Tag: Alberta St.

I ventured out this morning with plans of doing a longer urban walk and covering several Portland neighborhoods that I thought would be of interest to visitors. I found the fog to be so thick I could not even take a picture across the street without it being hazy. The fog cut my plan short. I did walk up and down NE Alberta Street to reacquaint myself with this neighborhood and try and get some photos. Alberta St.was the last of the larger Portland neighborhoods that became “the next NW 23^rd. I think it has been four years since I last walked the whole area. At that time it was still rapidly changing and becoming the next up and coming star. It was sad to see that it has stalled. It was in a mature market phase. Some businesses have closed and the store front are empty. Some of better restaurants were still doing well. It was more the fringe ones that looked like they were having a hard time. There was some new construction going on and that may lead to what has happened to NW 23^rd. NW 23^rd has moved from Portlandia to Portland. For now there are still many murals on buildings and some of the arts and crafts movement lives on but it look like the place is ready for a new chapter.

One of the things I want to check out was a new place for visitors to stay in tinny houses.

The old school bus at the Cheese Grill is looking faded like the neighborhood.

You can stay in a tinny house while visiting Portland.

A long time fixture on Alberta St.

I found a window broken out on a business. They had unwanted visitors the night before. Increase crime is one of the elements that can doom a neighborhood renewal.

New Construction going up.

A new establishment that all of the neighborhoods have pickup it the Pot house.

Old location take on new color and purpose.

Alberta St. has a number of the old style business building. The business would be a street level and owners would live upstairs.

One of the most highly rated places in Portland to have breakfast in Portland is the Tin Shed

The old drug store is now a coffee cafe.

As artists and crafters got priced out of other neighborhoods Alberta Street became home for a while. I found not many of them left now.

A small food pod on Alberta St.

Some of the blocks are still lined with active businesses.

In-spite of vacant spaces there were still a number of active small businesses.

Something new is this Petite Hotel that just opened. It will be interesting to see how it fairs.

The Alberta Rose and it’s live entertainment has been an anchor to bring people to Alberta St.

Overall Alberta St. had more vacant store fronts then I have seen else where in Portland.

Alberta Street is full of surprising public art.

This alley way is very colorful but I am not sure if was a mural project or street graffiti.

Mural on Alberta St.

One of the Murals you can find on Alberta St.