Good Measure will be a new green grocer in downtown Milwaukie, Ore, offering local produce, coffee, and more. … Read More Oregon Makers: Good Measure will be a celebration of food + community
Elk Rock Island, just a hair over the Portland border in Milwaukie, is only accessible when the tide is low or by canoe across the Willamette… Read More Nature in the city: Elk Rock Island in Milwaukie
Long before it was Bob’s Red Mill, it was Moore’s Flour Mill in Oak Grove on Roethe Road.… Read More Before it was Bob’s Red Mill it was… Moore’s Flour Mill in Oak Grove
It’s been the Main Street Collectors Mall for years with a preserved soda fountain and counter.… Read More Downtown Milwaukie ‘Rexall’ building on the market
A couple of years back the Skulason House in Milwaukie, Ore., went up for sale. Things didn’t look good. … Read More Meet Milwaukie Manor
Milwaukie, Ore. has numerous mid-century gems. This is one of them.… Read More An under-appreciated mid-century spot in Milwaukie
So, I’m doing a bit of an experiment with my new Ultra Flip video camera. I’m shooting and editing small films [nothing more than 120 seconds] of mid-century, historical and not-yet forgotten buildings and sites around the Portland metro area. I might even work up to doing interviews and – gasp- edit them into the… Read More Lost Oregon Video
Starting with this post I’m doing something called “Then and Now”, where, yep, you guessed it, I’m showcasing an older photo and contrasting it with the modern shot. First up is Milwaukie Lumber. The Ledding Library in downtown Milwaukie has some great old photos of the area hanging in the staircase that leads to the… Read More Milwaukie Lumber – Then and Now
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