Last year, we wrote about the Innovative Housing Inc plans to save the historic Mann House and adopt it for affordable housing. The project has been moving forward. With support from the Laurelhurst neighborhood, the project was awarded crucial funding support from Portland's affordable housing bond. Now the project will go to the Historic Landmarks Commission for design review. The full design review drawing set is here. Innovative Housing proposes to add a new building on

About a century ago, when Laurelhurst was but a sapling, a global pandemic came to Portland. Much of what we are seeing today, from closing public gathering places to face masks, debates over business impact and personal liberty, is a repeat of what happened in 1918 on these same streets. Alameda Old House History, one of the very best blogs on Northeast Portland neighborhood and architectural history, wrote an evocative article on Portland's experience with the 1918 pandemic