Wasco is a small town in north central Oregon. It’s primarily a farming/cattle raising area. Like many rural towns it is struggling. Below is a boarded-up storefront window that I found interesting.
Downtown Wasco Oregon
Solitude
There isn’t usually much solitude to be found in a ferry terminal, but once in a while there is a lull in the busy push of bodies rushing on or off boats. This is the terminal on Bainbridge Island for the ferry into downtown Seattle.
Junk and Gunk
Back to the Hastings Building (again). Just a sample of the assorted junk and gunk left after a building stays abandoned. There was one episode of squatters … the scariest of which was when it was discovered they had build a fire on one of the floors… leaving a burn mark. As dry as the interior is, it would not have taken much time to have the whole building engulfed. But there is just a lot of junk and trash. Great for photography, though.
Hastings Building (Interior Shots)
These are a few more of the photos I took from my recent trip to the Hastings Building. (Downtown Port Townsend, currently vacant, built in 1899). The first is looking up in the main hallway and the second is looking down that hallway to one of the rooms facing the main street.
Lampshades
These are a couple of the lampshades that are in the Hastings Building (for more details on this historic building, see my post from June 26th). I’m sure that both of these lampshades were identical … if not now, then when they were installed. Well, as sure as I can be … they are the same shape and style. Interesting that they are different now.
