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Statesman Journal
The tragic end of Salem's most famous hotel
The Marion Hotel was built in 1870 at the southeast corner of Commercial and Ferry streets in downtown Salem and hailed as the largest and finest hotel north of San Francisco. It soon became the center of social, cultural and political activities, perhaps best known as the unofficial second capitol. More deals were reportedly struck and laws shaped in its back rooms and basement lounge than in the official chambers of state government. The hotel’s storied history ended in tragedy 55 years ago, when a pre-dawn fire Nov. 12, 1971, destroyed the four-story brick building and left the grand old showplace a smoking heap of blackened brick and twisted metal. By then, the hotel complex had grown to cover the entire block, and local firefighters considered the 101-year-old portion a firetrap. “We knew it was going to happen someday — it was just predicting the exact time,” the Salem fire chief told a Capital Journal reporter. “It was the kind of thing firemen took bets on.” Marion Hotel had high-end amenities such as speaking tubes Salem’s most famous hotel opened as The Chemeketa House on the day after Christmas in 1870. The glitzy opening-night dinner featured a speech by then-Gov.
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Portland hopes Waterfront Park design competition will rejuvenate downtown
When Portland tore up a freeway to build a waterfront park in the 1970s, it helped kick-start the rejuvenation of the downtown area. But the emphasis in that case was on green space, rather than buildings. “What resulted was basically a green strip,” said Randy Gragg, the co-director of Design...
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Kentucky Women’s Golf Signs No. 5 Junior Madeleine Conser
Kentucky women’s golf has signed Madeleine Conser, the nation’s No. 5 junior golfer, to an NIL and financial award agreement. The Portland, Oregon, native will join the Wildcats in fall 2027, becoming the first announced recruit in a class considered top 10 by multiple outlets. No. 5 junior...