Comments on: Ugly Ducking to Swan: Part II

By: Melina Tomson

Melina Tomson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:57:02 +0000

The Armory building was so beautiful…the Motor hotel…not so much. I’m always sad when I see these beautiful old photos of buildings that were burned in fires. Either way, the Phoenix Grand and Conference center were very nicely done. There is really getting to be a nice mix of architecture downtown. Personally I like it that way. Makes it interesting. Now I’m getting a hankering to eat at Bentley’s…

By: Capital Taps

Capital Taps — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:18:39 +0000

I forgot to add the Salem Armory and Marion Motor Hotel. The conference center certainly is more interesting than the Black Angus!

By: Melina Tomson

Melina Tomson — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:12:03 +0000

CapitalTaps you rock!! Thank you for those links. I was on the historical site looking for photos, but I wasn’t typing in Ferry street. I should have done that. It’s too bad the original hotel didn’t make it because that was a beautiful building. That would have been cool to restore that one. The Black Angus building wasn’t too appealing.

By: Capital Taps

Capital Taps — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:31:43 +0000

The Black Angus used to be there, and before that the Marion/Chemeketa/Willamette Hotel (be sure to zoom in on that photo!) and the Capital Brewery (and here’s a later view of both the hotel and brewery).