Detail view of the Portland Building's "pedestal" section, southwest corner, surfaced in blue-green tile. The original tile surface seen here was removed in 2018, as part of extensive building reconstruction which began in December 2017, and is due to be replaced with a different material.‹›
Portland Building

Michael Graves

Exterior · Portland, United States · 1982

Photo: Steve Morgan · 2017-08-06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 4820×3192

Detail view of the Portland Building's "pedestal" section, southwest corner, surfaced in blue-green tile. The original tile surface seen here was removed in 2018, as part of extensive building reconstruction which began in December 2017, and is due to be replaced with a different material.

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