Windows into History at Moore Building of 1924

from 1948

The Historic Landmarks Commission meets this evening* and they will consider a proposal to replace windows on the Arthur Moore building. The Staff Report recommends approval, and it doesn't seem like there's anything important to say on that matter.

New Windows for Arthur H. Moore Building on High Street

However! Arthur Moore is of special interest here because he was an important early bike dealer. (He provides a "window" into transportation history!)

You can read more here and here.

There's more than just buggies, autos, and trains!

Along with Scott's Cycle, the Otto J. Wilson building, and the Hauser Bros. tile entry at Wild Pear, the Moore building is a tangible link to 19th and early 20th century bicycling and the fully mixed transportation ecosystem we used to enjoy.

• "Eat at Wild Pear? Think of City Treasurer and Bike Dealer Paul Hauser"
• "Early Bike Dealers Hauser and Shipp Remind us of a Better Downtown"
• "Santiam Bicycle's Building in Transportation History: The Story of Otto J. Wilson"
• "Harry Scott's First Bike Shop was on State Street"
• "Harry Scott goes off to War; Closes in 1918, Reopens around the Corner in 1919"
• "Arthur Moore Building Built by Bikes"
• "More on Arthur Moore! A 1948 Profile"

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No agenda

* The City's new website launched back in April. Maybe it looks better, and it is indeed tabletized for mobile devices, but whatever combination of software and internal processes they are using for posting seems to have diminished the amount of information the City publishes, actually.

Up until mid-morning today "an agenda for this meeting is not yet available."

They hadn't posted any Staff Reports either.

This is not something limited to the HLC. Agenda and meeting packets for other committees, boards, or projects are not always posted in a timely fashion, and sometimes it seems they are never posted.

Enough time has elapsed that it's probably time to be more vocal about these omissions or untimely additions.