Parkway Manor

For almost a century, Parkway Manor has been a valuable neighbor contributing to the South Park Blocks. The apartment building opened in spring 1931 at the start of the Great Depression and offered “exclusive, but not expensive” housing, including weekly rentals to those unable to pay a month’s rent. Today, the Art Deco building faces demolition. Parkway Manor journeys through the past, present, and unfortunate future of this historic building.
This video was created by Portland’s Aedin Powell, of Aedin Powell Media, whose work highlights important issues from environmental advocacy to urban planning to indigenous rights. Aedin is the director and editor of Views from Burnside Bridge featured in our 2022 Building Stories event. The narration is voiced by Madeline Tran, local actor, singer and fight choreographer.

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What an unforgivable loss for downtown. PSU lacks the institutional understanding of the value of heritage sites like this.