Readers respond: Selling Portland at a premium

Readers respond: Selling Portland at a premium

The Troy Laundry building provided affordable no-frills art space in a Portland that was cheaper, easier to manage and not as eager to call attention to itself, (“Portlanders are lining up for upscale members-only social club, Soho House,” March 15). My brother and I ran a graphic design business there for 25 years. The building was an active hub for makers, musicians, photographers, dancers, art conservators and artists of all sorts. It would b…