"The Schnitz"
and Heathman Hotel:
Heathman Hotel - 1927...
The hotel's highlight is the traditional afternoon Russian high tea (Read more), live jazz in the evenings as well as the seafood restaurant Headwaters. Designed in the Jacobethan style to complement the Italian Renaissance-styled Portland (previously Paramount) Theater next door, in 1927.
They are distinguished as the largest and most distinctive example, of a pre-Depression design in the state. And the theater, was the most prominent of Portland's vaudeville, movie palaces, in the 1930s.
One of the most-beautiful features of the Heathman, is its wood-paneled two-floor lobby, which is elaborately decorated at Christmas time, and features an upstairs library featuring books by noteworthy authors who have stayed at the hotel. One of those books is the notorious “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the erotic thriller that’s partially set at The Heathman.
The Heathman’s costumed doormen are hard to forget.
Their outfits are inspired by those worn by the Beefeater guards at the Tower of London. In 2004, doorman Jeffrey Lazarus explained the significance of the uniforms: He says, “One of the main reasons we wear these suits, is because we are located in the Cultural Arts District.
And our actual slogan, what we tell everybody is, that we are the guardians of the arts.
And we strive for great service, too.
Right on the crest of my coat here it says, ‘Where service is still an art.’ ”
The Portland theater was named the 'Paramount Theater' in 1930, when its owners signed an exclusive, first run contract, with Paramount Pictures.
It offered luxurious interior features, including cosmetic rooms for the ladies, equipped with French dressing tables, and maids and hairdressers in attendance, and clubrooms for the men with fireplaces, phones, phonographs, and attending servants.
This epic neon sign used to say Paramount.
In the 1980s the Paramount sign fell to the street, and was replaced by this sign.
It was, and is, the scene of numerous historic, cultural, and social occasions in Portland, in near original condition. Recently renamed the Portland and renovated to house the Arlene Schnitzer Performing Arts Center.
The ornate Italian Rococco Revival interior, and romantic lighting, make even the most mundane lecture seem fancy.
NEXT SIGHT- THE SOUTH PARK BLOCKS
With many more.
Does anyone have any questions?
and Heathman Hotel:
Heathman Hotel - 1927...
The hotel's highlight is the traditional afternoon Russian high tea (Read more), live jazz in the evenings as well as the seafood restaurant Headwaters. Designed in the Jacobethan style to complement the Italian Renaissance-styled Portland (previously Paramount) Theater next door, in 1927.
They are distinguished as the largest and most distinctive example, of a pre-Depression design in the state. And the theater, was the most prominent of Portland's vaudeville, movie palaces, in the 1930s.
One of the most-beautiful features of the Heathman, is its wood-paneled two-floor lobby, which is elaborately decorated at Christmas time, and features an upstairs library featuring books by noteworthy authors who have stayed at the hotel. One of those books is the notorious “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the erotic thriller that’s partially set at The Heathman.
The Heathman’s costumed doormen are hard to forget.
Their outfits are inspired by those worn by the Beefeater guards at the Tower of London. In 2004, doorman Jeffrey Lazarus explained the significance of the uniforms: He says, “One of the main reasons we wear these suits, is because we are located in the Cultural Arts District.
And our actual slogan, what we tell everybody is, that we are the guardians of the arts.
And we strive for great service, too.
Right on the crest of my coat here it says, ‘Where service is still an art.’ ”
The Portland theater was named the 'Paramount Theater' in 1930, when its owners signed an exclusive, first run contract, with Paramount Pictures.
It offered luxurious interior features, including cosmetic rooms for the ladies, equipped with French dressing tables, and maids and hairdressers in attendance, and clubrooms for the men with fireplaces, phones, phonographs, and attending servants.
This epic neon sign used to say Paramount.
In the 1980s the Paramount sign fell to the street, and was replaced by this sign.
It was, and is, the scene of numerous historic, cultural, and social occasions in Portland, in near original condition. Recently renamed the Portland and renovated to house the Arlene Schnitzer Performing Arts Center.
The ornate Italian Rococco Revival interior, and romantic lighting, make even the most mundane lecture seem fancy.
NEXT SIGHT- THE SOUTH PARK BLOCKS
With many more.
Does anyone have any questions?
