Primer has been replaced by some great color. I bet Paul is excited to be getting such a good new coat of paint.
Tag: Kenton
Checking in on Paul
Paul has been blanketed in primer. I love the color swatch hanging from the temporary fence.
Signs of protest: Coffee Shop
Outside Posies Bakery and Cafe in Kenton.
Portland! Would you like some more ice?
The weekend plan. And some ice.
Apparently there wasn’t much work to do during my work-from-home day. Good thing I could fill the time with tasks.
That 11:00 list? Library, x-mas stamps, grocery shop? That was optimistic. I thought the ice would have melted off by then, but it was just as slick as it was first thing in the morning. I made it to the library and back home, but it was no 20-minute round-trip journey. I made it to New Seasons, but Fred Meyer had to wait until the next day. The Christmas stamps weren’t bought until the next week.
Here’s a backyard visual. It doesn’t look bad, but man, it was tough to walk on. I used my trekking poles and they kept me upright.
Mural Finished
I recall that I never posted a picture of the finished mural. Here it is. We’ve added some fantastic clouds in a purple sky. I don’t love this mural, but I like it better than a blank wall and I think it fits the occupant of the building (Disjecta Contemporary Art Center) quite nicely.
Terrible and intriguing flyer
This flyer appeared at my Max stop this morning. What an unfortunate story. Martha Marie Morrison was murdered in 1974. Her siblings assumed she was reported missing, but she never was. I’m curious about the details of the story. As a 17-year-old she was already living with her boyfriend. She also suffered from psoriasis, which is something we have in common. This Wikipedia page has more information. It sounds like she had a hard life.
Christmas starts early in this complex
It’s still a few weeks to Thanksgiving, but that hasn’t stopped these apartments from decking their windows. Aside from being early birds, they have also chosen the “blob” method of holiday lighting.
Double Rainbow!
First, it was a rainbow with both ends planted in the Kenton neighborhood.
Then, it was a double rainbow.
It’s easy to see rainbows as a common cliche, but when it’s this good of a rainbow, there’s nothing to do but feel joyous.
No longer a KFC. Parking space not included.
When I moved to Kenton in 2007, this lot at the corner of N. Lombard and N. Fenwick was a KFC with a drive-through and a parking lot. The KFC closed a few years later. The building was taken down and the lot has been empty for some time. I recall a fluttering of plans for something, but those did not come to pass. But now we have what looks like a six-unit complex that has been built on the lot. And it looks like there will be another six-unit complex arriving soon. This is located a block away from the Lombard Transit center, so hopefully many people without cars will rent these places. However, if they do have a car, they will be parking the neighborhood. It’s past time for the Portland City Council to start figuring out a parking system for the city. Big, compact cities have parking enforcement throughout.
Interestingly, the Google Map of the corner has not erased the presence of the KFC, or the parking lot. While I don’t think it should instantaneously show a new building, the building it is showing hasn’t existed for years.