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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Build Out PNCA Scores $740,000 in Public Money for Big Expansion Downtown
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM
The Pacific Northwest College of Art has big plans for an old building downtown. The 511 Building on NW Broadway was a federal building (everything from a post office to the home for the Department of Homeland Security) since 1916. But in 2008, the feds transferred the property worth over $27 million to the art school.
Yesterday, the Portland Development Commission unanimously agreed to give PNCA $740,000 in urban renewal funds to help with their planned expansion. That's just a drop in the bucket, really: The cost of turning the historic building into a theater, new classrooms, and art resource center will run the school $26 million.
While PNCA will officially remain headquartered just a few blocks away on NW Johnson, the school says 50 of its 71 teachers will move to the 511 building.
The building itself is awesome. Portland Architecture toured it a few years ago, snapping photos of the building's great vintage details. I'll be glad to see new life in it.
- PNCA
- 511 Building: Soon to be full of kids smoking cloves.
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