JUNE 10 VOLUME 24, ISSUE 10
Serving Portland’s Northwest Neighborhoods since 1986 FREE The Decorated Dozen LNG JULIE KEEFE plant in ‘hood
By Paul Koberstein
Many Oregonians have been fighting to defeat recent proposals to build liquefied natural gas terminals in rural parts of the state, but they may they have overlooked an even greater potential threat—an exist- ing liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant built nearly 50 years ago in the industrial sanctuary of Northwest Portland. This plant, owned and operated by Northwest Natural, has achieved an “impeccable” safety record, according to company officials, surviving several small earthquakes without incident since its construction in 1969. The plant, however, has never been tested by a major earthquake, such as the predicted Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake—a magnitude 9 event that 2010 Northwest Examiner Community Award winners is given a one-in-three chance of hap- Back row (L-R): Elaine Mann, Phil Geffner, Don Kruger and Dylan Lawrence (accepting for his mother, Laura pening in the next 50 years, according to new research published by Oregon State Russo). Middle row: Frank Weigel, Thomas Manley, Mary Peveto, Paul Koberstein. Front row: Jan Valentine, University. Donna Matrazzo, Juliet Hyams and Quinn Rohlf. See full coverage page 6. The blue-colored, domed tank, having a LNG capacity of 7.35 million gallons, sits just south of the west end of the St. Johns Bridge. Geologists have suggested that soils in the immediate area footing both the bridge and the tank could liquefy dur- st ing prolonged shaking, possibly resulting 21 Avenue gets national in their failure. The gas, chilled to minus 266 degrees Fahrenheit, is condensed to a ratio of 600:1. Seven million gallons of LNG is praise, scant local protection equivalent to 4.2 billion gallons of gas at Continued on page 8 By Allan Classen
Famed urban planner/architect Andres Duany visited Portland last month and fell in love with Northwest 21st Avenue. He called it the “glory of Portland” and the 21st and Johnson crossing, in particular, the “quintes- sential Portland intersection.” Duany, a leader in the international New Urban- ism movement, was in town for several speaking engagements, and his comments on 21st Avenue were part of a lecture at Metro headquarters. Duany praised the blending of “great old com- mercial buildings” and multi-story apartment structures on the avenue, resulting in a self- sustaining level of density, manageable parking demands, affordable retail rents and a compatible mixture of uses. Ironically, the qualities that most impressed the famed architect counted for little with the Food on foot Jay Beaudoin, owner of Reflections in Time (with his dog Lucy), a fixture for 22 Portland Bureau of Development Services, which years along Northwest 21st Avenue have been evicted to make space for an auto Cooks with carts crop up Continued on page 24 painting booth. PAGE 16 PARADE AROUND YOUR LEVEL HALF WAVE TO THE SAILORS ON THE BALCONY AND ACRE UNDER THE STARLIGHT VIEW THE FLEET ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER
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2 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 Letters can be sent to By Allan Classen [email protected] or 2825 NW Upshur St., Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. EEditorditor’s & Publisher Turn Letters should be 300 words or fewer; include a name and a street of residence. Deadline third Saturday of the month.
Freeway capping possible I was pleased to see the editorial on the I-405 Freeway [“I-405 created per- manent scar”] in the April Examiner. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s a link to a website I created showing a freeway cap project in Columbus, Ohio, that might serve as a model for Portland: http//sites.google.com/site/freewaycaps/ When the saints go riding on Dan Friedman I used to have trouble understanding bicyclists using the park would multiply SW Park Ave. the often-manic behavior of Portland if more trails and facilities were built for bicyclists, but lately my eyes have been them, as if all would see that as an unal- City defends decisions opened. Bikes here are not merely a mode loyed blessing. They have equated more In response to your May 2010 article titled “City lets Pearl developer slip of transportation; they’re a religion. bicycle commuters with fewer cars on our between tracks,” I thought you would appreciate some additional information as I should have picked up the clue three streets, less petroleum consumption and follow-up. years ago when they began an annual fewer greenhouse gases. Amen to that, but First and foremost, all of the interior work associated with the permit in ques- Blessing of the Bikes ceremony at St. in their evangelistic fervor, they assume tion was for life/safety, seismic and ADA upgrades. All of these areas of work are Mary’s Cathedral. I thought it was cute, that more bike riding anywhere—even in exempt from the valuation threshold trigger for right-of-way improvements. As so I ran a picture in the paper. I may have a fragile, over-used wilderness park—is such, only the $80,000 (11 percent of total of assessed value) invested in exterior badly underestimated the situation. All I a benefit to all. When you’re holier than alterations (work reviewed through design review) would apply towards the 35 can say is, from about that time onward, thou, you assume your excrement doesn’t percent trigger of this site’s total assessed value, not the entire permit value of the Portland Church of the All Mighty stink, I guess. $256,000 as noted in your article. Bicycle has been gaining adherents at Bicycle zealots adhere to a higher law In other words, street improvements would not have been triggered by the inte- every turn, and I don’t think they’re all than mere ordinances of the city or state. rior life/safety, seismic and ADA upgrades regardless of the job valuation of such Catholics. A Northwest District Association board work because it is work that is exempt. And, since the valuation of the storefront The converts love to member, not knowing this, questioned improvement project ($80,000) is only 11 percent of the site’s assessed value, it ride bikes down steep a cyclist for riding reck- also did not trigger the right-of-way improvements. mountain trails at high speed lessly through a sidewalk Your article states that PBOT and BDS have been pointing fingers back and on Sunday mornings. Forest café last month. The rider forth. This was stated out of context and sequence. Both Kurt Krueger and Tim Park, it seems, is something slugged him in the Heron were working together on this issue when the neighborhood (Ann Niles) like their church. They come face, knocking his raised the issue. Your individual contact with them was amidst our two bureaus’ out all black and muddy but smil- glasses to the collaborative efforts to figure out what the issue was and what, if anything, went ing nevertheless. It’s almost as if ground. Noth- awry. Your “pointing fingers of blame” is misleading of our two bureaus’ coordina- they’ve just been baptized. ing is owed tion efforts and is not an accurate portrayal of events. It makes sense that, if the park is the infidel. Lastly, the Diamond project came in last summer for design review (August sacred ground, they would want to Ever 2009 decision) as a PDC storefront remodel improvement project valued at liberate it for the work of their lord. notice how $80,000. This was not a low-ball figure. It was the cost of the exterior alterations That’s why they plot and congregate in religion- portion of the project, which, at the Land Use Review stage, did not include the great numbers in hopes that one fine day ists place additional interior upgrades. they can ride all over the park on paths enormous Thank you for your efforts in exploring this issue of importance to the neigh- paved with mud. importance on borhood. They are willing to sacrifice for their slight differences in doctrine? The current cause. Last year, one of the faithful offered target of their rage is people who deign to Susan McKinney $500 if 100 cyclists would join the Forest ride bicycles boosted by electric motors. Section Manager, Design/Historic Design Team Park Conservancy, the organization trying Would be better for these people to have Portland Bureau of Development Services to preserve the park and the wildlife in it millstones tied around their necks and be for secular purposes. The plan was appar- cast into the sea (or perhaps to be driv- Editor’s note: See story on Page 11. ently to get so many bike advocates on the ing Hummers) than to be corrupted by organization’s rolls that they could turn its electric power. They’re called cheaters and policies toward their righteous mission. are scorned for riding in bike lanes. They Obituaries ...... 4 I know members of the Portland are not true believers in the one and only, Bicycle Church thought this was pretty true, holy, sanctified church of the bicycle, The Pearl ...... 11 clever and nothing to be ashamed of, but and they must be shunned. Going Out ...... 15 true believers have a way of being insensi- If you’ve ever been flipped off, sworn at tive to the complaints of the unconverted. or physically attacked by a bicyclist who Community Events ...... 22 If, however, members of the Forest Park didn’t like the way you drive or walk on Business & Real Estate ...... 24 Conservancy had launched a campaign to the sidewalk, keep in mind that these are In the ‘Hood ...... 30 take over the leadership of their church, not ordinary people. They live on another they would figure out in a minute that it plane. They believe that danger, disdain wasn’t kosher. and ridicule may follow them all their Religious zealots sometimes say things days on the earth, but one day they will sit that make no sense to the nonbelievers. in glory at the right handlebar of God. Some have argued that the number of
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Michael D. Bowne sham, Maine. She is survived by her sons, Allan, Brian and Michael Dennis Bowne, a longtime David; daughter, Martha Muir Strum; brother, Thomas neighborhood resident, died April 22 R. Conway Jr.; sister, Selah Rishel; and 10 grandchildren. at age 68. Mr. Bowne was born Sept. 30, 1941, in California. He graduated Dr. Charles L. Martinson from high school in Anaheim and then Dr. Charles Lewis Martinson, the served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to co-founder of the Northwest Renal 1965. He moved to Portland in the Clinic at Legacy Good Samaritan Hos- 1970s, where he tended bar at Lancer’s pital, died May 4 at age 74. Dr. Martin- and at Nob Hill Bar & Grill. He championed an effort son was born July 28, 1935, in Lewiston, to restore and preserve Tom Stefopouos’ artwork on the Idaho. He moved to Prineville in the Lovejoy Ramp columns. He was the night janitor at Vista eighth grade and graduated from Crook St. Clair Apartments from 1990 until his retirement in County High School. He served in the 2008. U.S. Army in Germany. He graduated from the University Katherine P. Weisner of Oregon and received his medical degree from Oregon Health Science University. He did his internship and resi- Katherine Pelay Weisner, who lived in Willamette dency at Good Samaritan Hospital, where he became the Heights in the 1930s and ’40s, died April 22 at age 89. medical director of the dialysis unit. He married Deanna Katherine Pelay was born Sept. 26, 1920 in San Antonio, Gumpert in 1944. He is survived by his wife; son, Eric; Texas, and her family moved to Portland, where she gradu- daughter, Lori; and five grandchildren. ated from Lincoln High School. Katherine and her three sisters had a radio program in the 1930s singing as the Anthony J. Sirianni Pelay Sisters. She worked as a manager and troubleshooter Anthony James Sirianni, an ESCO for Eve Restaurants. She married Ray Ellis Weisner in employee for more than 20 years, 1940; he died in 1997. She is survived by her sons, Far- died May 3 of pulmonary fibrosis at rol, Harry, John and Tom; daughter, Katherine Lyte; eight age 59. Mr. Sirianni was born Oct. grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 20, 1950, in Portland and graduated Douglas P. Devers from Jesuit High School in 1968 and the University of Portland in 1972. Douglas Paul Devers died April 15 For the last five years, he worked for in his Hillside home at age 64. Mr. West Coast Metals. He married Bar- Devers was born April 30, 1945, in bara in 1977. He is survived by his Oregon, and graduated from Sunset wife; daughters, Gina Patterson and Angela Sirianni; and High School and the University of sisters, Launa Sirianni and Phyllis Broughton. Oregon. He received a law degree from Willamette University and prac- Robert B. Hebner ticed in Portland throughout his career. Robert B. Hebner, a bottle picker for Blitz-Weinhard !"#$%&'(')*+) He was a member and former trustee Brewing Co. for 30 years, died April 23 at age 80. He was of the Multnomah Athletic Club and born in Portland May 24, 1929. Robert is survived by his ,-.$(.-)/*-(0$%1 founding director and writer for Well Arts Institute. He sister, Elaine Shephard. is survived by his son, Justin Devers; brother, Jim Devers; 234567)2/8698:);<6= and companion, Carolyn Martin. Allan E. Littlefield 6)>*%?.%&$0)?-*"@)+*>"'.1)*%) Matthew D. Prevost Allan Edwin Littlefield, the owner and operator of :.$'*%)A)2>&.%>.) Uptown Variety until the mid-1980s, died May 18 at age (*)$11-.'')!"#$%)>*%>.-%' Matthew Dean Prevost, a former emergency medical 85. Mr. Littlefield was born Aug. 30, 1924, in Portland. technician and security worker at Legacy Good Samaritan He is survived by his daughter, Janice K.; sons, David R., BC"-#$%)$%1)DE(C)6F.%".)G)HHHI@*-(0$%1C"#$%&'('I*-? Hospital, died April 26 at age 53. Mr. Prevost was born Jeffrey L. and Allan R. JC&01-.%K')@-*?-$#)*%)'&(.)G)L-..)A)*@.%)(*)(C.)@"M0&> March 10, 1957, in Fort Dix, N.J., and graduated from Danville High School in Vermont in 1975. He moved in Anna F. Watkins 1978 to Portland, where he worked for the Portland Police Anna F. Watkins, a clerical department worker at Bureau and then for Legacy hospitals for 25 years. He Montgomery Ward on Northwest Vaughn Street, died married Annette in 1979. He is survived by his wife; son, May 7 at age 97. She was born Nov. 12, 1912, in Portland. Benjamin; daughter, Adrienne; mother, Frances; brothers, She is survived by nieces and nephews. John and David; and sisters, Jill Brown and Jules Prevost. !"#"$%&''()$%('*+,) Mary C. Muir Elizabeth A. Gorczynski !"#$%&'()*+,&!-&$'. Elizabeth Anna Gorczynski, a resident of Vista St. *+,++-./0%123.45.6/%76/0860+ Mary Conway Muir, a history teacher at Catlin Gabel Clair Apartments, died May 8 at age 79. Elizabeth was *(&+,'$ in the 1950s, died Dec. 14 at age 80. Mary Conway was !"#$%&'(&) -"&. / !"#$ born Feb. 9, 1929, in Portland and graduated from Catlin born June 29, 1930, in Nowy Bytom, Poland. She worked %&"''() Gabel and Mount Holyoke College. She later worked for as a sales clerk. She is survived by her daughters, Anna 0)1"2$$3334+5)65&71"&7'89&96,(:7;5<5:"8#5)64"&. the Internal Revenue Service. She married Newton M. Graham and Izabelle Gorczynski. Muir; he died in 1973. Her last residence was in Top-
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4 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 Pre-K through Grade 8! "SU%BJMZXJUI"SU4QFDJBMJTUt4QBOJTIBT4FDPOE-BOHVBHF Forest Park may not be ready for mountain bikes
By Paul Koberstein Nestled in Northwest Portland, right in the park’s 1995 management plan—have across from Montgomery Park, CLASS lagged, they said. Academy is a unique and extraordinary After meeting for 10 months on the The panel’s recommendation will be for- private school. The brainchild of long-time future of bicycles in Forest Park, the city’s mally presented to Fish and Parks Director administrator, educator and author, Teresa single-track mountain bicycle committee Zari Santner at an as-yet unscheduled spe- Cantlon, CLASS Academy achieves excel- failed to reach a consensus regarding pro- cial meeting. Even if the proposals win the lence in education through small student to I.T. teacher ratios, multi-sensory and hands-on and multi-media class- posals to build new trails for bicyclists. backing of Fish and Santner, it is not clear In May, most of the 17-member com- curriculum, and assessing students at the es. Students learn the basics of Microsoft if any new trails and new parking facilities National standard of education for all grade Office, Photoshop, iMovie, and Garage mittee voted in favor of adding 13 trails will be built. The park’s 1995 management levels. Band. Curriculum for the older grades amid charges that the panel is overbal- plan remains underfunded. Only one park also includes conversational Spanish, an The CLASS Academy education can begin anced with mountain bikers. Two commit- interactive History program, and a public ranger is employed by the city to enforce for Pre-Kindergarten students as young as tee members questioned the committee’s speaking class. A strong emphasis on writ- park rules throughout the city, despite the 2 and ½ and continues all the way through ing improves students’ metacognition. As legitimacy, saying that runners and eques- fact that the construction of unauthorized 8th grade. In the younger grades, CLASS well as the field trips listed above, CLASS trians were not represented. Academy curriculum strongly emphasizes bike trails has become a recurring problem Academy 3rd – 8th grade students take Committee member Les Blaize sug- phonemic understanding, which benefits in city parks. In addition, park officials say field trips to the State Capitol, Portland struggling and skilled readers/pre-readers gested the underrepresentation may have Forest Park suffers from a backlog of main- City Hall, the Central Library, and the End alike. Students experience activities been the result of bias on the part of Parks tenance projects, and the removal of inva- of the Oregon Trail Museum near Salem. Commissioner Nick Fish, who he said through oral, auditory, tactile and kines- sive plants has not kept pace with needs. thetic exploration. Fine-motor skills and CLASS Academy advocates good citizen- appointed the committee after he made a In May, Nancy Broschot, a professor at gross-motor skills are definitive pieces of ship, respect and safety for all students. commitment that more mountain-biking Linfield College, released a study showing this learning environment; brain research Children participate in a Green program trails would be built in the 5,000-acre park. that a majority of young trees in the park shows that integrating fine and gross mo- which promotes recycling and composting Fish apparently backtracked from that are experiencing “alarming” rates of mor- tor skills into education at a young age is for all classrooms. We also use Tri-Met, commitment and established the commit- tality due to causes that may be related to crucial to brain development and benefits the MAX and the Streetcar for the majority higher level learning as the child advances. of our field trips. Positive reinforcement tee instead. global warming or air pollution. Spanish and music are also included in allows for students to excel in a warm and Blaize and Marcy Houle, a wildlife In addition, the Portland City Club daily activities. Field Trips include ice skat- caring environment. biologist who is writing a book on the park, released a report in May accusing the city ing and swimming lessons, the Children’s For more information about CLASS said many unmet needs should take prior- of failing to maintain the park and recom- Museum, and attending plays and musicals Academy, please visit their website – www. ity over new trails. Enforcement, wildlife mending the transfer of park ownership to at the Northwest Children’s Theater. studies and maintenance—items called for classacademy.com. View the calendar, a regional authority such as Metro. Starting in 3rd grade, CLASS Academy’s teacher bios and weekly blogs, and class program expands even further to include descriptions/curriculum. Accord reached with Con-way CLASS Academy /87BVHIO4Ut1PSUMBOE 03t"DSPTTGSPN.POUHPNFSZ1BSL on development master plan XXXDMBTTBDBEFNZDPN The heart of Con-way’s property will be according to a master plan, within which developed according to an as-yet unwritten zoning rules could be rewritten to achieve master plan if City Council upholds a pri- community goals regarding density, build- vate accord reached between the company ing height, park space, etc. and the neighborhood association. The designated master plan area does The issue will be heard Thursday, June not, however, include Con-way’s property 10, 2 p.m., by City Council, which is trying between Pettygrove and Quimby, where to tie up loose ends of a seven-year con- the company intends to build first. troversy and finalize the 2003 Northwest John Bradley, chair of the NWDA District Plan. Planning Committee, favored the compro- Con-way and the Northwest District mise because a master plan would entail a Association agreed that the six-block area detailed study of traffic impacts triggered between Northwest 21st, 19th, Quimby by development and a greater chance of and Thurman streets should be developed mitigation. 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Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 5 Community Awards 12 honored for contributions to community
Twelve individuals were honored at the 16th Annual Northwest Examiner Community Awards night at St. Patrick’s Church May 22. This year, the celebration of exemplary community behavior was accomplished with a lighter carbon footprint; instead of receiving commercially produced acrylic trophies, each winner walked off with an original piece of glass art mounted on recycled wood and attached with antique nails.
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2010 Award Winners
Youth Citizenship Award Spirit of the Community Livability Award Quinn Rohlf Award Jan Valentine Phil Geffner This Lincoln High School stu- The chair of the Pearl Dis- dent has been a force on the The owner of Escape From trict Livability Commit- rd Multnomah Youth Commis- New York Pizza closed 23 tee has mobilized hundreds sion, where he has worked to Avenue one evening last sum- of neighbors to clean, polish expand transit service to stu- mer—at great difficulty and and improve the district while dents across the city. personal expense—to throw a building a sense of community. fabulous community party.
Slabtown Award Investigative Champion for Children Award Reporting Award Frank Weigel Paul Koberstein Elaine Mann The new pavilion in the St. She took the always successful This award-winning journal- Patrick’s Church courtyard was Chapman PTA annual auc- ist produced a series of in- designed and erected under tion to record-breaking heights depth stories on industrial air his leadership, just part of his by working tirelessly, build- pollution in Northwest Port- ongoing efforts to preserve and ing cooperation among par- land that has helped mobilize enhance this community land- ents, neighbors and businesses, a community and awaken lax mark. and—in her spare time— regulators. thinking of everything.
6 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 Photos by Julie Keefe unless noted otherwise.
Jan Valentine (center), with friends.
Meredith Wilt (left) and Annastasia Swanson of Trader Joe’s served refreshments.
MIKE RYERSON Don Kruger (left) gets some political perspective from former Mayor Bud Clark.
Vince Pesky (left) congratulates Phil Geffner, who got a dubious “salami award” (for previously disparaging the artwork of trophy-maker Greg Hermens) in addition to a Community Award.
Locally Grown Award Community Service Award Arts Legacy Award Don Kruger Juliet Hyams Laura Russo The owner of Kruger’s Farm In her three years as presi- Russo, who died earlier this on Sauvie Island operates a dent of the Northwest District year, a loyal advocate of local farm market and stages myr- Association, the organization artists and an influential force iad events that connect urban increased the level of citizen in the art community, she built dwellers to the source of real participation and added to its her gallery into an institution. food. influence at city hall. Her award was accepted by her son, Dylan Lawrence.
Environmental Award Cultural Enhancement Award Lifetime Mary Peveto Thomas Manley Achievement Award Donna Matrazzo Founder of Neighbors for The president of Pacific North- Clean Air, which in a short west College of Art has over- The champion of many causes period of time took the indus- seen a brilliant transformation on Sauvie Island the past 22 trial air-pollution issue from and expansion of the art school years, she has saved this agri- the back burner and on a path into one of the nation’s finest. cultural and environmental ref- toward significant reform. uge from commercial exploita- tion in many forms.
Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 7 LNG continued from page 1 about the LNG plant in Chile than the Friedman would not say whether the burn people and buildings situated as far one in our back yard. plant has been upgraded to meet current as a mile away. room temperature. “I did not visit this site and I do not seismic standards. “A car’s spark plug could set it off,” he Geologists have also expressed concern have any first-hand information on it,” Tim Riley, a Southern California lawyer said. Or a fire at the gasoline tanks. for the more than 500 gasoline storage she said. and producer of a film entitled, “The Risks The Cleveland disaster occurred after tanks located in the sanctuary. James Rod- Wang said the state of Oregon is tak- and Danger of LNG,” said in an interview an LNG tank sprung a leak, spilling vapor. dey of the Oregon Department of Geology ing the local threat seriously. It has cre- that the potential performance of the Port- The resulting explosion rocked the city, and Mineral Industries, suggests that some ated two commissions that are examining land LNG plant in a major earthquake and was followed by an explosion of a sec- of these tanks could rupture and ignite in a potential earthquake impacts on the state. could be similar to a disaster that leveled ond tank about 20 minutes later, according major quake. These tanks hold the entirety One, an 18-agency group, is looking at parts of Cleveland in 1944. That horrific to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland His- of Oregon’s non-retail gasoline supply. Oregon’s emergency response system. The event, which killed 128 people and leveled tory, an online publication of Case Western “We‘re concerned about that whole other is comprised of three agencies that a square mile of the city, was triggered by Reserve University of Cleveland. area,” said Scott Burns, a professor of geol- are focused on the energy sector. the rumbling of trains in a nearby rail yard, “The fire spread through 20 blocks, ogy at Portland State University, when according to an investigation by the U.S. engulfing rows of houses while missing asked what he thought of hazards posed by May need retrofit Bureau of Mines. others,” the encyclopedia stated. “The the plant during an earthquake. During an earthquake, Riley said, the vaporizing gas also flowed along the curbs She said the LNG plant in Portland Like the LNG plant, some of the gaso- Portland LNG plant’s piping or contain- and gutters and into catch basins, through may have to undergo an expensive, com- line storage tanks in the area were built ment dome could break. He said such which it entered the underground sewers, plex retrofit that has been used to upgrade before current earthquake standards went tanks contain almost pure methane, and exploding from time to time, ripping up earthquake safety at energy projects in into effect in the early 1990s. that a ruptured tank could emit a cloud pavement, damaging underground util- Italy and Greece. An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Cen- of vapor, resulting in a “gigantic fireball ity installations and blowing out manhole “We are concerned. That’s why we are tral Chile for 90 seconds Feb. 27, causing inferno” emitting radiant heat that could covers.” doing the study,” Wang said. an LNG plant in that country to slightly PAUL KOBERSTEIN shift its position, said Yumei Wang, the Northwest Natural is not eager to see state’s top earthquake expert, an engineer speculation in a newspaper about how its with a degree in geology. plant might fare in an earthquake. A Cascadia Subduction Zone quake is “Regarding the impact of seismic activ- expected to range between 8.2 and 9.2 in ity, I don’t believe it would be responsible magnitude, and shake for as long as five to speculate what may or may not hap- minutes, geologists say. pen in the event of a major earthquake,” Wang recently toured Chile to inspect Randy Friedman, director of gas supply damage. She said the Chilean LNG plant, for the company, said in an email. which sits on isolation bearings that moved “What I can tell you is we are con- five inches during the tremor, performed stantly monitoring the area for movement. well. Unlike the Portland LNG plant, the When there is movement, we take imme- Chilean plant was completed just last year diate measurements of the tank levels. using earthquake-safety technology “that The tank does have a containment dike didn’t even exist when the Portland plant surrounding it that has a volume greater was built,” she said. than the tank’s capacity. Hence, we believe Northwest Natural stores liquefied natural gas in the blue tank along Northwest St. Helens Ironically, it seems Wang knows more that any leakage from the tank would be Road between the St. Johns and the railroad bridge. contained.”
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8 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 The fire destroyed 79 homes, two fac- Friedman of Northwest Natural down- tories, 217 cars, seven trailers and one played the potential hazards, noting that tractor, according to the ency- natural gas is lighter than air. clopedia. The fire and sub- “Because it would freeze the moisture sequent analysis of its in the ground, it would not seep into or cause led to new and otherwise migrate underground,” he said. safer methods for the The gas company has been participating low-temperature storage in a multi-agency governmental effort to of natural gas. The assess “the vulnerability of critical infra- Cleveland plant structure to a catastrophic event such as was built near the a Cascadia subduction fault earthquake,” start of World War he said. II to supply addi- Further questions on this subject, Fried- tional gas to nearby man said, should be directed to the Oregon war industries. It was Department of Energy, since it is the lead built with what are now agency in this effort. acknowledged to be The Portland facility remains the only inferior materials LNG plant in the state despite several that are not used efforts to build new LNG facilities. In early in LNG plants May, NorthernStar Natural Gas Company built today. After the halted efforts to build an LNG terminal explosion, no LNG plants at Bradwood Landing, near Astoria, after were built in the United States investors pulled out because of delays in until the mid-1960s. obtaining state and federal permits. Construction on the Portland plant The project was opposed by several began in 1966. It is one of about 100 environmental groups, including Columbia similar plants in use across the country, said Riverkeeper, which filed a lawsuit in an Jenna Cooper-Gross, a spokeswoman for attempt to block it. The lawsuit was filed ral gas, and its safety record is “impres- weather events in our region, like the event Northwest Natural Gas. by Brent Foster when he was executive sive.” Many parts of the world use LNG we all experienced last December, our director of the Riverkeeper group. for essential natural gas supplies. customers need roughly six to eight times ‘Record of safety’ In April, Foster resigned as Attorney “In fact, all of Japan’s LNG comes in by as much gas as during an average summer General John Kroger’s special counsel for “The physical features of LNG are ship. Boston has relied on LNG shipments day.” environmental matters. In a statement, directly reflected in the industry’s 40-plus since the 1970s. In our case, we make our The plant is inspected regularly by state Kroger said Foster had “misrepresented his year record of safety,” Cooper-Gross said LNG on-site from natural gas supplies and federal regulators, fire department offi- [own] involvement” in an ongoing inves- in an email. “Natural gas is non-toxic, non- received during the summer months rather cials as well as the U.S. Coast Guard, she tigation of water pollution in Hood River. polluting substance. If it were to escape, it than having it shipped in.” said. One of the last issues Foster worked on does not collect on land or in water, and She said the Portland plant “is a peak- “We regularly survey pilings and tank at the Oregon Department of Justice was because it dissipates quickly, does not accu- ing facility, meaning, we use natural gas levels to ensure the safest operation,” she earthquake safety at the LNG plant in mulate in the atmosphere.” from the facility when we need additional added. “Emergency protocols are in place, Northwest Portland. She said LNG is a commonly used gas and pressure in the pipeline to meet which are also mandated by those regula- method of storing and transporting natu- demand. For example, during severe cold- tory agencies referenced above.”
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY 23rd Avenue will o!cially be re-opened on Saturday, July 10 with a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. The ceremony will take place at NW 23rd & Hoyt Street with several Portland dignitaries doing the honors. TASTE OF 23RD Local restaurants will o"er $5 Food Fixes all three days of the event. Try out their signature treats, small plates or special items designed especially for the fair. LOCAL LIVE MUSIC The avenue will be closed to tra!c on Saturday to make !"#$%$&'()*+,"+-").$ room for live music and dancing in the street from NW '8 Hoyt to Johnson. Bands will perform from the main stage /$012$,*,3"+-"45"67 "!9$,:$ at NW 23rd & Irving Street. LOCAL ART With a partnership with Right Brain Initiative, 20 local art- ist will display their best chalk art on their individual 4 ft. by 4 ft. squares on the street. Participants will begin their projects on Saturday at 10 a.m. DOG PARADE The Hip Hound Parade will begin at Wallace Park on Sunday at 11 a.m. and end at the shop’s location on NW Westover. There will be four-legged photo sessions and best dressed awards for the pets. STREET PERFOMERS A wide array of sidewalk performances and services are on tap during the fair. Watch face painters or henna artists, buy a balloon animal or hat, get a chair massage or watch a live skateboarding show. This advertisement is proudly sponsored by: FASHION SHOW On Saturday at noon models will strut down the newly- paved 23rd Avenue showcasing the latest merchandise available at boutiques located along the avenue. Over a dozen shops will participate in the show.
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Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 9 State air-pollution regulators taken to task by Northwest residents at two public hearings
By Paul Koberstein DEQ has set up a complex process known as the Port- “All benchmarks set under her tenure are in question,” land Area Toxics Solutions that is designed to specify ways Genasci said. More than 50 people, mostly from Northwest Port- to address this toxic air pollution by 2017. One of the two She also noted that DEQ’s method of basing bench- land, devoted two evenings in mid-May to criticizing the hearings in May was part of that process. marks on annual averages “skirts the problem of neighbors city’s toxic air as officials with the Oregon Department of Many speakers at the hearing charged that DEQ is not of industrial polluters, where the levels are much higher, Environmental Quality listened. setting its benchmarks low enough to ensure safety. They and creates a deceptive impression that exposure to toxics Before the neighbors were given time to speak, DEQ stressed that there may be no safe levels for some com- is the same everywhere.” staffers described the complex ways in which air pollu- pounds, such as lead or manganese, and that the bench- DEQ regulates other types of air pollution more tion laws are applied in Oregon. They failed to mention, mark system is not protective of public health no matter aggressively. It has established firm limits on the release of however, two critical facts about the dangers of breathing how low the benchmarks are set. other pollutants, such as particulate dust, carbon monox- Portland’s toxic air. And they acknowledged that they “Benchmark concentrations rely on toxicological data ide, lead and sulfur dioxide. It requires the heaviest pollut- are powerless, under current state and federal laws, to do that are uncertain,” said Maye Thompson, a nurse and ers to install pollution-control equipment. much to improve the toxic air anytime soon. director of Portland Physicians for Social Responsibly. When asked why DEQ does not regulate air toxics as They made no mention of the fact that the air is so “We do know that lead and manganese get into dust, soot strongly as other pollutants, DEQ air toxic expert Greg toxic in Portland that residents can expect 726 extra can- and soil, and can be ingested, especially by kids who play Lande dodged the question. cers in the city, along with various other serious ailments on the porch or in the dirt or in many unlikely places. I’m “The answers to these questions derive from the federal affecting almost every part of the human body. And they sure you, as I have, found your very active toddler putting Clean Air Act,” he responded by email, “so someone at neglected to say that the situation has become so urgent things in their mouths we would never put in ours.” EPA should be the one to answer them. I’ve forwarded that toxic air pollution in Portland exceeds the goal of the Mary Peveto, founder of Neighbors for Clean Air and this to Paul Koprowski, the air-quality liaison here in the federal Clean Air Act by more than 1,100 times (based mother of three in Northwest Portland, urged DEQ to Region 10 Oregon Operations Office—with his permis- on DEQ’s list of the 19 most dangerous compounds and be aware of the limitations of its benchmark program, sion. I’m sure he will get back to you soon.” modeling/monitoring of their levels here conducted by especially the fact that the DEQ does not use benchmarks As of press time, the EPA had not responded to the the EPA or DEQ). The goal is to limit the harm that air to determine whether short-term exposures to toxics are question. toxics cause to no more than one extra cancer in every 1 safe. Instead, the DEQ considers only annualized average The benchmark hearing, originally held in March, was million people. exposures to toxics. repeated due to inadequate notice. DEQ held a public But the DEQ did make clear that there are no stan- Peveto noted that emissions from heavy industries like hearing on March 30 at Friendly House to air a proposal dards, or at least enforceable ones, that set hard limits ESCO have been shown to occasionally spike toward 300 to tighten air-toxic rules pertaining to lead, ethylbenzene on the amounts of dangerous substances that enter each times the benchmark for such dangerous compounds as and the neurotoxin manganese, three of the many danger- Portlander’s lungs with each breath. Rather than setting lead, manganese and hexavalent chromium. ous substances found at elevated levels in the Northwest tough standards, the DEQ sets “benchmarks,” or suggest- “We would like the DEQ to state explicitly that these neighborhood. All three are emitted by ESCO. Because ed guidelines, that represent the DEQ’s best guess, based benchmarks do not address these short-term spikes in public notice of the hearing was bungled and no one from on peer-reviewed science, of how much bodily damage toxic hot spots,” she said, adding that the benchmarks the public showed up, the DEQ hearing officer left with- a lifetime of breathing toxic compounds like benzene or “should not be used as a false pretense of doing no harm by out taking any testimony. manganese might do. the sources of these air toxics,” a reference to past ESCO In addition to the meeting on the benchmarks, DEQ The strategy is to persuade air polluters to voluntarily statements. also held a hearing on air pollution permits for three reduce emissions. DEQ says mandatory reductions may Sharon Genasci, chair of the Northwest District Asso- gasoline companies that operate storage tanks in the eventually be necessary, but such requirements may be ciation Health and Environment Committee, noted that Northwest Portland Industrial Sanctuary. Many speakers many years off. DEQ relied in part on the advice of Candice Hatch, an complained about the toxic air vapors emitted by the tanks DEQ officials said these benchmarks take into account ESCO consultant, when it set most of the benchmarks and the odor problems. Nina DiConcini of DEQ prom- the special needs of the most vulnerable people in the city, about five years ago—an apparent conflict of interest that ised that in the future the agency will investigate all odor including the unborn, infants and the elderly, although she said violated the DEQ’s own guidelines. complaints in the neighborhood. some speakers at the hearings disputed that claim.
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10 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 News & Views p. 11-12 Want wider sidewalk Neighborhood association ready to fight city’s handling of 14th Avenue development
ALLAN CLASSEN By Allan Classen because the project represented a change of use from warehouse to retail. If the city Bureau of Development Services correctly “The seismic upgrade is critical here,” applied the rules to the proposed half-block redevelop- she said. ment at Northwest 14th and Flanders, it has done little to And if a change of use necessitated inspire confidence in its actions. a seismic upgrade, she learned that the Developer George Diamond is converting a former same change of use should also trigger warehouse and auto service garage into a row of retail conformance with all city codes, includ- spaces. The issue is not whether he can build it; it’s ing the River District Right of Way whether the project is of sufficient size and character to Guidelines (which stipulate minimum require the simultaneous widening of the sidewalk by 12-foot-wide sidewalks), just as if it were four feet, the planting of street trees and installing street new construction. lights, improvements that could cost the developer about That would mean that all cost formu- $50,000. las and categorization of construction A substandard, 8-foot sidewalk along Northwest 14th Avenue is the point of The Pearl District Neighborhood Association par- types are beside the point; if the project contention on this redevelopment project. New buildings and substantial remod- ticularly wants the sidewalk widened along 14th Avenue represents a change of use—end of story. els are required to install 12-foot sidewalks. because doing so would require the elimination of one Niles said BDS had to know the traffic lane, a measure the association has long sought to project was larger than a mere storefront remodel because Perhaps, but if the code experts and managers work- tame a congested and confusing three-block stretch where Diamond submitted altered plans Aug. 20, 2009, show- ing for the city have a different interpretation, they aren’t cars come off the freeway. ing the seismic upgrade. The following day, BDS gave its sharing it. Ann Niles, chair of the PDNA transportation subcom- approval to the plans. By November, all other city depart- McKinney was given the gist of Niles’ argument in a mittee, has questioned the city’s interpretation of the side- ments had given clearance, and building permits were May 26 email, and a week later, when the Examiner went walk requirement from the start, but after the Northwest issued. to print, still had not replied. Examiner’s May story on the topic and further research of “BDS knew it was a more intense use,” said Niles. “We Patricia Gardner, who chairs the PDNA Planning city codes, she is convinced that the Bureau of Develop- know the developer knew; we can tell from his ad.” and Transportation Committee, said she is puzzled by ment Services has missed the mark by a mile. Diamond distributed circulars and email advertise- the city’s handling of the issue. While noting that Niles For months, Niles has attempted for months to meet ments stating that the project involved a new roof, sky- has pursued the matter in a methodical and professional with BDS Senior City Planner Tim Heron to discuss the lights and HVAC system. manner and asked legitimate questions—“What are the matter, but has been rebuffed. Likewise, the Examiner “That is a complete renovation,” she said. rules? Why weren’t they followed?”—city staffers have not has been unable to get an email or phone response from “There was plenty of time to notify PBOT [Portland followed suit. Heron on critical questions. Bureau of Transportation] of the more intense use, so right Instead of answers, Gardner said, “There seems to be a BDS Section Manager Susan McKinney wrote a let- of way improvements could have been required. My ques- lot of emotion from the city.” ter to the editor (see page 3) identifying alleged errors in tion is, why was PBOT not informed?” In late May, PDNA hired attorney Jeffrey Kleinman, the Examiner’s May story, but McKinney did not reply to Niles said her “journey of discovery” through public who sent a letter to BDS administrator Paul Scarlett ask- follow-up messages about codes and practices that may documents has been tedious and time consuming. ing that all work on the project cease. Kleinman charged have been violated. Niles said McKinney failed to answer that the project has not obtained proper land-use approval the neighborhood association’s concerns other than by “I’ve had to piece it together,” she said, noting that she’s or building permits. attaching a copy of her letter to the Examiner. had to learn the codes and procedures on her own. BDS fended off the neighborhood association’s initial Does the city have an answer to the points she raises? charges regarding the need for sidewalk widening by asserting that only exterior improvements are used in the formula. Since the developer estimated the exterior work would come to only $80,000, and the threshold for improvements in the right of way (35 percent of assessed building value) in this case would be about $257,000, Heron concluded that it wasn’t even a close call. Although total interior as well as exterior work on the building would slightly exceed that threshold, Heron said FARMERS interior work and required life-and-safety upgrades, such as seismic and ADA improvements, were exempt from the calculations. NW 23rd Portland Farmers Market So Niles dug deeper into city records. She spent hours FARM FRESH FOOD looking at files, including some that cannot be removed right in your neighborhood from BDS offices, and came to an “aha” moment. 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Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 11 the sale of which is up 30 percent over signed and mailed to President Obama and the last year, said New Seasons’ CEO Lisa Attorney General Eric Holder, though the Sedler, who attended the event. reasons are too many to fit on a postcard. PearlBy Michaela Bancud Diver “There is a pent-up demand for these It’s sustainable and easy to grow. A dense products,” Sedler told the crowd. and shady plant, it chokes out invasive “It’s everything you want in a food,” she weeds. Hemp can produce four times as Expose Yourself to said, because it’s incredibly good for you and much paper as trees. Farmers could make it’s an easily digestible, high-quality protein. about $250-$300 an acre on hemp crops, Hemp is a natural dietary ingredient for compared to $50 an acre from soy plants Acres of Hemp health-conscious types because it’s packed currently grown in the United States. Hemp MICHAELA BANCUD Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark workers once twisted hemp on “ropewalks,” (remember when Portland politicians were making cordage and marine rigging for fun?) recently co-hosted Hemp History boats docked on the Willamette River. In Week at the Bridgeport Brewery, a blended 1942, the U.S. Department of Agriculture hemp daiquiri in hand. New to the hemp encouraged farmers to plant as much of the movement, Clark said he arrived with eyes crop as possible in a film titled “Hemp for and ears wide open. Victory.” Easily grown on American soil, Here’s what we learned: The Controlled hemp was used during the war to make Substances Act essentially outlawed hemp rope, twine, canvas and clothing. And it in 1970, and the DEA does not distinguish could be utilized today for these and other between low-THC Cannabis (hemp, oilseed useful purposes. and fiber varieties) and high-THC Canna- The point of this jamboree, and others bis (marijuana). Hemp will not get you high. held across the country, is to raise awareness It’s like smoking rope. of this indispensible plant and to explain Oregon Chai founder Heather Howitt (left), with former Portland Mayor Bud The push is on to legalize the growth why American farmers should be allowed to Clark and Christina Volgyesi, founding partner of Living Harvest Foods and project of industrial hemp in America, the only grow it again. coordinator of Hemp History Week. industrialized country in the world where “Hemp History Week advocates to it’s illegal to grow it. Congressman Ron Paul give American farmers the same econom- with Omega-3s and 6s. Attendees sampled composite is presently used by the automo- of Texas submitted an official statement to ic opportunities given to farmers in other hemp food products like chopped hemp bile industry to line panels, and it’s 10 times Congress to legalize its growth earlier this countries,” said organizer Christina Volgyesi. seeds to sprinkle on cereal or yogurt. It has stronger than steel. It can be used to build month, and declared May 17-23 annual Volgyesi is also a founding partner of a light, nutty flavor like almonds. Hemp houses. Hemp History Week. Portland’s Living Harvest Foods, the largest spreads, lip balm and hemp hummus were David Medera, the builder of the nation’s Hemp has a rich history in America. manufacturer of natural and organic hemp on display as well. first “hempcrete” house located in North Abraham Lincoln read by a hemp oil lamp. food products in the country. Her products But the hemp currently used to make all Carolina said, “It’s carbon negative. It actu- George Washington grew hemp and said are zero-THC, and the chocolate hemp the products we sampled must be imported ally pulls carbon dioxide out of the air. I “make the most of the Indian hemp seed milk is especially delicious. from Canada or elsewhere. It’s silly that hope by this time next year there will be one and sow it everywhere,” and the Declaration At the event, we also learned that hemp we are essentially throwing away the jobs built in Portland.” of Independence was drafted on hemp paper. fiber is the longest and most durable natural and economic development that growing Hemp grew where the Pentagon is now. fiber on earth. Its oil is used for all kinds of domestic hemp would bring. Postcards ask- Contact Michaela Bancud at pearl.diver70@ Beneath these very beer taps, warehouse natural skin care products and health foods, ing that the federal ban be lifted were gmail.com.
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By Wendy Gordon jelly creations. PBJ’s is intelligently located PBJ’s source all their ingredients locally Frying Scotsman by kiddie magnets Two Tarts Bakery and and organically, so you’ll find Hood River 2219 NW Raleigh St. Portland is home to over 170 food carts, Child’s Play. Owners Keena and Shane, jams and Rogue Blue Cheese substituting The Frying Scotsman is another hugely one of the highest levels per capita of any who moved to Portland from Las Vegas for the marshmallow and Velveeta. I sam- popular spot since opening in September. U.S. city, and an increasing number are in 2008, found their original inspiration pled a Hot Hood, Gabriel’s challah with a Operating out of a trailer in a Katayama springing up in Northwest Portland. at the Oregon Country Fair, where they tart, chunky cherry jam, slices of jalapeño, Framing’s warehouse garage, the Scotsman Opening a food cart is relatively easy, enjoyed several delicious grilled peanut a thick layer of homemade peanut butter bridges the gap between cart and restau- and the monthly overhead is low. City butter sandwiches. Their elaborate peanut and two slices of applewood bacon. It was rant. The garage provides cover from the regulations require a 12-foot sidewalk (or butter creations brought to mind an old delicious in a fun and comforting way. The rain. There are three tables (complete with empty parking lot) and permission of both college friend who created a signature Spicy Thai (with orange marmalade, hot hand-decorated cloth tablecloths) and art property and store owners. The Mult- sandwich from peanut butter, marshmal- sauce, basil and curry) also intrigues. Those on the walls. You can almost forget the two nomah County Health Department has low fluff, bacon, mustard and Velveeta with more traditional tastes might enjoy large dumpsters sharing the eating space. some requirements, including access to a cheese. sandwiches made with chocolate spread, licensed kitchen, but it’s nothing like start- MIKE RYERSON James King, an authentic Scotsman ing a full-fledged restaurant. (from Ayrshire, near Glasgow) used to Street carts transform vacant and some- work on oil rigs but found operating a times blighted land, creating a natural food cart allows more time at home with space where people gather. Vendors tend his family. He prepares his fish and chips by nature to be friendly and outgoing, using his mom’s secret recipe, a beer batter and a relationship quickly develops with that has some heft but never descends into regular customers. As a steady presence on doughiness. Each plate is amply heaped the street, carts boost public safety. A New with two thick fillets plus a mound of York City street vendor spotted the recent thick-cut fries (chips). You can choose car bomb in Times Square. between traditional cod or haddock; or For the consumer, food carts offer a halibut, red snapper or mahi-mahi. He staggering variety of meal options at rea- also offers a Sausage Supper, a battered and sonable prices. fried British banger. The Frying Scotsman attracts an avid PBJ crowd, mostly workers from nearby busi- nesses. You can call in ahead of time, less- Northwest 23rd and Kearney PBJ’s Shane Chapman prepares orders that vastly expand the notion of peanut but- ening the inevitable wait. James fries each The newest addition to the party is ter and jelly sandwiches. plate to order, producing crisp, greaseless PBJ’s grilled gourmet peanut butter and fresh fish and potatoes, garnished with
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Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 17 Happy Hour Hits Story and photos by Michaela Bancud
Silk Vietnamese Bistro 1012 NW Glisan St. | Happy Hour: daily 4-7 p.m.
This is one of my favorite happy hour different Banh Mi baguette sandwiches to menus because the flavors are so bright and choose from. fresh. Outside seating at “Silky hour” con- sists of four tables with bright red umbrellas. Happy hour is celebrated here 4-5 p.m., and is available only in the bar. The food is artistically presented and ranges from a steaming bowl of pho (Vietnamese soup noodles, chicken or beef) to Crazy Noodles and crispy chicken wings in a honey glaze with garlic and sesame seeds. There are the requisite salad rolls with pea- nut dipping sauce, but one can also find five Salad rolls ($5) Seres Restaurant and Bar 1105 NW Lovejoy St. | Happy Hour: Monday –Sunday 3-7 p.m. and all day Tuesday
Seres (rhymes with Shari’s) is a bit more talked Seres up enough. So the next time a casual than Sungari, the Chinese restaurant visitor asks for directions to P.F. Chang’s, that preceded it. The word “seres” is the you might suggest Seres instead. They’ll be Chinese word for silk. The food here was glad you did. always good, and remains so, but there is a new emphasis on organic ingredients. Perennial favorite General Tso’s chicken can be an overly sweet mess, but here it’s delicious. Pot sticker dumplings are lightly fried and wonderful. The bar and dining room were nearly empty on a recent Tues- day, and it’s tempting to blame sewer construction for this, but in truth I think it’s because people still haven’t Chicken appetizer
Come check our daily lunch specials . . . Twenty-first Avenue Bar & Grill 721 NW 21st | Happy Hour: Monday-Thursday 3-6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m., Great Food with Great Prices! Friday 3-6 p.m., and all day Sunday.
Above-average bar food and great service ered in nacho-cheese sauce and bacon bits, is what you’ll find here, and it won’t cost you served with sour cream and pico de gallo. much. All menu items are $3. Twenty-first Avenue has a packed outdoor patio shaded by a large tree with a speaker nailed to its trunk. Though no music issued forth, it’s a rock ‘n’ roll atmosphere. The air is smoky, tattoos seem to cover most of the skin. All happy hour items—mini burg- ers, caprese, nachos and veggie spring rolls—are quite decent, and the offerings will soon expand. Sliders are topped with Swiss cheese and a nest of tiny fried onion NW 23rd & Raleigh • www.newoldlompoc.com • 503-225-1855 rings. For the brave, Totchos: tater tots cov- Nachos ($3)
18 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 OPEN NIGHTLY Take a trip to Morocco, or better yet 5-10 PM come to ... Market coming to 23rd and Savier
MIKE RYERSON #$%$&'()*,3"6;"<$('= An exotic dining experience offering the finest in classic Moroccan cuisine Ala Carte Dinner Menu starting at $9.50 Traditional Moroccan Seating Reservations Recommended 503-248-9442 Featuring “Belly Dancing” 1201 NW 21st Ave. at Northrup www.marrakeshportland.com Wed-Sun Royal Banquet Room Available • Catering for all occasions
Portland Farmers Market has a new location at Northwest 23rd and Savier streets this summer. PFM has abandoned the Pearl District after several unsuccessful years there.
By Wendy Gordon The market gives priority to farmers and processors using locally grown and directly Portland Farmers’ Market opened a new rd sourced raw materials. While not all the location at Northwest 23 and Savier June vendors are certified organic, most grow 3. It will be open 3-7 p.m. every Thursday their crops in a sustainable manner. through Sept. 30. This location replaces the one at Eco- Two organic farms (Groundwork Organ- trust. The Pearl market closed due to lack of ics and Spring Hill Organics) will anchor customers after an eight-year run. the market, offering more than 50 varieties PFM managers believe the 23rd Avenue of organic vegetables. site will be more successful, partly due to These and 30-40 other vendors will be free and more plentiful on-street park- selling grass-fed beef and lamb, bread, arti- ing and tangible community support. Food san cheeses, mushrooms, eggs, honey, wine, Front is sponsoring the market and will pastries, pickles, and chocolates. Later in have a table there every week for outreach, the summer, Oregon fruits from cherries to education about local foods and sampling. blackberries will appear. Con-way donated use of its parking lot, and Ready-to-eat food, such as chicken and Besaw’s is providing vendor restrooms plus tofu creations from Barefoot Chicken, trash and recycling removal. The New Old French crepes from C’est Si Bon, cookies Lompoc is donating electrical access for from neighborhood favorite Two Tarts, and vendors and for musical performers. raw and vegan fare from The New Leaf, will Keep track of the latest developments on also be available. the market at www.portlandfarmersmarket.org.
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Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 19 MIKE RYERSON GladYou
AskedAnswering your questions about Northwest Portland history
By Mike Ryerson Fred Meyer lived on the top Question: !"#$%&%'()*#+((%',%,#*-.$#/$%0%'(+(1-'#+2-.(#3-$(45%0(# 6-$()+',#7!84%#910(-$*#-:#3-$(45%0(#;<$,#=>%'.%?@#+(# (4%#A1001-'#84%+(%$B#+',#*-.#-')*#2$1%C*#D%'(1-'%,#(4%# E'>-*#=/+$(D%'(0B#541&4#->%$)--F#(4%#G/(-5'#H4-//1'I# J%'(%$K#L4+(M0#(4%#410(-$*#2%41',#(4%DN?# MIKE RYERSON OP+)%$1%#Q-4'0-' The towering Envoy Apartments overlooked Answer: the newly opened Uptown Shopping Center in this The large Mediterranean-style Envoy building, with its 1950s photo. signature pink and cream color scheme, was constructed in 1929. The 41 units were rentals until 2004, when the resi- dents of 2336 SW Osage St. were given a 120-day eviction notice, and the building was converted to condominiums. Fred Meyer himself once lived in one of the two pent- houses, and it is rumored that he rented the unit to keep an eye on his store at 20th and West Burnside. He actually had a better view of Kienow’s grocery (now Zupan’s), which was virtually in his front yard in the Uptown Shopping Center. I recently talked to Molly Devlin, who lived in Mr. The Envoy Apartment building appeared unchanged Meyer’s former rooftop unit just before the condominium from the day it was built in conversions. Devlin says his ghost lived with her during her this early 1980s photo. stay, and she allowed him to use her late grandfather’s chair MIKE RYERSON in the living room. The two penthouse units have since been purchased by a single owner and combined into one residence. Tenants of the Envoy have witnessed changes at North- west 23rd and Burnside over years. The Uptown Shopping Center, built in the 1950s, was once Gambinus Brewery. There used to be a streetcar manufacturing, repair and storage building on the southwest corner. Thiele Square has a ways to go to match the longevity of Henry Thiele Restaurant, which operated on the northwest corner from 1932 to the early 1990s. The Envoy was added to the National Register of His- toric Places in 1988.
Have a question about Northwest Portland history? Email it to Mike Ryerson at [email protected] The Envoy’s 41 units or write: Northwest Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur, Ste. C, were converted into Portland, OR 97210. condominiums in 2004. Then !NOW
These three turn-of-the-century homes stood on the northeast corner of Northwest 22nd and Marshall for 80 years. They were moved in the mid-1980s to Northwest 23rd Avenue and, along with a matching house which is out of the frame to the left, are now the home Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital’s Cancer Center now occupies the corner. Most of the nearby homes were demolished in the 1980s. An apartment building on the same block of New Renaissance Books & Gifts. The car was most likely in the photo for a promotion. th st NW Examiner File Photo was moved to 20 and Overton, and two houses were relocated to Northwest 21 and Northrup, where they are the home of Paley’s Restaurant. Mike Ryerson Photo
20 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 Golf tournament to benefit Linnton Community Center
By Allan Classen could select other local nonprofits as ben- eficiaries. Many of the same firms that battle Harmston said he got the idea from Linnton community members over politi- Pat Wagner, who operates the center as cal issues are teaming up to provide finan- a volunteer. While about 10 companies cial security to the Linnton Community Any!"#$%&'()*%$+%$)* small or large%'&$ currently contribute various amounts of cup,(-$+%$,+"&. or cone. Center. cash and service to the center, he asked her The Northwest Industrial Golf Tourna- what was needed to ensure its future. She ment, scheduled Aug. 19 at Heron Lakes !"#$%&'()*$(+*,&-./&01&/.*2&34"56&7.-89:;8-.-- suggested the golf tournament and endow- <=*>?@&A2>==(@B&C"@*"$,&-:&01&D-$E&!%#+"6&7.-8D:78-.-- Golf Course, will raise funds for a perma- ment fund. nent endowment fund intended to cover J(%)?$(,%+?,$"(-%HHH/N('O(,,&#(#?@(%>&A@"'B-C%D')/%E66F%G&H-I 8J&&@<%;?)K-&'%L77M% petuity. school bus in front of the center under- Brian Harmston, operator of NuStar scores the importance of keeping the center Energy’s terminal in Linnton, is organizing open as a place for children, many of whom the event. have no place to go until their parents come !"#$%&'()%*+#$%,-./0)*1-2#$3%(* “No matter what’s gone on in the past,” home from work. 4&-3*5()%-6$-.%7 he said, “we can all come together and sup- “I’ve seen what the center does,” he !"#"$%&'%()*'+,"+)-.&)/0"1'%2$3 port a good cause. We’re hoping this will said. “I’ve seen how Pat runs it. She’s done 4&3)-.&)5%+$)4%6")-.$)/"&7'1" take hold and show people around the area an amazing job. … But she can’t be there that these companies do care about the forever.” !"#$%&'$()*+,-.()*%/'-%01$23%4%5.$$#- community.” Frank Berg, who manages Owens Corn- 6##7#$(8%9::%5)* Companies signed up so far include ing’s plant in Linnton, said, “The Linnton ;<=%>6%?@8A%9B#%C%D=<+??<+?@E? NuStar, Chevron, BP, Owens Corning and Community Center is doing great things 666FGH9IJK9LFM!& Toyota. Harmston expects all 28 sponsor for the community, and they’re really com- slots and openings for players will sell out. mitted to making it sustainable. Mayor Sam Adams has agreed to make “I think it’s a great opportunity for opening comments at the event. everybody in the community to come “It’s a pretty big hit up and down together in support of such a worthy the river,” said Harmston. “They’re really cause,” he said. “Everybody’s working for a excited about the idea.” common cause.” The goal is to raise $27,000 in sponsor- Wagner said she is amazed and thrilled ships this year. that the center is to be the first beneficiary NuStar and BP are part of the Working of the tournament, which may underwrite Waterfront Coalition, which has opposed other nonprofits in future years. the Linnton Neighborhood Association’s “It helps the Linnton Community Cen- efforts to rezone the Linnton waterfront ter fill part of its mission of serving the to allow public access and nonindustrial entire community,” she said. “The tourna- development. Those differences haven’t ment will give industries the chance to do gotten in the way of this project however. something for charity, network in a fun way “It’s about taking care of where you and meet some people from Linnton. It’s a work and live,” said Harmston. win for everyone.” If projections hold up, Harmston said Other major sponsors of the event the tournament should achieve its goal of include Widmer Brothers, Vitol, Inspec- providing the community center sufficient torate, Madden Fabrication, Ad-Mark, revenue from interest on the endowment NRC Environmental Services, DB, MCI to cover its basic needs in “the next few and Matrix Service Company. years.” After that, he said, the tournament
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Community Events
Berry Jam Festival in the park at Northwest 19th and Glisan. Kruger’s Farm will hold a Berry Jam The improvements, which include safety Festival over Father’s Day weekend, June and ADA upgrades, were underwritten by 19-20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. each day, featuring a parks levy and $50,000 grant from the hayrides, kids’ jam-making, face paint- Opus Foundation. ing, live music, strawberry shortcake and Flea market strawberries to pick and eat. Admission to A flea market is held the first Saturday CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Kruger’s Farm and the hayrides are free. of every month, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., in Cedar 1445 NW 26th ~ 503-916-6295 The farm is at 17100 NW Sauvie Island Mill’s historic Leedy Grange Hall, 835 Rd., 12 miles from downtown Portland. NW Saltzman Rd. Antiques, collectibles, www.chapman.pps.k12.or.us For a complete schedule, visit the website crafts, household items and tools will be at www.krugersfarm.com. for sale. Tables can be rented for $10. For JUNE Kruger’s Farm Tunes details, visit www.leedygrange.org. 2 3-4-5 Musical Community Performance, 12:30 PM A Thursday evening Farm Tunes con- Cancer Survivors Day 3 3-4-5 Musical Student Performance, 12:30 PM cert series, featuring regional country, folk Cancer Survivors Day at World Forestry and bluegrass performers, begins June Center will be Sunday, June 6, 2-4 p.m. All 4 3-4-5 Musical Family Performance, 7:00 PM 24 at Kruger’s Farm, 17100 NW Sauvie cancer survivors, their friends, families and 7-11 Book Fair Island Rd., 6:30-9:30 p.m. Lisa and Her healthcare providers are invited for creative Kin will perform June 24 and The New and wellness activities. A Portland Trail 8 Volunteer Tea 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Iberians will play July 1. Admission is $10 Blazer and KATU’s Shellie Bailey-Shah 9 Site Council Meeting, 2:30 PM per car. Guests are invited to bring a picnic will make appearances, and there will be or purchase food from the farm grill. Beer raffle prizes, music, dancing, refreshments 9 PTA Board Meeting, 7 PM and wine are also for sale. For a complete and chair massages. The free event is spon- 10 Field Day, 12:30 PM - All Grades schedule, visit the website at www.krugers- sored by Legacy Health, Providence Can- farm.com. cer Center, Kaiser Permanente, OHSU- 15 Grading Period Ends, END OF SCHOOL YEAR Couch Park celebration Knight Cancer Institute and Northwest th 15 5 Grade Promotion, 10:00 AM City commissioners Nick Fish and Dan Cancer Specialists. Summer Camps 16-18 (snow make-up days, if required) Saltzman and Park Bureau Director Zari Santner will appear at a celebration of Hillside Community Center is offering improvements to the Couch Park play- Day Camps and Sport Camps for children ground Thursday, June 10, 10-10:30 a.m., ages 6-8 and 8-12. Day Camps include
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22 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 KATI RADZIWON Thursday afternoon field trips to places Constituent Coffees Fitness classes such as Wilson Pool, Sauvie Island and State Senator Suzanne Bonamici will The Gentle Way to Fitness class meets Portland Audubon Society. There are th hold two Constituent Coffees in June to at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26 Ave., five-day, three-day and two-day a week gather input and ideas from Senate Dis- every Wednesday 10:30-11:30 a.m. The options, some for full days and oth- trict 17 residents. The first one will be class, which combines music and move- ers for half days. Hillside Community Monday, June 7, 7-8 p.m., at World Cup ment, targets seniors and others requiring Center is located at 653 NW Culpep- Coffee, 1740 NW Glisan St. The second gentle exercise. Classes are $5 per person; per Ter. Call 503-823-3181 or visit will be Tuesday, June 15, 7-8 p.m., at New the first class is free. Call 503-228-4391 or www.PortlandParks.org for informa- Seasons Cedar Hills Crossing, 3495 Cedar visit www.friendlyhouseinc.org. tion. Hills Blvd., in Beaverton. Rotary programs Linnton Senior Washington Park Shuttle Luncheon Portland Pearl Rotary Cub meets every TriMet’s Washington Park Shuttle Tuesday, at 7:25 a.m., at Ecotrust, 721 SW Potluck luncheons for Linnton weekday service resumes this summer. The Ninth Ave. A $10 fee includes a buffet seniors are offered the fourth route has been extended from the Wash- breakfast. Wednesday of each month at 12:30 ington Park area to downtown Portland. June 8: “The Making of a Play: ‘Snow p.m. at Linnton Community Cen- The shuttle runs every 25 minutes between Falling on Cedars,’” Chris Coleman, artis- ter, 10614 NW St. Helens Rd. The 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. through Sept. 7. Board tic director, Portland Center Stage. main dish is provided, and guests are asked the shuttle at the Washington Park MAX Rock Stoelting enjoyed June 15: “Baby Steps ... Luck ... and to bring a dessert or side dish. For informa- station, the PGE Park MAX station or picking strawberries at Kruger’s Farm last Love,” Roland Carfagno, owner, Justa Pasta tion, call Kate at 503-267-4790. the Kings Hill/SW Salmon MAX station. summer. Restaurant. Chinatown tour Regular TriMet fares apply. June 22: “The First Tee,” Quincy Heard, “Sweet Cakes, Long Journey,” a walking Summer camp executive director, Portland Youth Golf tour of Chinatown led by visiting scholar and bascule pit of the Morrison Bridge. There is still time to register for Friendly Association. Dr. Marie Rose Wong, will be offered Sat- Registration not required. Tours begin at House’s Summer Chaps, a day camp open June 29: “Quake-Up Call,” James Rod- urday, June 19, 3-6 p.m., and Sunday, June 8:30 a.m. at the corner of Northwest Sec- to school-age children from all over Port- dey, Earth & Sciences information officer, 20, 2-5 p.m. Registration is limited to 45 ond and Everett. The cost is $16 for adults, land. Weekly sessions run June 21-Aug. 20, Oregon Deptartment of Geology & Min- people. Purchase tickets at www.dillpickle- $10 for children. and the cost is $235 per week. Scholarships eral Industries. club.com or Purest Café, 115 SW Ash St. Nature walks are available. Visit www.friendlyhouseinc. New pantry hours The cost is $15. org or call 503-228-4391 for more infor- Seniors are invited to meet at the Stenzel Northwest Portland Ministries Food mation. Bridge walks Healing Garden at Legacy Good Samari- Pantry, 1808 NW Irving St., will have new Sharon Wood Wortman, author of “The tan Medical Center, Northwest 22nd and Senior field trips hours beginning July 1: Tuesdays and Fri- Portland Bridge Book” and leader of water- Marshall, for free 20-minute garden tours, Friendly House hosts field trips for days, noon- 2 p.m. The pantry serves peo- front bridge walks for Portland Parks & followed by 60-minute walks through the seniors on Tuesdays this month: Crystal ple living in Northwest Portland (as well as Recreation since 1991, announced that this neighborhood to observe interesting plants, north of Southwest Taylor Street. and west Spring Rhododendron Gardens, June 8; th will be her last year of walks for PP&R. heritage trees and architecture. The tours Macaw Wildlife Reserve, June 15; Fort of Southwest 10 Avenue). A map of our Poet Sage Cohen will perform as part of run 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. the third Thursdays Vancouver Officers Row, June 22; and service area is available at www.nwpmcom- the Saturday, June 5, walk. Each mile-long of the month through Nov. 18. The next Tillamook Cheese Factory and lunch on munity.blogspot.com/p/food-pantry.html. walk includes a tour of the Oregon Dep- tour is June 17. For information, call Tere- the Coast, June 29. Call 503-221-1224 to tartment of Transportation’s Traffic Man- sia Hazen at Legacy Therapeutic Gardens, reserve space. agement Operation Center and the tower 503-413-6507.
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MIKE RYERSON st 21 Avenue continued from page 1 at about the time of his visit was giving its blessing to a Northwest 21st Avenue redevelopment project that would have replaced a storefront space with a garage door and auto paint booth. Fortunately, the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) would not sign off on a curb cut to allow cars to drive across the sidewalk. The applicant will have to modify plans to get the required building permits. Cherrie Eudaly, a street systems review specialist for PBOT, applied the Northwest District Plan’s designation of 21st Avenue as a “Main Street,” for which the policy is “to preserve and retain the pedestrian-oriented character.” “Transportation will not support a third roll-up door,” said Eudaly, “located adjacent to an existing roll-up door, on Northwest 21st Avenue.” The project was proposed by Robert Edgar, owner of Collision Rebuilders and the half-block-long commercial building at 21st and Marshall occupied by the repair shop and a row of leased retail spaces. Edgar punched out the MIKE RYERSON storefront previously leased to Leapin’ Lizards hair salon to install an auto paint booth. He is also evicting Reflections in Time, a 22-year-old resale shop next to the old Leapin’ Lizards space, to make room for a 30-foot-wide paint booth. When completed, the remodel would result in two garage doors (one exist- ing) side by side in the middle of the block. Collision Rebuilders also has a garage door entry on the south side of the building along Marshall Street. Nothing would seem to more thoroughly contradict the goals of the Commercial Storefront zoning that applies to this block and most of 21st Avenue. According to the Portland zoning code: “The Storefront Commercial (CS) zone is intended to preserve and enhance older commercial areas that have a storefront character. The zone intends that new develop- ment in these areas will be compatible with this desired character. … The desired character includes areas which are predominantly built-up, with buildings close to and The row of storefronts on the southern half of the block are oriented towards the sidewalk, especially at corners. Devel- part of a 1925 building. Plans submitted to the city by build- opment is intended to be pedestrian oriented, and build- ing owner Robert Edgar would remove two storefronts to ings with a storefront character are encouraged.”! install an auto paint booth accessed by a roll-up garage door. Yet the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability approved the plans. said John Bradley, chair of the Northwest District Asso- Kara Fioravanti reviewed the proposal in April and ciation Planning Committee. decided administratively that it met the community design While relieved that PBOT stopped the application, he standards, waiving the public notification and input pro- doesn’t understand why the Bureau of Development Ser- cess. She applied a standard that permits “alterations to the vices offered no resistance. street-facing façade that affect less than 50 percent of the “They both should have caught it,” he said. area of the façade” and less than 1,500 square feet in total. Edgar hasn’t decided what he’s going to do about the The façade in consideration was not the individual city denial of his plans. storefronts but the entire building, which stretches 100 “If I wanted a garage door bad enough, I’d probably hire st feet along 21 Avenue. A new 18-foot-wide section domi- a knuckle dragging lawyer,” he said, referring to a possible nated by a garage door would be well within the standard. appeal of the decision. “If I want to press for that, I’m sure But unlike Eudaly, she gave no weight to the goals of I can probably get it.” either the underlying zone or the Northwest District Plan Edgar called it “ridiculous” that he’s meeting resistance design guidelines, which were consistent in their intent to when all he wants to do is invest in environmentally preserve the pedestrian and retail quality of the street. superior equipment, expand his business, create jobs and st “I hate to see storefronts lost, especially on 21 Avenue,” modernize his property.
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24 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 Want to Live in the Pearl? p. 24-30 Lease Now. Own Later. Parking meter plan advances without Cinema 21 owner
By Allan Classen The Singers and Ranieri were longtime allies against parking permits, but that alli- The mayor’s task force to design parking ance may have fractured when the Sing- controls for Northwest Portland has met ers reversed their position by reaching an three times, but Cinema 21 owner Tom accord to postpone construction of their Ranieri hasn’t been there. garage for one year to give Adams time to Ranieri was named as one of three Nob enact a parking management plan. Hill Business Association representatives Don Singer didn’t intend to let Ranieri’s to the seven-person Northwest Parking seat get cold. At the April 29 meeting, Working Group. But Ranieri, who has he announced that his private land-use Looking to be part of the Pearl but not ready to buy? been part of various committees address- advocate, Gwen Baldwin, would serve in ing parking permits, meters and off-street Ranieri’s stead. Living at Kearney Plaza Apartments is the ideal gateway. If you choose to lease with facilities since the mid-1990s, is sitting this us, a portion of the value of your rent is accrued in our unique Credits for Condos Since no one challenged Baldwin’s right one out. program, which can be used toward the purchase of any new construction Hoyt to fill the vacancy, the business sector Street Properties condominium, loft or townhome. The best route to owning in the “He’s really pissed off,” said Mayor Sam was represented by three people, none of Pearl is through Kearney Plaza Apartments! Call for details today. Adams at the April 29 meeting of the whom operates a business in the district. Northwest Parking Plan Working Group, The Singers own real estate and Anderson AVAILABLE APARTMENTS who nevertheless intended to talk to Ran- works for the Portland Business Alliance. Studios, 1 & 2 Bedrooms: Full-sized washer and dryer, air conditioning, ieri about serving on a 12-to-15-member Parking meters and permits remain controlled-access building, underground parking, on the Portland Streetcar line, stakeholders group that will take the park- !oor-to-ceiling windows, interior courtyard, balconies, and rooftop terrace. Cats welcomed! unpopular with a significant share of local ing plan to completion. merchants. Eleven of 13 Northwest busi- “You won’t get him,” said Don Singer. ness operators with an opinion on the sub- “You won’t get him,” confirmed Peggy ject told the Examiner in March they were Anderson. opposed to metered parking. Singer and Anderson are the two other “I’m against meters and permits,” said business association representatives on the Deborah Haynes, owner of Blush Beauty working group. There are also three repre- Bar on 23rd Avenue. “Why can’t they just Get a new lease on urban life. sentatives of the Northwest District Asso- leave us alone?” ciation. Haynes, who heads an informal alliance 503.227.5624 | kearneyplaza.com rd Ranieri has for many years refused to be 931 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209 LEED Platinum of merchants identified by the NW23 Av. Neighborhood interviewed by the Examiner, but his rea- com website, said none of the merchants or son for balking should not be a total mys- other individuals she has talked to support tery. From the start, he has been a steadfast meters and permits. She said businesses opponent of permit parking, which would are just recovering from the recently com- Gracious Old-Portland Home give residents and employees favored access pleted reconstruction of the street, and they ~ !"#$%&'%()*+%,-.%%~%% to on-street parking while making it more need more time to get on their feet. /01$2###% difficult for visitors—including theater Adams is looking to add a diversity patrons—to find a free place to park. of residents, business people and institu- !"#$%%&'()*+)!,-.'))/01) The purpose of the working group is to tional representatives when the working 234,$")5""-())*678) design a parking meter and permit district group becomes the Stakeholder Advisory to manage on-street and off-street parking Committee later this month. 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They massage, the past eight of them in Oregon sewing machines and tools and staffed also serve beer and focusing on treatment of injuries from by experienced seamstresses to help any- wine, including four auto accidents and sports. He is licensed one—from novice to skilled veteran— Mexican beers and as a massage therapist in Oregon, Wash- with sewing projects and skills. There are two Mexican wines. ington and Nebraska, where he treated several classes each week, and it costs $10 members of the University of Nebraska for four hours of open sewing sessions. football team. He also treated mem- bers of a movie cast in 1995, including Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze. He hopes to add an acupuncturist soon. ALLAN CLASSEN B USIN ES S B R I EFS Ken Gordon, co-owner of Kenny & how it is for pizza—why not pastrami?” Zuke’s ... Blush Beauty Bar rd Jamie (L-R), Casey and Corey Murry, sib- , was quoted in a recent New , 513 NW 23 Ave., lings and co-owners of Sniff Dog Hotel, have York Times story about a new trend is expanding into the former Duck Duck thought of everything a dog—and its own- in Jewish delis toward higher-quality Goose space directly to the north. Duck ers—could want. and more-creative but less-traditional Duck Goose has moved to the former foods. “A hundred delis, with a hun- Hello Portland space at 525 NW 23rd ... Bella Tocca Left: Pampered pups share a suite. dred different recipes,” he said. “That’s Ave. in the same building. Salon & Spa st MIKE RYERSON at 117 NW 21 Ave. (under Walgreens) has closed. ... A group of Northwest Portland developers and residents abandoned plans to apply for a Irving Street Kitchen Main Street grant to promote businesses 701 NW 13th Ave., 503-343-9440 on Northwest Thurman and the north Sniff Dog Hotel end of 23rd Avenue this year. The Port- Three noted restaurant operators from 1828 NW Raleigh St., 503-208-2366 land Development Commission pro- San Francisco have teamed up to open gram will award four grants this year and Siblings Jamie, Corey and Casey Murry Irving Street Kitchen in the former Bay two more in each of the next two years. have opened a kennel with everything 13 space. Doug Washington and broth- ... Sip & Kranz by Jamison Square will for dogs—from luxury “hotel” suites to ers Mitch and Steve Rosenthal, who have be closing, and a Vietnamese restaurant grooming, washing, training, massages worked together for 20 years, includ- The vacant three-story building at 2400 ... Lush Fresh st is going into its space. and daycare—without the smell. Their ing time at Wolfgang Puck’s Postrio, are NW 21 Ave. last occupied by Molly Handmade Cosmetics has moved from 2,500-square-foot indoor play area has emphasizing Southern-accent American Maguire’s Bar and Grill was badly dam- rd rd 803 NW 23 Ave. to 708 NW 23 Ave., specially designed turf called K9Grass that food. In advancing the theme of “rustic, aged by fire May 7. About 70 firefight- the former In The Bag spot. ... Lotus is flushed and drained daily to remove grand and warm,” wood planking from ers were called to the blaze, which caused Antiques & Art moved from the Pearl urine and a high-speed ventilation system. old barns is used as trim, wagon wheels about $250,000 in damage to the 1902 District last month to 2215 NW Qui- The Murrys, who grew up near Eugene, are used as chandeliers and chalk boards building, formerly known as the Great mby St. Their new, larger location has also plan to add a café to make visits to decorate the walls. The chef, Sarah Northern Hotel, which is valued at approximately $730,000. The restaurant allowed them to combine their retail and Sniff Dog a social experience for humans Schafer, has worked for the owners at closed after a 2003 fire. warehouse operations. as well as for their pets. The two-story their Anchor & Hope restaurant in San facility has boarding space for 80 dogs. Francisco. It’s open daily for dinner. !"#$%&'($)*++#,-./#$%%) 01223 %&'(4,&5#$6#4.7'$8$9:.+( 6#4.7'$B#C/.,#4$D$B-*'#E*CF B-C:,-:C#4$D$G+&'-4 3;<=21>=;2?3$-+,(#4.7'@:.+(=,*A It’s all in the details. The finishing touches. The small comforts that turn a house into a home filled with good times and wonderful memories. And who better to begin building that experience for TURNING A HOUSE INTO A HOME TAKES FAMILY. OURS. you than one of Portland’s most experienced mother-son Realtor teams? We’re Joan and Darrin Amico and we understand what a happy home is all about. 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There the restoration of a historic house omitted architect specialized in sustainable build- farm in southern Oregon,” she said. “I awoke were a lot of people in the neighborhood its most notable claim to fame: For a decade, ing for decades, designing the Manzanita in the middle of the night hearing scurrying then who were pretty marginal and really the turreted Victorian at 2270 NW Irving Library and other residential and com- noises in my room. I could see in the dim living on the fringe. St. was home to a pioneering environmental mercial projects on the coast. He lives light that my cat was very intently watching “The scarcity drove you to know each,” institution whose impact stretched around on Neahkahnie Mountain near Manzanita something in the corner. As I turned on the he said. “Our capacities were so weak by the globe. with Lane DeMoll, another Rain alum. She light I saw that it was a possum.” today’s standards. There was no Internet started an alternative school and recycling Rain: Journal of Appropriate Technol- One of her housemates advised her to call for an instant community of like-minded center. Both worked for Gov. Tom McCall, ogy was published here from 1974-84, the police. people. No Facebook. I remember one night who ushered in such landmark legislation as focusing on ecology, growth and sustain- “This event occurred not too long after leaving my bedroom and being stopped in the 1967 Oregon Beach Bill and the 1971 ability long before these were mainstream Portland police had been accused of leav- the hall to be introduced to someone who Oregon Bottle Bill. buzzwords. Many of its contributors also ing a dead possum on the doorstep of a had a tofu business and I said, ‘Oh, no, lived in the house. Their son, Skye Bender-DeMoll, an local restaurant,” continued Collette, “so I please. No more interesting people!’ infant in the early days of Rain, is now a There was nothing unusual about a band declined to call them, as I was not certain “We were idealists,” he said. “There was a “dynamic network visualization” pioneer in of hippies sharing an old house in North- how they would respond. Instead I pulled willingness by most to be innovative and be northern California. west Portland at that time. Coffee was just on my cowboy boots and grabbed a broom. vibrant. There wasn’t as much of an invest- 10 cents a cup at the Wheel of Fortune Former Rain editor Steve Ames has a After chasing the possum around the house ment, so we could in large part do what we restaurant (where Marrakesh is now), and Portland consulting practice specializing for a bit I finally got him out the front door, wanted.” at the all-night Quality Pie restaurant, one in community visioning, with international only to realize that I was standing there If Johnson sounds nostalgic, his present- might be asked to invest in a perpetual and local clients. wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a day students give him hope for the future. motion machine, or receive any type of Johnson, now an adjunct professor at broom. Luckily, it was a rare quiet night on “There are armies of kids still out there eccentric offer. Portland State University, teaches on topics Irving Street.” doing stuff,” he said. such as civic engagement and watershed “Northwest Portland was so different But the people in this house were on a MIKE RYERSON mission. preservation. Former California governor Jerry Brown “We had a fellow who was an early announced his write-in candidacy for the founder of OMSI. He was a genius at land- presidency from the front porch of the ing grants and could talk blood of out a tur- house. My mother ( Jackie Lowthian) nip,” Johnson said. “I had an idea to publish became Brown’s Oregon press secretary something like the Whole Earth Catalogue, during that campaign. an ecology network publication for the Northwest, and he was like, ‘O.K., do it!’” Rain House hosted other notable visi- tors, including “Ecotopia” author Ernest Not everyone loved Rain. Callenbach, who conducted a workshop on “Some people vilified it,” Johnson said. community self-reliance in 1976. “They thought it was Communist. It was Artist and author Linda Sawaya moved considered subversive, but we were talking into a nearby fourplex in 1977. Her next- about, you know, child care.” door neighbor worked for Rain magazine, The subjects and techniques covered where Sawaya soon landed a job as a graphic in Rain’s pages often sparked communi- designer. ty action, he said. Rain started a skills “I was 30 and had just moved to Portland exchange and tool lending library in North from Santa Cruz, Calif.,” said Sawaya. “It and Northwest Portland; planted a refugee was very synchronistic. There were all of garden (that ended when it was discovered these amazing people who were on the cut- that opium had been planted there); built ting edge of sustainability. the first LEED green house, the Eliot Energy House in 1980; published a book “Much of the spirit of environmentalism on sustainable agriculture in the North- at the time grew out of the Arab oil crisis west; and warned about the coming climate of the ’70s,” said Sawaya, who now lives in change in 1976. Bonny Slope west of Portland. The fourplex she rented was torn down years ago to make In 1982, Rain staff published “Knowing room for a Good Samaritan Hospital park- Home, Studies for a Possible Portland.” ing lot. Gov. McCall, who would die of cancer the next year, wrote the forward to this special In its heyday, Rain had about 3,000 sub- edition. A poem by William Stafford called scribers around the world, including about “Message from Oregon” about the state’s 20 enthusiastic readers in Japan, where a mystique appeared. sustainable urban village was planned based Rain magazine regulars gathered in the front yard for this 1979 photo. Steve Ames (L-R, on Rain articles, said co-founder Steven Metro Councilor and one-time Rain edi- back row), Phil Conti, Lane DeMoll and son Skye, and Jeff Paine. Yale Lansky and Linda Sawaya are in front. Johnson. tor Carlotta Collette recalled one night early 28 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 Company pays Linnton Community NWDA election Ron Walters is running for president of the Northwest District Association to succeed Juliet Center for toxic spraying in 2007 Hyams, who is completing two and a half years in the top seat. ALLAN CLASSEN The election will take place at the association’s that I’ve ever witnessed or annual meeting Monday, June 14, 6 p.m., at Good seen on the TV or put in Samaritan Hospital’s Wistar Morris Room, 1015 print. When you’re dealing NW 22nd Ave. with a person like me, you guys need to quit dealing Walters, who has served on the board for two years, with emotion and deal with spearheaded the creation of the Slabtown Commit- facts.” tee. The committee launched a community-wide process to develop goals for the northeast section of The facts are in, and Rog- the district after task force appointed by Con-way ers was wrong. failed to find consensus. In April, his company Ten candidates have filed for nine available slots paid Linnton Community on the board of directors. First-time candidates Center $65,000 to settle include Tony Cadena, Karl Doppelfeld, Josh Olsen, negligence claims regarding Mary Ann Pastene, Brian Peebles and Joel Weishaus. the incident. The center had to be closed for three weeks Candidates seeking re-election include Greg until it could be decontami- Aldrich, Juliet Hyams, Steve Pinger and Phil Selinger. nated, and several parents permanently removed their children from the daycare program. Pat Wagner (center), executive director of the Linnton Community Center, talks to neighbors Attorney Karl G. Anuta, and rescue workers after the toxic spraying incident in 2007. who represented the center, said the settlement factored By Allan Classen in costs to clean the building and grounds, plus operating losses while the center was Three years ago, children and staff at Linnton Commu- closed and the projected loss of income due to parents nity Center were sickened by pesticides sprayed from the taking their children out of the program. railroad tracks behind the center. Portland’s Hazmat Unit Reforestation Services had earlier paid spraying victims and several fire trucks rushed to the scene, and 10 people for their medical and health damages. Adults and children were hospitalized. had complained of rashes, headaches, irritated eyes, numb- The toxic accident led local television news broadcasts ness in the mouth, shortness of breath and chronic fatigue. the evening of April 6, 2007. But, other than people in Anuta said the company had earlier paid settlements white hazardous-materials suits and a host of emergency to individuals harmed by the spraying, but those arrange- vehicles surrounding the center at St. Helens Road and ments involved confidentiality agreements, so he could not Northwest 107th Avenue, there were few images to disclose the amounts or names of the plaintiffs. explain what had gone wrong. Pat Wagner, who operates the center as a volunteer and A vehicle that had sprayed pesticides along the track was one of those subjected to the pesticide, said, “I’d like to earlier that morning was suspect, but evidence was dif- move on and make sure this doesn’t happen again.” ficult to decipher, and no one accepted responsibility. Toward that end, the center erected signs along the Stan Rogers, the head of Reforestation Services Inc., track behind the center advising railroad crews that chil- a Salem-based company hired by Portland & Western dren are present. Railroad to control weeds along the tracks, was adamant Rogers failed to return phone messages and a letter ask- in his denials. ing for comment. In 2007, he told a reporter who asked if Rogers told the Northwest Examiner, “You people have the company would work with the center to ensure future !!"#$%&'(' been [reporting] the most disgusting wrong information safety, “No, no, no.” !"#$%&'()*+',-.'!/0#)%'1%%2'3'4#2%&'!2#)2'#2'56.-.'"%)'!/0#)%'1**2'7%2888 !9*)2':%)+';%#&%&'<=#>?#@?%'3'1)%%'A7&>2%'B#)C>7D'(*)'E?>%72&'#7F'E0&2*+%)& ;*$#?'AG7%)&9>"'3';*$#?'H#7#D%+%72 !"#$%&'()&*+,-#.%+&/(0#,1(#.(234566756833(+,(9:#&(#.(2345;885338< Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 29 MIKE RYERSON InBy Mike Ryersonthe ’Hood He helped save some Pearl “graffiti” Local resident Michael “B” Bowne died at the end of and notepad, I was greeted by Bowne and April at age 68. (See obituaries on page 4.) He’ll most a couple of his crew chiefs, and I witnessed likely be remembered by his friends as a fun lovin’, beer what I believe to be the first organized effort drinkin’, former bartender and retired janitor who both to save the Lovejoy Ramp’s column art. lived and worked in the Vista St. Clair Apartments. When they demolished the Lovejoy via- He will also be remembered as the guy who col- duct in 1999, some of the murals and their lected Hamm’s Beer bear memorabilia. On more than columns were saved. Many people worked one Christmas, he sent out cards with a photo of himself to raise funds and preserve the columns, and standing next to a cutout of the promotional cartoon today, two of them stand in the plaza of the character. Elizabeth Condominiums on Northwest 10th A few people have been in the area long enough to Avenue between Everett and Flanders streets. recall he was somewhat of an art preservationist too. The remaining eight are in storage. Michael Bowne became interested in the Tom E. Stefopopoulos’ paintings If Michael hadn’t shown interest in the Long before there was a Pearl District and it became under the former Lovejoy Ramp in the 1970s. Behind him in this 1979 murals back then, they might have been the home to most of Portland’s art galleries, Bowne took photo is a drawing of the Greek philosopher Diogenes. Bowne’s organized hauled away with the rubble. an interest in some of the area’s early art. Back then, most several cleanups of the artwork in the 1980s. of the art the neighborhood had to offer was on concrete He did much more than save Hamm’s posts by the train tracks under the old Lovejoy viaduct. bears. In the early 1970s, Michael worked for Coast MIKE RYERSON Auto Supply on Northwest Broadway, and he Foot in mouth or fact? would sometimes walk home to his apartment in Craig Sweitzer is one of Portland’s most respected retail Northwest Portland by taking a shortcut through real estate brokers. the railroad yards and under the viaduct. He soon When the Urban Works Real Estate owner and found- became interested in the artwork on the viaduct’s er was recently ask some tough questions by an Oregonian support columns depicting Greek mythology and reporter about retail shopping trends around the city, he history. The paintings, which were often viewed had this to say about Northwest 23rd Avenue. by the art community as graffiti, had been done “When one area does well, another doesn’t. If you told by former railroad night watchman Tom E. Stefo- me 12 or 15 years ago that Old Town and the Pearl Dis- poulos in the late 1940s and early 1950s. trict would make 23rd Avenue look passé, I would have In 1979, Bowne took me to see the murals he laughed at you. But most people have to concede that had been admiring and told me of his plans to that’s what has happened.” clean them up. Now, Michael wasn’t intending Urban Works seldom has listings in Nob Hill, but they to rent big power washers and some commercial did lease the former Wham spot at 617 NW 23rd Ave. last scrubber machines. He planned to do the delicate July to Clogs N More. job with buckets of warm water, mild dish soap, If the company ever gets another listing on 23rd Avenue, soft sponges and toothbrushes. will they tell the potential tenants what they think about Less than a year later, he called to tell me the the street? work party was scheduled for the next Saturday Urban Works Real Estate marketed the former Wham space on North- at noon. west 23rd Avenue last summer. Now Urban Works’ owner says the You can reach Mike Ryerson at 503-381-8050 or When I arrived at the scene with my camera avenue is “passé.” [email protected] Breaking your back in the garden? Movement class to ease your pain. 503-380-5437 Feldenkrais Linnton Community Center ~ 10614 NW St. Helens Rd. Tom Leach Roofing READ THE 45 years roofing NORTHWEST EXAMINER your neighborhood. ONLINE! 503-238-0303 www.nwexaminer.com [email protected] CCB# 42219 30 Northwest Examiner, JUNE 2010 MIKE RYERSON Snapshots MIKE RYERSON The unofficial goodwill ambassador of 23rd Avenue, Jimbo Beckman, checks out the newly rebuilt street Donation boxes at William Temple House Thrift Store on Northwest and calls it good. The project was complete two weeks ahead of its May 31 deadline. Glisan Street attract truly unwanted discards. ALLAN CLASSEN COURTESY NORTHWEST LIBRARYS Northwest Irving resident Page Stockwell and Kay Wolfe of the Nob Hill Business Association volunteered for a morning of lit- More than 600 people came to the Northwest Library’s second annual Truck Day at Northwest 23rd and ter and graffiti removal last month organized by neighborhood Savier to see trucks of all descriptions, from fire trucks to a tow truck, a semi tractor with sleeping compart- activist Pete Colt. ment, an ambulance and a UPS van. Youth Librarian Susan Smallsreed (in vest) organized the project. 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