Comments for Lost Oregon

Comment on Kah-Nee-Ta Vacation Resort by Puerco

Puerco — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:16:22 +0000

During spring break my senior year in high school (1967) I went with 3 friends to Kah-Nee-Ta for the day . I lived in Portland. It was warm and sunny and we spent the entire day playing in that wonderful swimming pool. I haven’t been back there for many years. I hope it’s still the same. Or at least recognizable.

Comment on The Barbary Coast at the Hoyt Hotel by Puerco

Puerco — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:40:56 +0000

When I was 19-20 a friend took me to the Hoyt where we stood outside and watched drag queens and kings arrive for (I think) the Empress Ball. They were picking that year’s new empress. I’d never seen drag queens before and was shocked at how real they looked. I was very naive at the time. I was sad to see the Hoyt torn down. It was a Portland institution.

Comment on Lost Vancouver, WA by schlockstar

schlockstar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:21:56 +0000

Ben,

the place is called Mon Ami.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/mon-ami-vancouver

Comment on Lost Vancouver, WA by ben

ben — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:34 +0000

what’s the name of the coffee shop?

Comment on Use, use & re-use: Leftbank Building by Mary

Mary — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:52:26 +0000

Our disposable culture in America easily crosses over from Water bottles to buildings. How old does something have to be before you consider it worth keeping for posterity sake?
I collect vintage clothing. Just yesterday I was in a thrift store looking at costumes. I found a dress that I knew immediately was 90 years old. Sewn in the 1910’s. It has a few moth holes since it was made of wool, but other than that it was structurally VERY sound. I bought it for $4.99, much less than it’s historical worth. Back in the 1910’s they new to treat their belongings with care so they would last.

Today, who would treat thier Gap jeans with care so they would last more than 2 years. Let alone a building to last more than 20.

Comment on Use, use & re-use: Leftbank Building by catfc

catfc — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:12:46 +0000

JulieD…They do that in Colorado in the “historic” gambling towns. Only the building fronts are old, and it’s all casino on the back side. That practice earned Central City near last place in a travel magazine ranking of historic cities to visit…not near the bottom of the best, but near the bottom of the worst.

Comment on Lost Vancouver, WA by falcioni

falcioni — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:36:47 +0000

So glad to see you back up and blogging. I eat your posts up like Sunday-morning waffles at Pixie Kitchen!

Comment on Use, use & re-use: Leftbank Building by missjulied

missjulied — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:38:51 +0000

One thing I’ve seen a few times in Seattle is the removal of basically the whole building except the facade, and then rebuilding around it. It seems to be mostly in cases where they want to put in something higher-rise than was there previously.

Comment on Use, use & re-use: Leftbank Building by brett

brett — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:01:13 +0000

Nice post. I agree that from what I’ve seen, they’ve done a great job with Leftbank. Do you have any good vintage photos of the Weatherly Building?
Also, why not try to compile a list here of “how many architecturally significant building have met their demise” in Portland?

Comment on Oregon Centennial Expo, 1959 by Mike

Mike — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:57:11 +0000

Our family never went to the big Centennial set-up in Portland. Dad drove us out to Damascus where they had an eternal flame, staged gun fights, a saloon and other activities. I think it was more kid friendly and certainly not trying to impress anybody. I don’t think it included anything commercial or about “the future.”

I loved the Stan Freberg OREGON! OREGON! radio play commissioned for the Centennial with the witch. Still have the record (Back in the bottle . . .)

The State also held a contest for a centennial song. Our band director entered but didn’t win. The victor, WALKIN’ IN THE OREGON RAIN, was catchy but ultimately forgettable except by those of us who still have the sheet music. (“You can have your hills of old Kentucky, you can having your rolling Texas plains. They’re alright, I’ll agree but I’d much rather be . . . walkin’ in the Oregon rain!”)

The Oregonian ran patterns for making pioneer bonnets for women and my mother, who was pretty handy with a sewing machine, made them for herself and my sister.