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*Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California
*Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California
* Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California
* Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
* Wells Fargo Cen ...
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* KOIN, a TV station in Portland, Oregon
* Koin, Guinea
Koin, Guinea (Pular: 𞤂𞤫𞤧-𞤯𞤢𞤤𞤭𞥅𞤪𞤫 𞤑𞤮𞤴𞤭𞤲) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Tougué Prefecture in the Labé Regi ...
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PacWest Center is a 30-story, office skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. It is the fifth-tallest building in Portland, and the fourth largest with . The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins & Associates of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed ...
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The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon. It is named in honor of former U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield. It is used by the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
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Umpqua Bank Plaza is a 19-story office building in Downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Faced with red brick, the structure is tall and has of space. Opened in 1975 at a cost of $16 million, the building was designed by Wolff, Zimmer, Gunsu ...
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Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, the largest city in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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, is the site of 31 completed high-rises at least , four of which stand taller than .
The tallest building in the city is the
Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center may refer to:
*Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California
*Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California
* Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California
* Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
* Wells Fargo Cen ...
, which rises in
Downtown Portland
Downtown Portland is the city center of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is on the west bank of the Willamette River in the northeastern corner of the southwest section of the city and where most of the city's high-rise buildings are found.
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and was completed in 1972.
The second-tallest
skyscraper
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in the city is the
U.S. Bancorp Tower
The U.S. Bancorp Tower (also known as the Big Pink) is a 42-story, skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. It is the second tallest building in the city after Wells Fargo Center, and with its nearly office space, it is the largest in Oregon in terms of ...
, which rises and was completed in 1983.
KOIN Center Koin or KOIN may refer to:
* KOIN, a TV station in Portland, Oregon
* Koin, Guinea
Koin, Guinea (Pular: 𞤂𞤫𞤧-𞤯𞤢𞤤𞤭𞥅𞤪𞤫 𞤑𞤮𞤴𞤭𞤲) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Tougué Prefecture in the Labé Regi ...
, completed in 1983 and rising , is the third-tallest building in Portland.
Although
The Oregonian Building
The Oregonian Building was a building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, which served as the headquarters of Portland's major newspaper, ''The Oregonian'', from 1892 to 1948. It was the first steel-framed building constructed in the We ...
, rising if its clock tower is included, was Portland's tallest building from 1892 until 1913,
the history of skyscrapers in the city is thought to have begun with the construction of the
Wells Fargo Building Wells Fargo Building may refer to:
* Wells Fargo Building (Denver, Colorado), a Denver Landmark
* Wells Fargo Building (Englewood, Colorado)
* Wells Fargo Building (Davenport, Iowa)
* Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon)
*Wells Fargo Building (P ...
in 1907. This building, standing and 12 floors tall, is often regarded as the first skyscraper in Portland.
"Yeon Skyscraper Starts March 10"
(February 6, 1910). ''The Sunday Oregonian
''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 185 ...
'', Section 4, p. 12. The Wells Fargo Center was Portland's first building standing more than tall. There are three buildings under construction that are planned to rise at least . Overall, Portland's skyline is ranked, based on existing and under construction buildings over tall, second in the Northwestern United States
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(after Seattle
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), tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast region with San Diego
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(after Los Angeles
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, San Francisco
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, Seattle and Las Vegas
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), and 22nd in the United States.
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Tallest buildings
, there are 31 high-rises in Portland that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spire
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape. Spires are ...
s and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
Tallest under construction
, there are four buildings currently under construction in Portland that are planned to rise at least .
Tallest proposed
, there are four proposed buildings in Portland that would exceed in height. These buildings are going through the permit and design review process with the intent to begin construction soon.
Timeline of tallest buildings
Since 1892, the year The Oregonian Building
The Oregonian Building was a building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, which served as the headquarters of Portland's major newspaper, ''The Oregonian'', from 1892 to 1948. It was the first steel-framed building constructed in the We ...
was completed, the title of the tallest building in Portland has been held by nine high-rises.
See also
* Architecture of Portland, Oregon
Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings, a wide range of styles, and a few notable pioneering architects.
The scale of many projects is relatively small, as a result of the relatively small size of downtown-Portland blocks (2 ...
* List of tallest buildings in the United States
The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885. Since then, the United States has been home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers. New York City, specifically the borough of Manhattan, notably has the tallest skyline in the cou ...
/ the world
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Explanatory notes
References
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External links
Portland Skyscraper Diagram
on SkyscraperPage
{{Buildings in Portland, Oregon timeline
Tallest buildings in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
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