Taking a spring walk in the hood...

It's a rear thing to have both Saturday and Sunday relatively dry and occasionally sunny this time of the year in Portland. We took a walk to the west of Pearl district around Nob Hill, aka NW 23rd.
The sun really helped to paint the picture of spring in the city. The air is slightly cool and brisk. Everything is blooming.

We love looking at houses in the area. It's definitely different architecturally from Chicago. Most houses are made of wood. Given that it rains here 8 months out of a year, it puzzles me. Brick houses is the dominate Chicago style. Nob hill area is about split between houses and apartment buildings, some old some new, whereas Pearl is mostly higher rise new construction apartment buildings. I like looking at these houses as we might be thinking about moving to this area in the future.

Houses with wood sidings is the most common style. Somewhat traditional for me, but charming in its own way

Occasionally you come across some brick houses. All the roof tops are slanted given the amount of rain it gets here.