| Hotel Albion | |
|---|---|
 Lotus Cardroom & Cafe, 2012 | |
  Location in Portland, Oregon | |
| Alternative names | Lotus Hotel |
| General information | |
| Address | 930 S.W. 3rd Avenue |
| Town or city | Portland, Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′59″N 122°40′35″W / 45.51634°N 122.67632°W |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Demolished | 2018 |
Hotel Albion, established in 1906, was a hotel and historic building in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It was best known for housing the Lotus Café, which occupied the ground floor from 1924[1][2] until its closure in August 2016. The hotel was renamed the Lotus Hotel in the 1930s or 1940s, but it closed in 1976 as a result of fire safety violations.[3]
Designs for a 10-story office building that proposed to be constructed on the site were approved by the Portland Design Commission, a city-appointed advisory panel, in early July 2016.[4] The plans called for demolition of the Hotel Albion, and Ankrom Moisan Architects submitted a demolition permit to the city in mid-July 2016.[4] The Auditorium and Music Hall, located directly adjacent to the former hotel, was not proposed for demolition.[4]
Demolition began on June 28, 2018,[5] and was largely completed by mid-July.[6]
- ^ Spencer-Hartle, Brandon (November 6, 2015). "Historic No More?! Demo Epidemic Strikes Notable Downtown Buildings". Restore Oregon. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ Bancud, Michaela (December 1, 2015). "Lotus Card Room building may fold for good". Portland Tribune. Business Tribune section, pp. 3-5. Archived from the original on January 4, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ "Paul Gold dies at 80 of cancer". The Oregonian. January 23, 1981. p. E1.
- ^ a b c Rogers, Jules (July 26, 2016). "Downtown duo: Hotel design approved; new office coming soon". Portland Tribune. Business Tribune section, pp. 8–9. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Butler, Grant (June 30, 2018) [online date June 28]. "Lotus Cafe demolition begins". The Oregonian. p. A2. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Bell, Jon (July 12, 2018). "As the Lotus meets its fate, a look at its past – and its future (photos)". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2018.