Emporium uncovered: visiting the renovated J.K. Gill Building
Portland Architecture
APRIL 6, 2021
Lobby of the renovated J.K. Gill Building ( Brian Libby ). . BY BRIAN LIBBY. If you're like me, the name J.K. Gill is both familiar and unfamiliar. When I was growing up in Oregon in the 1980s, the company had about 30 stores across four western states and was a familiar presence in malls and on main street around the state. By that time, the longtime family business had been sold and its longtime flagship, downtown at SW Fifth and Stark, was already in the process of being rented out.
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