When I started my three-week vacation, I sent a prayer to the commuting gods that the new building would be done enough that I could walk on a sidewalk instead of the bike lane when I went back to work. And it didn’t come true the first two days back, but today was my day. We have sidewalk! 
Category: Structures
New building coming soon to the Pearl District.
This is the half-block north of the block where my school is located, right across the street from the Pearl Bakery. And changes are afoot.
This building is going to be tall, it looks like 11 stories at it’s highest. The building across the street is three, maybe four stories. It looks like a half-block of parking (which is what is going on right now) will also disappear.
To give some perspective, here’s the corner of the block from the perspective of the new building. In the center background, you can see the six-story apartment/dorm building that was built where Powell’s Technical Books used to be. This corner has a three story building (on the left) the two-story parking garage building, the two story building across the street you can’t see in this picture and then eventually an 11-story building. I guess we shall see how it all looks.
Closed for good reason
Peeking in the window at Cultured Caveman, a paleo restaurant in our neighborhood.
It’s a special day!
Let’s revisit 1536 N. Schofield St.
This lot, you might remember, is for sale and has a really great tree on it. Walking by today, I noticed some signs, and wandered back to investigate. 
Good job, Lindsey & Dan, for doing your part to save the tree.
They’ve attached a sign to the fence between their property and the lot and put a sign on the tree.
Until this year, the back part of the property had a garden. I suspect it was the house behind that tended it, given the gate.
Looking out from the back of the lot toward the street you can see the walnut tree, the former garden and the holly tree.
Sunset grabbed on the way to the airport.
Driving out to drop off the car at the airport for Matt, and it was killing me that I had to drive and not take pictures. I managed to grab these shots, neither one of them framed, just pointed and shot. By the time I got to the parking garage, all the colors had disappeared.
City of Roses inching closer to completion
The sidewalk area has been shaped for the pouring of a new sidewalk.
Temporary doors have been installed where eventually permanent ones will go.
And, in other news, this picture marks the demise of my camera. Two parts fell off behind the fence and out of reach. I decided it was time to buy a new camera, instead of continually nursing this one along.
Making some money.
House on Fremont street, for sale by owner. The lot next door has recently been cleared of its former house.
I did a triple take when looking at the price. $1,375,000 about $458,000 per lot. I mean, it’s Fremont Street, but it seems high to me.
Preleasing for August what, exactly?
There are no sidewalks, the other side of the building isn’t completed, the exterior still hasn’t been fully painted, but you are telling me you are preleasing? I can’t imagine things are finished inside.
The real estate marketing people are eternally optimistic.
I go away for a week and a house is *poof* gone!
It’s not unusual for houses to disappear, but this one was not for sale, and the last time I saw it, people were living there. And not the type of living where you disappear in the middle of the night, but where you have an entire carport full of stuff with a flapping tarp hanging down to make a sort of door.
The house wasn’t in great shape, but it wasn’t falling down. Not that the state of the house makes any difference as to its fate.
This is a smaller lot, so it was fence, house, bit of a front yard. They had tall fir trees with empty bird feeders.
They had barky dogs that would often run past the fir trees to the fence.
According to Portland Maps (link at the top of the post) Royal Custom Homes Inc owns the lot/house as of 5/4/15 with a recorded sale price of $262,000. The home was built in 1946.
Here’s a photo I grabbed. We shall see what comes next.
photo from: http://www.sunriverrealty.com/s/or/multnomah-county/portland/97217/1807-n-kilpatrick-st/dmgid_95719376.html
What will appear here?
This shot was taken from the alley (and I can no longer remember why I was walking down the alley) instead of the street. I’m intrigued though. It’s where a blue house used to sit. I took a picture of it a few months ago and good thing, because it’s gone, baby. Gone. But what are they building here? Two skinny houses with a shared driveway? That was my initial thought, but I’ve been by since I took this photo and seen six water shut-off boxes. So maybe this will be six separate units?