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

Month: September 2012

Photo of the Week: Mitchell, Oregon

I’ve been enjoying Foster Church’s Discovering Main Street: Travel Adventures in Small Towns of the Northwest. In the book, he profiles Oregon and Washington small towns and Main streets – with an eye on history, a mix of tourism (and definitely a reality check – not all small towns are charming while some have seen better days).… Read More Photo of the Week: Mitchell, Oregon

09/29/2012 John Chilson3 Comments

Photo of the week: Echo, Oregon

The obsession with Oregon main streets continues. The historic town of Echo is located in northeast Oregon, eight miles south of Hermiston and 20 miles west of Pendleton amid rolling farmland along the banks of the Umatilla River. While not visible from the freeway, Echo is only a mile from exit 188, where I- 84… Read More Photo of the week: Echo, Oregon

09/23/2012 John Chilson3 Comments

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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. The Edris Morrison Studios (1222-1224 SW Broadway) was a portrait photography studio run by photographer and theater actor Edris Morrison Cox (1903-1997). Mummy’s in downtown Portland closed in 2022. There are some great articles about it floating on the web (check out Thebeerchaser’s review).

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