Lost Oregon
@lostoregon.bsky.social
Documenting lost and found Oregon architecture since 2005. Posts by John Chilson. Building nerd. Lostoregon.org
September 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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August 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
If you live in Oregon, you can subscribe for free. It's a wonderful read.
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Meet The Corey. Scattered across Portland there are roughly 2,400 Corey hydrants, leftovers from a brief, awkwardly negotiated era in the city's water history.
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Meet The Corey. Scattered across Portland there are roughly 2,400 Corey hydrants, leftovers from a brief, awkwardly negotiated era in the city's water history.
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Finding The Coreys
Invented in 1895 by William Corey Mapped in 2026 by Corey Williams
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August 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Snagged from Reddit.
Meet The Corey. Scattered across Portland there are roughly 2,400 Corey hydrants, leftovers from a brief, awkwardly negotiated era in the city's water history.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/dded...
Meet The Corey. Scattered across Portland there are roughly 2,400 Corey hydrants, leftovers from a brief, awkwardly negotiated era in the city's water history.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/dded...
Dig those color patterns.
Portland Federal Savings, SW 5th and Washington.
📸 = postcard.
Portland Federal Savings, SW 5th and Washington.
📸 = postcard.
August 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Dig those color patterns.
Portland Federal Savings, SW 5th and Washington.
📸 = postcard.
Portland Federal Savings, SW 5th and Washington.
📸 = postcard.
Whoa … a Pietro Belluschi home for sale in Oak Grove - listed for $750k?!
www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
6831 SE Brownlee Rd, Portland, OR 97267 - 3 beds/2 baths
(RMLS) For Sale: 3 beds, 2 baths ∙ 2502 sq. ft. ∙ 6831 SE Brownlee Rd, Portland, OR 97267 ∙ $749,000 ∙ MLS# 337769239 ∙ Some houses are built. A very few are conceived. This is not an AI listing, this...
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August 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Whoa … a Pietro Belluschi home for sale in Oak Grove - listed for $750k?!
www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
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
August 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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
I’m walking parts of Portland’s Central Eastside to get inspired to write more & get to know the neighborhood better.
Up first on the ol' blog: a look at a (very charming, I might add!) 1909 building that just got a recent major structural and code overhaul.
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Up first on the ol' blog: a look at a (very charming, I might add!) 1909 building that just got a recent major structural and code overhaul.
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Walking Portland’s Central Eastside: A 1909 storefront, quietly saved
On SE 11th, a 1909 building hid two years of invisible structural work — the quiet effort saving it for a century.
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August 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I’m walking parts of Portland’s Central Eastside to get inspired to write more & get to know the neighborhood better.
Up first on the ol' blog: a look at a (very charming, I might add!) 1909 building that just got a recent major structural and code overhaul.
lostoregon.org/2026/08/06/w...
Up first on the ol' blog: a look at a (very charming, I might add!) 1909 building that just got a recent major structural and code overhaul.
lostoregon.org/2026/08/06/w...
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There's a liquor license for something called GALLERIA + GROTTO, which appears to be in the former Doug Fir space on E Burnside www.portland.gov/ppd/liquor/d...
July 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
There's a liquor license for something called GALLERIA + GROTTO, which appears to be in the former Doug Fir space on E Burnside www.portland.gov/ppd/liquor/d...
Oregon City picks new flag inspired by municipal elevator and Willamette Falls.
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www.opb.org/article/2026...
July 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Oregon City picks new flag inspired by municipal elevator and Willamette Falls.
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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.
Built: 1910.
July 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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.
Built: 1910.
In 1865, the sidewheel paddle steamship sank into the Pacific, taking over 200 souls and a fortune in gold. Divers have recovered some of the wreckage and gold coins, but many believe most of the treasure remains on the ocean floor.
06/08/2026
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06/08/2026
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Oregon Experience | The Wreck of the Brother Jonathan | Season 20 | Episode 2
The Wreck of the Brother Jonathan, the West Coast’s Titanic
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July 10, 2026 at 1:52 PM
In 1865, the sidewheel paddle steamship sank into the Pacific, taking over 200 souls and a fortune in gold. Divers have recovered some of the wreckage and gold coins, but many believe most of the treasure remains on the ocean floor.
06/08/2026
watch.opb.org/video/the-wr...
06/08/2026
watch.opb.org/video/the-wr...
First-timer to the Jack London Revue (in the basement of The Rialto) and it was a good one to boot with Okonski.
July 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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...
www.hotelnewsresource.com/article14191...
July 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The Society Hotel has been put up for sale? With "adaptive reuse potential."
www.hotelnewsresource.com/article14191...
www.hotelnewsresource.com/article14191...
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Imagine the unimagineable! www.cascadepbs.org/environment/...
In 1931, an orca swam to Portland — and caused a stir
A recent beluga whale sighting had Puget Sound agog. It wasn't the first time a whale visited a Northwest city.
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June 29, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Imagine the unimagineable! www.cascadepbs.org/environment/...
Finally! (Here's a scan from the mid-50s AIA Guide to American Architecture book).
June 8, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Finally! (Here's a scan from the mid-50s AIA Guide to American Architecture book).
June 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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
#adaptivereuse
May 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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
#adaptivereuse
Preservation + adaptive reuse + residential retail = win.
Love this!
(Paging Neil Heller!)
Also, shout out to @bridgetownbites.bsky.social - they're doing some of the best restaurant coverage in town IMHO!
Love this!
(Paging Neil Heller!)
Also, shout out to @bridgetownbites.bsky.social - they're doing some of the best restaurant coverage in town IMHO!
I’m fascinated that on NE Glisan someone wants to convert a house to a books and cafe space. Here’s what we know, plus some interesting historical permit info. #kerns #portland #bridgetownbites
A Commercial Conversion in NE Portland: House To Cafe - Bridgetown Bites
A commercial conversion in NE Portland may happen, at a 1905 foursquare on NE Glisan Street in the Kerns neighborhood.
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May 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Preservation + adaptive reuse + residential retail = win.
Love this!
(Paging Neil Heller!)
Also, shout out to @bridgetownbites.bsky.social - they're doing some of the best restaurant coverage in town IMHO!
Love this!
(Paging Neil Heller!)
Also, shout out to @bridgetownbites.bsky.social - they're doing some of the best restaurant coverage in town IMHO!
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This 1890s photo of Portland keeps showing up and people keep arguing about where it was taken from, despite some very obvious clues in the photo. So I did what any sane and reasonable person would do and triangulated landmarks to prove things once and for all.
April 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This 1890s photo of Portland keeps showing up and people keep arguing about where it was taken from, despite some very obvious clues in the photo. So I did what any sane and reasonable person would do and triangulated landmarks to prove things once and for all.
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Happy to say that the Milwaukie City Hall National Register of Historic Places nomination I've been working on for the past year or so, is up for review in June! If you want to read it, here's the pdf: www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Docu...
April 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Happy to say that the Milwaukie City Hall National Register of Historic Places nomination I've been working on for the past year or so, is up for review in June! If you want to read it, here's the pdf: www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Docu...