Chasing Ghosts

Chasing Ghosts

We’ve Peered Into More Than 120 Vacant Properties. These 10 Have Changed.

We’ve learned a lot over two and a half years of peering into the void.

By Aaron Mesh
Chasing Ghosts

Find Every Portland Vacant Property We’ve Explored With This Interactive Map

By Anthony Effinger and Aaron Mesh
Chasing Ghosts

The Burned-Out Husk of Pacific Market Was Razed

By Anthony Effinger
Chasing Ghosts

With Tom’s Pizza Demolished, the Site Is Slated for a Four-Story Apartment Complex

By Nigel Jaquiss
Chasing Ghosts

Food Front Is on the Cusp of Selling

By Sophie Peel
Chasing Ghosts

Eagles Infighting Continues as East Portland Aerie Becomes a Squat

By Joanna Hou
Chasing Ghosts

Neighbors Weren’t Surprised When the Farmer’s Barn Burned Down

By Joanna Hou
Chasing Ghosts

A Ladd’s Addition Machine Shop Becomes a 24/7 Climbing Gym

By Nigel Jaquiss
Chasing Ghosts

Apartments Are Rising on the Sunshine Dairy Site

By Anthony Effinger
Chasing Ghosts

Zygmunt Wilf Is Winning the Battle to Replace an Empty Kmart With a Prologis Warehouse

By Anthony Effinger
Chasing Ghosts

Grant Park Residents Hold Their Breath as Gordon’s Fireplace Shop Hits the Auction Block

By Nigel Jaquiss
Chasing Ghosts

A Wrecking Crew Took Down the Building Shedding Bricks Onto Alberta Street

By Anthony Effinger
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