Many places in Portland you will see this radio tower. Council Crest Drive runs between Council Crest Park and this tower in Healy Heights. You can also usually see the modest City of Portland radio tower in Council Crest Park. If you think of Marquam Hill - Council Crest as a banana laying on its side, the towers are at each end of the banana. Fairmount Blvd. is popular with bicylists and runners, even roller skiers. It is a very squiggly line like a garnish of chocolate sauce around the banana. Further down the mountain of ice cream are the OHSU and Veterans Administration hospitals.
I always think its structure is somewhat Eiffel Tower-like but utilitarian. The Healy Heights neighborhood here has several smaller towers and historic towers. Some of the homes were radio studios in the day. Somehow they were re-designed in the Miami art deco style, though the were built between the late 1947s and the mid 1950s.
This massive tower was built in anticipation of becoming a new over-the-air TV tower, but the stations went to Sylvan and Miller Road instead.
It is made of round pipes filled with concrete, so it is not going anywhere.
To reach it, you can walk South on Council Crest Drive, it ends at this tower. It can also be reached by a trail with steps on Fairmount Blvd. between 3147 and 3157. There are warning signs near the tower to be aware that ice could break off the tower and fall on your head. Take that into account in your seasonal planning!
There is a more technical history at https://people.well.com/user/dmsml/stonehenge/.
Stonehenge Tower is Portland's most stylish transmission tower, and a landmark seen across the city and suburbs.
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