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Board reviews draft City of Portland Historic Resources Design Manual; members urge clearer, user-friendly guidance
Summary
At a workshop the Historic Preservation Board reviewed draft chapters of the City of Portland Historic Resources Design Manual. Members and public commenters praised the update but requested clearer quick-reference materials, better case-study signposting and less aggressive image masking to help lay readers and applicants use the manual.
The Portland Historic Preservation Board held a workshop to review draft chapters of the City of Portland Historic Resources Design Manual, the first substantial update since the 1990s. Staff presented material-design and layout revisions, a set of draft standards, and ten proposed case studies illustrating precedents.
Staff described graphic conventions, bookmarked case studies and the structure of chapters 1'3. Mel Donaldson, identified by staff as director of special projects, and Evan (preservation staff) explained that the design work was developed with a professional graphics designer and that…
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