I suspect the subject of our bathroom is a bit boring to you readers by now, but just to complete the thought…here is the process (a very short, digested version I might add…). It fascinates me to watch a room be ripped apart (so naturally I think it fascinates YOU…?) and then come together so […]
Category: Architecture
“Theatrical Heartscape” and the Friends of the Mural
In 1983 painter and teacher Jim Mattingly submitted a proposal to paint a mural in downtown Salem. The mural was to grace the rear wall of the Elsinore Theater, then a movie theater, but with a long history of vaudeville before the movies. Mattingly’s proposal was chosen and in the summer of 1984 he went […]
Marie Watt/Project Space/Tour of Homes
This seems to be the week for odd splices on this blog…bear with me (as Mark Siegel used to say…). Brooklyn artist/sculptor Marie Watt is doing a specific blanket piece for the Hallie Ford Museum of Art here in Salem. To that end I’m donating a family blanket to the project. Each blanket will have […]
Friday Follow Up
First and foremost, I made a mistake on the location of Rochelle and Nate Rafn’s new restaurant. It will open early in June at 479 Court (next door to Olson’s Florist)…(that used to be Quizno’s sandwich shop…) Thanks to my neighbor Jason Heimerdinger and David at the Statesman Journal, disaster was averted…because if you went […]
Work Zone
It’s a work zone over here today. Mike’s crew arrived early to tear off the old roof… and then the plywood sheathing went on…and here’s Mike himself (hint: he isn’t 20, 30 40 or 50…) …the crew was well-supervised at our end… and by the end of their work day the front was ready to […]
1% for ART!
In 1975 our state mandated that 1% of the cost of every new building (or major rehab) be spent on art for that building. This results in two very good things: #1 it assures quality art contemporary to each building to enhance the building itself and #2 it builds a strong collection, long term, for […]
Old East Salem
A recent conversation I had with a friend about what Salem used to look like, sent me to my photo “archive” to take a look. Here’s the building at 12th Street and Center Street today and here’s the old East School just before demolition in 1950 to make way for the Safeway… and going a […]
Van Evera Bailey
We sloshed up to Portland Sunday with Linda and Greg to the Oregon Historical Society to hear a lecture by Hope Svenson who gave an excellent talk about the work of Portland architect Van Evera Bailey. Her thought-provoking talk included ideas about architecture as archive, a topic currently at the front of R’s thinking. Greg […]
Monday Miscellany…
I really like my eye doctor…. even though I don’t like drops and all that stuff…he’s funny, he’s told me interesting things about my eyes (orbital varix), and he makes little cool drawings… and SOMETIMES he even reads my blog. (Hi Dr. N.) So when I recovered after having my pupils dilated we took off […]
The Beach House
It seems impossible to believe this, but 20 years ago we bought this little beach house on Siletz Bay. We’ve tinkered with it a little bit, but mostly it has been an oasis of calm in our busy lives, a family place. I’m entertaining myself this week with some before and after photos…here’s how our […]
On The Way 