Letters to the Editor

March 2012 Oregon’s Most Endangered Places Nomination

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The Society nominated the Carman House, the oldest remaining house in Lake Oswego, dating from the mid-1850s to Oregon’s Most Endangered Places list. It is also one of the few extant territorial (pre-statehood) homes in Oregon. The Historic Preservation League of Oregon did not select the Carman House as one of its most endangered places. … [Read more...] about March 2012 Oregon’s Most Endangered Places Nomination

March 2012 Letter of Recommendation to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

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March 5, 2012 Awards CommitteeNational Trust for Historic Preservation1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20036Re: Oswego Iron Furnace Dear Award Committee Members: As a citizen of Lake Oswego, a resident of the Old Town neighborhood in which the Oswego Iron Furnace is located, and as president of the Lake Oswego Preservation Society, I recommend the Oswego … [Read more...] about March 2012 Letter of Recommendation to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

February 2012 What’s Old is New Again Letter to the Editor

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Graeme Shankland, first Honorary Secretary of the William Morris Society, may have said it best when he observed: “A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent; and a city without old buildings is like a man without a memory.” In Lake Oswego, one of the most unlikely adaptive reuses of an old building is located on Lakewood Bay. It was built about 1912 to … [Read more...] about February 2012 What’s Old is New Again Letter to the Editor

December 2011 Preservation’s Role in Economic Development Letter to the Editor

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Fostering current economic development does not require sacrificing our past. Given the community update to the comprehensive plan, we have an opportunity to rethink our approach to historic preservation and recognize the contribution Lake Oswego’s existing historic fabric makes to the local economy and to sustainability. To fully utilize the potential of Lake Oswego’s built … [Read more...] about December 2011 Preservation’s Role in Economic Development Letter to the Editor