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Friday, December 29, 2006

Portland Portland’s nuclear psychedelic bunker!

Posted by Matt Davis on Fri, Dec 29 at 4:18 PM

Wow. Someone who apparently doesn’t like reporters too much (so I won’t link to their blog—they might not like the legal attention, if I’ve understood correctly) has managed to get inside Portland’s Nuclear bunker, and taken photos! Here, again, is the bunker in 1957:And here it is NOW. Someone’s painted a psychedelic fresco on the wall where the map used to be:You can make out that it’s the same room by comparing the shape of the distinctive ceiling tiles from the two pictures, and the entire place looks like it was left in a hurry—overturned desks all over the place, that kind of thing. It’s all creepy as shit, if you ask me, straight out of Michael Crichton:We are so going down there.

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I totally got to visit that bunker when I was a kid. I think it was some sort of field trip to see the 911 operators. It was so cool seeing the bomb proof doors and such. I actually thought it was still 911 headquarters.

Posted by dieselboi | December 29, 2006 6:51 PM

My dad remembers going there when he was a kid...it's sad the condition it's in. It really needs to be restored and turned into a museum or something!

Posted by pezzydb | December 29, 2006 8:08 PM

If they restore it, I hope they save the mural.

Posted by Ed | December 30, 2006 12:58 PM

Beware of C.H.U.D.s!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Murray | December 30, 2006 9:06 PM

McMenamins, anyone?

Posted by martin | December 31, 2006 3:49 AM

i went in there about a week ago and me and the people i went in with have been sick ever since. it was by far the scarest thing ive ever done. there are some creepy things down there and you wouldnt know if someone was hidding. .

Posted by janelle | January 17, 2007 1:19 PM

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