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From my collection of "The American Lighthouse": This is from a photograph I took in February 2007 of the Portland Headlight Lighthouse. I am back in Portland and depending on weather, plan to make it back out to this lighthouse for some early morning shots.
So today i spent the day walking around Downtown Portland and i checked out Pro Photo Supply, seems like a really nice store, and busy at that. I then walked through some Zombie walk of some sort where i saw several photographer's shooting but i didnt have my camera on me. So as the day kept going on i noticed the colors in the sky looked nice, so i said hey why not shoot the Hawthorne Bridge one more time, so i headed down there and i guess two other photographer's felt the same way as they were shooting at the spot i have been, so i was much closer to the bridge as i didnt want to get in there way. I mostly shot some long exposures of the rocks and really none of the bridge, then i decided when the last of the light was left in the sky to shoot this composition.
Huber's Cafe
411 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97204
Huber's Cafe, founded in 1879 and doing business in this space since 1910, may be the last remnant from the days when downtown Portland was the largest and most important commercial, business, shopping, cultural and entertainment hub on the U.S. Pacific Coast between San Francisco and Seattle.
There were downtown department stores, movie palaces, hotels, pharmacies, and bustling streets. There were office buildings filled with lawyers, accountants, travel agents, executives, and clerical staff. Portland, with its waterfront and nearby industrial district supported factories, warehouses, port activity, union jobs, and blue-collar livelihoods.
In short, in mid-century Portland, the downtown core was not just a hub of commercial bustle and professional business activity, but also tethered to an industrial economy rooted in timber, shipping, and rail — a layered economic base whose gradual unraveling left different kinds of voids across the urban landscape.
Huber’s Café, Portland’s oldest restaurant, is more than just a beloved institution — it’s a living remnant of downtown’s 20th-century heyday. Tucked inside the ornate Railway Exchange Building, Huber’s once thrived at the heart of a bustling city center, serving up turkey dinners and cocktails beneath its high ceilings and polished mahogany bar.
For generations, it was a dependable refuge for the city’s professional class — lawyers, bankers, and business travelers — who moved daily through a downtown alive with commerce, industry, and civic energy.
This was a time when the rhythms of office life, retail bustle, and industrial labor still overlapped in the same few square blocks. Secretaries typed up contracts a few floors above, while freight trains rumbled through nearby Union Station and shoppers filled the sidewalks below. In that world, Huber’s was both a meeting place and a kind of social commons — a place where business was discussed over highballs and deals closed with a handshake.
The vibrancy of that era didn’t happen by accident. Portland was once known nationally for its visionary approach to urban planning — particularly under Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, whose 1979 Downtown Plan actively resisted the hollowing out of the city center by suburban shopping malls and sprawl. Goldschmidt’s administration, backed by a civic-minded business community, fought to keep retailing, restaurants, and cultural life downtown, insisting that a healthy city needed a strong urban core. For decades, Portland was held up as a model of how public-private cooperation could shape livable cities.
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NW Portland, OR
Ever since I found this spot overlooking all of Portland I always wanted a shot of someone skating flat near the edge. After a skate outing with Casey & Theo ended up kinda near Pittock mansion, I thought I might as well shoot it.
Hasselblad 500c
80mm F2.8
Portra 160
The "Lil' 50" (LIL50) transfer hits the Peninsula Jct. Diamond on its way up to Vancouver, as YBA55 waits in the distance with 1124 leading.
The Meier & Frank Building. Built in 1909, it's on the National Register of Historic Places and it's a Portland Historic Landmark. (Portland Downtown 005.jpg)
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The most photographed lighthouse in the United States. Very picturesque, with a small museum and great grounds. -- Cape Elizabeth, Maine -- October 27, 2017
Portland Head Light, is an historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine.
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Photographed about 7AM on a cold Sunday morning, lacking good winter gear. Clouds wound up working well, looking S/SE toward sunrise. I can see why so many want to photograph this place.