Apartment House on Weidler
Imagine this large house as a single living unit. It must have been enormous.
I’m not a student of Portland’s history, but I know that, at one time, there were lots of houses in the Lloyd District. I reckon they got torn down for the mall, the skyscrapers, and all the businesses and eateries in this section of town.
This building has wide concrete steps in front, twelve to fourteen steps, and plants on each side. Lots of plants – roses, ferns, things I don’t know the name of (because I’m not a gardener), but one plant (on each side) is simply huge. The plants go on to the side and in the back, where there is a small plot that looks kind of wild.
In front, there are four huge pillars and a large porch on the front of each floor. The tenants probably don’t use it much – but it is pretty large. At the very least, you’d think there should be a chair outside.
As far as I can tell, there are only four units in the place. The reason I say that is because there are only four mailboxes on the main floor’s porch. If there are only four units, they must be large. When it was one house, it must have been enormous. I wonder if the second floor includes rooms on the floor above it?
There is a chimney on each side of the building, so each unit probably has a fireplace.
Where do you park? Maybe in the parking lot the building shares with Pier 1 and Wells Fargo. Where do you put the trash? I could not see trash cans anywhere, so maybe it goes in the basement and someone wheels it out on trash days.
Sometimes you can look at a building and see not what stands in front of you, but what it could be – or shadows of what it used to be. This is such a building.
Just west of Tenth on Weidler in the Lloyd District, it is right across from Safeway’s parking lot, so it is near the Village Inn, the Fire Department, Lloyd Center and elsewhere.
I wonder what it looks like inside?
