Blog: THE FIRE WIRE

The famous bookstore an architect calls Oregon's second-largest retail attraction, behind the Tillamook Cheese Factory, is in for an artsy facelift - the economy willing, The Daily Journal of Commerce reports . Portland architect Ernest Munch is designing a three-level building of 28,000 square feet to replace the structure that provides the main entrance to Powell's Books in downtown Portland's tony Pearl District. The bookstore covers a city block containing multiple, connected buildings. Powell's is going through early design review, but [...]