Sat.Sep 04, 2021

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Metro Reports: Pop Blocks, Laurelhurst Village, SE 6th & Alder, and more

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A building permit was issued for the adaptive reuse of the former Pepsi Bottling facility on NE Sandy Blvd, a part of the Pop Blocks development (formerly known as the Pepsi Blocks). A building permit for the adjacent apartment building is currently in “Approved to Issue” status. Every week, the Bureau of Development Services publishes lists of Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed in the previous week.

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Puddletown, Dorset

English Buildings

Here comes the Sun, or, Odd things in churches (14) People who look carefully at old buildings will know all about the Sun Fire Office. It was an insurance company, founded in 1710, and it’s still going in a different form. It’s familiar to devotees of old houses because the company’s clients used to fix a metal plaque bearing the company name and symbol (the Sun in splendour, naturally) to the fronts of their houses.