The Friends of Bush Gardens’ restoration committee raised the necessary $250,000 to restore the lovely little conservatory behind the Bush House Museum. It was in dangerous condition and the group took on RESTORATION, rather than replacing the building (HOORAY!!). Here is the before picture: and when I was in the park the other day I […]
Category: Preservation
Progress!!!
I was looking for a particular photo the other day, and ran across this one. The year is 1993 and that year Roger Hull (here on the left), Marcia Hoak and a merry band of volunteers spearheaded the planting of trees along State Street between 14th and 17th in a program they called State Street […]
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 […]
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:
The Warehouse Friday
Not too different from Thursday. I kind of like these cascading chunks hanging like a veil.
The Warehouse today
Well they’re chipping away at it–here’s the latest taken this morning:
Warehouse demolition 2/23
Today after the YWCA luncheon I got a good view of the demolition process. Note the dust rising on the right in the closeup:
Warehouse Fixation….
I know this is getting kind of boring, but I can’t seem to let it go. Today I went down to the Riverfront Park to get a view of the river side of the building, you know, the side where we’d have had a view from our studios…
Goodbye to the Frye
This just in from Bruce–one of his gorgeous night images of the Frye warehouse: In a few hours I’ll go get a photo of what’s left of it today.
On The Way 