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Shoshana Cohen, executive direc
tor of the Northeast Coalition of
Neighborhoods.
Cohen cites environmental im
pacts — such as demolitions that
spread lead paint and asbestos into
the a ir — issu e s a ro u n d
sustainability in demolishing some
thing that’s a perfectly good house,
and changes in the character of the
neighborhood, as issues neighbors
have expressed concern about.
“Affordability is one area people
are concerned about as well,” says
Cohen. “We are hearing concerns
from a wide variety of people, about
smaller, older, often more affordable
houses being demolished and re
placed by often much larger, more
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ning professor Lisa Bates has been new rowhouses were built and sold in 2013 for $522,000 and $536,326, respectfully
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“It’s been at least 30 years since
the Historic Preservation [League
of Oregon] started modifying the
value of buildings in terms o f what
they call ‘embodied energy,’ the
environmental-value of the materi
als that make up that building,” says
Brandon Spencer-Hartle, senior field
programs manager at Restore Or
egon, a preservation and reuse ad
vocacy group.
“That’s not just the environmen
tal value of a brick or a two-by-four,
but it’s the cost to the environment
to log trees, mill the wood, transport
it to the building site, and erect it
into a building.”
The Albert was built on a vacant
lot, but others, such as the Beau
mont Village Apartments on North
east 44th and Fremont, required
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