250 Taylor Office BuildingSubmitting Company: Turner ConstructionLocation: PortlandOwner/Developer: 3rd and Taylor, LLC with Rockwood CapitalArchitect: Ankrom Moisan ArchitectsEngineer: KPFFAdditional Engineering Firms: GeoDesign Inc., GlumacGeneral Contractor: Turner ConstructionSubcontractors: Afghan Associates, Alliant Systems, American Heating, Balco, Bell Hardware of Portland, Bergelectric, Brian H Smith Demolition, Building Material Specialties, Carlson Testing, Cascade Tower and Rigging, Cessco, City of Roses Disposal & Recycling, Concrete Inspection Services, Cosco Fire Protection, D&H Flagging, Dennis 7 Dees Landscaping, DeWitt Construction, Dmitry Buzhduga dba Quality Cleaning Services, Don Rhyne Painting, Eagle Striping Services, Eco-Pan Inc., Encore Glass, Everlast Climbing Industries, F.D. Thomas, Faustrollean Fixture, Fencescreen, Finish Line Concrete Cutting, Fireside Contracting Services, Forensic Analytical Consulting, Fred Shearer & Sons, Glacier Northwest, Gonsalves & Santucci, Harmon, Insulation Contractors, Integrity Worldwide, K&S Masonry, Kittelson & Associates, KONE, Martin Sheet Metal, Morrison Hershfield, Morrow Equipment, National Construction Rentals, Northwest Handling Systems, Northwest Scaffold Services, OEG, Pan-Van, PERI Formwork Systems, Premier Cleaning Services, Prestige Tile & Stone, Pure Floors, R2M2 Rebar & Stressing, Ralphs Concrete Pumping, RC Building Specialties, Schulz-Clearwater Sanitation, Security Contractor Services, Snyder Roofing of Oregon, Spraylock Concrete Protection, Statewide Land Surveying, Streimer Sheet Metal Works, Sunbelt Rentals, T-Plus Steel Fabricators, Terracon Consultants, Tractel, Turner Construction (concrete), Turner Logistics, UCIT Security, Umpqua Roofing, United Rentals, United Site Services, Urban Bicycle Parking Systems, Vaughn Environmental, Westlake Consultants, Williams Scotsman

When Pacific Northwest utility company NW Natural decided on a new office space, they didnt pull any punches. They chose one of Portlands newest buildings, the 10-story, 191,500-square-foot 250 Taylor building designed by Ankrom Moisan Architects and built by general contractor Turner Construction.

Built on a half-block property fronting Southwest Taylor Street between Southwest Second and Third avenues in downtown Portland, the new building features post-tensioned concrete decks skinned with pre-fabricated, unitized curtainwall panels with integrated glass, terra cotta and metal panels that are intended to reflect the craftsmanship and aesthetic of the historic brick masonry buildings that still predominate the surrounding area.

Large windows provide plenty of daylight for the modern office spaces inside, along with the lobby and ground floor retail space. Each floor is taller than average, designed to have 11- to 14-foot ceilings and open floor plates that are largely due to the offset elevator core that forms the backbone of the structure. Two levels of below-grade parking hold 90 stalls, while the ground floor hosts a bicycle room with mechanical storage racks and locker rooms with private showers.

Tenant amenities include a prominent ninth-story double-height balcony as well as a roof deck that provides a stunning 360-degree view of the city and Willamette River.

Finally, because of the critical nature of NW Naturals operations, they also chose the location because the structure is designed for seismic resiliency that allows it to withstand a 9.0 magnitude earthquake with 50 percent greater strength than is required by code.

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The Lopez Island Grange is looking sharp these days after a long-awaited paint job. The exterior paint had begun to peel off in many places, and some siding and sills had begun to exhibit rot. New boards were ordered to replace the siding, sills were repaired, and the entire building was scraped and painted. The Grange began fundraising for the project several years ago and it was completed this October. It was a real community effort to see this project through, and we are grateful to the contractors, businesses, donors, and islanders who helped make it happen, says Grange Master Sue DuMond.

The Lopez Island Grange was built by Joe and John Burt in 1903 and originally served as Center School, one of four schools on the island. When the district consolidated in the 1940s, Lopez Grange #1060 assumed ownership and has stewarded it ever since. The Grange has hosted teen nights, tap classes, weddings, funeral receptions, square dances, family gatherings, meetings, classes and so much more. At the Grange, you can really feel the heartbeat of our community says executive committee member Kelsey Nelsen. Weve managed to maintain this historic building as a vital part of island life for over a hundred years and with this restoration work, we hope to see it into its next hundred. The new paint job is the first step in a bigger restoration project. Next steps include repairing the foundation, weatherization, and installing energy-efficient heat pumps.

Lopez Island Grange would like to thank the following contractors and businesses for their donations, hard work, and attention to detail in painting and restoring the beautiful 117-year-old Grange building: Colby White Construction and Maintenance, Liz Scranton Custom Wood Finishes, Joel & June Arnold at Sunset Builders, Doug Poole at Sage Building Solutions, Phelps Construction and Chrisanne Galvez. Funding for the project came from The San Juan County Historical Preservation Grant Fund, many donors on IndieGoGo and the Lopez Island community, and visitors who donated and attended Grange events and contributed to the ongoing building maintenance and restoration fund. More info: http://www.lopezislandgrange.org.

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There are 99federal subsidizedunits at the Charles Street complex, which houses people62 years old and up and peoplewith disabilities.The former mill building is overseen by SHP Management Corp., a private company, and not the Newburyport Housing Authority.

The announcement of a second resident testing positive comes less than two months after SHP said a second employee tested positive for the potentially fatal virus.

Company President Matt Brucker said no other residents have tested positive since the announcement.

"As far as I know, it's only one. We are confident all residents make us aware when there's a positive test," Brucker said.

In response to the positive test,SHP distributed a flyer asking residents to adhere to allCenters for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and practice good hygiene.

"Behave as if everyone is positive because we just don't know who may be positive," Brucker said.

At the time of the positive test, contractors weremaking electrical upgrades, installing new kitchen cabinets, and making general repairsto theconverted brick mill building. Brucker said those projectswould resume in about a week.

But James Steam Mill resident Clive Lee called for all nonessential work to cease until residentsare vaccinated.

"Its simple, it has always been simple. Why paint doors that dont need painting? The carpet is serviceable and presentable it can wait to be replaced. The kitchens are serviceable no need to upgrade them now," Lee said in an email. "We have a pandemic raging and they carry on regardless."

The first James Steam Mill resident tested positive in late May or early June while in the hospital. A similar flyer was distributed to residents but repairs to an inoperative elevator continued on schedule. Brucker said Thursday the project was completed "a couple months ago."

Word of the facility's first COVID-19 case comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve the firstvaccinenext week. Earlier this week, CDC officials voted to distribute the first batch of vaccines to nursing home residents, others in residential care facilities and health care workers.

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Every home buyer wants to add their personal touch to their property and turn their new house into a home. A great way to do this at a reasonably low cost is by giving the property a fresh coat of paint.

But to make their lives easier, experts recommend buyers paint the home before moving in.

A new coat of paint will make the home seem cleaner, updated and more your own. However, to save yourself some hassle, paint the home a few days before you move all your furniture and boxes into the home. Not only will this save you from inhaling paint fumes, but it will also cut down the amount of labour and time required to get the job done, said regional director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa Adrian Goslett.

Below, RE/MAX of Southern Africa describes four reasons to paint before you move in:

You dont need to play tetris with the boxes

It is far less physically challenging and less stressful to paint the interior of a home if there is nothing in it. If furniture and boxes have already been moved in, it makes the entire process far more cumbersome, involving heavy maneuvering to get to certain places in the home. If the room is empty, it will be easier to move around and place the step ladder in the right spot to reach those out-of-the-way sections.

Why move twice when you can move once?

If homeowners have already moved in, they will have to move the furniture away from the walls before they can start painting. Moving the furniture around and covering it takes the time that could be spent on the actual painting.

If homeowners decide to make use of professional painting contractors, it can save them in costs. With no furniture in the home, the painters will be able to move from one room to the next much faster, which will cut down on time spent on the job. Less time spent on the job will mean lower labour costs.

Avoid creating Jackson Pollock furniture

If there is no furniture in the home, it cant get ruined. Even if the new homeowner or a painting contractor is meticulous in ensuring all furniture is covered, there is still the chance that paint could spill or paint flecks could find their way onto the furniture.

Figure out a colour palette

Homeowners who are undecided about their colour palette should test several shades of the colour selections on a wall in the room they are going to be painting. The painted area should be allowed to dry for 24 hours before viewing it, as paint often looks different after it has dried.

View the colour swatches in the morning, noon and evening, as the colours will also appear slightly different depending on the time of day.

This will give the homeowner the chance to compare the shades to see which one is best for space. If the homeowner has not yet bought any of their dcor items for their new home, painting the home will give them a specific colour palette from which to work which could make the process of decorating far easier.

Painting a home is an excellent way to transform it and reflect the new owners individual style. However, neutral shades will always have the broadest appeal if the homeowner ever decides to sell.

When a homeowner reaches that point, it is best to consult with a local real estate advisor who can provide objective advice on how the home should be updated to give it the best chance of selling, Goslett concluded.

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An Oakmont pedestrian safety project, inspired by a traffic study and a borough Girl Scout, is planned for next year.

Borough officials earmarked $40,000 in the 2021 budget for line painting for crosswalks along Allegheny River Boulevard and Allegheny Avenue.

It is unclear how much painting could be done with that amount of money.

The decision to improve the crosswalks was done after reviewing a traffic study by Wooster and Associates of Pittsburgh and a report from resident Audrey Myers, a ninth-grader at Riverview High School.

I think she inspired us to move forward on it, and she has given us a wonderful tool to work with, Councilwoman Nancy Ride said. Were able to use it rather than doing our research with our own staff, and we thank her.

Audrey examined about 120 intersections this past spring and noted the quality of the crosswalks and whether there were sidewalk ramps. Audrey also took photos of all of the intersections.

She submitted her data to the borough in March. Officials put that data into an interactive dashboard for Oakmonts geographic information systems a few months later.

According to Audreys report, 53 of the intersections examined had crosswalks while 61 only had sidewalk ramps.

Out of those crosswalks, seven were listed in good condition, 20 in fair condition, 21 were poor and three earned mixed reviews.

Myers is a member of Girl Scout Troop 52359 in Oakmont and Boy Scout Troop 9143 in Monroeville.

Her efforts will go toward her Girl Scouts Silver Award.

The traffic study was released a few months ago. It included an analysis of traffic along Allegheny Avenue, Third Street and Cedar Way from Hulton Road to College Avenue.

The study showed several intersections were dangerous for walkers.

We have a vehicle/pedestrian conflict in a lot of places, borough manager Scot Fodi said. If we did some improvements on signage and paint on the streets wed have a better chance of lessening the conflicts.

Fodi said there were a lot of near misses this year and previous years, but no one was actually struck.

Theres been no pedestrian incidents, he said. The accidents we are seeing at intersections happen to be driver incidents when they make bad judgments. If theres an accident along Third Street and Hulton Road, typically its a driver trying to push the envelope and try to cross when they shouldnt have.

Wooster and Associates officials said most of the study data, such as how many cars travel throughout the borough, would likely be different now due to the covid-19 pandemic.

The crosswalks are expected to eventually look like piano keys and be uniform on the main streets and mid-block intersections.

Fodi said he plans to work with local contractors to find the best paint price. Bids could go out sometime in February.

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The day has finally come, quips Natasha Kwan, co-owner of Diegos Mexican restaurant which opens tomorrow, It only took 22 months.

Planning a restaurant, especially retrofitting an exciting one, is never easy because of the unknowns, and there were a lot of them, says Kwan regarding the former Momos Ouzaria Taverna. Our plan was to keep the walk-in and the hood, move the bar, do a little painting, and open the doors. Little did we know there was a disaster behind every wall. Contractors told us it was the top two of the worst projects theyd ever seen. Then in the middle of the prolongation, along came COVID-19.

Opening a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic is risky, to be sure, but Kwan and Roloff were fortunate to be able to open utilizing 50 percent of the seating rather than 25. The look and layout of Diego's will evolve due to furniture and artwork delays, Kwan says, and patio seating and to-go service will become increasingly important. Regardless, she says, the response from pre-opening guests has been more than positive, with echoes of well worth the wait.

Kwan and Roloff own a handful of several businesses in a (west-of-the-Loop) pocket of U City that includes Fridas, a vegetarian caf named after Kwans cat and as an homage to painter Frida Kahlo. She married a fellow painter, Diego Rivera, in 1927, and the name and culinary theme was a natural, says Kwan.

A bright blue, orange, and green color palate matches the one at Museo Frida Kahlo (a.k.a. La Casa Azul), the artists childhood home. Homages to Frida and Diego are both obvious (prints on the wall) and hidden (check the mosaic tile in the window seats and the art on the patio walls). The script in the logo was built off of Diegos signature.

The back bar is festooned with Mexican masks, the bar top has moveable dividers, and the bar face boasts a sea of Day of the Dead-themed tile. Liquor cubbies (where tequila and mezcal are both featured) are splashed with colorful ceramic tile, a theme repeated throughout the three-room cantina.

Espolon is the house tequila and Montelobos supplies the mezcal (we want people to understand and recognize the difference, says Kwan). The former is base for an unconventional margarita, served in a pint glass and made with fresh lime juice, a touch of agave, and splash of orange juiceno Triple Sec or orange liqueur of any kind. The resulting quaff is brighter and thankfully, not cloyingly sweet.

The cocktail list includes a selection of two margaritas on tap, $10 house and classic cocktails, and a flight of tequilas. Except for a $75 top, top shelf margarita, topped with Grand Marnier Cuvee du Centenaire (a blend of XO Cognacs aged up to 25 years combined with the essence of wild tropical oranges), there are no overwrought preparations. No 10-minute cocktails and no two-foot mixing spoons, says Kwan. I would rather my bartenders establish a rapport with the customer than spend that time crafting a cocktail with an egg white that took forever to froth. To me, tending bar is about knowing the customer and getting them a cocktail, fast.

Those speedy cocktails are paired with street food-themed, small plates, featuring seafood and poultry, but no beef or pork. Its more about the seasoning and the sauce, rather than the choice of meat, says Kwan. Favorites are the tacos with grilled barramundi, chicken carnitas (pictured above), and grilled shrimp, served in a flavorful and just-thick-enough single corn shell.

Recommended are the costras, traditionally a cooked disc of cheese that doubles as a surrogate taco tortilla. Here, the cheese is cooked onto the tortilla, and the result, served two ways, is memorable.

Other options include tlayudas (like a thin masa pizza); sheet pan nachos, thoughtfully constructed in a single layer (not a heap); and the attention-grabbing queso flameado (think: Mexican saganaki), an homage to Chuck Paner, the late owner of the former Momos.

Theres a dessert showstopper, too: grilled bananas with strawberries and caramel, dusted with cinnamon and a smidge of cayenne, an adaptation of a dish that intrigued Kwan.

Knowing that tables at Mexican restaurants often get cluttered (chips, salsa water glasses, margaritas, plates, etc.), Kwan opted for more real estate at Diegos, which is all the more dramatic since theyre all made of different, hand-selected stonepink, gray, yellow, and quartzite (Rick and I share a mutual dislike for wooden tabletops, Kwan says).

There are hanging gardens, a copper Mayan calendar, Mexican fishing baskets doubling as pendant lights, and kitschy coconut palm trees. Mexican tiles sweeping the archways cause guests to linger, just for a moment. Arriving soon are works from local artist Kevin Glazer and a print from Espolon, to be set in an 8-by-6 foot frame.

In a nod to the times, Kwan and Roloff have pulled out all the stopsdividers, partitions, air scrubbers, stanchions, single use tableware, table carafes, and bags for masksto keep staffers and diners safe. Despite the current climate, we plan on being here a while and we have other things in the works," Kwan says. "A pandemic wont stop us building the community we have created in U City."

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