April 28th, 2013 at 04:39 pm
On their Facebook page, the owners of the Black Cat Tavern in Sellwood announced that they are shutting down their …Continue reading »
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Exploring Oregon's recent past with postcards, photos and words.
April 7th, 2013 at 08:39 pm
I work in Belluschi’s wonderful Equitable, er, Commonwealth on SW Sixth in downtown Portland. Across the street and with …Continue reading »
March 17th, 2013 at 10:03 am
India Littler from anemone antiques and cloudberry studio sent us this remarkable photograph (she discovered it and kindly scanned it for …Continue reading »
February 28th, 2013 at 10:20 pm
From ODOT’s historical collection. Filed under: Oregon History, Oregon Main Streets, Oregon Roadside, Portland History
January 14th, 2013 at 08:14 am
Continuing our look at the Clackamas County Cultural Resource Inventory, we travel down the Trolley Trail to 4001 SE Roethe …Continue reading »
January 6th, 2013 at 10:19 am
Note: This is a cross-post from my other blog, Oak Grove! (The O.G.). Last month there was a discussion on …Continue reading »
December 21st, 2012 at 04:35 pm
Portland Penny Diner’s new signage wins Sign of the Year, hands down! From the restaurant’s website: In 1845 Frances Pettygrove …Continue reading »
November 28th, 2012 at 08:47 pm
A few weeks back, Country Bills in Woodstock was demolished to make way for Gawd-knows-what (mixed-used condos?). My pal managed …Continue reading »
November 13th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
My apologies for the poor pic – I snapped it from the morning bus commute. I’ve been noticing this structure …Continue reading »
November 12th, 2012 at 08:18 pm
I first met Doris on Twitter earlier in the year. I started following her because her tweets were interesting – …Continue reading »
October 21st, 2012 at 09:59 am
I’ll let the back of the postcard describe the scene: Main Street, Burns, Oregon, center of Oregon cattle industry, and …Continue reading »
September 29th, 2012 at 08:02 am
I’ve been enjoying Foster Church’s Discovering Main Street: Travel Adventures in Small Towns of the Northwest. In the book, he profiles Oregon …Continue reading »
September 23rd, 2012 at 09:40 am
The obsession with Oregon main streets continues. The historic town of Echo is located in northeast Oregon, eight miles south …Continue reading »
August 23rd, 2012 at 09:16 pm
Hello readers! This is a first for me – a cross-post. I wrote this for the National Trust for Historic …Continue reading »
August 21st, 2012 at 08:28 pm
According to the Clackamas County Historical Society’s excellent Flickr page, the hospital Opened in April 1911 in an unfinished building …Continue reading »
August 4th, 2012 at 07:38 am
Current obsession? Oregon town’s and their Main streets – specifically towns along the I-5 corridor between Portland and Eugene. Making …Continue reading »
July 21st, 2012 at 06:30 am
Cool pic of the first Dunkin’ Donuts built in Salem, Ore. The last Dunkin’ Donuts on the West Coast closed …Continue reading »
July 14th, 2012 at 08:56 am
This photo perfectly captures a moment in time, of Main Street, USA. When Americans could spend and shop locally and …Continue reading »
July 6th, 2012 at 06:43 am
Originally located at 1521 and 1527 SW Broadway near Columbia Street and shot in 1962, it appears these two old grand …Continue reading »
July 3rd, 2012 at 06:43 am
A remarkable scan from a postcard that illustrates our bridges, waterfront and long-gone architecture: Image courtesy of the exceptional Portland Waterfront …Continue reading »
June 30th, 2012 at 08:28 am
A few month’s back, I posted the below pic of a home that looks like it was plopped down on …Continue reading »
June 29th, 2012 at 06:32 am
Demolished in the 1990s for condos, Rafters (previously known as The Rockin’ Rodeo) was a 1970s restaurant that sat at …Continue reading »
June 24th, 2012 at 08:19 am
Let’s go way back and way out there: New Era, Clackamas County. Now just a blip on the 99e between …Continue reading »
June 22nd, 2012 at 06:41 am
No doubt you’ve noticed the lovely new bridge on 99e with its pointed spheres and art deco elements. Here’s a …Continue reading »
June 20th, 2012 at 06:24 am
The Elks Temple building on the corner of SW Alder and SW 11th Streets in Portland. Filed under: Design and …Continue reading »
June 17th, 2012 at 08:01 am
(Photo of the week, a new, weekly feature of Lost Oregon that highlights Oregon’s architectural heritage.) Street view of the …Continue reading »
June 16th, 2012 at 08:06 am
I had the pleasure of attending my first meeting of the Oak Lodge History Detectives last week. After a couple …Continue reading »
June 3rd, 2012 at 12:16 am
I’ve written about Oak Grove in the past and plan on writing more in upcoming posts. (You’ve been warned.) Downtown …Continue reading »
May 26th, 2012 at 10:05 am
An early morning bike ride learning about local history is a great way to kick of a mid-spring Sunday. That’s exactly how I spent last Sunday as I rode with a group of bicyclists as we explored historical Milwaukie, Ore., with Bike Milwaukie. Since last fall, Bike Milwaukie has been leading casual, family friendly bike [.
April 7th, 2012 at 08:14 am
71 SW Oak (1966) Aubrie Koenig and Will McKay from The History Press were in town for a couple of days to check out Portland. (History Press is publishing my book on lost Portland eateries and it was cool to meet Aubrie and Will in person and chat about the book.) As part of their brief [...]