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Monday, September 23rd, 2013
Join us Oct 12th for our second annual Mid-Century Neighborhood Self-Guided Driving Tour & Reception!
This year we share our favorite examples of mid-century houses and neighborhoods from Urban Northeast Portland, with the tour ending in a reception at a marvel of Mid-century Architecture by Architect John Storrs!
MAPS/TIX: Purchase maps and tickets on Oct 12 from 2-4pm at the Fremont Place Shopping Ctr @ the corner of NE 15th and Fremont.
Tour Map is $5 per group. Reception (includes map) is $10 per person.
RECEPTION: The tour will end with a reception at a recently verified John Storrs1963 Mid-Century Modern home in the area.
This will be your first chance to see this home for yourself! We will have a display of historical information on this house and that of other houses on tour. Address will be given w/ purchase of map. Reception is from 3-6pm. Reception + Map is $10 per person.
Grab a friend and see you then!
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Sunday, May 5th, 2013
MAY 12 - MCM League will host our Northeast Portland Mid-Century Neighborhood Tour.
It’s a self-guided driving tour through some of our favorite mid-century neighborhoods, detailing architects and builders of notoriety, and finishes with a catered reception at the 1958 Wedgwood “Home of Tomorrow”, designed by Blair and Fletcher! You won’t want to miss this!
Sunday, May 12, 2013. Bring Mom, it’s a great way to spend Mother’s Day!
Price: $10 for Map & Reception, $5 for Map only.
Tours: Driving tours begin @ 2pm or 4pm. Tour takes approximately 1 to 1.5 hours.
Purchase Tickets: @ 1300 NE 117th (Home of Tomorrow), 2 – 4:30 pm.
Reception: Come back to the Home of Tomorrow at end of tour for a catered reception from 3-7 pm.
We hope to see you at all three events! Make a weekend of it!!
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
May 11th and 12th promise good things for the Mid-century enthusiast!
The HPLO, Rejuvenation Hardware and the MCM League combine efforts May 11th & 12th to bring you a sampling of Portland’s wealth of mid-century architecture!
The Historic Preservation League of Oregon starts the weekend off with a tour of Saul Zaik Homes, all of which were chosen by Saul himself, and includes his personal home. The tour price includes a lecture on Saul Zaik and the Northwest Regional. Portland First United Methodist Church, Saturday, 10 am -4pm.
For more tour information and tickets, go to: http://zaiktour.eventbrite.com/
Next, Rejuvenation Hardware gives you the opportunity to hob-nob with Saul Zaik, himself! 
The cocktail party “Snappy Hour” is free and open to anyone who RSVP’s. There will be mid-century themed raffle prize (an authentic Blenko handblown glass lamp, with proceeds benefiting the Historic Preservation League of Oregon), specialty drinks and appetizers, music by Bart Ferguson, and a contest for best 60′s clothing ensemble! Rejuvenation will also be offering 10% off purchase during party.
Saturday, May 11, 6pm – 8:30pm
Rejuvenation
1100 SE Grand Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
503.238.1900
For more information and to RSVP: http://blog.rejuvenation.com/event/snappy-hour/
Lastly, the MCM League will host our Northeast Portland Mid-Century Neighborhood Tour.
It’s a self-guided driving tour through some of our favorite mid-century neighborhoods, detailing architects and builders of notoriety, and finishes with a catered reception at the 1958 Wedgwood “Home of Tomorrow”, designed by Blair and Fletcher! You won’t want to miss this!
Sunday, May 12, 2013. Bring Mom, it’s a great way to spend Mother’s Day!
Price: $10 for Map & Reception, $5 for Map only.
Tours: Driving tours begin @ 2pm or 4pm. Tour takes approximately 1 to 1.5 hours.
Purchase Tickets: @ 1300 NE 117th (Home of Tomorrow), 2 – 4:30 pm.
Reception: Come back to the Home of Tomorrow at end of tour for a catered reception from 3-7 pm.
We hope to see you at all three events! Make a weekend of it!!
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
In conjunction with HPLO‘s Mid-century Modern Tour of Saul Zaik homes, we’re hosting our Northeast Portland Mid-century Neighborhood Tour. It’s a self-guided driving tour that finishes with a reception at the 1958 Wedgwood* “Home of Tomorrow”, designed by Blair and Fletcher!
Sunday, May 12, 2013. Bring Mom, it’s a great way to spend Mother’s Day!
Price: $10 for Map & Reception, $5 for Map only.
Tours: Driving tours begin @ 2pm or 4pm. Tour takes approximately 1 to 1.5 hours.
Purchase Tickets: @ 1300 NE 117th (Home of Tomorrow), 2 – 4:30 pm.
Reception: Come back to the Home of Tomorrow at end of tour for a catered reception from 3-7 pm.
We look forward to seeing you!
*spelling of Wedgwood taken from Original Advertisement.
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Saturday, April 6th, 2013
We’ve rented out the VINTAGE 1957 Elk’s bowling alley! 
Join us from 7pm-9pm on Friday, April 26th. Bring your friends – The more the merrier! We’ve rented 4 lanes, but can add up to 8!
$4 per game, $2 for shoes.
Feel free to bring potluck! The BAR will be OPEN!!
Milwaukie Elk’s Lodge Bowling Alley
13121 SE McLoughlin Blvd
Milwaukie OR
Important Directions: Access the alley by parking on the left side of the Elk’s building and walking down the stairs, OR drive around to the lower level of the lot and park there. Do not bring Potluck through the Elks Lodge, just in through the Bowling Center Doors. Thanks!!
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
November is going to be a fantastic meeting for the MCM League that you will not want to miss! Our meeting will be held at The Wedgewood Home of Tomorrow. Yes, the house with that awesome zigzag roof we’ve all been lusting after to see inside. This Mid-Century Modern classic was designed by Donald Blair and William Fletcher in 1958 as a display home for Wedgewood homes and won an AIA Merit Award in 1960. Wedgewood asked the architects to create a house of the future, pulling out all of the stops and reimaging past notions about residential design. The architects of the Home of Tomorrow found inspiration in the Modernist movement as well as the International Style. Taking a cue from the painter Mondrian they employed bold colors and geometric patterns that are scattered throughout the home and still current today.
We will also have a guest speaker for this meeting Master Craftsmen Patrick O’Neill, owner of Greenline Fine Woodworking, will speak on how he has recreated the craftsmanship details of mid-century NW Regional style architecture of John Yeon and Pietro Belluschi using materials that are available today. Patrick O’Neil was the craftsman behind building the recent Belluschi exhibit that we visited in September.
Meet, greet & viewing of the Home of Tomorrow will be from 5-6 pm. Tours of the Home of Tomorrow will take place during this time lead by the owner, Jeff Myers. Meeting is at 6pm sharp. League business will be addressed, officer voting will take place and our guest speaker will follow. This meeting will be a POTLUCK, feel free to bring a dish to share. The MCM League will provide mixers; you may bring your own adult beverage if so inclined. This event is open to everyone, not just official League members, so don’t miss it.
Sunday, November 18th
1300 NE 117th Ave
Portland, OR 97220
Don’t forget to get your officer nominations in by email before our November meeting to [email protected] All officer positions are open for the year of 2013 and will be voted on during our November meeting.
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Friday, August 10th, 2012
Join us for the August MCM League Monthly Meeting!
*Please note*: the August meeting is unusual in that prior to the meeting we are offering a self-guided tour of many of the neighborhoods of deep NE Portland and ending the tour at our meeting place - a spectacular MCM Home – where we will also be having a pool party! The map will be sold from 3-4:30 for $5.
We highly recommend that you join us for the tour, but if you cannot, by all means please join us for the Party/Meeting at:
1245 NE 153rd Pl at 5pm.
The meeting will start as usual at 6PM.
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Here is the Driving Tour info:
Join us August 19th for the first of what we hope to be many mid-century neighborhood self-guided driving tours!
The EAST-PORTLAND tour takes you through several of our favorite deep NE mid-century tracts, points out houses by renowned architects and builders, and ends in a pool party at a fantastic specimen of Mid-Century Modernism!
You can purchase a map for $5 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at Hazelwood Hydropark on NE 117th & Holladay.
This tour and party are open to the public, please tell your friends!
Maps on Sale: 3:00-4:30
Hazelwood Hydropark
NE 117th & Holladay (near the East Portland Neighborhood Office).
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Sunday, January 15
Join us for our monthly public meeting and a few games of vintage bowling at the Milwaukie Elks Lodge.
 The Milwaukie Elks Lodge is a midcentury marvel, a community treasure that boasts a gym, basketball court, racquetball, a commercial kitchen, several bars and an 8-lane manual-score bowling alley. Unfortunately, as membership in fraternal organizations in the U.S declines, the lodge is for sale and endangered. Your opportunities for enjoying this beautiful example of midcentury institutional architecture are dwindling! It’s slated to be razed in less than two years.
This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, and is a fundraiser for the league, so bring friends! There’s a full bar on premises, so if you don’t want to bowl, come for a classic cocktail in a vintage setting. The building is amazing and definitely worth a visit!
Bowling Party
4:00pm – 8:00pm
$4 per game, free shoe rental
Meeting
6:30pm – 7:00pm
Milwaukie Elks Lodge
13121 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Milwaukie, OR
Map: http://bit.ly/zAVgXN
The bowling alley is on the left back side of the building. Park in the main lot and walk down the stairs to the left, or park in the lower lot. Call 503-888-1362 for info.
More photos of the Milwaukie Elks Lodge can be found at Lost Oregon.
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
 Please join us for a midcentury-style potluck! This event is open to everyone, not just official League members, so don’t miss it.
Diane and Jay Plesset have graciously invited us to host our holiday party at Evergreen, their beautiful custom-built, midcentury-inspired home in Oregon City. Diane is a designer with 25+ years of home building and design experience and the the host of “Today’s Home,” an internet talk show. She spoke at a recent MCM League meeting about her involvement in saving the Gordon House, Oregon’s only Frank Lloyd Wright home. This is a great opportunity to learn more about their design, home building and preservation work, and to enjoy their holiday hospitality!
The party will also serve as our December public meeting, though League business for December will consist primarily of welcoming our new officers and enjoying ourselves.
When
Sunday, December 11, 2011
2:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Where
“Evergreen”
20088 S. Athens Dr, Oregon City
503-632-8801
[map: http://bit.ly/su739d]
This is a BYOB potluck, so please bring your favorite adult beverage and bring a dish to share with the group. (This is also a fabulous opportunity to try your hand at creating your own Charles Phoenix-inspired Astro Weenie Christmas Tree!).
Directions, from North or South
- Take I-205 to the Molalla-Oregon City Exit (Hwy 213)
- Drive south on Highway 213 for approx 3 miles
- Turn left at Beavercreek Road (Berry Hill strip mall is on southeast corner) and drive approx 2 miles
- Turn left on Henrici Road and drive approx 1.5 miles
- Turn left on South Athens Drive
- Go over exactly 5 speed bumps, then make a hard right-hand turn onto a gravel driveway (do not turn onto the adjacent asphalt driveway–that leads to a neighbor’s house)
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