Firefighters mingled with architecture enthusiasts Monday night at Portland State University as the city showcased seven designs for the new Campbell Memorial, which will be built to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty.

The designs were posted in Shattuck Hall on the PSU campus, drawing dozens of voters who were asked to choose their three favorites.

WHAT: Campbell Firefighter Memorial Design Unveiling, evening wine and cheese reception, and four days of public viewing on campus.

WHEN: Reception is Monday, October 19, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; designs remain on public display Tuesday through Friday, Oct. 20 through 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE: second floor Shattuck Hall, 1914 SW Park Avenue, Portland State campus. Portland Fire & Rescue plans to ring Shattuck with parked fire engines during the reception. Read more...

The Portland Fire Bureau and Portland State University will hold a reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today to unveil seven design choices for a firefighter memorial that will be built at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge. The reception will be on the second floor of Shattuck Hall, Southwest Broadway and Hall Streets.

Seven submissions from members of PSU's Architecture Department will be on display for the public to view and vote for their preferences, which the jury panel will take into account in selecting three finalists. The jury panel will include City Commissioners Randy Leonard and Nick Fish; businessman and former mayoral candidate Sho Dozono; and members of the arts and culture community. Leonard also is a former firefighter.

The three finalists will be on display in the atrium at City Hall, 1221 S.W. Fourth Ave., from Oct. 26-30, where citizen preferences will be collected.

The memorial will be named the Campbell Memorial after David Campbell, who served as Portland's fire chief from 1989 to 1911. On June 26, 1911, Campbell died fighting one of Portland's largest fires of the time. Since 1881, 36 Portland firefighters have died in the line of duty.

A final design will be chosen by the end of the year and fundraising will begin. The memorial committee hopes the tribute will be constructed and ready to dedicate on the 100th anniversary of Campbell's death in 2011. Dozono will lead the fundraising.

–Susan Green

Source: The Oregonian, October 19, 2009

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/design_choices_for_portland_fi.html