Lost Oregon
@lostoregon
Documenting lost and found Oregon architecture since 2005. Posts by John Chilson. Building nerd. Lostoregon.org
Dig those color patterns. Portland Federal Savings, SW 5th and Washington. 📸 = postcard.
If you were around in 2005 to 2010 or so, there was ORBlogs - a site featuring a local blog directory. This one was a fave of mine - before Insta of course and pics that now are considered vintage; pisforpicture.blogspot.com
Oregon City picks new flag inspired by municipal elevator and Willamette Falls. www.opb.org/article/2026...
I love a good alley & homes that have attached businesses to them (ACUs). Portland has a lot of these older buildings - once you see one, you start to notice how many - a lot have been converted to garages but there are many with businesses in front still kicking it. Built: 1910.
First-timer to the Jack London Revue (in the basement of The Rialto) and it was a good one to boot with Okonski.
The Society Hotel has been put up for sale? With "adaptive reuse potential." www.hotelnewsresource.com/article14191...
Finally! (Here's a scan from the mid-50s AIA Guide to American Architecture book).
My latest for @newschoolbeer.bsky.social - downtown Milwaukie is getting another brewery / restaurant in the retrofitted former Rexall Pharmacy: newschoolbeer.com/home/2026/5/... #adaptivereuse
The downtown Milwaukie revival keeps on rolling! The Perry’s Pharmacy Building is getting new life as a restored downtown Milwaukie destination for retail businesses. Read more on le blog: lostoregon.org/2026/04/10/o...
Golden hour at Gino’s. Found a seat at the bar. It will always be my favorite spot in Portland to sip on an Old Fashioned.
A new (used) bookshop and art gallery has opened its doors in a ground-floor retail space across from Portland Public Library. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
The Acrop is for sale?! "...Allowable uses include: retail sales and services, office space, quick vehicle servicing, vehicle repair, self-service storage, household living, institutional uses, and limited manufacturing and other low-impact industrial uses..." www.loopnet.com/Listing/8325...
Hey holiday shoppers! Extra-soft knit crew-neck sweater celebrating the iconic Portland Building by Michael Graves, Portland, Oregon, 1982 architectural-icons.com/collections/...
From Reddit: A 3D map of downtown Portland. 😎 www.reddit.com/r/Portland/c...
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/...
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.
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.
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:
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 folks behind the Phoenix Pharmacy building retro have purchased this cool space in Woodstock. 👏 @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.
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!
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...