Astoria Building

Bill and I went to the Oregon and Washington coast for the day on Monday...celebrating our 46th anniversary.  And they said it would never last. hahaha   I am having a hard time choosing a photo, but I guess this one will do.  We had lunch near this building, which is a gorgeous structure. It was especially pretty against the blue sky.  What a great day at the beach...well, except for the cool gusty winds that kept us from actually walking on the beach.

The John Jacob Astor Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Astoria, is a historic former hotel building located in Astoria, Oregon, United States, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[2] It is one of the tallest buildings on the Oregon Coast and is a "prominent landmark" in Astoria.[1] Constructed in 1922–23, the hotel opened in 1924 and initially was the city's social and business hub, but soon was beset with a variety of problems, and struggled financially for years. It was renamed the John Jacob Astor Hotel in 1951, but a decline in business continued, as did other problems. The building was condemned by the city for safety violations in 1968[3] and sat vacant for several years until 1984, when work to renovate it and convert it for apartments began. It reopened as an apartment building in 1986,[4] with the lowermost two floors reserved for commercial use. The building was listed on the NRHP in 1979.[2] The world's first cable television system was set up in 1948 using an antenna on the roof of the Hotel Astoria.[5]