Fences

There are lots of different kinds of fences surrounding property in Slabtown, serving various purposes. Here's a sampling.

Men at Work, or at Walk

Just joking!

Outside an ESCO building

At the NW corner of Slabtown

Industrial Scenes

A couple of images from the ESCO site in Slabtown, that seem to me to depict classical exterior factory scenes.

Construction (2)

More photos of construction (and some demolition or renovation) activity in Slabtown.

Construction

There's a lot of construction going on in Portland's Slabtown: new condos and apartment buildings, and renovation of offices and retail spaces. Here, and tomorrow, are some images.

Meriwether's Restaurant

As I was walking around the northwest corner of Slabtown in Portland, I came across a building with what seemed to be very nice Japanese-style fencing between the building and its parking lot. It turned out to be a well-known restaurant (though I've not eaten there) called Meriwether's Restaurant, built on the site of the 1905 "Lewis and Clark Exposition", and named after Meriwether Lewis. According to their web site, the building was remodeled in country inn style, so maybe it's not Japanese after all.

Doorways

There's an intriguing variety of doorways in Slabtown: old, new, commercial, domestic, crude, elegant...

Garden Sculptures

In the yards of houses and condos in Slabtown, one occasionally sees little sculptures adorning lawns and stoops. They provide a nice touch of whimsy in this generally sober neighborhood.

Fallen Leaves (2)

Another bunch of photos of fallen leaves in Portland's Slabtown. This is an example of what Harold Mante calls "serial photography", or "themed images".

Fallen Leaves

There were a lot of leaves on the ground, and stuck in fences and the crotches of trees, in Portland late this fall. I thought they made for a collection of interesting images. Here and tomorrow are two sets.