november ’10 VOLUME 25, ISSUE 3 FREE Northwest Portland neighborhoo Serving ds since 1986 — celebrating our 25th year! DEQ gives Mixed message auditor Merchants make one more noise in ‘hood, chance mum at City Hall By Allan Classen

By Allan Classen In response to criticism from envi- ronmental advocates, the Oregon On the street and in the press, opposi- Department of Environmental Qual- tion to parking meters and permits in the ity agreed to start over on a process to Northwest District is loud and clear. hire an independent auditor of ESCO’s But at City Hall, where Mayor Sam steel foundries in Northwest Portland

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stakeholders before instituting a compre- i A new request for proposal has been k hensive pay-to-park and permit system, os issued, giving Bay Area engineer Jim there’s hardly a peep of protest. Karas, whose initial application was Dana H Dana Phil Geffner (right), Adams asked the 15-member panel thrown out in July for lack of a signa- owner of Escape From New York Pizza, used this to react to each element of his proposed ture, another opportunity to be consid- photo on postcards stirring business opposition to proposed parking regulations. Northwest Parking Plan by holding up ered. The back of the cards read, “No permits. No meters. Give peace a chance.” red cards if they had serious objections, Karas is strongly favored by Sha- yellow cards if they had some concerns ron Genasci, chair of the Northwest and green cards if they were in accord limp resistance. He opened the Oct. 14 sion. That would seem to put him within District Association Health and Envi- with that part of the plan. stakeholders meeting acknowledging the parameters of the petition statement, ronment Committee. Genasci called On the topic of creating a permit pro- receipt of the petition, which was signed which opposes the plan until the economy him a “wonderful” candidate, with years gram for residents and employees, nothing by 109 businesses. improves. of experience analyzing steel foundries but green cards appeared. Even business “I understand there’s concern on all Adams hopes to finish a parking plan around the country. owners supporting the petition, such as sides of the issue,” said Adams. “Parking by the end of the year or early 2011, but “If everything you say about Karas Deborah Haynes of Blush Beauty Bar, issues are never easy, and in this part of he emphasized that there may be a gap is right,” said Keith Johnson, DEQ’s were on board. town, they’re never fun.” between completion of the plan and its regional manager of air quality, “there As to a meter program, the business The mayor noted that he also gets implementation. would have to be a higher power inter- cohort flashed nothing but green. Other pushback from residents who want a per- Haynes said the concerns of merchants vening to get this away from him.” business representatives at the table mit system implemented immediately, a are “just timing. … We don’t want it right The conversation was part of an Oct. included Loreen Officer, president of the request he resists because it would be now.” 11 meeting at DEQ headquarters with Nob Hill Business Association, Pat Fiedler “foolhardy” to introduce either permits or Fiedler suggested a public meeting be agency staff and neighborhood activ- of Child’s Play and Mike Cronan of Café meters without the other. held to explain the program. ists, who were represented by Aubrey Mingo. A few yellow cards were raised by As to his timetable, Adams acknowl- “People aren’t well educated,” she said, Baldwin, attorney for Northwest Envi- other stakeholders. edged that he does not consider it wise adding that “it’s easier to complain to your ronmental Advocates. Adams did not seem surprised at the to institute paid parking during a reces- neighbor than to get the facts.” Continued on page 27 New Forest Park reservoir rouses inside activists’ interest, suspicion julie keefe By Cornelius Swart

Plans to install two underground reservoirs along Northwest Skyline Boulevard have surprised many local residents and raised the suspicion of Portland Water Bureau watchdogs. While the Water Bureau said that the two new tanks are needed to provide adequate water pressure at higher levels in the West Hills, reservoir activists say they’ve been kept in the dark about a project they believe will do little more than raise water rates. The Water Bureau asserts that the $7 million project, with a com- bined capacity of 3.3 million gallons, is needed to help equalize water pressure to homes between West Burnside Street and Northwest Germantown Road that are also between 900 and 1,200 feet above sea level. They will also provide water for fire fighting. The area is currently Project Return served by three above-ground water towers. Homeless kids in after-school In mid-October, city crews began clearing blackberry brambles and program took soil samples at the 1.6-acre project site. The first of the two reser- Page 6 voirs will break ground in April 2012, and the second at an unspecified date. “Once we have design [work] done to about 30 to 60 percent, we’ll Cold case take them to the neighborhood for comment,” said Water Bureau They don’t get colder than this Scott Fernandez sees a proposed new reservoir along Northwest spokesman Tim Hall. “We don’t anticipate that for another six months.” Skyline Road as another step toward decommissioning the open Page 21 Continued on page 5 reservoirs in Washington Park. NO BETTER TIME Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. FEAST Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better Heap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast, time, or a better place to live in. — Phillips Brooks And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased. — Alice W. Brotherton

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Parking meters not tied to garage The October article on parking made a lot of false assumptions and repre- sentations about our intent regarding the city’s parking plan and meter revenue. Unfortunately, the reporter never contacted us or Gwenn Baldwin before run- ning the story. If he had, he would have been told: Mad as heck and might not

We have been clear with the mayor and anyone else who asked that we do not want the parking plan implemented until the economy recovers and busi- take it too much longer nesses are back on their feet. I’ve seen a few protests in my time. ties near each of their shops, permanently We do not want, nor have we ever asked for any financial support for our Some I agreed with; some I didn’t. But ending all inconvenience to their custom- parking garages from meters or any other city resources. The Metropolitan none ever left me confused. It’s not hard ers. Learning Center site may well need support, but we do not. to understand “Hell no! We won’t go!” or The reality of parking garages, how- “Abortion is murder!” ever, is that they are not economically Our commitment to hold off on building the Irving Street garage until So there’s something mighty strange feasible when they are surrounded by free December 2010 was never tied to implementing the on-street parking plan. about the Nob Hill merchants’ peti- and unrestricted on-street parking. Now The only reason we agreed to delay was for a cooling-off period requested by tion regarding plans for parking meters that Singer has an approved design for a rd the mayor after decades of disagreement in the neighborhood. and a permit system in the district. I say parking structure at Northwest 23 and “regarding” because it’s not clear whether Irving, he wants meters and permits to Down the road, when the economy has recovered, the council-approved pay- they’re for the meter plan or against it. push parkers his way. Not right now, as to-park plan of permits and pay stations makes sense to implement. But that The petition statement opposes “parking he clarifies (see letter on this page), but time is not soon, and there is absolutely no connection to our plans to build meters and permits at this time” while also he supports the plan that will eventually much-needed additional parking. admitting that “we support the parking bring them. plan, [which] has real options for everyone A year ago, Singer and Adams agreed Richard Singer in the neighborhood.” to delay construction of the garage for a NW Albemarle Ter. In other words, it’s all a matter of tim- year to give the city time to install on- Don Singer ing. Instead of total opposition in prin- street parking controls. The year is up. NW Hermosa Blvd. ciple and practice, this is a protest over Singer could build the garage today. But, when a good thing begins. “What do we like the snarling dog that stops when his Editor’s note: At a public meeting in September, Gwenn Baldwin, a paid consultant want? Freedom! When do we want it? chain breaks, Singer is in no rush. He to Richard and Don Singer, asserted that off-street parking facilities are eligible for Not too soon.” You could get laughed off needs the metering/permit system in place subsidies from on-street parking revenues under a plan proposed in 2003. In 2009, the picket line for such a silly cause. first, and he’s apparently willing to wait Mayor Sam Adams announced to the Northwest District Association that Richard The objection to installing meters for that to happen. Singer had agreed to postpone construction of the Irving Street garage for up to 12 “now” is meaningless. The system won’t The merchants, however, conditioned months to give the city time to adopt a comprehensive parking plan. be ready for at least a year, so Mayor to trust Singer and seek his goodwill, Sam Adams reasonably responded that aren’t willing to believe their defender Thanks for clarification he didn’t think the plan should be imple- for all these years has now crossed over I picked up a copy of the September Northwest Examiner in a doctor’s office mented right now either. to the other side. Like the innocent child this week and read with interest your feature on the Northwest 19th Street So what are we to make of this spine- who wouldn’t believe that his baseball homes. less protest? hero had fixed the World Series, they rd Cathedral’s pastor and I met with the Northwest committee in the late The businesses of 23 Avenue don’t turn to Singer and implore, “Say it ain’t 1990s, and the plaque you speak of was the result of our discussions. It was torn have permission to say what they mean. so, Dick.” So he has convinced them that off the stone wall pillar at Northwest 18th and Everett streets more than a year I’m reminded of the little boy who tried he’s not really for meters and permits at to run away from home but didn’t get far all, the city is forcing this down his throat Continued on page 12 because he wasn’t allowed to cross the and he’s behind their little protest. If the street. parking plan turns out to be a downer for Since the 1990s, Northwest businesses merchants, Singer can direct the blame to Obituaries...... 4 have relied on developer Richard Singer Adams, claiming that he—like they—is a for guidance and legal representation victim of City Hall. The Pearl ...... 8 on all issues related to parking. It was a The halfway protest was as far as he Going Out...... 15 natural marriage, since all parties involved would let them go. It vents frustration index without challenging the powers that be. saw meters and permits as the enemies of Community Events...... 22 retailing. Singer championed the idea of The mayor is happy to wait for the teapot parking structures as the solution, and in tempest to blow over. When the meters Business & Real Estate...... 25 theory, that sounded right to just about come and the garage goes up, they’ll every business person around. grumble a bit and wonder whom they Merchants liked the goal of parking should blame. garages, which many apparently took to mean there would be free parking facili-

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Northwest Examiner, november 2010 3 news — OBITUARIES — Howard Glazer born Aug. 16, 1924, in Butte, Mont. In 1941, she moved Carol L. Stewart Howard Glazer, a civic leader with to the Portland area, where she worked as a data proces- Carol Louise Stewart, a real estate longtime neighborhood connections, sor for Meier & Frank and Sprouse Reitz before moving broker for Coldwell Banker Barbara died Sept. 20 at age 86. Mr. Glazer overseas in 1963. She returned to her home on Northwest rd th Sue Seal Properties at 23 and West was born Dec. 19, 1923, in Chicago. 24 Avenue in the late 1970s. She was married to Wil- Burnside, died Oct. 13 of cancer at age He studied at the Art Institute of liam W. Wendell for 49 years. She is survived by her son, 67. Carol Buel was born Feb. 9, 1943, Chicago and the Institute of Design. Raymond E. Wendell; daughter, Debra L. McElhaney; in Bremerton, Wash., and grew up After moving to Oregon, he worked three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. in McMinnville. She graduated from for famed architect Pietro Belluschi Nancy M. Torp Jefferson High School in 1961. She before opening his own architecture worked in real estate with many companies for 37 years. In Nancy Morse Torp, a graduate of practice, which lasted 50 years. He was a co-founder and 1962, she married Lee Stewart. In 1977, she married Sid Miss Catlin’s School in 1938, died past president of the Northwest District Association and a Smither. In the late 1980s, she married Ken Martes; they Sept. 28 at age 89. Nancy Morse longtime director of the Goose Hollow Foothills League. divorced. She is survived by sons, Todd Stewart and Tim was born March 31, 1921, in Jackson, A street near his home in Goose Hollow, Howards Way, Smither; daughters, Holly Graham and Brandi Stewart- Miss. The family moved to Longview, was named in his honor. He received lifetime achievement Wood; mother, Emelie Conwell; and two grandchildren. Wash., in 1923. She graduated from awards from the Northwest Examiner in 1995 and the Stanley M. Samuels Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Stanford University in 1942. She mar- in 2004. He is survived by his wife, Jane; sons, Peter and ried John A. Moller in 1943; he died Stanley M. Samuels, a member of David; daughter, Michele; stepson Duncan McLean; in 1973. She married Frederick H. Congregation Shaarie Torah, died Oct. stepdaughter, Nancy McLean; sister, Nona; and four Torp in 1978; he died in 2003. She served on the boards 4 at age 78. Mr. Samuels was born grandchildren. of the Visiting Nurse Association and the Women’s Con- Oct. 4, 1932, in Portland and attended valescent Home. She is survived by her daughter, Austin Phyllis ‘PK’ Kennedy-Wall Washington High School. He gradu- Moller; son, Christian Moller.; stepdaughter, Lisa Torp ated from the University of Oregon Phyllis “PK” Claire Kennedy-Wall, O’Rourke; stepsons, Fritz Torp and Jon Torp; and six and received a law degree from the who grew up in the Sylvan area, died grandchildren. University of Washington. In 1956, Oct. 1 of cancer at age 57. Phyllis Norman D. Savinar he began in legal practice, working Kennedy was born Sept. 16, 1953, for three firms and becoming senior counsel at Bateman Norman David Savinar, a North- in Wenatchee, Wash., and moved to Seidel. In 1983, he married Faye Gordon. He is survived west Portland property owner and Portland at age 3. She attended Sylvan by his wife; and daughters, Debra Samuels and Judith former Goose Hollow resident, died and West Sylvan schools, and Lincoln Samuels Kahan. Oct. 19 at age 94. Mr. Savinar was High School. She attended Portland Donald H. Hartvig State University and Portland Com- born June 16, 1916, in Portland, where munity College. After working for the Oklahoma City he lived almost his entire life. He Donald Harrison Hartvig, a co- Zoo for two years, she returned to Portland in 1975. She attended Grant High School and the owner of Chown Hardware, died Oct. worked for Grocer’s Insurance for 23 years before retiring University of California at Berkeley. 11 at age 90. Mr. Hartvig was born as a property casualty underwriter in 2008. She served on He earned the Bronze Star for his May 19, 1920, San Francisco, and the board of Community Transition School for homeless military service in Europe in World War II. He retired as graduated from Lodi High School. He children. She married David Wall in 1984. She is survived a lieutenant colonel. He operated Portland Ice and Cold served in the Navy as a pilot during by her husband. Storage with his brother, Richard. His real estate holdings World War II, earning the Navy Cross included the Norm Thompson store and headquarters on Connie M. Walther for valor. After graduating from Hast- Northwest Thurman Street. He was a former president ings Law School in 1949, he worked Connie Marie Walther, a registered nurse for Good of Temple Beth Israel. He married Adele Silver in 1941; for the family-owned Chown Hardware in several posi- Samaritan Hospital for 30 years, died Oct. 1 at age 58. she died in 1978. He married Elaine Jaffe Weil in 1990. tions for more than 30 years. He then worked as a bank- She was born Nov. 21, 1951, in Miami, and grew up in He is survived by his wife, Elaine; sons, Tad and Tim; ruptcy trustee for more than 30 years. He was a member Anchorage, Alaska, and Oklahoma City, where she earned stepdaughters, Sharon Weil, Dana Hunt; brother, Richard of the Multnomah Athletic Club for 52 years. In 1947, he a degree in nursing. She moved to Portland in 1981. She Savinar; sister, Shirley Bergman; and four grandchildren. married Carol Chown; she died in 1997. He is survived by married Geoff O’Neil; they divorced. She is survived by Pamela S. Thomas his daughter, Gail Hartvig Morse; brother, Barrie Hartvig; her sons, Brian and Kevin O’Neil; mother, Helen L. Wal- and three grandchildren. ther; brothers, Steve, Paul, Mark and Brian Walther; and Pamela Senders Thomas, a 1969 graduate of Lincoln sisters, Joan Cowo and Janet Thomson. High School, died Sept. 18 of pancreatic cancer at age 59. Pamela Callas was born Aug. 2, 1951, in Phoenixville, Frances C. Hurst Pa., and grew up in Portland, where she attended Sylvan Death notices Frances Carmela Hurst, who retired from AD-Mail, Elementary School and West Sylvan Middle School. She Stephen E. Cohen, 69, a graduate of Ainsworth School Inc., died Sept. 27 at age 80. She was born Frances Wil- graduated from the University of Oregon and received a and Lincoln High School. liams July 7, 1930, in Houston. She married Billie J. Hurst. master’s degree in speech pathology from Portland State She is survived by her daughters, Sherron Hurst-Simpson, University. She worked for Portland Public Schools until Gertrude E. Spears, 90, a secretary for Portland Electric Traci and Toni Hurst, and Terri McGee; and sons, Lewis, retiring in 2008. She is survived by her husband, Ben; & Plumbing Co. Billy R., and Andre. sons, David, Billy and Zachary; mother, Betty Hesketh; Dr. James M. Watson, 87, a member of the Catlin Gabel Margaret M. Wendell siblings, Mick, Kathy, Debbie and Becky; and one grand- child. School board of trustees. Margaret Meryl Wendell, a longtime Northwest Dis- Robert A. Anderson, 83, a King Hill resident. trict resident, died Oct. 2 at age 86. Margaret Beal was

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The project must obtain a conditional-use permit, with mitigation measures tailored to address its negative impacts. Still, news of a new Water Bureau project set chins wag- ging amongst activists, who were unaware of the project. “I’ve been working with the Water Bureau for 15 years, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it,” said Scott Fernandez, who holds a master’s in drinking water quality from Washington State University. “I’ve gone through the budget hearings. This is news to me.” The city Bureau of Development Services held a pre- application conference on the project Oct. 21, but public notice of the conference was not seen by activists until two days beforehand. At an Oct. 19 meeting of the Forest Park Neighborhood Association, whose boundaries include the proposed site at Northwest Skyline and Hawkins roads, the topic didn’t even come up. Fernandez, who served on the city’s Public Utility Review Board from 2000 to 2008, wonders how the new reservoirs fit into the Water Bureau’s long-range plan to replace its open reservoirs. Construction is underway on a 50 million gallon underground water tank at Powell The south reservoir would be the first of two reservoirs proposed at Northwest Skyline Road and Hawkins Boulevard. Butte, and plans for storing 25 million gallons at a new facility at Kelly Butte are in the works. The Mount Tabor reservoirs will be phased out by 2015 and the Washington there’s going to be another 63 percent increase over the Club and Oregon Wild oppose city plans for capping Park reservoirs will be repurposed, retrofitted or discon- next five years.” open reservoirs even in the face of increasing federal nected by 2020. That increase in the water cost portion of the bill does concerns about the city’s water supply security and for Hall said the project was first identified in a study not reflect the total impact on ratepayers, she said, because contamination. conducted in 1987 and has been in subsequent planning the Water Bureau has also been raising a base billing fee at Despite years of bitter opposition, that battle seems all documents throughout the 1990s. The storage tanks are a similar pace. Last year, both the water and base charges but lost. shown on Page 180 of the Water Bureau’s 185-page bud- rose 13 percent, she said. “It’s going to cost $1 billion to cap those reservoirs,” get for 2010-11. Jones says those rate increases are happening in part said Jeff Boly a neighborhood activist from Arlington The land was the subject of a highly publicized con- because the bureau continues to build new infrastructure, Heights. Boly said the relatively tiny tank slotted for For- demnation that concluded in 2003. After a 10-year court like a contentious $100 million UV filtration system, at a est Park is part of a ratepayer-fed gravy train that’s run off battle, the city of Portland paid Richard and Gayanne time when water usage in on the decline. the rails. “It’s part of expanding a system that doesn’t need Courter $596,000 for the property, which is part of a According to bureau statistics, despite the region’s pop- expanding. The bottom line is that we have a system that’s 12-acre lot that the Courters had hoped to make into ulation growth, average daily demand for water has been been working for 100 years.” home sites. The bureau must build on the land by 2014 or declining by 6.5 percent since its peak in 1986. Forest Park Neighborhood resident Carol Pariulis, option it back to the Courters for repurchase. Activists complain of lack of transparency at the mas- on the other hand, doesn’t go much for Water Bureau Richard Courter can’t comment on the issue under the sive agency. The bureau has a $250 million annual budget, politics. She lives directly across the street from the Forest conditions of his court settlement, except to say, “Where with $53 million set aside for next year’s capital projects. Park site. Those tanks were originally slated to be above are they getting the money to build it?” Not only does it control Mount Hood’s Bull Run reser- ground, and would have blocked Pariulis’ sweeping West Floy Jones says the money is coming from your water voir and the Columbia South Shore aquifer, it maintains Hill views. To her, that much of the project has improved. bill. She’s been scrutinizing Water Bureau doings for years 2,000 miles of pipe, 60 pumping stations and more than Still, she doesn’t understand exactly what the tanks are as a retired Mount Tabor resident and member of the 70 holding tanks. It’s a major regional wholesaler to cities for. Claims that the project will ease water pressure imbal- Friends of Reservoirs, a volunteer group that advocates in Washington and Clackamas counties, providing service ances don’t seem to wash. for the protection of the city’s five historic open-air water to nearly 900,000 people or a quarter of the state’s popula- “I’ve lived here 20 years and never had a problem with basins in Washington and Mount Tabor parks. tion. water pressure,” said Pariulis. “I guess if I know where the “Over the last two years, there’s been a net effect of a That’s a big organization to stand up to. Friends of water is going, it might be easier to swallow.” 34 percent increase in your water bill,” said Jones. “And Reservoirs and more than 20 organizations like the Sierra

Northwest Examiner, november 2010 5 news Homeless children blended into Friendly House after-school program

By William Cornett $137,000 grant from the Portland Chil- readers and math tutors. Hupala follows “It is a goal to provide a strong founda- dren’s Levy. up with Chapman teachers to track and tion of social and emotional support within Project Return, an after-school program Project Return students share activities measure their progress toward individual- the program,” said Andy Fergeson, After- at Chapman Elementary for children of with students in the agency’s long-running ized goals. School Program Coordinator at Friendly homeless families, at last has a stable home Friendly Chaps program. After Homework Club, they help con- House. “We like to give them the oppor- at Friendly House. After operating about Each afternoon, Project Return Coor- duct science experiments, pursue musical tunity to draw what’s on their minds. It’s 10 years on funds generated by the annual dinator Dan Hupala escorts participat- or artistic interests, and play team games. been great to see students thrive in non- Street of Eames home tour organized ing students from Chapman to Friend- Thursdays are “club day,” with activities scholastic experiences—through the clubs, by Chapman parents, the program is in ly House, where they spend an hour in such as Taekwondo, photography, basket- and providing creative or physical outlets.” its second year of a two-and-a-half year, Homework Club, assisted by volunteer ball, wood crafts and Planet Earth. Blending 25 Project Return kids with Daniel Stark Daniel Stark existing after-school programs is a plus, he said. “Our goal is to provide the same kinds of support—academic support, enrichment opportunities, weekend food boxes, school supplies, clothing and gifts [to all stu- dents],” said Fergeson. “We knew we had the capacity to do that.” Not that it was easy to make the mar- riage work. “We had some growing pains,” he said. “It changed some of the social dynamics and presented some challenges to the staff.” Former Friendly House staff person and professional photographer Daniel Stark heads the Photography Club. “Many of the Project Return students have never had the opportunity to play around with a camera,” said Stark. “Some Project Return student Merlin practices Delia and a friend play board games at Friendly House’s After-School Program students may not feel as comfortable Taekwondo, one of several after-school speaking or writing, so photography gives enrichment activities. them a new creative outlet.”

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Northwest Examiner, november 2010 7 the pearl News & Views Business booster weaves in wider community

Josh Ryan makes Association Street of Dreams, which featured four Pearl community events and activities in the Pearl for Sunday condominium buildings, luring 48,000 visitors to the Parkways in September, and Ryan responded. Among the tour—as well as to 100 local shops and restaurants— with attractions he organized was a pavilion and performance Pearl business association an idea he developed called the Pearl Pass. stage for all the fitness-related companies in the area. “I felt he did an incredible job of linking all types of When city staff asked what they could do for the com- a force in the Pearl businesses, builders and retailers for Street of Dreams,” munity in return, Ryan remembered the neighborhood said Denny Shleifer of Shleifer Marketing, who repre- association’s stalled efforts to get the kind of concrete sented one of the four properties on the tour. trash containers seen in downtown and other central By Allan Classen Ryan also linked Art in the Pearl, the annual art show city neighborhoods. After previously denying it could on the Park Blocks, to the neighborhood, organizing a be of any assistance, the Bureau of Transportation found The Pearl District Business Association, like the Pearl tie-in promotion for local businesses. Instead of seeing 24 such receptacles in storage, which it donated. Ryan itself, is a towering presence. The association is bigger, the 80,000 visitors to Art in the Pearl as a street-clogging also persuaded the city to waive all permit fees, which richer and more ambitious by far than all others of its distraction, local shops had sidewalk sales and became an in themselves would have made the project prohibitively kind in the city. extension of the main affair. expensive. The association’s executive director, Josh Ryan, is also “It’s not all about memberships and the size of the “He’s the one who made it happen,” said Valentine. far from ordinary. He is bolder, more skilled and far better budget,” he said. “It’s about connecting the fabric of the “He’s an idea person, but he also does top-notch execu- paid than others who run neighborhood business associa- neighborhood.” tion. He has an amazing ability to coordinate complex tions, almost all of whom are in fact unpaid volunteers. Jan Valentine, chair of the Pearl District Neighborhood projects.” And he makes things happen on a scale other business Association Livability Committee, is sold on Ryan, in Ryan helped the Pearl District Neighborhood Asso- associations only dream of. part because he acts on behalf of the wider community, ciation again by convincing CleanScapes, a graffiti- Although most of his work is behind the scenes, he not merely the businesses. abatement company, to donate $9,000 of labor to remove is no shrinking violet. He sidelines as drag queen Sasha Beyond boosting graffiti from difficult and high places that volunteers can’t Scarlett, named Miss Gay Pride Northwest in 2006, reach. Ryan arranged with though this fact hardly causes a stir in this diversity- Whole Foods to devote one conscious neighborhood. It also works to his advantage. of its quarterly Five Per- His experience in organizing more than 30 gay pride fes- cent Days to underwrite tivals around the country, including the Portland Erotic the neighborhood asso- Ball and the Seattle Freak Show last month, has built a ciation’s campaign for new network of connections that serves him well as a business metal trash cans and pet advocate. waste stations. The benefit Ryan’s forte is organizing special events. Last summer, brought in $3,500, and Ryan he staged the July 4 Pearl Picnic, closing two blocks of th also arranged for $1,000 in Northwest 13 Avenue to bring local businesses, non- matching donations from profit groups and lower-income residents of the Pearl PREM Group. He then together for food, entertainment and education. His abil- got the Seattle Seahawks ity to get a top-draw band, Pepe and the Bottle Blondes, to donate 36 of the trash at a discounted price impressed many as something only cans (which would have cost he could have pulled off. $900 each), greatly expand- “If there’s a talent I have, it’s that I’m a connector,” said ing the scope of the project. Ryan, noting that his involvement with boards, charities The city of Portland asked and events gives him a head start as a business promoter. for local help to mobilize In 2009, he promoted the Portland Homebuilders

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“It’s not all about memberships and the size of the budget. It’s about connecting the fabric of the neighborhood.”

“He does a lot of things tion’s control of a glossy, bi-monthly magazine, Explore above and beyond the call the Pearl, published by The Oregonian and distributed of duty,” said Valentine. “He as an insert to 50,000 Oregonian readers. The unique makes the business association arrangement was established before Ryan was hired, but look good as a real player in the it continues to be an effective medium for promoting the community.” district and rewarding member businesses. Not every project has gone so “Our mission is to be positive about our business and well. The Big Reveal, a holiday community,” said Ryan of the editorial focus. “There are window display event in 2008, shades of advertorial, but we try to get away from that.” promised activities that didn’t He’s moving it in the direction of more news and happen, and an after-race event stories about people rather than simply features on busi- for the 2007 Run for the Cure nesses. failed to draw a fraction of the “That’s a big shift,” he said. projected crowd, leaving ven- He said it’s no longer a requirement that businesses be dors with huge food surpluses. members of the association to receive coverage. Josh Ryan believes he has learned from past mistakes There are murmurs and com- The Pearl District Business Association has a $180,000 and hopes his contract with the Pearl District Business plaints about Ryan from some quarters, but no one was annual budget, and even that lofty number is down from a Association is renewed at the end of the year. willing to go on the record. peak of $320,000 during boom times, when the district’s Through it all, Ryan has built the organization. Since major developers, Hoyt Street Properties and Gerding he was hired by the PDBA in 2006 under a $70,000- Edlen, contributed $30,000 apiece. plus contract (from which he covers his expenses and employees), Ryan has built membership in the business Critical coverage association from 147 to 220. Joining the association is Ryan weathered highly critical coverage three years not a token commitment; the annual dues of $600 per ago in Just Out, which reported on mismanagement of a business are well beyond the typical range for Portland 2003 gay pride event in Las Vegas while he was president business associations. One benefit that builds member loyalty is the associa- Continued on page 11

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PearlBy Michaela Bancud Diver

Interest builds as The Ramona rises

Brick by brick, interest is building in the OK, Ramona it is. new apartments going up on Northwest The Ramona, a six-story building with th 14 Avenue, a forlorn section of the north two- and three-bedroom units, is the first Pearl beyond the scope of the neighbor- affordable building intended for families in hood association’s adopt-a-block program. the Pearl District. Affordable housing is a Used hypodermic needles, abandoned vague term signaling some level of income sweatshirts and broken glass proliferate. restriction. The Pearl’s Sitka apartments This could all change when The Ramo- (also developed by Turtle Island Devel- Construction has passed the midpoint on The Ramona, which is supposed to be completed in na, to be completed in April, is animated by opment’s Ed McNamara) are income- April. The building will have 130 two- and three-bedroom affordable apartment units, plus a 130 households, an elementary school and restricted, too. Leasing documents at the community center and public school. a community center. Sitka and preliminary information for The The Ramona draws its name from freck- Ramona state that eligibility is based on led Beverly Cleary character Ramona Qui- income levels at the time of move-in. this is no longer the case, as overcrowd- all over the city, or is this a neighborhood mby. Cleary spent some of her childhood in In other words, there’s no penalty for ing is no longer expected to be a problem. school? What kind of grade structure will Northeast Portland, where a sculpture park subsequently getting a raise. Remember Chapman parents weren’t exactly psyched it have? We know there’s a growing need and a K-8 school honor her. So perhaps she those? At the Ramona, incomes must be to send their kids packing in different for early childhood years, preschools and won’t mind some belated suggestions: “The no greater than 60 percent of the median directions each day, either. prekindergarten. It’s a unique opportunity Ursula” (after writer Ursula K. Le Guin) income at move-in. For a household of “We’re thinking of it as more than just to do something creative.” or “The Katherine” (after “Geek Love” three, that’s $38,460. an annex,” said Shelby. “We’re in conversa- Whatever it is, for some pupils it will author Katherine Dunn), both Northwest Portland Public Schools spokesman tions with Head Start, too. I’m guessing be a short elevator ride to school. An early Portland residents. And just to be obscure, Matt Shelby said a decision will be made we’ll have it nailed down by winter break so interest list for The Ramona is circulating. “The Holbook” for “Far Corner” author soon about what kind of school will oper- that people will have time to enroll. To learn more, write to pearlfamilies@ and lowbrow Pacific Northwest historian ate on the ground floor. First billed as an “There are a host of options,” he added. gmail.com. Stewart Holbrook? Or the Chuck after … annex to Chapman Elementary School, “Is it a focus option that draws people from

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Ryan continued That’s something he failed to do with the Las Vegas Pride organization in 2003. of the sponsoring board. The organization “When things get tough, you have to went $30,000-$40,000 in debt, according let people know what’s going wrong. At to the board’s treasurer, and voted him that point in my life, I was less willing to off the board. Four sources quoted by Just do that. Out warned against trusting Ryan around “It is a hard lesson to learn,” he said, but money. one that guides his work in Portland. “I’m “Don’t let him get ahold of the check- not going to let a mistake or failures define book, and have somebody else negotiate my future.” any contracts,” said Bill Schafer, publisher Shleifer said he has worked with Ryan of the gay newspaper Las Vegas Night for about five years and never had cause to Beat. question his ethics. Sue Miller, former PDBA chair and “I’m a big proponent of Josh,” he said. now its bookkeeper, said the board investi- “What makes him so special; he gets gated the charges printed in Just Out and what’s going on. concluded, “There was no substance to it.” “More than anything else, Josh is a very Ryan was already working for the asso- creative and innovative person, and he is ciation on a temporary basis when the able to bring all types of businesses togeth- article appeared, and Miller said it was er and bring together a cohesive message. weighed when he went through a competi- … He’s sort of like an ambassador.” PORTLAND tive hiring process to retain the position. Valentine said she knew nothing of the “He never was charged with anything,” Just Out story, but has no doubts about said Miller. “It was really just an accusa- Be Vocal. Bank Local. Ryan’s character. She has seen him care Oregon's SBA Community Bank of the Year tion. for his wife Ellen, who has early-onset “He’s done a fabulous job for the asso- Alzheimer’s. Ryan is her primary caregiver. ciation,” she said. “He’s brought a lot of For that reason, he said he seldom gets out energy, and he’s just done a great job of evenings. creating various activities.” “He’s got a heart of gold,” said Val- As for financial dealings: “We’ve never entine. “He’s a sweet person, as well as a had an issue—never,” she said, adding that leader. My experience with Josh has been Ryan does not handle the PDBA check- all positive. … He’s very transparent in the book and is only reimbursed after submit- way he conducts business. ting invoices. “It’s not words but deeds,” she said. Did you know that funds in an Albina money market account help create local jobs? While denying any wrongdoing in Las “That’s what counts.” Vegas, Ryan said he learned “a certain level Ryan’s contract with the Pearl District From personal banking to business banking to specialty programs, we have it all. Our full range of banking products and of humility” as a result of the experience. Business Association ends in December. services was designed for people who live and work in Portland neighborhoods. What does your bank believe in? “I have made mistakes,” he said. “Even He would like to continue, but if that as a volunteer, you have an obligation to doesn’t happen, he said his other clients make sure everyone is informed and the have additional work for him. Social Impact Banking Office, 430 NW 10th Ave., Portland Member FDIC process is transparent.” Equal Opportunity Lender www.albinabank.com Equal Housing Lender

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Northwest Examiner, november 2010 11 news stealing a shopping cart (“I stole it and it’s Besides, the grocery stores can write the en further. I’ve seen it happen in other Letters continued Mine,” Editor’s Turn, October 2010) to the carts off on their taxes! cities. legalized felonious policies of corporate This neighborhood is one of the most ago and thrown into the bushes. Luckily, a America. Legality and morality are not the Judith Beck precious things in Portland. You’d think member of our staff discovered it. We have same. How many decent people need to be NW 12th Ave. the city would nurture it. Urban planners since cemented it to a parking lot gate on robbed of their jobs and homes, marginal- know the danger signs. But the city has no the original wall at the northeast corner of ized, demonized and put in the street to Tolerating lawlessness foresight in this matter. th Davis and 18 streets. feed the greed of the elite of this country? On the southeast corner of North- A year or so ago, I wrote to our mayor Thank you for the clarification of I invite those who judge the homeless west 20th and Pettygrove, the city owns a and city council about the abundance of the 1951 date when the Knapp House and their “livability” crimes to spend a vacant lot on which it stores nothing but stolen shopping carts on our sidewalks. No was razed (rather than “the late ’40s,” night on the sidewalk. Perhaps they would a few dozen traffic cones and some odds one bothered to reply except Amanda Fritz. as the plaque reads). I spent time at the be willing to downsize their lifestyle a little and ends. It’s full of weeds and mud. The She made it clear that she does not see this Oregon Historical Society for data in 1999 bit. Maybe they would see how opulence sidewalks haven’t been cleared in years. as a problem; rather she said in an email to and obtained permission to reproduce the actually creates poverty. Couldn’t the city find a way to use the lot me, “What would you like people experi- photo of the house. At that time, we could to help the neighborhood—to encourage encing homelessness to do with their stuff, not find the actual date that the Knapp Nick Reeves growth in the run-down industrial blocks rather than keeping it in a shopping cart?” house was razed. We worked both with NW Upshur St. north and east of this corner? Instead, by It’s sad that there are so many down their archives and the 1968 edition of default it is encouraging the replacement and out people on Portland’s streets, but Richard Marlitt’s book, a gift to the cathe- Who are the thieves? of built-up neighborhoods with industrial it’s also sad that Portland is so tolerant of dral. I now read in your article that his growth. Dear Mr. Javert, um, I mean, Classen: lawlessness. book is in a 2000 reprinting. Perhaps the Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables” is about One use I’d suggest is to build a cheap shed third printing has more detail. as a home for the Northwest weekly green Jean Valjean, the thief who stole a loaf of Stuart Weitz Thank you for the wonderful piece market. It looks like it’s failing on Thurman bread because his nephew was starving. NW Westover Rd. on the popular “Nineteenth Street.” I will Question: Who was really guilty of theft? because it has no shade or shelter, but cer- make sure that a copy is placed in our Jean Valjean or the society that didn’t make tainly it can succeed in this neighborhood. Cathedral archives. Bad block harms sure babies weren’t starving? neighborhood Morality and justice require more than Bennett Gilbert Rita R Vistica, Ph.D. th following the letter of the law. The early Boy, I am glad you wrote your article NW 20 Ave. SW Park Pl. Christian fathers had some ideas about about the derelict building at Northwest st Opulence creates poverty justice and theft. Here’s one of them: 21 and Northrup. Everyone I know here “Not to share our own wealth with the says the same thing: One bad block can Shareholder earnings outsourced my poor is theft from the poor and deprivation bring the whole neighborhood down. 15-year job in manufacturing. The low- of their means of life; we do not possess our Many of us have property and own retail paying service industry in Portland has yet own wealth, but theirs.” [St. John Chrysos- shops. to yield a job after one and one half years tom (407 A.D), “On Wealth and Poverty.”] For now, it just serves to discourage peo- of applications and interviews. The bank Who is really guilty of “stealing” in ple from going to the Raleigh Street end. foreclosed my home in 90 days, due to the this shopping cart situation: The home- But the car-painting people are just wait- low loan balance. Due to the charity of my less whom society has stripped of any ing to snatch that building. If it becomes friends, I am not yet homeless. amount of monetary wealth and dignity, industrial, it can start a domino effect. As My question is who are the real thieves or that very society which does not share retail weakens, buildings and then blocks in our society? Compare a homeless person its wealth, but hangs on to it for dear life? will go industrial. Isolated retail will weak-

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julie keefe By Wendy Gordon

Portland has 133 Thai restaurants, most of them pleasant but undistinguished. Peemkaew is one of the few that stands out. For one thing, its atmosphere is warm and inviting. Many Asian restaurants have all the personality of a convenience store. Some may even take drabness as an indica- tor of authenticity. But eating out involves senses other than the taste buds, and the place you sit and eat should be at least as pleasant as your own home. Peemkaew blooms with bright tropical colors, a welcome sight now that the rainy season has arrived. In keeping with its Pearl District location, local artwork lines the walls. Peemkaew brightens the still-develop- ing North Park Blocks, providing a con- venient, reasonably priced, homey dining place—and one of only a few Thai eateries in the Pearl—for weekday office workers and condo dwellers. A third star goes for the quality of the food. No cabbage drenched in unctu-

julie keefe While many Asian Peemkaew offers a wide range of restaurants are drab, intriguing soups, stir-fries, curries and spe- Peemkaew blooms with cials. The duck curry, spicy catfish and bright tropical colors. heavenly trout (a whole fish topped with Fittingly, for this art the papaya salad) sound particularly good. district, paintings line the Theoretically, one can order dishes in a walls. spiciness range from one to five. The staff seems nervous about overextending West- ern tastes, and our waitress, noting our Pumpkin Curry, 10-year-old child, convinced us to stick Peemkaew’s signature with level three. Next time we’ll ramp up dish, blends fresh pumpkin to four or five. chunks with a wonderful Peemkaew’s prices are eminently rea- curry sauce, providing just sonable for the food quality and pric- the right mix of spices, ey location. Lunch prices per dish range coconut milk and heat. from $6.95 for chicken, beef, pork or tofu to $12.95 for seafood. Dinner prices are slightly higher; a meal for those of average appetites is about $15 a person. Service is friendly and attentive, but the staff is not numerous and is easily overwhelmed dur- ing the lunch rush. They offer takeout as well as catering. ous sauce and soggy ramen noodles here. ground chicken, vermicelli noodles and Pumpkin Curry is perhaps Peemkaew’s While not as inventive and assertively ground water chestnuts--had more charac- signature dish, and it is fabulous. Chunks flavored as it could be, Peemkaew offers a ter. Lighter than one might expect from the of fresh pumpkin meld perfectly with a wide array of dishes cooked with care, fea- description, they benefited from a generous wonderful curry sauce having just the right turing fresh ingredients and honest, clear dip in hot sauce. mix of spices, coconut milk and heat. The taste. A sign on the window advertises, Papaya salad won first prize among our amount of sauce is just right too: There’s Peemkaew “We only use canola oil. No MSG.” starters. I often order this dish at PokPok enough to ladle onto your rice, but not so The lengthy menu (especially at dinner) (across the river), where it contrasts salt much that it overwhelms the dish. At my 323 NW Park Ave. would take many visits to fully explore. and sour, soft and crunchy, in an incendi- son’s request, we ordered pork as our pro- 503-621-3130 All dishes come with a choice of protein: ary blend of major infusions of peppers tein, but tofu might actually be a better fit. chicken, beef, pork, tofu, shrimp, scallops and fish sauce. Peemkaew’s version is less Pad Thai with crab had a strangely one- Monday-Friday, or “seafood.” nuanced but also more accessible. The juli- note flavor. While it boasted plenty of chili 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-9:30 p.m. The appetizers are refreshingly grease- enned strips of green papaya, green beans heat, the predominant taste was surpris- less. A dish called Paper Moon was not the and carrots are crunchy, fresh and delicious, ingly sweet, with none of the subtleties Saturday, rolled-up pancake we expected, but deep- perfectly accented by a lime garlic sauce. I one might expect from Thai basil, galangal Noon-9:30 p.m. fried dough triangles with meat and veg- even used it to liven up the Angel Wings. or lime. We couldn’t detect any crab, and Sunday, 4-9 p.m. etables sandwiched inside. While pleasant, The taste of this salad inspires me to try the the abundance of scrambled egg lent a they were quite bland, and the frying ren- larb (ground meat combined with spices, breakfast-like character. It reminded me of dered the filling indistinguishable. Angel mint, and rice), duck salad and green apple the Chinese food omelets my cousin used Wings--fried chicken wings stuffed with salad on later visits. to cook back in New York. Northwest Examiner, november 2010 15 $3 going out Happy Hour

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Some happy hours are thinly disguised appetizer lists. Not so at the Ringside, which throws a one-two punch of high quality and low prices. Steak bites with horseradish sauce are just $2.25. Also true of the hamburger, potato skins and Caesar salad. I’m pretty sure I can’t cook at home as inexpensively, and don’t really care to try. Crowds at the Ringside’s original location made it a mad race of “beat the clock.” Not so at their “temporarily temporary” spot in the Fox Tower downtown, where there is more elbow room if one-tenth the atmosphere. All the same, historic photographs of boxers, transferred from the original location, do exert a masculine influence. You may as well give in to the spirit of the place and eat a few bites of steak and drink a martini with three olives. This comparatively bright Fox Tower location could become the local steakhouse’s third, our server said, because it’s working out very well. The now accepting reservations Burnside Ringside will probably reopen in January, she said. In other words, lace up your gloves and get ready. ...for new years eve! Chez Joly 135 NW Broadway | Happy hour: daily 4-6 p .m .

To celebrate my French friend’s 40th birthday, we met at Chez Joly, a special boutique hotel place at the edge of the Pearl District. The room is decorated simply with one 503.224.0543 800.224.1180 2025 nw northrup portland oregon very large mirror. Happy hour wines are $5. We toasted her and then feasted on Happy Moules, a bowl of mussels atop a luxurious broth and crusts of northrupstation.com French bread, prepared according to the owner’s family recipe ($7.50). The pomme frites ($4) are served in a cone-shaped vessel, and a charming cheese plate for sharing followed. And then, well, the champagne started flowing.

Bastas 410 NW 21st Ave . | Happy hour: daily 4-6 p .m . and Sunday 5 p .m . to close

Bastas is a very inviting place on a rainy night. The atmosphere and staff are warm (even gracious, when opening the door to an eager customer rapping a minute past opening time). The menu offers Italian favorites like Carpaccio ($5), calamari ($4), and spaghetti and meatballs ($5), and an antipasto misto plate served with roasted peppers, zucchini and eggplant ($5). There are choices for the more seasoned diner, too, such as quail with polenta ($7) and baby octopus ($7). As the aquarium foretells, much of the menu features scallops, octopus, clams and mussels. All wines are $2 off during happy hour, and selected beers are $1 off. House bread is baked daily. Best enjoyed on Bastas’ comfortable banquette.

Northwest Examiner, november 2010 17 going out Musical sketches at CoHo missing an ingredient

Jim Lykins By Carol Wells Several things had changed in the 50 years American musical theater began with between “Pinafore” and genteel imported Viennese and English “Show Boat.” Assisting the operettas and gradually moved toward a evolution of the native art form that embraced all the rowdiness, form of musical theater, directness, diversity and informality of the World War I had caused American character. a four-year disruption in In the 1870s, Gilbert and Sullivan’s communications between “H.M.S. Pinafore” came to America, and Europe and The States, the craze was on. Aboard the British ship America was forced to fall of the title, a captain’s disobedient daugh- back on her own artistic ter does not wish to marry her father’s resources, and that, com- choice of a husband-to-be, the First Lord bined with her successful of the Admiralty, as she is in love with military venture in the Old another. The operetta’s popularity spawned World, helped her find 150 unauthorized versions, including eight confidence in the strength simultaneous productions in New York, and uniqueness of her own plus all-black and Catholic productions, culture. German and Yiddish productions as well By the 1920s, other as performances on boats and by church neighborhoods alive with choirs. ethnic groups, each with In 1927, “Show Boat” opened, with that its own rich musical sound, particular boat proving that America final- were developing alongside J.P. Latchaw (left) contemplates a tempting offer from Leah Yorkston in “Heart Beatings.” ly had a craft to call her own. Home-grown New York City’s Broadway authors Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome and its theater district. An Kern were giving the operettas a run for artistic Renaissance was taking place in Ginger Rogers didn’t play grand lords and non-musical forms. Its six completely dif- their money with a story that takes place in Harlem, and jazz was its theme music. On ladies, but they audaciously danced cheek ferent vignettes about the many phases of the American South with a very American the Lower East Side flourished the Yid- to cheek anyway in a top hat and tails and love and relationships are essentially sketch theme: the complexity of racism and the dish theater, with its own styles. For all an elegant gown made of ostrich feathers. comedy set to music. suffering it causes. There are no lordly these theatrical and musical forms, it was “Heart Beatings,” currently making its In one sketch, Captain Omnipotent is captains and admirals—the characters are only a short, culturally significant trip to world premier run at the CoHo Theater, on his honeymoon with the lovely Rachel, show people and riverboat gamblers—but the glittering theaters of the Great White continues in that tradition of American the police commissioner. The tropical sand they are treated with the same sense of Way. musical comedy. Its strength is that its and surf outside his hotel room beckon. grandeur and dignity as the genteel folk on Through it all there was the glamour. dialogue, lyrics and music are relevant to But he can’t relax and enjoy it because the board the Pinafore. Thoroughly American, Fred Astaire and today. It borrows from currently popular duty of a superhero is to be always at the

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18 Northwest Examiner, november 2010 going out Open nightly Take a trip to Morocco, or better yet 5-10 pm come to ... ready. What if the evil Distressa is up to or make it stop beating all together. But something dastardly while he’s engaging in although we are all in a common experi- down time? And could she be behind the ence, not one of us is elevated by it. That terrible mishaps that have already occurred, can’t happen to the audience unless it’s Celebrating 21 years like the ice machine breaking and there happening to the characters on the stage. being nothing good on TV? Four actors play all the roles in the An exotic dining experience offering the finest in classic Moroccan cuisine Like the Captain Omnipotent piece, the sketches. Chrissy Kelly-Pettitt and Leah sketches are nutty and sweet, but they also Yorkston deliver fine performances. Kel- Ala Carte Dinner menu look Cupid very squarely in his chubby ly-Pettit has girl-next-door charm, and starting at $9.50 little face. One of the sketches chronicles Yorkston is a charismatic actress with an a father-to-be koi fish trying to commit eloquent voice: an auspicious combination. Traditional Moroccan Seating suicide by leaping out of his pond. It’s not Andrew Bray brings a sprightly energy to Reservations Recommended just the prospect of the 50,000 offspring Captain Omnipotent, and J.P. Latchaw an 503-248-9442 that are about to become his responsibility earnest reticence to the accountant visit- Featuring that worries him. His essential question is, ing his late clown brother. Diane Englert “Belly Dancing” 1201 NW 21st Ave. at Northrup “What if I fail?” There’s no valentine-card shows capable directing. LaPierre com- www.marrakeshportland.com sugarcoating here. posed the production’s music, which is per- Wed-Sun Royal Banquet Room Available • Catering for all occasions Portland playwright and composer formed live throughout by Matt Insley on Mark LaPierre has also captured the spirit keyboards and Stephen Flakus on guitar. of the times with his absurd, off-the-wall situations and humor. The most oddly touching (but also oddly uncomfortable) sketch takes place in a funeral home, where a deceased clown lies in a casket open for CoHo Theater viewing, dressed for the world to come in 2257 NW Raleigh St. a red foam nose and giant shoes. A pro- fessional mourner wailing at the side of Through Nov. 20, this coffin meets the clown’s accountant 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, brother. She mentions, as an odd detail, and 2 p.m. Sunday. that she has brain damage. Their falling in love song, called “I Cry Me a Living,” is Tickets: $20-$25. both disturbing and poignant. Thursdays: pay-what-you-will There is a missing piece, though, and www.cohoproductions.org that is the glamour or even the respect for the characters that makes them larger than or the CoHo box office, life. Like Astaire and Rogers, and like the 503-205-0715 hardworking actors on the show boat Cot- Open one hour before curtain ton Blossom, the characters portrayed in “Heart Beatings” are ordinary people (or fish), engaged in matters common to us all, matters that lift the heart or bruise it

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Monday night’s crime. They were drinking beer and engaging in whispered conversa- tion. They were booked on a charge of vagrancy. Dastardly deed becomes Three witnesses questioned by police said that Myhre bore a strong resemblance to the man who did the shooting, allowing for the fact that he was masked. Both the murderer and Myhre were about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 33 years of age and wore shabby century-old cold case clothes. They had sandy complexions and a boil on the side of the neck. Yet Myhre, and his companion, were shortly to be released. By Carol Wells On Nov 15, The Oregonian reported reward offered by the Retail Liquor Deal- saloon’s elderly porter, grasped a chair, ran that a “murder clew is lacking,” and that ers’ Mutual, Social and Protective Associa- toward the would-be robber and struck the detectives had made no progress in tion can still be collected, but it is known him a stunning blow on the side of the connecting them with the crime. The paper $200 reward that the clear conscience garnered from head. Wheeling about “in a twinkling,” would later lament that “no solution has as For the arrest and conviction of the shedding light on this cold (indeed, frigid) reports the newspaper, “the holdup man yet been reached.” murderer of Mr . W .W . Chappell, who case would be worth more than a king’s sent a bullet through his body.” Harvey was shot and killed at his place of ransom. was killed instantly, shot through the heart. In an interesting twist never mentioned business, 575 Sherlock Ave ., Monday The facts are these: On Monday night, Chappell, meanwhile, was down with what by the newspapers, both Chappell and Eve ., Nov . 7, 1910 . By order of the Nov. 7, at 7 p.m., a man entered the Chap- would prove to be a perforated intestine. Harvey had been in trouble with the law Retail Liquor Dealers’ Mutual, Social pell saloon in Northwest Portland, face dis- He later died at Good Samaritan Hospital. themselves. In December 1909, Chappell had been convicted in Polk County for and Protective Ass’n . Local No . 1, guised by a blue neckerchief, Colt revolver Leaving the money and the customers selling intoxicating liquor in violation of Portland, Or . drawn. While his confederate guarded the behind, the murderer and his accomplice the local option law; that is, a county-wide FRANK Hoffman, Pres . door, the masked man ordered the saloon’s dashed from the saloon and vanished into prohibition on the use of alcohol. Chappell five customers to put their hands up, then the nearby rail yards. got 25 days in prison and a $100 fine. A kept them at bay while he went behind the Civic reaction was swift. The Oregonian William Harvey had in 1883 been found bar and over to the cash register. There he feared a reign of terror “with the many That is how the notice read in The guilty and sentenced by Judge Deady to ordered saloon owner, Mr. W. W. Chappell, indications that gangs of yeggmen [itiner- Oregonian of Nov. 12, 1910, and we reprint the penitentiary for selling liquor to the to hand over its contents. ant thugs] are beginning to harbor here for it here because this month marks the Indians. th Chappell was a large and powerful man, the winter.” The Oregon Journal agreed: 100 anniversary of a horrible murder These facts clearly endow the murder and it was not in his character to acqui- “With vagrants, highwaymen and thieves in Slabtown. With every day that passes, case with several more levels of intrigue. Is esce without a fight. He grappled with pouring into the city following … the the unspeakable crime becomes more dif- it possible that the lawmen involved in the the highwayman. What happened next, “housecleaning” in other coast cities … the ficult to solve. That is why the flames of case went easy on the suspects because the according to an article in the Nov. 8, 1910, north end [Northwest Portland] and the hope burn eternal that anyone who has murdered men were themselves criminals? Oregonian, is that while Chappell held the Burnside district in particular are teeming any knowledge or memory of the events Since no money was ever stolen, was the thug by the throat against the bar, the Colt with human scum.” that transpired on that terrible night last notion that the robbery was intended to went off and Chappell, shot in the groin, Chief of Police Cox advised saloonmen century will come forward and unburden be a red herring? Perhaps the true motive sank to the floor. and other merchants “to shoot upon sight themselves to the authorities. was a quarrel begun in some cold dank cell Hearing the shot, William Harvey, the any man entering their places masked or It is not known whether the $200 that was finally carried to its conclusion, with a gun in hand.” frontier-justice style. By Nov. 12, the police seemed to have Will we ever know the truth? Even a cracked the case. Magnus Myhre (see century later, students of crime tell us that sketch), a Norwegian sailor, was indis- telltale signs still exist—mute evidence putably identified as the man frequent- that things that are not as they seem can ing the Slabtown district for several days be uncovered by the dogged and the dis- before the crime. In his pocket was found cerning. a blue neckerchief, and he wore a light- The assistance of such persons is ear- colored cap such as the highwayman wore. nestly required to bring justice and vindica- His companion, Robert Leach, an Eng- tion for this horrible crime. It is hoped that lish miner, was also arrested. Leach was a massive civic engagement will result in a assumed to be the man who guarded the resolution to this case. Only through such door of the saloon. an effort can Slabtown saloons be made At the time of the arrest, Myhre and safe from the threat of dangerous yeggmen Leach were seated at a table in the back st once again. of a saloon at 513 North 21 Street [now Northwest 22nd Avenue], near the scene of

Magnus Myhre Robert Leach Carol Wells

The general public is encouraged to search for “clews” to the murder in the area of NW Nicolai and Sherlock. 20 Northwest Examiner, november 2010 What are we getting for $1 billion*? Less than nothing. What every Portland resident needs to know about our water system

• Cryptosporidium, the supposed reason for this massive rebuilding of our water system, is a red herring. A catastrophic sewage event in Milwaukee, Wisc.,—the rationale for requiring Cryptosporidium treatment—was caused by raw sewage in the drinking water, not Cryptosporidium.

• No unfiltered water system has had a public health problem from Cryptosporidium. There are and have been no microbial or chemical microbial public health problems from open reservoirs.

• New federal regulations requiring covered reservoirs will actually decrease our water quality by adding toxins and carcinogens such as Radon and ethers. Closed and covered reservoirs have EPA-documented public health problems, such as deaths from microorganisms.

• EPA regulation is flawed and scientifically unsupported because of poor methodologies.

• City of Portland Bull Run Treatment Panel in 2002 found that added treatment will show no measurable public health benefit. In 2004, the independent review panel found no need or public health benefit to eliminate open reservoirs.

• Portland water bills, which have already jumped

Scott Fernandez, at the upper reservoir at Washington Park, 34 percent in the last two years, will double in less believes there is no reason to take Portland’s open reservoirs than five years. out of commission and replace them with expensive underground reservoirs. The boys on the steps are Ethan Salinsky, Henry * Based on Portland Water Bureau “engineer estimates” plus Temple and Michael Aaby, all fifth-graders at Chapman School. associated debt service, which doubles the cost.

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Northwest Examiner, november 2010 21 going out Zimbabwe Arts Project living on their own from Weya, in eastern The Zimbabwe Arts Project Exhibit & Zimbabwe. Call 503-222-9811 for addi- Sale to support women artists and their tional viewing hours or visit www.trinity- families will be held Sundays 9 a.m.1 p.m., episcopal.org/arts for more details. Community Nov. 21-Jan. 3, at Kempton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave. Rotary schedule Zimbabwe Artists Project is a Port- Portland Pearl Rotary Club meets Tues- Events land-based non-profit organization work- day mornings, 7:25 a.m., Ecotrust Building, ing exclusively with artists, mostly women, Jewish Voices The Oregon Jewish Museum presents Jewish Voices, an annual reading by Jewish writers and poets, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., at 1953 NW Kearney St. Writers include Alison Apotheker, Gigi Rosenberg, Willa Schneberg, Floyd Skloot and Jake Turteltaub. A $5 donation is suggested for non-members. Artisan Fair The sixth annual Trinity Artisan Invita- tional Fair is Nov. 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Nov. 14, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 147 NW 19th Ave. Thirty local artisans will sell glass, jewelry, cards, fiber arts, paintings, garden art, handbags, toys and more. Admission is two canned goods or a $2 donation to Trinity Outreach Food Pantry. ‘Elder Journey’ Friendly House Senior Center, 1737 NW 26th Ave., hosts “The Elder Journey,” a con- versation on aging, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1:30- 2:45 p.m. Join other older adults for this free event sponsored by Volunteers Involved for the Emotional Well-being of Seniors. Call Jillian at 503-261-6175 to register. Limited Real steam shoots from a model railroad engine at last year’s Holiday Steam Up at Staver Locomotive. About 500 people attended the to 15 participants. event, which repeats this year Sunday, Dec. 3. The event raises funds for Friendly House programs. SHOP LOCAL . . . SHOP NOB HILL Portland’s Historic Nob Hill Neighborhood has it all! S H o PP i N g - D i N i N g - S ER v i CES

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22 Northwest Examiner, november 2010 going out Grower Direct 721 NW Ninth Ave. The meetings are er,” a 77-minute tribute to Lena Horne Fresh Cut Christmas Trees open to the public; $10 includes breakfast. that won the 2001 National Film Register For information, contact George Wright Award. The showing will be at Mission at [email protected] or 503-223- Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St. The festival 0268. continues through Nov. 14 at other loca- Nov. 9: “Opportunities for a Prosperous, tions. Tickets are $3 each. Minors are wel- Healthy and Sustainable Portland,” Susan come with an adult. For details, see pdxaaff. Anderson, director, Portland Office of Plan- com or mcmenamins.com. ning & Sustainability. Nov. 16: “Steve Allen a Renaissance Man,” Gallery tour Brian Allen, son of Steve Allen, president, One Night Stand, open houses with food Windermere Realty, Portland. and art exhibits at pop-up galleries from Northwest Westover to Thurman, will be Nov. 23: “Physicist’s Perspective on Simula- Nov. 18-20. The event will be Thursday tion Models for Predicting the Future, Jim and Friday, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Harris, physicist. Northwest stores and restaurants will offer Nov. 30: “Looking at Rotary from the special deals to gallery visitors. For informa- Inside Out,” Barbara Crozier, governor, tion, visit www.nw23rdav.com. Rotary District 5100 Class for diabetics Holiday Steam Up “Making Sense of Your Blood Glucose th Staver Locomotive, 2537 NW 29 Ave., Values,” a free class by Legacy Good Samar- hosts its free annual Holiday Steam Up itan Hospital and Friendly House, will be Friday, Dec. 3, 5:30-8 p.m. Model steam- Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1-2 p.m., at 1737 NW th Growing a third generation tree farm engine trains will chug over a huge layout 26 Ave. Certified diabetes educator and of tracks, trestles, bridges and switches. RN, Denise Hudson, will lead the session. There will also be warm beverages, snacks, Registration is required: call 503-413-7226. art projects for kids and music by Boy and NW 11th & Overton Bean, a local trio specializing in music from Senior Field Trips the 20s, 30s and 40s. A local artist collective In the Portland Pearl District Senior Field Trips, sponsored by Friendly will sell train-themed art pieces, with half House and Northwest Portland Ministries, of proceeds going to Friendly House. Dress will visit the Lan Su Chinese Garden for Nobles Douglas Fir Grand Fir Nordman warmly; the warehouse is unheated. Dona- the Chrysanthemum Festival & Chinese tions to Friendly House for holiday events, Art Show Nov. 9, the Christmas Bazaar at Open Nov. 27th thru Dec. 23rd gifts and food boxes will be collected. Washington County Fairgrounds Nov. 16, Monday thru Friday - 11 am - 7 pm Film festival Senior Day at the Columbia Gorge Outlet Mall Nov. 23 and Pittock Mansion Nov. Saturday & Sunday - 10 am - 7 pm The second annual Portland African- 30. Reserve space by calling 503-221-1224, American Film Festival will kick off Thurs- ext 100. Tree Prices: $9 to $90 Nofziger Tree Farm day, Nov. 11, 6 p.m., with “Stormy Weath- Tree Sizes: 2 ft. - 10 ft. Canby, OR

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Northwest Examiner, november 2010 23 history Mike Ryerson The Slabtown neighborhood is located north of Lovejoy and goes as far west as Montgomery Park. The GladYou original Slabtown ran east to the Willamette River, including what is now part of the Pearl District, but AskedAnswering your questions about it now ends at the I-405 freeway. Northwest Portland history Slabtown also used to extend north of Vaughn Street, but now that area is generally considered the Guilds By Mike Ryerson Lake Industrial Area. The Slabtown area gets its name from The Slabtown neighborhood celebrates the piles of slabwood that lined the side- its name during the annual Slabtown walks and streets as it was seasoned and Community Festival in September. What’s your neighborhood? stored for heating fuel. The wood came from the nearby mills. Slabwood is the Question: rounded portion of the log once milled lum- One of the most frequent questions I’m asked at neighborhood history presentations is, ber has been cut from it. The name has been used by locals since the late 1800s. “Where did my neighborhood get its name?” bud clark Slabtown Ribs & BBQ at Northwest 26th and Vaughn and Slabtown Lounge at Answer: Northwest 16th and Marshall are currently Goose Hollow was first settled in 1845 the only two businesses using the name. by Daniel H. Lownsdale. He started a tan- The Pearl District is the newest of nery along what later became known as Northwest Portland’s neighborhoods. It is Tanner Creek. The neighborhood received bounded on the south by West Burnside its name from the large amount of geese Street and diagonally north by the Wil- that inhabited the area. lamette River. It’s bordered on the west and It’s located south of West Burnside and north by the I-405 freeway and on the east bordered by the I-405 freeway on the east by Northwest Broadway. and Washington Park on the west. Its Originally known for its many art gal- southern boundary is the hills south of SW leries, it was named in the 1990s by gallery Jefferson Street, an area that is often referred director Thomas Augustine for Pearl Marie to as Gander Ridge. Ambara, a local social worker he admired. Former mayor Bud Clark revived the Augustine didn’t tell anyone the origin of usage of the name in the mid-1960s with Goose Hollow residents have the name until 2002, several years after his Goose Hollow Inn. banners to display at their homes Pearl’s death. Former Oregon Journal columnist Doug and offices. For more information, Mike Ryerson Baker used to call Clark’s tavern and the go to www.goosehollow.org. neighborhood “The Hollow Goose.” Mike Ryerson It’s believed that Nob Hill got its name from a grocer who arrived in the 1870s and named his store at 18th and West Burnside after his former neighborhood in San Francisco. Today the name commonly refers to the area north of West Burnside to Northwest Lovejoy and west of I-405 to Northwest 25th Avenue. The Nob Hill Pharmacy used the name from around 1910 until it closed five years Directional street signs won’t let you The above letter to the editor from a reader ago. The sign still remains on the building. forget you’re in the Pearl District. who obviously didn’t want anyone to think In the 1940s, more than 20 businesses were he lived in a less-than-desirable section of using the name Nob Hill. The Nob Hill Apartments at Have a question about Northwest Portland Northwest Portland appeared in the Morning When the Nob Hill Business Asso- Northwest 24th and Irving were history? Email it to Mike Ryerson Oregonian in 1900. ciation was formed in the early 1980s, one built in 1978. More than 100 at [email protected] or write: member asked why the organization was businesses and organizations have Northwest Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur, named after a drug store. used the name since the late 1800s. Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. Then &Now

In the late 1960s, a fire gutted a vacant building on the southwest corner of North- Plans for the freeway were eventually scrapped, and the property is now covered by west 19th and Thurman last occupied by the Terminal Tavern. When this photo was on-off access ramps to U.S. Route 30, the I-405 freeway and the Fremont Bridge over taken (looking west on Northwest Thurman Street in about 1970), the building was the Willamette River. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church is just one block left of this frame awaiting demolition for the proposed I-505 freeway through a swath of land between at Northwest 19th and Savier. (Mike Ryerson Photo) Northwest Thurman and Vaughn streets. (Photo courtesy of Friendly House)

24 Northwest Examiner, november 2010 business Finance & Real Estate p. 25-30 Trader Joe’s a noisy neighbor with trouble hearing Mike Ryerson By Allan Classen

If you have a problem with the way they run things at Trader Joe’s, you might want to talk to store manager Justin Byrd. You may want to, but that doesn’t mean you will have the privilege. That’s what the Northwest Examiner found in attempt- ing to address a range of livability and community rela- tions points regarding the store at 2122 NW Glisan St. Examiner advertising manager Mike Ryerson, who lives across the street from the store, has complained to store employees over the years about delivery trucks that drop their tailgates noisily around 5 a.m., music broadcast on outdoor speakers after the store closes and barking dogs tied up by the entry while their owners shop. Ryerson finally decided to get photos of a barking dog for a possible column in the paper. An employee called “J-Rod” asked who he was, and when Mike gave him a business card, J-Rod tossed the card aside and disparaged the paper. Jason Overstreet, who lives in the Highland Court Apartments, saw the incident and confirmed Ryerson’s account of what happened. “He seemed upset and really dismissive,” said Over- street, adding that he usually finds Trader Joe’s employees polite and cooperative. As publisher of the paper, I called Byrd and asked to Sales banners attached to trees in the parking lot are one of many complaints immediate neighbors have made about meet with him to work things out privately. He somewhat Trader Joe’s. reluctantly agreed, insisting that Ryerson had cursed at his employee. Byrd did not show up for that meeting. Called later to find out why he was absent, he apologized and said investigate, they will find that Ryerson is not alone in his “It would drive me crazy,” she said. he thought the meeting was scheduled for the day prior. annoyance about barking dogs. Marilyn Davis, who lives in a triplex across from the Todd Keith, manager of Highland Court, said the bark- store, has a list of gripes that starts with night time deliveries. Byrd agreed to a new meeting time, but before that time BAM arrived, he left a phone message saying he saw no reason ing is constant all day, as one customer after another ties “They just let their tailgate drop to the street: !” to meet because the only point of contention was beyond up their pets while they shop. Davis said. his responsibility. Keith said one couple moved out of the building this The vinyl signs fastened to trees in the parking lot “I [am] not going to be able to make our meeting on fall due to continual noise related to dogs and a gasoline- “are an eyesore,” she said. “My view is ruined, and what Sunday. However, I did want to refer you to the city of powered sweeper. The parking lot is cleared of leaves start- I see is that damn red banner instead of the sunset and Portland for any issues you may have regarding the dogs ing at about 8 a.m. trees. I have complained to the city about this twice now.” barking outside. That number is 503-823-4000. “They couldn’t take the noise,” said Keith. She finds the outdoor music tolerable most of the time, “Seeing as how that’s the last issue I think we need to He said the dropping truck tailgates, heard about three “but many times it has been very loud. It should be con- address, hopefully that will take care of it for you. Unfor- times a week at 4-5 a.m., “will split your eardrums.” fined inside the store,” she said. tunately, we have no control over what goes on on the Keith said he has left his business card with Trader Joe’s Keith said he has twice gone over at night in his paja- sidewalk. I wish we did. I hope you have a good day and staff in hopes of getting into dialogue, but no one called mas to ask workers to turn down the volume. take care and thanks again.” back. Ryerson and Keith said they were told the loud exterior Had Byrd been more attentive, he would have known Mary Constantino, who used to live across Glisan music is intended to keep homeless people and panhan- that this was not the only issue in play. Had he been more from the store, remembers one particularly yappy dog dlers away from the property. thorough, he might have discovered that dog barking tied in front of the store for so many days she assumed it A daytime caregiver who works in Highland Court cat- complaints are handled by Multnomah County, not the belonged to an employee. alogued her noise gripes and concluded, “The leaf blower city. And had he been a more proactive manager, he would But she was more disturbed by “trucks that pulled onto is the worst. It goes on, it seems, forever.” have sat down with another neighborhood business opera- Glisan Street at 5 a.m. and left their engines on.” Ryerson said he took comfort in at least discovering tor and found a way to address concerns, even those not “The trucks were supposed to pull around on the 21st that he wasn’t alone. pertaining to legal requirements. Avenue side, but often didn’t,” said Constantino. “This was “They told me I was the only one who complained,” A letter was sent to Trader Joe’s corporate offices to see a huge annoyance. … Ugh. I shudder at the memory.” he said. if Byrd’s conduct reflects company policy. If they care to The after-hours music also remains a bad memory.

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DEQ auditor continued Baldwin said DEQ has the authority to hire Karas Collision Rebuilders goes for curb cut immediately under a sole-source contract rather than go Mike Ryerson through another round of bidding. “Why this new convoluted process?” asked Mary Peveto, head of Neighbors for Clean Air. “It feels to me that you could make one choice that would be very simple, or we can protract this and spend more money.” Nina DeConcini, regional administrator for DEQ, conceded that a sole-source contract is possible, but “our collective feeling is, to have it as clean as possible, we should open it to all. “I think it leaves us open to protest,” said DeConcini, from three firms that applied to a modified RFP after Karas’ bid was rejected. DEQ also agreed to consider clear language in the new RFP, favoring firms who have represented the public interest in their past work. DeConcini said they would not pick a consultant that has worked exclusively for industry. “We want someone we can put our trust in,” said Peveto. The city approved a new garage door entry (second black door from left) for a paint booth recently while rejecting a curb cut to “I got that message loud and clear,” replied DeConcini. allow access from 21st Avenue. Collision Rebuilders owner Robert Edgar is now seeking approval for the curb cut. Johnson said he understands the appearance of delay in issuing a new RFP, but “this won’t take long.” It didn’t take a crystal ball to predict that Collision liminary plans to make the curb cut legal. The proposed allan classen Rebuilders owner Robert Edgar would soon be seeking a cut would be 18 feet wide, extending a 10-foot existing conditional-use permit to install a curb cut in front of his curb cut for an adjacent vehicle entrance. st new painting booth on Northwest 21 Avenue. Members of the NWDA Planning Committee offered This spring, the city Bureau of Development Services initial reactions. They will not make a recommendation approved plans for the booth and its roll-up garage door until a formal proposal has been submitted to the city. entrance. But the Bureau of Transportation, looking at Bill Welch said he was appalled that the city gave Edgar the same plans, ruled that a curb allowing vehicles to building permits to install the paint booth without first drive across the sidewalk was not in keeping with the requiring him to obtain authorization for a curb cut. “pedestrian-oriented character” of the neighborhood com- “He’s just strong-arming his way into a curb cut,” said mercial street. Don Genasci. So Edgar remodeled the 1925 building, which includes Genasci also bemoaned the compromise of a row of his auto body shop and, until recently, four separate store- diverse storefronts having historic value. st fronts facing 21 Avenue, and prepared to get the curb cut “He’s ruining his damn building,” he said. approved in “Phase II.” An independent auditor would look at areas where In July, Edgar told the Examiner he would apply for Last month, Edgar’s architect, Ernest Munch, pollution could be reduced and energy saved at ESCO’s a loading zone in front of the new paint booth if he is approached the Northwest District Association with pre- aging foundries. unable to get the curb cut.

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ML 10076735 ______Call Dirk or Suzanne N. ______Arbor Meadows (15) Dirk Hmura Mike Ness Dana Urbanski • Full Screen Virtual Tours Haydon Highlands 549,900 503.740.0070 503.221.2929 503.475.5537 359,900 Arbor Meadows new • Professional photos Fantastic opportunity construction! French • Details and addresses 4BR + Den + Loft • 2.5BA Sierra floor plan w/ 4BR, Build Your Team! • 2452 SF • Bank Ap- media room & den! Call Lee today and after your initial consultation, he will ON eACH pROpeRTY proved ML 10039457 3.875 financing avail! Call Roxann Mike Call Kristan or Mike personally assemble the best broker team to serve you. AT LeedAVieS.COM

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