Two historic Southeast Portland buildings are slated for demolition. Sewick’s Dive Bar closes Feb. 29 and Belmont Records in April.
Bar staff at Hawthorne stalwart Sewick’s was informed Sunday, Jan. 31, that the building had been sold to Urban Development Group, a property development company, and will eventually become apartments.
… ‘This is a 100-year-old building,’ said the bartender we reached by telephone. ‘There’s stuff here that’s been here a long time. I’ve been told there’s a table downstairs with a newspaper that goes back to 1919.’
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The Portland Chronicle reports the building Belmont Records calls home will be “demolished by a Happy Valley-based company called ‘Get R Done LLC’ and replaced with a three-story mixed-use building.”
