{"id":4927,"date":"2022-05-30T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/photography\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2022-05-30T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T03:30:10","slug":"block-216-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/photography\/2022\/05\/block-216-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Block 216 Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While its podium compliments its immediate context, Block 216’s tower rises to a prominent place in Portland’s skyline. This gallery features views of the tower’s growth from afar and up close, from June 2021 through May 2022. The tower will house eleven floors of hotel rooms, a pool, spa and restaurant open to the public, and fifteen floors of condominiums when it opens in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the post-tensioned concrete structure rose by more than a floor every fortnight, the glass curtain wall cladding began to highlight the tower’s chamfered, crystalline form. While global shipping challenges slowed installation of the glass, Portlanders witnessed the openness made possible by the thin floorplates of what is now the tallest post-tensioned concrete structure in the city. The glass will continue to rise over the next few months. Meanwhile, crews are busy carving the half-block tower into hotel rooms, condos, and more within the glazed shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n