1020 SW Naito Parkway
…Continued from Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
John Yeon Building on September 10, 2008
This modernist building that now sits inside Tom McCall Waterfront Park was designed by John Yeon in 1949 and was originally used as a Portland Visitors Information Center.
John Yeon Building on September 10, 2008
The building was converted to city offices in 1965, and in 1988 it became the home of McCall's Waterfront Café, which closed in February 2005.
John Yeon Building on September 10, 2008
The building was leased as office space in the summer of 2007 by Dragon Sports USA. That lease ended in January 2008.
John Yeon Building on September 10, 2008
As of August 2008, the building had been vacant for some time, and the Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation was considering two finalists for the building's redevelopment: a museum of city development or a café with services for bicyclists and other park users.
John Yeon Building on September 10, 2008
In 2009, the Portland Water Bureau took over the property, and the building was renovated as the new headquarters for the Portland Rose Festival Foundation, opening in March of 2010.
John Yeon Building on September 10, 2008
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2010.
John Yeon Building on September 7, 2008
Since becoming the headquarters of the Rose Festival, the building is now unofficially called the Rose Building.
John Yeon Building on June 12, 2010
Historical Photos:
Visitors Information Center, March 29, 1954 (UO)
Visitors Information Center, December 11, 1967 (UO)
John Yeon Building on June 12, 2010
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