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@lostoregon.bsky.social
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Documenting lost and found Oregon architecture since 2005. Posts by John Chilson. Building nerd. Lostoregon.org

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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is this the same bridge? On McLoughlin in Milwaukie. When you come around that bend a couple of those hotels are still there.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Miles Davis- May 21, 1966 | Oriental Theatre, Portland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2q...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dig those color patterns. Portland Federal Savings, SW 5th and Washington. 📸 = postcard.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Oregon City picks new flag inspired by municipal elevator and Willamette Falls. www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
First-timer to the Jack London Revue (in the basement of The Rialto) and it was a good one to boot with Okonski.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Society Hotel has been put up for sale? With "adaptive reuse potential." www.hotelnewsresource.com/article14191...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So dang good!
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Finally! (Here's a scan from the mid-50s AIA Guide to American Architecture book).
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Adaptive reuse for the win! www.orartswatch.org/from-feed-st...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Everyone gets a postcard!
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
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...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Hey holiday shoppers! Extra-soft knit crew-neck sweater celebrating the iconic Portland Building by Michael Graves, Portland, Oregon, 1982 architectural-icons.com/collections/...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
From Reddit: A 3D map of downtown Portland. 😎 www.reddit.com/r/Portland/c...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Starting bid: $225,000! www.loopnet.com/Listing/3300...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Portland, 1970s, vampires? I’m in! www.opb.org/article/2025...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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/...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Built in 1893 (or 1900, depending on the source); a rare Victorian in SE Portland. Now a triplex. #missingmiddle
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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:
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The folks behind the Phoenix Pharmacy building retro have purchased this cool space in Woodstock. 👏 @maccoinnich.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DHM6jxIPDjF/
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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!
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Three hours and thirty-five minutes. Sold out. 70 mm.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
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...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
521 SW 10th; built: 1913.
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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-...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
IBM Building, b: 1965, 2000 SW First Ave.; pic shot from the Orange line. Here's the original rendering: efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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...
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Lost Oregon @lostoregon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"Downtown" Oak Grove, Ore., then and now. Bring back that hardware store!
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