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Originally Posted by pdxdash
The old Lloyd Center was an architectural gem and had it been left alone it would certainly deserve a spot on the Portland architectural tour. It had a pure modernistic, post-war, space age vibe going on while maintaining a northwesternly feel...mainly stemming from it's open air concept. All that's gone now and it's not worth seeing. My dream is that someday it will be opened up again, which I believe is the only way it will ever be truely integrated into the surrounding neighborhoods.
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I agree 100%. The original Lloyd Center WAS an architectural timepiece. Anyone remember the Nordstrom (or was it Bests?) facade that was a bunch of rolls of white marbles? It just became another cloned mall when they 'modernized' it in the '80's.
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