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Downtown Treasure for Elderly, Disabled
Historic building preserved
as affordable option
Other new features Mulvey appreciates are the raised
Braille markings throughout, new intercom and elevator
systems, and easier-to-navigate hallways. The building
is located within three blocks of MAX light rail service,
the Portland Streetcar, the Park Blocks, and the Central
Library. It also features several new green features.
The Admiral, placed on the historic registry in 1990,
was originally built in 1909 as a five story, brick Tudor
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Thanks to REACH Community Development and
partnerships with government, private and non-profit
agencies, the historical Admiral Apartments, down
town, was renovated and retained as a home to
elderly and disabled citizens living on fixed incomes.
REACH Community Development is celebrating the
grand Re-Opening of the Admiral Apartments, a 37-unit
historic apartment building located in the heart of down
town.
Home to elderly and disabled citizens living on fixed
incomes, the city identified the Admiral as one of 1 1
Portland area properties in danger of losing their afford
able HUD Section 8 rents. In order to preserve and
maintain much-needed affordable homes for downtown
seniors, REACH purchased the building and oversaw a
substantial renovation in 2009.
One ofthe Admiral’s long-time residents, Mike Mulvey,
knows just how wonderful it’s been to move back into a
completely renovated apartment. Mulvey was one ofthe
residents REACH temporarily relocated while performing
a substantial renovation on the building.
“I knew this was home,” Mulvey says. “It took being
away from it. I kept imaging being back here, and trying
to remember all the little nooks and crannies.”
For Mulvey, his new apartment features much more
light, an important feature as he is blind. He says he gets
“a real sense of strong energy” from the natural light of
his new apartment. “Light is more than just seeing it,”
Mulvey says. “When it hits your skin, it makes you feel
better.”
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