There was a moment of fear that the church in the next block was being deconstructed. It turned out they were just replacing the siding. Phew.
But look what was under the siding! I love it so much! I also love the diagonal boards which would now all be plywood. Ah, when lumber was king, and there were so many trees we would never cut them all down. 
They left the sign there when they put on the new siding. Someone else down the line will get to discover this relic from the past.
I recall that I never posted a picture of the finished mural. Here it is. We’ve added some fantastic clouds in a purple sky. I don’t love this mural, but I like it better than a blank wall and I think it fits the occupant of the building (Disjecta Contemporary Art Center) quite nicely.
This is the site where the new tower will displace my bank during construction, then the bank will move back to its previous location, but into the new building.
I like the double level shipping container being used for an office.
Everyone was pretty raw at work. I did some stuff, and then left early to take a long walk to the Hollywood Library, where I was volunteering with Teen Book Council.
Look at this blast-from-the-past mural/advertisement for radio station 94.7! Usually it’s covered by an official billboard.
I’ve take a picture of this building before, but on a happier day. It seems today the building is sad. Sorry building. I feel sad too.
The footprint of Farm restaurant, which I always wanted to eat at, and never did. I guess I won’t ever get to now.
Tracking apartment rental prices. For reference, when I got my first studio apartment in Portland in 2002, I paid $500/month to live downtown. If Matt and I rented this apartment, we would pay $850 each. Yikes! 
Here’s the house where the unit is.
I loved the green of this house.
And look! It’s a very specific green.
Very nice vintage four-plex.
I love the neon sign with the brick.
Bit of grey cloud hovering.
The day after the election, not much was happening at the Multnomah Democrats headquarters. The building was dark. (The cars are from the business next door.)
I had a sundae at Baskin Robbins and a very nice Teen Book Council meeting. Then there was square dancing. It was a raw, but good day.
Sometimes the walk over the bridge is magical.
When I moved to Kenton in 2007, this lot at the corner of N. Lombard and N. Fenwick was a KFC with a drive-through and a parking lot. The KFC closed a few years later. The building was taken down and the lot has been empty for some time. I recall a fluttering of plans for something, but those did not come to pass. But now we have what looks like a six-unit complex that has been built on the lot. And it looks like there will be another six-unit complex arriving soon. This is located a block away from the Lombard Transit center, so hopefully many people without cars will rent these places. However, if they do have a car, they will be parking the neighborhood. It’s past time for the Portland City Council to start figuring out a parking system for the city. Big, compact cities have parking enforcement throughout.
Interestingly, the Google Map of the corner has not erased the presence of the KFC, or the parking lot. While I don’t think it should instantaneously show a new building, the building it is showing hasn’t existed for years.
This is the corner of 10th and Davis, soon to be another tall building. Kush Handmade Rugs has the corner. They are moving to a new location. The storefront on Davis was a print shop that has moved. Aztech Sign and Graphics is on 10th. I’m not sure what will happen to them. Next in line is Jimmy Mak’s, Portland’s Legendary Jazz Club. They were going to move across the street, but the owner’s cancer came back, so he decided to close at the end of the year. Their final night will be New Year’s Eve. (Note from the future: Jimmy Makarounis died on New Year’s Day.)
I took this picture because I hadn’t heard anything about the Portland Green Loop. It seems that it is a proposed 6-mile linear park that “invites residents, workers, and visitors to experience Portland’s Central City in an entirely new way. It will create active new spaces in the Central City that are comfortable to all Portlanders, and will offer everyone an opportunity to determine how their city, districts, and neighborhoods can retain and further grow their distinct qualities.”
Hmmm. There’s a map on the website.
Will this ever come to pass?
This is located in the parking lot for disjecta. I don’t adore it, but I think it greatly improves the blank wall that came before it.
Remember how just a few weeks ago there was Trump art plastered outside of this building?
I return for another movie and *gasp* the building is gone! I’m not sure why I’m gasping anymore as this is probably the 700th* demolished building in Portland this year, but I did have that weird, “something is off” here feeling.
*700 is a made-up number. Could be true though.
