Centennial Mills demolition not imminent
Fields Park closed due to safety issues
Portland Parks & Recreation spokesperson Mark Ross said that reports of demolishing the Centennial Mills flour mill today are not correct.
“The plans for demolition, if it comes to that, are TBD. It is NOT accurate to say the building WILL be demolished today,” Ross told the NW Examiner.
Reports of a demolition today were based on a conversation with PP&R Park Rangers earlier today.
“We know there is a great deal of interest in this event and in what may come next,” he added.
At 7:30 a.m., Portland Parks & Recreation announced the temporary closure of The Fields Park, located across NW Naito Parkway from the park.
The city of Portland is “working closely with our partners at Department of Environmental Quality and Multnomah County Public Health to monitor and report on environmental conditions. Nearby roads, sidewalks and bike lanes have been closed, with detours clearly marked.”
Iconic as it is, it should come down to find better use for the space. There have been opportunities in the past that were turned down; let's hope a new developer can be found.
Yeah, I have a comment. People at Field's Park on Sunday to watch the fire, were standing entirely to close and in some cases, in line of the tower, should it have fallen across Naito Parkway. Now someone has finally figured this out and closed the park, good. On Sunday, I spoke to 'crowd control officer, and she told me the firemen/women were handling the fire, and told me to get back beyond the tracks. I told an EMT guy the same thing. People remained where they were.
And for every day, we have had major poor quality of air, and people continue to not wear masks for the most park and Were still taking their dogs to the dog part. PORTLAND is so Not repaired for a major disaster here, and it's hight time its resident and business owners did have a Plan in place.