This three-part intimate event includes a self-guided tour of Living Room Realty Headquarters, a design discussion with Living Room Realty’s founder and CEO, Jenelle Isaacson Etzel, and a lecture on Historic Photography with Sally Painter and Brandon Spencer-Hartle. 

About the Tour
Explore this amazing modern office space that was originally designed by former members of the highly acclaimed 14th St. gang of architects, John W. Reese & Frank E. Blachly, and was opened in 1962 as the Postal Employees Credit Union. This International Style building housed the Credit Union for over 30 years before becoming a juvenile corrections facility and is now returned to its office roots as the home of Living Room Realty, a 2021 DeMuro Award winner. 

Sold to Living Room Realty in 2018, the new owners envisioned restoring the building back to its former 1960s design. Razor wire and other remnants of the corrections facility were removed and historic features like curved glulam beams and color-blocked stained glass were restored. Aiming for a harmonious balance between historic and new, the design team drew inspiration from the structure’s historic stained glass and infused those colors into bathrooms and hallway doors. 

About the Lectures
Living Room Realty Design Discussion: Following the self-guided tour, join Living Room Realty’s founder and CEO, Jenelle Isaacson Etzel, for a discussion on the history of the building and the design process behind the DeMuro Award-winning renovation.

Lecture by Sally Painter and Brandon Spencer-Hartle: Local photographer, Sally Painter, and Brandon Spencer-Hartle, Senior City Planner with Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, will discuss how documenting historic places can serve as a strategy for ensuring their ongoing use and preservation and ensure that technical documents, public materials, and the Historic Resources Inventory visually convey the importance of the city’s most historically and culturally significant places. Sally Painter has photographed many iconic Modern resources like Pietro Belluschi-designed Sutor home, Burkes-Belluschi home, and many others. 

Event Details
Date: October 14  |  Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Living Room Realty Headquarters (421 SE 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97214)
Cost: $25; the tour is exclusive to the first 100 guests - Claim your ticket now!