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April, 2009
World Class Coffee
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Yes, we’re well known for having a “coffee shop on every corner” here in Portland, but when was the last time you had your coffee in a proper porcelain cup, and you actually sat down to enjoy it? Here is the occasion. Barista, on NW 13th and Hoyt, is more than suited. It took several [...]
John Helmer’s: Haberdashers
Monday, April 13th, 2009
If it were up to me, gloves would still be worn by women shopping downtown, and gentlemen would wear hats. Don’t men look more distinguished in a fedora, rather than a ball cap? So when my husband decided a summer straw hat as one of his birthday wishes, we headed into the shop on the [...]
A.E. Doyle: Creator of Downtown Portland’s Skyline
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Even architectural know-nothings have probably noticed downtown’s Central Library, or the Benson Hotel or perhaps PGE Park, Riverdale School, and many buildings at Reed College. In a career that spanned just a few decades into the late 1920,s, Albert Doyle transformed what we know as today’s downtown, designing 21 buildings- incredibly, 20 of which still [...]