Whoever buys that building better not wreck it.

oh, I betcha they will. It's called "progress", AKA tearing down the old interesting buildings in favor of boring shiny new ones.

Anybody else tired of hearing disjecta promising that we just need to stay tuned (and stay $upportive), because they're about to hit it major with their next step. It's always "wait until you see what we do next (can we have some money?)" with those guys, while they have no consistent track record to back them up. They've been at Templeton for 2 years? Name me 5 good art shows they've had there. Name me 3. Weren't they supposed to spread their wings and soar once they got into the Templeton Building? Remember the glossy pamphlets, the Portland Monthly stories, and the grand promises? If Disjecta hasn't succeeded yet, I don't think it's ever going to happen.

This seems to be a trend in Portland...maybe even in other cities...

1. Artsy "business"/"venture"/"collective" is established and is claimed to be beloved by everyone - yet actual operating margins are tight at best, unprofitable at worst.

2. Landlord of said artsy b/v/c suddenly realizes they're undercharging their tenant, or that the building has more value in another form, or merely want to cash out on their capital gain.

3. Mercury is informed, posts blog item, people decry demise of said artsy b/v/c, yet continue not to spend enough money there to keep it in business.

4. Lots of gnashing of teeth about "gentrification" and not "wrecking" things (completely arbitrary and aesthetic judgement, btw).

5. Landlord cashes out, as is their right under current private property law.

6. Someone prints an article or a blog post wondering if Portland is "losing its edge" or whatever. Lots of soul-searching, beer-quaffing.

7. Blog post by Bojack about how life was better here in 1978, followed by mocking of creative class, followed by random swipe at city government.

8. Repeat as necessary.

...circle of life...

yep, that's a week in pdx.

Don't forget,
"9. Snotty retort by newly urban, suburbanite crowd about how market forces have, and rightfully so, made having any connection or historical appreciation for this place provincially quaint...."
I've taken many a piss on the side of the Templeton Building, under the Burnside Bridge, long before it ever became Disjecta, and I love that building.

WTF is this "newly urban, suburbanite" crap? Billyjack, I was born in P-town, so I have a bit of cred, I think. Change is what has made P-town such a great place, despite what the Bojacks of the world think. Go ahead and mourn the past if you want - I'm not bothered by change.

If you want to preserve buildings the way they were, so that you can have a place to piss, BUY THE GODDAMN THINGS. Otherwise, pound salt.

I don't worship the cult of this building or that building. People have the right to do whatever they want with their buildings, within the bounds of the law. Change the law if you don't like it.

Morgan,
That's odd, I thought you said you were from Lake 0.
My apologies if I was mistaken.
And I don't believe I said anything against private property rights.
In fact, I quite agree, the only way to preserve anything of historical or sentimental import around here is to buy it...plain and simple.
The plan is in the works.
xoxo

I was born in Good Sam, to get technical on you. Yes, I spent time growing up in Lake O, but I went to Portland Public Schools (long story). I also worked downtown as a teen, taking Tri-met all over the place. I've also lived in cities much much bigger than Portland too, on different continents, so don't give me this "newly urban" crap. Being "from" Lake Oswego, despite the rest of one's life experience, shouldn't hamper one's ability to comment.

Did your parents let you slum it on the Eastside back then?

My god you're an ass.

wow
this morgan guy is a read A1 DICK.

this morgan guys attitude makes me want to vomit. i dont care how OG you are, dude, you are being an insensitive prick.