Portland detail

MLK_Pole_506, originally uploaded by Scott..?.

Portland Record Shop

The ever-impressive MLK In Motion, documenting changes on Portland’s MLK, has an interesting post: “A few weeks ago, 99¢ Records opened at 2940 NE MLK, until recently the address for the Idealist Financial Services.” More here.

Portland Mural

Mural, originally uploaded by sonarbison.

“Martin Luther King Blvd. in Portland, Oregon.”

On Porltand’s MLK In Motion

Earlier this summer, the Oregonian published this interesting article about Alan Silver, who runs a great blog called MLK In Motion focused on Portland’s MLK:

Silver, a 38-year-old blogger and amateur historian, is perhaps the least likely tour guide for what used to be the heart of first immigrant and then black Portland. He’s a burly, sweet-natured white guy from Southern New Jersey with no background in planning or research, just an instinct for storytelling and an unusual interest in his adopted hometown’s backstory.

“I tell people it’s my hobby,” he says. “Really, if I’m honest, I’m kind of in love with the place.”

Read the whole thing — lots of pictures, even video — here.

Portland blur

A blur of MLK + Burnside, originally uploaded by brandedbyhuys.

Portland

Crossing MLK, originally uploaded by bnc-free.

Portland scene

MLK In Motion (mentioned here and here before), documenting changes on Portland’s MLK, always has a steady stream of interesting photos and context. Here’s one recent example of a particularly cool shot.

Two from Portland

Call it, friend-o!, originally uploaded by allaboutgeorge.

Above from allaboutgeorge. Below from skomra.

.6430, originally uploaded by skomra.

Close reading in Portland

.defaced, originally uploaded by skomra.

skomra explains: “A poster posts up these photos of people and then defaces them, a fairly straightforward message of erasure. The interesting part, though, is the use of tags or keywords at the bottom of the photo. Some of that erasure is aimed at keyword based image retrieval.”

Click through to read the Flickr hover-note that details the tags. Interesting!

Fairly Honest in Portland

AdPulp writes: “Fairly Honest Bill‘s is a used furniture place on MLK and Burnside in Portland. Bill wants to let you know where he’s coming from before you enter his environment.”

[Thanks, David.]