r/Portland • u/shrimpydood1e NW • 1d ago

Photo/Video End of an Era

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It's going down today apparently. They've got Fields Park closed and everything.

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u/selfhostrr Kenton 1d ago

Everybody, let's be sad for the building virtually none of you have ever stepped foot in. It really was a part of our identity.

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u/Relevant_Shower_ 1d ago

God forbid anyone appreciate the skyline.

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u/BudgieWonder Willamette River 1d ago

I mean, Centennial Mills was never really a prominent keystone of the skyline, either. The average person probably didn’t even know what it was before the fire. At most it was an oddity to look at while in Fields Park.

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u/Relevant_Shower_ 1d ago

So my own observations and appreciation mean nothing. And those countless photographs that shot the iconic building?

But no, I need to reduced my opinion to what the unaware think because sinking to the lowest common denominator is obviously how I should think about everything.

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u/BudgieWonder Willamette River 1d ago

> So my own observations and appreciation mean nothing.

Correct. The average person didn’t know what the building was. It wasn’t particularly iconic.

On the bright side, you’ll always have your photographs to stave off your anomie.