Reasons for the move are speculative, although Portland had sustained a period of record growth from 1890 to 1900 and at the time had the largest area of any city on the Pacific Coast.

[3] Moreover, after the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905, Portland experienced another period of rapid growth that placed enormous demands on architects and builders.

[5] In the 1930s, the firm designed several retail outlets for the Fred Meyer company, including the Hollywood location at NE 41st and Sandy that featured innovative roof parking.

[7] Meyer had purchased the Music Box Theater, formerly the Pantages, in 1928 and had hired the firm to redesign the block for office and retail space that would become the Alderway Building.

[10] And some structures were never built as in the case of the Machinery Building, a $600,000, seven-story industrial proposal bounded by SW First, Ash, Second, and Pine.