#hillsboro

[househunting]

$1,060,000/3 br/2800 sq ft

Hillsboro, OR

[unteriors]

SW Brighton Lane, Hillsboro, Oregon.

[thinkingimages]

Joel Sternfeld | Dacha/Staff Building, Gesundheit! Institute, Hillsboro, West Virginia, April 2004. Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America

When Dr. Patch Adams envisions the forty-bed rural community health care facility that he refers to as “the free silly hospital,” he hopes it will be “funny looking, full of surprises and magic.” Adams’ desire to humanize healthcare has always taken radical form. From 1971 to 1983, he and nineteen other adults and their children moved into a six-bedroom home and called themselves a hospital. Three of the adults were physicians. They were continuously open to patients and saw fifteen thousand people over a period of twelve years. Initial doctor/patient interviews were three to four hours long, “so that we could fall in love with each other.” Since no donations were received, nor was there any outside funding, the staff eventually left and the hospital closed. This led Adams to his present period of fundraising, which he often does in the guise of a clown. A three-hundred-acre farm has been purchased in West Virginia—chosen because it is the most medically under-served state in the nation— and two buildings have been constructed. The Dacha/Staff Building was designed by the Yestermorrow Design/Build School of Warren, Vermont. Amongst numerous other unconventional practices, the hospital will not charge for its services and neither will it carry malpractice insurance. Healing arts such as acupuncture, massage, yoga, herbalism and faith healing will be integrated into patient care. Patients and staff will stay at the hospital, and forty beds will be available for “plumbers, string quartets and anyone wanting a service-oriented vacation,” reflecting Adams’ vision that the health of the individual cannot be separated from the health of the community. Although the free silly hospital is not yet built, the idea of it can and does influence the dialogue on health care delivery systems. From the portfolio, Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America, 1982–2005

[nocternalrandomness]

"Hairless Joe" at the Hillsboro Air Show

[ballparksaroundtheworld]

Hillsboro Hops Stadium, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA

[railwayhistorical]

Somewhere in the West

Continuing my month long series of posts with images made in New Mexico with the Great Divide as my focus or jumping off point: fairly soon after climbing up and over the Black Range, I rolled into the small western town of Hillsboro. Sometimes one reaches a small burg like this and there is absolutely nothing in terms of services. And then, on the other hand, one stumbles into a gem: historical wood frame buildings, cool people, with healthful, tasty food. To wit: my lunch at the General Store Café. I heartily recommend this place; here is its history:

The Hillsboro General Store Café is located in a adobe building built in 1879 and used as a bank, telegraph office,stage stop and eventually a storeroom for the adjacent Miller Drug Store. In 1914 the main building was destroyed in a devastating flood and business moved into the adjacent building where it continues today. Luckily many of the original artifacts from the buildings' many uses have survived to this day providing visitors with a glimpse of life in the late 19th century. As a central meeting place it also offer visitors a view of rural New Mexico life in the 21st century and continues to serve as a rest stop for travelers crossing the Black Range. (source)

After being in the wilds for hours, I very much enjoyed this grilled cheese with green chiles, salad, and coffee. If I'm ever anywhere even close to this town and café, I will go out of my way to return.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken April 4th 2026.

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[supplyside]

At Ronler Acres, Hillsboro, Oregon, Intel researchers study new ways to shrink chip transistors, to help make gadgets smaller, cheaper and faster. (Photo- Ben Fox Rubin, CNET)