Went to brunch today at the Hands On Cafe at Oregon College of Art & Craft with the Widmans and the Munros, to see the beautiful new Charles Rose designed buildings at OCAC…AFTER a wonderful brunch, of course. Our host: and the three incarnations of Mardy Widman (who recently retired after 27 years at OCAC) […]
Category: Architecture
It’s All Ours!!
Wow. What a moment. Today we paid off the mortgage and the moment looked like this: We bought this house on Court Street 30 years ago when we were young and buoyant and ready to do some work: We removed the aluminum siding, changed the front doors, gardened, reworked the interior and put on an […]
LIVING THE CREATIVE LIFE: MARTHA CURRY
Martha Curry has been working as an interior designer since 1980. Today I sat in her beautiful and serene house, and she talked about the design process, her own strengths…one of which is her amazing eye (“that’s what I have to sell–my eye”), her methods of working with clients. Her well-edited home interior makes me […]
A history lesson…
Yesterday we went to hear Doug Decker (one of my three astonishingly creative brothers) give a talk at the Architectural Heritage Center (click here) about the history of his Portland neighborhood Alameda Park . Doug writes a blog about Alameda History that is well worth visiting. The lecture was at the AHC/Bosco-Milligan Foundation building at […]
A Corvallis Monday
My plan today was to go to Corvallis to take Claudia her rock (see next post for that story). Ella sent an email this morning about a Corvallis guy who is building a foam house in her neighborhood–600 square feet. Because of Howard, I felt responsible for checking it out. Then lunch, of course. Okay, […]
Snailem???? Huh!
So we went to see the railroad bridge which opened officially last weekend as a pedestrian bridge connecting Salem and West Salem. It’s the old bridge with new concrete decking, built in 1912, but with new railings and little “bump-outs” where you can stand and take a view or a photo. Then we went by […]
REALLY the Last One!
Because it’s gone. I read in the paper that a new “mixed use” building will begin to rise on the site immediately. Judging by what is going up around town at the moment, it won’t be a pretty sight. As Doug said though–it is interesting to think of what the world was like and what […]
Nearly Gone
It was a beautiful day in the Capital City today–bright sun that raises your spirits. On the way to the studio I stopped by the Riverfront to check on the warehouse. It’s nearly gone now:
Sneak Preview
Yesterday I got a sneak preview of the new Salem Cinema–our much loved “art” movie theater here in town. The new Salem Cinema is up on Broadway in a brand new building. It has three different theaters of different sizes, and will serve food. It opens in April with the Salem Film Festival (and the […]
The Warehouse Friday
Not too different from Thursday. I kind of like these cascading chunks hanging like a veil.
On The Way 