Yes, I am sooo behind. I've been walking but not blogging. I promise to catch up in a flurry! Yesterday, my friend Wade and I hit up lower Cully. He prefers unusual lot sizes, and so this was the perfect place to walk. We started at 42nd and Simpson, and worked our way up to 60th and back down, then hit the cross streets. We even dodged traffic on Portland Hwy so that we could check out the
Railside Pub and warm up a bit. It was 37 degrees out afterall.
This is a very interesting neighborhood. It's like the country in the city. Large oddly shaped lots, some grand homes, some tiny non-descript homes, a tract of picture-perfect ranches, bordering a the quasi-industrial Lombard/Portland Highway, and somewhat downtrodden upper Killingsworth on the otherside. It's a little oasis in the middle!
We came across tudors, bungalows, shotguns, portland-style foursquares, farm houses, traditional ranches, storybook ranches, and a few really stellar mid-mods, including one I sold a few years back, and one with wings!! (The best butterfly roof I've ever seen in Portland!). What a treasure trove of homes in an area most people don't even think about!
6 Months sales prices run from $135 to $325K, but there's a mid-mod for sale at $549K, and a bungalow pending at around $475K. So the prices really run the gamut. The tracts include: Jorbade, Killingsworth Gardens, Zwahlen Homes, Englewood Park, Lutz, and Century Terrace (this is the tract of mid-century standards).
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| The awesomest Butterfly Roof EVER!! |
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| Awesome wagon wheel!! |
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| I sold this house a few years back. |
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| This house is for sale for $549,900. |
