The Trinity Place Apartments, located in northwest

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, is acknowledged by the

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. An

unreinforced masonry building An unreinforced masonry building (or UMB, URM building) is a type of building where load bearing walls, non-load bearing walls or other structures, such as chimneys, are made of brick, cinderblock, tiles, adobe or other masonry material that is ...

, placing it at high risk of collapse in a major earthquake, the building was given a $1.3 million full

seismic retrofit Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic ...

, in phases over a period of a few years, concluding in 2017.

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1911 establishments in Oregon Hotel buildings completed in 1911 Apartment buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Oregon Buildings and structures in Northwest Portland, Oregon Portland Historic Landmarks Tudor Revival architecture in Portland, Oregon {{MultnomahCountyOR-NRHP-stub

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