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House: The building divided historic preservationists
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desperately needs, she said.
Nor is it clear that the city
would approve other possible
plans such as moving all or a
portion of the building out of
the slide area and into an adja-
cent city right-of-way.
“The most likely outcome
of denying this appeal is going
to be a boarded up vacant
building that sits for years and,
ironically, probably the city
will start assessing penalties to
the current owner for not fix-
ing it up,” Price said.
It is clear the building
needs to come down, Mayor
Arline LaMear said.
The council tentatively
approved Osborn’s appeal.
City staff will present findings
of fact to reflect the decision at
a future meeting.
‘It’s not fun,
it’s not easy’
City staff had recom-
mended denying Osborn’s
request because it didn’t meet
the city’s criteria and the build-
ing divided historic preserva-
tionists. The Historic Land-
marks Commission saw both
sides of the argument: Why
Osborn wanted to tear the
building down and why others
wanted to save it.
Doug Thompson, a volun-
teer with the Lower Colum-
bia Preservation Society, told
the City Council about other
historic structures he has been
involved in saving. One house
was in just as bad a shape
as Osborn’s Alameda prop-
The interior of the property shows signs of damage and decay.
“I believe this building was
purchased with the intent to be
demolished,” she said.
Build something else
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
The basement of the house on Alameda Street shows signs of structural issues.
erty. But, built in 1877, it was
among one of the oldest dwell-
ings in Uppertown on the east
side.
“I know how difficult these
projects are,” he said. “I’ve
been through it myself. It’s
not fun, it’s not easy, but it’s
worthwhile.”
Ed Overbay, a wood-
worker, homebuilder and a
participant in Clatsop Com-
munity College’s historic pres-
ervation program, argued that
not every building that is old
is worth the massive effort to
save it.
“The deadline to save this
particular building, in my pro-
fessional opinion, was a good
30, 40 years ago,” he said.
Rachel Jensen, president
of the Lower Columbia Pres-
ervation Society, argued in
January that the structure was
important to preserve the types
of working-class housing and
boarding houses tied to the
history of the Alameda neigh-
borhood. She acknowledged
the building has major struc-
tural issues, but she questioned
Osborn’s assessment that it
was “too far gone to be saved.”
Others questioned Osborn’s
assertion that he had originally
hoped to save the building and
only discovered how far gone
it was after he purchased it.
Sarah Bardy, owner of Elev-
enth Street Barber, who is
restoring an old home in Asto-
ria, said she could understand
a first-time homebuyer being
fooled and not realizing what
kind of a project they were
getting into. She pointed to
Osborn’s career as an archi-
tect and his long experience
in construction and historic
preservation. She asked how
someone with his expertise
could make such a grave error.
City Councilor Bruce Jones
believed that as well, but said
he could see why the His-
toric Landmarks Commission
ended in a split decision.
“I think he was pretty well
aware of the terrible condition
of the building so I have a hard
time thinking you had a seri-
ous intent to rehabilitate it and
put six housing units back in
service after you ejected your
tenants,” he said.
But without any engineer-
ing report from the city to rebut
the dire report from an engi-
neer Osborn hired to examine
the property, Jones agreed it
was not economically feasible
to restore the house.
Osborn was pleased to have
the City Council’s full support.
He plans to proceed with his
plan to demolish the building
and salvage what he can.
“I think my intent is what
I always said,” Osborn said
after the meeting. “I want to
take it apart myself. I’m going
make a pile of big wood over
there and little wood over
there and windows here. …
I’ll still probably build some-
thing because that’s what I
do.”
Trump: District Attorney Marquis
said he thinks ‘it’s a publicity stunt’
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Opioids have killed tens
of thousands of people across
the country in recent years
and are a significant problem
in Clatsop County and across
Oregon. But local attorneys
pointed to legal and strate-
gic flaws with the president’s
idea.
Clatsop County District
Attorney Josh Marquis has
prosecuted four death pen-
alty cases, testified in its favor
before Congress and written
extensively about the subject.
But he said the scope of the
death penalty nationally —
applied in about 1 out of every
500 murder cases — is clear
and fair.
“That’s appropriate. It
should be that way,” he said.
Marquis said seeking the
death penalty for drug traf-
fickers would “cheapen” the
punishment, and he doubts its
constitutionality.
“If we could directly prove
that a drug dealer actually
killed people, maybe it could
fly. It’s going to be very, very
hard to prove that,” Marquis
F O R U M
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District Attorney Josh Marquis opposes President Donald
Trump’s plan to impose the death penalty on drug pushers.
said. “You have to be able to
say with a straight face that
this is a penalty that is rarely
sought.”
Mason Benoit, an Asto-
ria criminal defense attorney,
also opposes Trump’s idea.
He agrees with Marquis that
the legal basis will be difficult
to prove.
“I personally think it’s a
stupid, stupid idea,” Benoit
said.
Oregon has the death pen-
alty but has not executed a
convict since 1997. Gov. Kate
Brown agreed to continue
a state moratorium on capi-
tal punishment announced by
Gov. John Kitzhaber in 2011.
“It might get some traction
given our current political cli-
mate,” Benoit said of Trump’s
idea, “but I don’t see it ever
becoming an issue here.”
The idea was likely not
properly thought through
before Trump’s speech, Mar-
quis said. “To be blunt, I think
it’s a publicity stunt.”
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