American Plaza Towers

Name: American Plaza Towers
Address: 2309 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97201
City: Portland
Year of Construction: 1972 -1980
Architect: Travers/Johnson Architects
Original Use: Residential (condominium)
National Register of Historic Places: Not listed
Description: Via the City of Portland, Bureau of Development Services: “Lincoln Tower and Grant Tower, are 18 and 26 stories tall, respectively, and comprise two of the three towers in the complex. Lincoln and Grant Towers were constructed in the 1970s. The final, third tower, Madison Tower, was constructed in 1980. All three towers sit on a plinth of structured parking and are surrounded by landscaping and surface parking lots. The western half of the superblock site is occupied by a low-rise courtyard hotel structure with surface parking surrounding it. A pedestrian walkway extends south from SW Lincoln St between the east and west half of the superblock, and this walkway terminates at a plaza area in the center of the block with a sculpture by Northwest artists Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson. This walkway connects to the north, across SW Lincoln St, to the Halprin Sequence of parks and walkways that extend throughout the rest of the South Auditorium district.”

” The South Auditorium Plan District protects the unique character of the former South Auditorium urban renewal district. The district is an award-winning development, with its high-rise buildings, generous setbacks and landscaping, numerous plazas and fountains, and elaborate pedestrian walkway system. Maintenance of this character is achieved by requiring additional landscaping requirements, the preservation of existing trees, screening of roof-top equipment, and additional regulations which limit the type, number, and size of signs ”

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