Lipmans & Co Building

Now long gone Lipmans was a major Portland department store for years. This building was built in 1912 as its flagship store. The exterior of the building is covered in white glazed terra cotta some tiles have garlands
They were known, well at least by kids, for their holiday celebration featuring the «Cinnamon Bear» I can remember looking around for him wandering around the store handing out cinnamon cookies shaped like him.
The building is across the street from Meier and Franks the stores competed with eachother for customers. The building was the first department store in Portland with an elevator. It is now home to Hotel Monico. It is fun to look around the building to see the few remaining touches of the store.