Lost Oregon
@lostoregon.bsky.social
Documenting lost and found Oregon architecture since 2005. Posts by John Chilson. Building nerd. Lostoregon.org
Hey holiday shoppers!
Extra-soft knit crew-neck sweater celebrating the iconic Portland Building by Michael Graves, Portland, Oregon, 1982
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Extra-soft knit crew-neck sweater celebrating the iconic Portland Building by Michael Graves, Portland, Oregon, 1982
architectural-icons.com/collections/...
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hey holiday shoppers!
Extra-soft knit crew-neck sweater celebrating the iconic Portland Building by Michael Graves, Portland, Oregon, 1982
architectural-icons.com/collections/...
Extra-soft knit crew-neck sweater celebrating the iconic Portland Building by Michael Graves, Portland, Oregon, 1982
architectural-icons.com/collections/...
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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My latest for @newschoolbeer.bsky.social - The demolished site of a former funeral home in downtown Milwaukie is getting new life as the 1847 Food Park, helmed by Portland's Migration Brewing.
newschoolbeer.com/home/2025/8/...
newschoolbeer.com/home/2025/8/...
August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My latest for @newschoolbeer.bsky.social - The demolished site of a former funeral home in downtown Milwaukie is getting new life as the 1847 Food Park, helmed by Portland's Migration Brewing.
newschoolbeer.com/home/2025/8/...
newschoolbeer.com/home/2025/8/...
Built in 1894, and another great example of an (what's now called) Accessory Commercial Unit (ACU), or a "small, detached or attached commercial space on a residential property, designed to support small, local businesses."
A++ for the signage too!
📷 = Google.
A++ for the signage too!
📷 = Google.
June 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Built in 1894, and another great example of an (what's now called) Accessory Commercial Unit (ACU), or a "small, detached or attached commercial space on a residential property, designed to support small, local businesses."
A++ for the signage too!
📷 = Google.
A++ for the signage too!
📷 = Google.
Built in 1893 (or 1900, depending on the source); a rare Victorian in SE Portland. Now a triplex. #missingmiddle
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Built in 1893 (or 1900, depending on the source); a rare Victorian in SE Portland. Now a triplex. #missingmiddle
Popped in to pFriem Brewery's new location in downtown Milwaukie over the weekend.
What a fantastic transformation of the former city hall into a place for the community. It's only been open for a few days but it's already having an impact on the energy level on Main Street.
What a fantastic transformation of the former city hall into a place for the community. It's only been open for a few days but it's already having an impact on the energy level on Main Street.
April 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Popped in to pFriem Brewery's new location in downtown Milwaukie over the weekend.
What a fantastic transformation of the former city hall into a place for the community. It's only been open for a few days but it's already having an impact on the energy level on Main Street.
What a fantastic transformation of the former city hall into a place for the community. It's only been open for a few days but it's already having an impact on the energy level on Main Street.
Hey bridge nerds (looks in mirror), a great resource for all things...bridges.
Here's Oregon's: www.bridgehunter.com/states/OR
And a pic of the shiny, new Springwater Trail Bridge from 2007:
Here's Oregon's: www.bridgehunter.com/states/OR
And a pic of the shiny, new Springwater Trail Bridge from 2007:
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hey bridge nerds (looks in mirror), a great resource for all things...bridges.
Here's Oregon's: www.bridgehunter.com/states/OR
And a pic of the shiny, new Springwater Trail Bridge from 2007:
Here's Oregon's: www.bridgehunter.com/states/OR
And a pic of the shiny, new Springwater Trail Bridge from 2007:
Two Central City Portland office buildings set to be converted to housing units
The first project will convert the Oregon Casket Building at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave. into a 34-housing-unit structure.
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
The first project will convert the Oregon Casket Building at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave. into a 34-housing-unit structure.
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
March 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Two Central City Portland office buildings set to be converted to housing units
The first project will convert the Oregon Casket Building at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave. into a 34-housing-unit structure.
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
The first project will convert the Oregon Casket Building at 403 N.W. Fifth Ave. into a 34-housing-unit structure.
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
The folks behind the Phoenix Pharmacy building retro have purchased this cool space in Woodstock. 👏
@maccoinnich.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DHM6jxIPDjF/
@maccoinnich.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DHM6jxIPDjF/
March 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The folks behind the Phoenix Pharmacy building retro have purchased this cool space in Woodstock. 👏
@maccoinnich.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DHM6jxIPDjF/
@maccoinnich.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DHM6jxIPDjF/
Former fire station (built in the 30s) then city hall & now the new @pfriembeer.bsky.social coming soon to downtown Milwaukie. #adaptivereuse for the win.
January 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Former fire station (built in the 30s) then city hall & now the new @pfriembeer.bsky.social coming soon to downtown Milwaukie. #adaptivereuse for the win.
Milwaukie's Pietro’s is moving to the former McGrath’s Fish House on 224 and the building is being demolished. If I’m reading the permit right, it looks like the sign is being relocated to the new space. Good news.
Thanks to @electric.spaghetti.neon for the video!
Thanks to @electric.spaghetti.neon for the video!
January 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Milwaukie's Pietro’s is moving to the former McGrath’s Fish House on 224 and the building is being demolished. If I’m reading the permit right, it looks like the sign is being relocated to the new space. Good news.
Thanks to @electric.spaghetti.neon for the video!
Thanks to @electric.spaghetti.neon for the video!
Three hours and thirty-five minutes. Sold out. 70 mm.
January 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Three hours and thirty-five minutes. Sold out. 70 mm.
I've got a soft spot for these types of buildings - they work hard, won't win any design awards & they keep on keeping on. Located in Portland's Central Eastside, originally built in 1908 (and definitely updated in the 60s!).
www.loopnet.com/Listing/1018...
www.loopnet.com/Listing/1018...
December 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I've got a soft spot for these types of buildings - they work hard, won't win any design awards & they keep on keeping on. Located in Portland's Central Eastside, originally built in 1908 (and definitely updated in the 60s!).
www.loopnet.com/Listing/1018...
www.loopnet.com/Listing/1018...
521 SW 10th; built: 1913.
December 23, 2024 at 4:53 PM
521 SW 10th; built: 1913.
I feel shame for never stepping foot into the Kenton Club ... until last night.
Here's a great piece from @orartswatch.org a few year's back on its role in the 1970s roller derby movie Kansas City Bomber:
www.orartswatch.org/when-raquel-...
Here's a great piece from @orartswatch.org a few year's back on its role in the 1970s roller derby movie Kansas City Bomber:
www.orartswatch.org/when-raquel-...
December 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
I feel shame for never stepping foot into the Kenton Club ... until last night.
Here's a great piece from @orartswatch.org a few year's back on its role in the 1970s roller derby movie Kansas City Bomber:
www.orartswatch.org/when-raquel-...
Here's a great piece from @orartswatch.org a few year's back on its role in the 1970s roller derby movie Kansas City Bomber:
www.orartswatch.org/when-raquel-...
IBM Building, b: 1965, 2000 SW First Ave.; pic shot from the Orange line.
Here's the original rendering: efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
Here's the original rendering: efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
December 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
IBM Building, b: 1965, 2000 SW First Ave.; pic shot from the Orange line.
Here's the original rendering: efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
Here's the original rendering: efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
I love this Thanksgiving ad from 1922 from the Klamath Falls Herald. Long-form, the language is still (kind of) very modern and the retailer even has a slogan: "I ain't mad at nobody!"
Here's what happened to the store's location: www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_n...
Here's what happened to the store's location: www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_n...
November 27, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I love this Thanksgiving ad from 1922 from the Klamath Falls Herald. Long-form, the language is still (kind of) very modern and the retailer even has a slogan: "I ain't mad at nobody!"
Here's what happened to the store's location: www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_n...
Here's what happened to the store's location: www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_n...
"Downtown" Oak Grove, Ore., then and now. Bring back that hardware store!
November 22, 2024 at 1:16 AM
"Downtown" Oak Grove, Ore., then and now. Bring back that hardware store!