Water Street, Downtown Silverton, Oregon

Another view of downtown Silverton, Oregon. This is looking north on Water Street from its corner with Main Street; this is pretty much the center of town, the oldest part of the commercial district. Though the building fronts that can be seen are all around a century old, all the businesses … bistros, coffee rooms, art galleries … are thoroughly modern

I was born in Silverton and spent my life up to the onset of puberty here. Those storefronts held sporting goods shops, hardware stores, drug stores then. Silverton’s had quite a glow-up over the past fifty years. It’s funky, friendly, and fun.