Bend Oregon Photos - Out of Business

Bend Oregon: Not all rainbows and butterflies...

Contrary to what all the Realtors and tourism businesses in Bend Oregon will tell you... Bend is not all that beautiful. In fact, there are a lot of ugly, run down, and poverty stricken places here. Although, I doubt you are going to find this information on most of the websites you visit.

I was out and about town today, and decided to snap a few pictures of the ugly side of Bend Oregon. Surprisingly, for a tourist town (and a town full of extreme wealth), there are quite a bit of unsightly areas. After all, I feel that since there are two sides to this coin, readers of this blog deserve not to be duped.

These photos are all taken with in probably a quarter of a mile of each other. It's on Bend's Northwest end, off of Revere. There is a homeless shelter over here, sadly, I don't think it's a coincidence. On this side of town you will find a lot of off/on ramps are to the parkway, railroad tracks, and bridges pass over here as well.

This is an area of places that have gone out of business. Seemingly, one after another. I decided to document this on Bend Oregon Photos.

Below are some photos of Bend Oregon's north side:

These are photos of an old Chinese restaurant in Bend, called the Shanghai Garden. It was a well known place for years, but now is out of business. An empty building and for lease signs are now all that remain of this once busy restaurant... This building was (for a long time) a local pool, spa, and stove place. I remember going here once or twice as a kid with my parents. A large pool was out front with a fountain and an over-sized kid's play floaty could often be seen covering the sidewalk most summers. Now... an empty building and lot.