Why Buckman faces water damage risk
Built around Buckman’s dense mix of converted apartments and commercial pockets on one shared grid.
Buckman is one of Portland’s historic close-in eastside neighborhoods.
Many original single-family homes have been converted into multi-unit apartment buildings.
Commercial pockets along Belmont and Morrison sit directly within the residential grid.
Original early-1900s-era supply lines run across a dense block pattern, and subdivided apartment buildings now carry more fixture demand than the original single-family design intended.