Portland: Day around St. Johns
4/24/05 -
One weekend Kirstin and I took a day and walked around St. Johns, mainly because I'd lived here almost a year and hadn't really explored it other than the Thai resturant down the street and Goodwill. It's actually a pretty cool area. I just happen to live in the rather shady corner of it. Ah well. Besides the commercial area and Pier Park, we happened to walk down to a beach off of the railroad tracks. There must have been a major fire down there at some point, because large portions of the beach are made up of fused metal (not to mention the obviously burnt remains of a dock). Pretty neat. Anyone know of any major fires in the area between the Railroad Bridge and the St. John's Bridge in the last century?
Lombard
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A school of some sort
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Kirstin enjoys the flowers
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Water tower
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Road leading down to the water
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St. John's Bridge
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St. John's Bridge
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Color coded apartments
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Too many colored buildings
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Kirstin walks the rail
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Willow
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Ducks
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Paintball, anyone?
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I believe they play paintball here
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Burnt remains of a dock
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Melted into slag
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Railroad bridge
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Some sort of concrete piping
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Drainage pipe
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Columbia-X brick
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Hifire brick
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More messy beach
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Rusted steel cable
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Unrecognizable slag
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Signal gasoline
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Lombard
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Lombard
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Dads on Lombard
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Clock on Lombard in front of Dad's
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Reassuring, isn't it
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Lombard
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Pier Park Skate park
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Pier Park
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Baseball field
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Pier Park
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Path thru Pier Park
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Pier Park
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Pier Park
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