Last week, just a few blocks from where demolition crews have been busy dismantling the majority of Centennial Mills, a trio of interested parties-the Pearl District Neighborhood Association's Patricia Gardner, developer and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer, and historian Chet Orloff-hosted a public forum to explore how this historic development might still be saved. Gardner began by walking the audience through the past 15-plus years of fits and starts: "In 2000 the city bought the site.