Tag: Street

Keeping Portland Weird

On By bluestar2012In 2012, Art, city, colors, debris, Duck, mural, Nikon D7000, Oregom, Oregon, paint, Portland, street, street art, street photography, Streets, Travels, Uncategorized, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

This was taken a few years ago when I was regularly visiting Portland, OR.

Just a quick note on the ads you are seeing. I’ve avoided allowing ads for ten years. WordPress nudged me a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would give it a try. If it turns out to be a bust or more of an annoyance than it is worth, I’ll figure out a way to turn off the ads. My guess is that only sites that generate a lot of traffic see any sort of monetary reward. My site, although having quite a few Followers, has very little traffic.

Thanks, Bluestar2012.

The Blue Moon

On By bluestar2012In 2019, Architecture, buildings, city, colors, commerce, decorations, design, Iphone 7, mural, Music, musicians, rocknroll, Seattle, street, street art, street photography, themes, Thoughts, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

Went to the Blue Moon Tavern last Saturday night. Two local bands were having a record release party. Advertised as Seattle’s ” most infamous bar”. The list of literary figures that have spent time in the bar can be seen on this link. I like the one where Tom Robbins, the author, called Pablo Picasso from the bar and actually got through to him, but Mr. Picasso refused to accept the overseas phone charges. The murals in this post are on the west wall of the exterior of the bar and were taken with my iPhone.

Touches of Art Deco

On By bluestar2012In 2018, Architecture, Art, Art Deco, Beacon Hill, brick, buildings, design, Seattle, street, Thoughts, Uncategorized, wandering photographer, Washington1 Comment

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Years ago, this was the Public Health Hospital on Beacon Hill, in Seattle. It has had many tenets since those days, when people without health insurance could go for medical care. For a few years it served as Amazon’s Headquarters. Now it is occupied by PacMed called Pacific Tower and is shared with Seattle Central Community College as a training facility.

If you look closely you can see touches of Art Deco in the building design. Considering what sort of design styles are used today. glass and steel monoliths, I find the look of this building amazing to view.