Every day, Portland lawyer Randal Acker lives the big sight gag from the Disney movie "Up," where a construction crew sweeps a block clean of its cute old houses, but for one.
In this case, Acker's 1894 Queen Anne Victorian, which serves as his law office, stands as the last building of its vintage on the block on the southern edge of downtown.
All around him rises the skeleton of Portland State University's 16-story College Station residence hall, due to open in August 2012. After a long fight with TriMet and PSU to hold on to his building, Acker pronounces himself pleased with the result.
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