hiring manager. Winter Intern Opportunities:
- Marketing
- Graphic Design
- Website Maintainence
For details of all positions offered each term, see the on our website.
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Rent the AHC for your next meeting or event!
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Let us help make your next event even more memorable. Besides our beautiful, historic building, we offer affordable rates, a relaxed staff, kitchen facilities, equipment, and more. For information about our building rentals, check out the rental page on our website or contact Ita Lindquist at 503.231.7264.
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AHC Monthly Art Exhibits are open to Portland artists .
| AHC Art exhibits are open to artists in the community. We give priority to our business members, their employees, and our general membership, but we are accepting applications from artists who are not members.
Our beautiful building offers an ideal location for presentation of 2 dimensional art and is a great place to invite your clients, family, and friends for an opening reception.
We are currently booking shows for 2012 and invite our artist community to apply for a show.
Corporate members: please pass this invitation along to painters, photographers and other 2d artists within your organization so everyone can enjoy the benefits of your membership.
To receive an information package and application, send an email to barbarap@visitahc.org.
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Help the AHC be more environmentally sustainable by renewing your membership promptly! Timely responses make your membership contributions go farther because they save paper, postage, and volunteer and staff time. You can even send in your dues or renew on-line prior to receiving a mailed notice by checking the renewal date noted on your newsletter mailing label. If you have any questions or feedback regarding your membership, email Holly Chamberlain at hollyc@VisitAHC.org. Thank you so much for your contributions and participation. Every membership matters! |
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About the AHC... |
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The Architectural Heritage Center is a non-profit resource center for historic preservation in the Portland area. Owned and operated by the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, we offer a range of education programs to help people appreciate, restore, and maintain vintage properties. Over 40,000 people have participated in our talks, home tours, workshops, and gallery exhibits. 701 SE Grand Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97214
Open Wed - Sat
10:00AM - 4:30PM
503 231-7264
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Thank you to everyone who has written in to let us know how much you enjoy the weekly enews. We like hearing from you! Many of you use this newsletter as a reminder for program registrations, to check out volunteer opportunities, and to find resources for your home projects. Thank you.
Do you have feedback or suggestions you would like to share? If so, please send them to marketing@visitahc.org. We will do our best to listen to all ideas.
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Revised E-news Schedule
Like many other businesses and non profit organizations, the AHC has experienced financial challenges over the past two years. In a recent planning meeting, we made the decision to cut back on the frequency of our enews letter to make time for some other activities that have not been getting enough of our attention.
For the time being, we will be mailing this newsletter bi-weekly with occasional special mailings when they are needed. We know that many of you rely on this weekly mailer to help you plan for education programs and other activities,including staying abreast of news on our preservation blog. We appreciate your support and hope that our schedule change will still allow you to get the timely information you need and expect from us.
For those of you who are further away or involved in our activities less frequently, you will appreciate the decrease in our emailings.
You can always connect to our website for program and other information - www.VisitAHC.org.
You are all important to us and your feedback is always welcome! Thank you for your continued support.
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Save the date for these popular events!
- Kitchen Revival Tour, Saturday April 16th
- Heritage Home Tour, Saturday July 30th
- Heritage Auction, Saturday October 15th
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February Education Programs
Marking Our Territory: How to Read Local Landscapes
Part of Oregon Humanities statewide Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua
Saturday, February 5th
10:00 am - 11:30 am
All tickets $5.00
The big house and the quarters; the front door and the back door; lunch counters, water fountains, the back of the bus... One of the most persistent ways people exert power over others is to control their access to space.
Drawing upon the fields of architecture, environmental studies, urban design, and public policy, this discussion will pose the following questions: How do we mark our territory? How do the built environments we create reflect our values and aspirations? Whom do we include and whom do we exclude in the process? Touching on gentrification, the decline of public space, historic preservation, residential segregation, and suburban sprawl, Reiko Hillyer will lead a conversation about how to read the history of our communities through the landscapes we build and consider how we can be more aware of and more engaged in the creation of our surroundings.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here
Sponsored by: Oregon Humanities Pre-registration is Required
The Portland Plan: Historic Preservation's Future
Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:00 am - Noon
All Tickets: $10
The past 18 months of the Portland Plan "update" have been loaded with meetings, forums, websites to monitor, and a crush of additional issues that have been added to the mix. Historic preservation has gotten rather buried and the topic has been quieter than it deserves-given that more than 60,000 of Portland's buildings were constructed before 1930. This session will be a full update on the various components of the Portland Plan-what's in play and what lies ahead. How can we influence and impact what the Plan update does for historic preservation?
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here
Pre-registration is strongly suggested.
This program is assisted by a Partners in the Field challenge grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Sponsored by: Spirit Mountain Community Fund , Oregon Cultural Trust, and Multnomah County Cultural Coalition
It's "Cooch" not "Cowch"
An Insider's Guide to Portland Architecture and History
Saturday, February 19, 2011 10:00 am-11:30 am
Members: $13 General Public: $18 From the Gilded Age to the Space Age:
A Century of American Lighting 1870-1970
Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Members: $13 General Public: $18 For information on all winter programs, click here. |
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Join us for the opening reception of....
Photographer Doug Richardson
Opening Reception Friday, Feb. 4th
6pm-8pm
Free and open to the public
Work will be for sale with sales benefitting the artist and the AHC
More information here
I have been photographing the world around me for over thirty-five years. The last few years I have been exploring Portland's iconic places at night using film and long shutter speeds to capture familiar scenes in a different light. For me this creates an emotional experience that differs dramatically from daylight shots.
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Business Member Spotlight
 Restoring History LLC is a consulting service focused on preserving and restoring historic buildings. They help find creative solutions to the puzzle of how to incorporate modern amenities without destroying the historic character that make vintage buildings special in the first place. They also help design and return historic details that may have been lost through previous insensitive remodels. Much of their focus is on kitchens and bathrooms, but they can help with anything from finding hardware, color consults, to finding crafts people who understand historic buildings. We asked owner Karla Pearlstein about her involvement with the AHC and she shared the following with us: "Restoring History LLC is proud to be a member of the Architectural Heritage Center. We believe that the AHC provides educational opportunities that would otherwise not exist. Restoring History LLC. believes that the only way to save our heritage is through education, and the AHC provides exhibits, tours, and lectures to promote a better understanding of our architectural material culture. Restoring History LLC. supports the AHC's educational mission.
For more information: www.RestoringHistory.com; 503-452-7772
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Our Members & Staff in the News!
Interior Designer, Kathia Emery has been recognized by Ava Living for Entryways that Wow! See her project here.
Barbara Pierce and CJ Hurley (CJ Hurley Century Arts) were the lead consultants and designers for the restoration of an Arts & Crafts bungalow featured in the current issue of Old House Journal.
The Laurelhurst home is pictured on the cover and the full article can be read here.
AHC Members Jean Biggs and Cathleen Corlett entered
documentation of the Enchanted Forest into the Historic American Landscapes Survey Theme Park Challenge and won second place. Information about their recognition can be found here.
If you are an active member or business member of the AHC, we want to hear about it when you win a preservation related award, have your work honored in an exhibit, have your restored home featured in a magazine. Share your news with us at marketing@visitahc.org.
In the body of your email, please provide the following information:- a brief summary of the project, article, award, etc.
- full website address of any links you wish to share regarding your recognition
- Business members only - a link to your website and an attached logo (72dpi, 1"max)
We will do our best to recognize everyone, but we do edit content in our newsletter as necessary.
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Events We Recommend:
Sustaining African American Legacy and History Conference
Monday February 14, 2011 10:00 A.M.
at the Architectural Heritage Center
The Oregon African American Museum and co-sponsors, Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers (ONWBP), William Hart of Carleton-Hart Architecture and Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center will present a one-day conference.
For more information and registration, click here.
Day Building Restoration Open House
February 4th, 4-6pm
2068 NW Flanders. St.
You are invited to visit the Day Building, to celebrate its restoration following the fire that damaged the building this summer. The building was built in 1907 by WL Morgan, "The Apartment King", and is listed on the National Register. The owner and project team will be there to answer any questions and will have photos showing the condition of the building after the fire.
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Memories of our Founders
"I knew both of them as we used to vie for the spoils on the demolition sites. They always got there first! I met Jerry first, when I had a house with exceptional Povey stained glass windows. Jerry had to repair some broken glass - and he had fill-ins - just what the doctor ordered."
-- Bill Failing
Do you have a recollection of Jerry or Ben that you would like to share for publication or for our archives? Please contact Holly Chamberlain at hollyc@VisitAHC.org or 503-231-7264. Many thanks to those who have already sent in the reminiscences that help round out our organizational history.
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QUOTES & FACTS
A house is so much more than timber, cement, and mortar. It is a love-structure which stores up memories. It is security, shelter, healing, and peace. It is the shared joys, tears, dreams, and heartbreaks of several generations.
-Rev. W.R. Bouknight, III
Bulletin of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church [1990]
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Portland Preservation Blog
Keep up with our advocacy efforts and stay informed of preservation issues in Portland. This is also a great way to learn more about the technical assistance we are providing in the community.
http://portlandpreservation.wordpress.com/
Recent Posts:
- City Approves Design for East Burnside Re-Development and Demolition of the Galaxy Restaurant
- Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center's Position on the Proposed Galaxy Restaurant Redevelopment
- Wondering How to Comment on Historic Preservation or Other Land Use Issues in Portland? Read On!
- Is Portland's First Denny's Worthy of Preservation?
- 2010 Review: A Year of Portland Preservation
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Making a Future for the Past
Would you like to see your commitment to the Architectural Heritage Center continue into the future? Consider including the organization in your estate planning. For more information on how you can leave a legacy to the Bosco-Milligan Foundation, please contact Holly Chamberlain, Deputy Director, at 503-231-7264 or hollyc@VisitAHC.org.
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