April 2015

LETTER FROM PORTLAND OREGON — BARISTA

Leave a Comment / Adaptive Re-use of Space, Architecture, Coffee, North America, Sustainability, USA

If it’s historic old warehouses, great street life and a funky, cool atmosphere that attracts you, look no further than the Pearl District in Portland, […]

LETTER FROM PORTLAND OREGON — BARISTA Read More

KEEN GARAGE, in the Pearl District, Portland.

Adaptive Re-use of Space, North America, USA

KEEN GARAGE – is located in the Pearl District, Portland, Oregon. The Pearl District The Pearl District is one of the “must-see” Portland neighborhoods. The

KEEN GARAGE, in the Pearl District, Portland. Read More

Hi, I’m Phyl!

I’m a lapsed travel writer and photographer and have been absent from these pages for too long.

My niche is: “adaptive re-use of space” which translates to re-using or re-purposing old buildings for a new life while retaining their historic integrity. This is gaining momentum world wide and we are seeing old buildings such as banks and post offices transformed into high fashion boutique hotels, abandoned warehouses becoming restaurants and coffee houses, and revivifying entire neighborhoods that would otherwise have been flattened by the bulldozer. What’s old is new again and people love the patina of age that enhances these developments and sets them apart from new construction.

Please read on to see where I’ve been more recently and what I’ve been doing.

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

LETTER FROM PORTLAND OREGON — BARISTA

KEEN GARAGE, in the Pearl District, Portland.

COME ALONG WITH ME ON

the road less traveled