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Documenting past + present + future Oregon architecture + its built environment.

Month: June 2011

Basement bar history lesson

Come hang out with the Kick Ass Oregon gang and artist Jim Hill as they discuss Danford Balch, the first man executed in the state of Oregon back in 1859, at the newly christened Jack London Bar. The Jack London Bar, located beneath the Rialto, is self-described as a remodeled old betting parlor that has… Read More Basement bar history lesson

06/21/201109/25/2011 John Chilson1 Comment

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Milwaukie neon. The former Perry’s Pharmacy Building in downtown Milwaukie is getting a new life and being retrofitted into new retail spaces. I wrote about the project - hop into my bio to read! The light hit just right last night at the Willamette Falls. I found a clipping (swipe) about the Beachcombers Club in Lake Oswego mentioning the Jim Benton Trio from the Oregon Mirror, June 1962. (Says Wiki: The Oregon Mirror was an African-American newspaper founded by Jimmy "Bang Bang" Walker and Don Alford in 1961.) Golden hour at Gino’s. Found a seat at the bar. It will always be my favorite spot in Portland to sip on an Old Fashioned. From the back of the postcard: Love to see older buildings (this one was built in 1926) being reused. And speaking of reuse (how’s THAT for a segue?), the business in there now sells gently used nice kitchen equipment at super reasonable prices. Ad for the Ports o’ Call on Swan Island, 1974. The fantastic KGW Broadcast Center on SW Jefferson.

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