Archive for the ‘ Portland ’ Category

Architecture on the transit mall

Lisa and I decided one afternoon to check out some of the notable buildings along the newly opened transit mall. TriMet, the Portland area transit authority, recently opened the new North/South light rail route in the downtown area. After a lengthy period of construction, traffic snarls and businesses struggling to deal with the turmoil, a free-ride [ READ MORE ]

Another day . . .

Just keep on blogging . . [ READ MORE ]

Hood River

Every year that we can manage it, we will go to the Hood River Fruit Loop tour. (But then we’ll accept just about any excuse to drive out to the Columbia River Gorge.) The hills leading up to Mount Hood are a beautiful backdrop to the agricultural endeavors that bring us so much culinary delight. We [ READ MORE ]

Small things

At 6′ 5″ inches tall, my interest in things small might seem inexplicable, but the fact remains – small things are cool. And there is not much cooler than a Peel P50. Check out the links at left and @ the image of the Peel P50 above for some great shots of this great little [ READ MORE ]

Another Time Capsule!

After more demolition of yet another wall we found this card for Hodes Auto Parts neatly tucked into the paper lining behind the fir lap sheathing. I liked the vintage look of the card and since it too came from an apparently original wall, I guessed that it too would date from 1928 when the [ READ MORE ]

Bungaloft Time Capsule!

History buried in the walls[ READ MORE ]

Summer finally arrives in Portland

Busy. Not quite too busy but enough to keep me off the blog for a bit. With the recent arrival of summer weather in Portland the schedule is top-heavy with the Bungaloft project. A freestanding Structural Insulated Panel addition followed by removal of all but the bathroom walls in our original 1928 bungalow and the connection of [ READ MORE ]

Oaks Park – a pinhole field trip

A trip to Portland's Oaks Bottom Park with a P.90 pinhole camera[ READ MORE ]

The Customs Building

A stroll around downtown Portland led me to the old customs building. It is a beautiful structure facing a downtown park. About a 15 minute exposure with the P.90 prototype during a conversation with a curious passerby led to this image. The following information on this building was provided by Bart King from his book: An Architectural [ READ MORE ]

P.90 and the Broadway Bridge

The Broadway Bridge is just one of the multiple bridges spanning the Willamette River in Portland that make this city such a great place for urban photography. I took the P.90 prototype and my Linhoff clamp/pod and made some photos of and from the bridge. [ READ MORE ]