WWeek Best Of Portland 2000 Sunday, May 19, 2002 Willamette Week BEST FEEL-GOOD TRENDINESS In a time when people weather their furniture to make it look like a family of 10 has used it for 20 years, a lot of trendy shops have gone to great effort to bring customers the new old look. But what about the old, old look--what about real, live recycling? The Rebuilding Center (3625 N Mississippi St., 331-1877) doesn't care too much about the worn look offered at Urban Barn, but the center recycles and resells demolished building materials such as windows, sinks, bricks and bookshelves, as well as other odds and ends including iron fencing and even industrial paper-towel dispensers. Donating saves contractors and home-improvement buffs dumping fees and provides a tax deduction to boot, all the while protecting our landfills from the jetsam of our consumer-culture Love Boat. Started in 1998 as a resource generator for Our United Villages, a grassroots nonprofit to benefit Northeast neighborhoods, the Center is popular with artists, designers and professional and amateur builders alike. The selection and prices can't be beat.