A reader of Lost Oregon sent the following to me. Any clue to where this once stood or if in fact it was ever built? I just purchased this very cool neon sign design proposal / rendering [see above] at Hawthorne Vintage and am trying to find out more information about the building / business… Read More The Clock – what era?
A couple of cool events coming up that warrant some mention: At 7 p.m. Feb. 22, PSU professor Carl Abbott and Thomas Robinson of Historic Photo Archives will talk about “Renewal and Removal in North/Northeast Portland” as part of the History Pub sponsored by the Oregon Historical Society and the Holy Names Heritage Center. The session… Read More Nerd alerts
Remember when ads used to be long-form, almost essay-like? Championed by Ogilvy and often utilized by ad agencies throughout the 1970s [coke-fueled art directors must have loved working on them] well into the 90s, these types of ads actually took some time to, you know, read. Back when there was time to relax with a… Read More Thunderbird/Red Lion 1977
Thomas Rutter from Photomic [his photo blog – check it out] graciously let me post a couple of photos of the same pro-McGovern rally I scanned from The Scribe a couple posts back. He took the photos as part of a photo-journalism course he was taking that year at PSU. It was the first year… Read More More from the 1972 McGovern rally
I’ve written about my killer score of finding Portland’s underground newspaper, The Scribe. Here are some photos scanned from the October 12-23, 1972 issue about an anti-war, anti-Nixon, pro-McGovern protest. The turnout wasn’t as high as organizers had wanted or planned. There was a reference to a violent demonstration in May that might have kept… Read More Anti-Vietnam War/McGovern Rally, 1972
The Leftbank on Broadway was recently renovated it into a completely usable space.… Read More Use, use & re-use: Leftbank Building
Allison Leroux [aka Allison LaRue], dancer and performer in Portland in the 1950s.… Read More Where have you gone, Allison LaRue?
Once located at 2115 West Burnside, the Palais Royale Ballroom hosted big bands ..and eventually rock and roll. … Read More The Palais Royale Ballroom: Where They Danced for Joy
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