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"Living
Memorials" -- Arenas, Stadiums, Civic Centers
[see
also listing under individual type]
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Proliferating
across the U.S. and abroad, this series of "living memorials"
includes stadiums and community centers, ca. 1948-1965. Unfortunately,
many of these buildings are endangered, despite their commemorative
intentions.
War
Memorial Hall, Queen's Park, New Zealand
War
Memorial Gym (1949), British Columbia
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Memorial
Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, 1960
"Built in 1960, the Memorial Coliseum was an instrumental
piece of the plan to elevate Portland into a major player on the West
Coast entertainment and conference scene. Despite great success in
this regard, the Coliseum’s importance to the cultural and economic
development of Portland has since been taken for granted, consequently
masking the structure’s undeniable historic significance and status.
As to its future, City politicians appear to be taking a "wait and
see" stance, the architectural community has been noticeably quiet,
and the preservation community at large has not yet championed it.
Forlorn on the big-time entertainment scene and stuck in a state of
indecision, the Coliseum has come a long way from what was once a
very enthusiastic start." See more information at Historic
Preservation Northwest - SOS!
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