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

Category: Oregon History

Hop into your time machine and watch this video from 1917!

Portland, 1917! Great stuff!

11/09/202001/12/2024 John Chilson3 Comments

Baker City brick beauty

The Baker Gold & Silver building, built in 1900, is for sale.… Read More Baker City brick beauty

07/18/202001/12/2024 John ChilsonLeave a comment

Sign up for Grant Workshop for your Oregon preservation project

The workshop specifically addresses those applying for archaeology projects in Oregon.… Read More Sign up for Grant Workshop for your Oregon preservation project

02/10/202002/10/2020 John ChilsonLeave a comment

Serve on Milwaukie’s historic city hall committee

As Milwaukie plans to move to a newer building, City Council is asking for help in deciding how the current city hall site should be used in the future. … Read More Serve on Milwaukie’s historic city hall committee

02/03/2020 John Chilson1 Comment

Central Eastside Industrial District: 15 years ago

Much has changed in “Produce Row” and it’s interesting to see those changes since 2009. Strap in for a time travel visit to Central Eastside!… Read More Central Eastside Industrial District: 15 years ago

02/01/202002/20/2024 John Chilson1 Comment

East Portland: Evolution of a small city

What we think of today as Portland covers a broad swath of land on both sides of the Willamette River.… Read More East Portland: Evolution of a small city

01/19/202001/13/2024 John Chilson2 Comments

Vote for Astoria’s Odd Fellows Building

The Odd Fellows Building in downtown Astoria has the chance to nab some hard cash in preservation funding.… Read More Vote for Astoria’s Odd Fellows Building

10/23/201910/23/2019 John ChilsonLeave a comment

Central Hotel in Burns, Ore., gets new owners and new life 

Learn how one couple renovated a crumbling, old hotel in Burns, Oregon. … Read More Central Hotel in Burns, Ore., gets new owners and new life 

10/09/201901/13/2024 John ChilsonLeave a comment

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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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