Built Blocks

Buildings, architecture, urbanism, cities & preservation.

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Portland charmer, built 1927.

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Portland, 1948

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#architecture #brutalism #heavenknowsimmiserablenow

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#urbanism #mural (at Mississippi Pizza Pub)

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#seattle (again!)

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Good morning, #Seattle. (at CenturyLink Field)

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#architecture #portland #modern

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#futureworld #brutalism #brutalist #architecturephotography (at Portland State University)

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Mansard in Portland. Golden West Hotel (1906). #mansardroof #architecturephotography #preservation

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Newer structure near Municipal Elevator on an existing roof. I like it. #architecture #architecturephotography

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The Oak Grove Shoe Emporium building. It's for sale. It's in bad shape. Is it worth saving or repurposing? Could it be the spark that downtown Oak Grove needs? Let's hope something good comes from it. This little neighborhood needs life. (at Oak Grove, Oregon)

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Large-scale manufacturing, 1920s-era building being retrofitted for small-scale manufacturing. On the Orange Line. #portlandarchitecture #smallscaleinfrastructure

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Downtown Oakridge, Ore., sunset. Interesting town. Half depressed/half mountain bike Mecca. #traveloregon (at Oakridge, Oregon)

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I really love wandering around Portland's Central Eastside. It's changed, but still has its industrial legacy (for now at least). (at Central Eastside Warehouse District)

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Blue Life on Gladstone. (at Portland, Oregon)

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Nice adaptive reuse of warehouse in San Diego's Little Italy. #adaptivereuse #architecture #design (at James Coffee Co)

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Abandoned airship structure. #lostoregon #architecture #abandoned #urbanexploration (at Naval Air Station Tillamook)