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June 25 at the age of 70.  Baldwin started working for ZGF architects in 1979 and is remembered as someone key to creating community consensus.

Taking a look at the recent 91ÊÓƵ archives, we find that Baldwin was central to a focal-point fountain at Washington State University – Vancouver, which provides views to Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens. He was on the design team for the Eliot Tower, a condominium development facing the Portland Art Museum.

For an idea of Baldwin’s effect on the Portland landscape, there is this line from a 2006 interview with artist and urban design consultant Tad Savinar. He talks about how Baldwin, as a designer with ZGF, made an impact on the design of the MAX.

I was working with (ZGF) on the westside light rail in the ’90s, my first system, and (ZGF partner) Greg Baldwin said something that I’ve always remembered, which is, “The train comes in and it operates like a train for about 30 seconds. And then it leaves. All the other times, the station has to be a part of the neighborhood. It becomes a transit station only when people are waiting and getting on the vehicle. The rest of the time it’s part of the street.

In other stories, Baldwin is described as a friend to Rep. Earl Blumenauer and a participant in discussions about ongoing projects like the Centennial Mills project and Gibbs Street Pedestrian bridge. All along, he was a proponent of a livable city and community participation.

-Angela Webber