{"id":4730,"date":"2021-10-02T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/photography\/?p=4730"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:31:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T01:31:22","slug":"block-216-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/photography\/2021\/10\/block-216-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"Block 216 Podium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After evolving from a food-cart-lined parking lot to a below-grade garage<\/a> last year, Block 216 filled a longstanding hole in Portland’s urban fabric in 2021. The eight-story podium will feature lobbies, retail space, a food hall, ballrooms, and office space. Aside from its wide mix of uses, this part of the building is remarkable for its relationship to the surrounding context. With historic midrise buildings across the street on three sides, and only slightly larger contemporary structures across SW 10th, the podium presents the most typical interaction point – in the building’s immediate context. In contrast, the glass tower will relate to the broader city skyline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passersby will quickly notice the bright white precast concrete fa\u00e7ade. It brings the new building into the scale of the adjacent historic blocks. And it offers a glimpse of the bustling presence that Block 216 will offer the central city when it opens in 2023. As construction races up the tower, let’s take a look at the podium, whose monumental openings will eventually invite thousands of people inside on a daily basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n