Old news, but RIP Pirate Town/Creosote Factory: http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/03/10/punk_landmark_to_be_bulldozed
Pics from this week, everything is gone by now... I remember in the 90s, before a shitload of arson here, when the place actually had stairwells, floors, 100 year old wallpaper and original furniture. All the metal warehouses near the docks are history too. It's all just another brownfield now.
elsewhere...