Portland Public Market

[1] The conception and siting of the market was rooted in heavy corruption and graft; Mayor George Luis Baker and city commissioner John Mann, among others, were clearly heavily involved.

Baker was acquitted on the market corruption charges days before the recall vote, which was narrowly defeated and failed to remove him from office.

[2] Three stories tall with eleven-story towers, three blocks long, and with features including a gas station, rooftop parking, and a 500-seat auditorium, it was primarily a novelty, and struggled to retain tenants from its 1933 opening until finally closing in 1942.

The building was leased to the U.S. Navy in 1943, then sold to The Oregon Journal in July 1946,[4] for use as the newspaper's offices and operations plant beginning in 1948.

[4] The building was demolished the following year to make way for an expansion of Harbor Drive, which itself was replaced in 1974 by Tom McCall Waterfront Park.