PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After three booms, flames and a massive plume of smoke, the only thing left at the corner of Northwest 23rd Avenue and Glisan was devastation.
Now, nearly two years after the gas explosion, we have a look at what will eventually replace the rubble.
Allied Works, the architecture firm working on the project, released renderings to KOIN 6 News on Wednesday of their design for the new corner building.
The design for the building, according to Next Portland, was approved by the Historical Landmarks Commission in August. It’ll feature five residential units as well as over 1,000 square feet in retail space.
The explosion rocked northwest Portland on Oct. 19, 2016. Three firefighters, 2 police officers and 3 others were injured, but authorities said it was a ‘miracle’ that no one was critically injured or killed.
“I’ve been a firefighter for 28 years and I have not seen devastation like this,” then PF&R Chief Mike Myers said at the time. “If it wasn’t for the efforts of a few firefighters today, and a very special leader in our organization who made some very serious and very important decisions, I’m afraid we’d be having a different discussion.”
Here are the renderings of the future location