Spent a nice summer weekend in Astoria. I love this view of the bridge with the shadows of the old pilings reflecting on the surface of the river.
May 29: The Slammer
This is the Slammer on SE Stark where it sort of converges with Sandy near 7th Avenue. It won’t be around much longer. This is old school. Portland used to be studded with glorious shitholes like this, but development and gentrification are pricing them to … Continue reading May 29: The Slammer
May 28: Memorial Day on NE 28th
Summery Memorial Day in Portland, and NE 28th is hopping.
May 27: Southeast Portland
Interesting cluster of buildings on my walk to Night Market in Industrial Inner Southeast.
May 26: Little Baja Garden
There’s the place on Sandy that sells a steady business of those little Terra cotta fireplaces (and all other things terra cotta). It’s all fenced in like an old junkyard.
May 26: 28th Ave Bridge over I-84.
It’s a bit dystopian here on the overpass connecting Northeast to Southeast Portland. And by the way, you are the product being sold. But you know that.
May 25: Small Medieval Town
Southeast 13th year Sandy.
May 23: Michael’s Chicago Italian
Here is that funky wedge shaped building on Sandy Blvd (I’m shoot a lot on Sandy these days). There are a lot of them because while Portland streets are laid out in an orderly grid, Sandy cuts across the east side at a diagonal, slicing … Continue reading May 23: Michael’s Chicago Italian
February 22: Snow Day 2
Second day of snow. I went into work, but most people didn’t. Schools are closed. Snow looks gorgeous.
February 21: Snow Day
Got a few inches of snow, so it was a work from home day. See? I knew it wasn’t really spring.
Steve Heikkila 