Category: Structures

New building coming soon to the Pearl District.

This is the half-block north of the block where my school is located, right across the street from the Pearl Bakery.  And changes are afoot.

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This building is going to be tall, it looks like 11 stories at it’s highest.  The building across the street is three, maybe four stories.  It looks like a half-block of parking (which is what is going on right now) will also disappear.

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To give some perspective, here’s the corner of the block from the perspective of the new building.  In the center background, you can see the six-story apartment/dorm building that was built where Powell’s Technical Books used to be.  This corner has a three story building (on the left) the two-story parking garage building, the two story building across the street you can’t see in this picture and then eventually an 11-story building.  I guess we shall see how it all looks.

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Let’s revisit 1536 N. Schofield St.

This lot, you might remember, is for sale and has a really great tree on it.  Walking by today, I noticed some signs, and wandered back to investigate.  IMG_4409

Good job, Lindsey & Dan, for doing your part to save the tree.

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They’ve attached a sign to the fence between their property and the lot and put a sign on the tree.

Until this year, the back part of the property had a garden.  I suspect it was the house behind that tended it, given the gate.

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Looking out from the back of the lot toward the street you can see the walnut tree, the former garden and the holly tree.

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City of Roses inching closer to completion

The sidewalk area has been shaped for the pouring of a new sidewalk.IMG_4319

Temporary doors have been installed where eventually permanent ones will go.

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And, in other news, this picture marks the demise of my camera.  Two parts fell off behind the fence and out of reach. I decided it was time to buy a new camera, instead of continually nursing this one along.

 

I go away for a week and a house is *poof* gone!

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It’s not unusual for houses to disappear, but this one was not for sale, and the last time I saw it, people were living there.  And not the type of living where you disappear in the middle of the night, but where you have an entire carport full of stuff with a flapping tarp hanging down to make a sort of door.

The house wasn’t in great shape, but it wasn’t falling down.  Not that the state of the house makes any difference as to its fate.

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This is a smaller lot, so it was fence, house, bit of a front yard.  They had tall fir trees with empty bird feeders.

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They had barky dogs that would often run past the fir trees to the fence.

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According to Portland Maps (link at the top of the post) Royal Custom Homes Inc owns the lot/house as of 5/4/15 with a recorded sale price of $262,000. The home was built in 1946.

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Here’s a photo I grabbed.  We shall see what comes next.

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photo from: http://www.sunriverrealty.com/s/or/multnomah-county/portland/97217/1807-n-kilpatrick-st/dmgid_95719376.html

What will appear here?

IMG_4282This shot was taken from the alley (and I can no longer remember why I was walking down the alley) instead of the street.  I’m intrigued though.  It’s where a blue house used to sit.  I took a picture of it a few months ago and good thing, because it’s gone, baby.  Gone.  But what are they building here?  Two skinny houses with a shared driveway?  That was my initial thought, but I’ve been by since I took this photo and seen six water shut-off boxes.  So maybe this will be six separate units?