JANUARY ’11 VOLUME 25, ISSUE 5 FREE Northwest Portland neighborhoo Serving ds since 1986 — celebrating our 25th year! Is urban renewal worth the trouble? Northwest activist says it heightens social inequities, can’t be controlled

julie keefe By Allan Classen likened it to pigs feeding at a trough. And yet, some longtime NWDA activists believe the Urban renewal west of the I-405 Freeway may not be association should, in fact, pull away from the table, ur dead, but it’s on ice, and no one knows if the proposed trough. That hasn’t happened before. Portland Develop- Central City Urban Renewal District will ever come to ment Commission staff, who administer Portland’s 11 life. urban renewal areas, couldn’t cite an example of a neigh- After 15 months of meetings by area stakeholders, borhood association wanting to opt out. Mayor Sam Adams announced last fall that the evalu- The association has not yet taken an official pro or ation committee would be suspended until mid-year, if con stance and may never do so if the question becomes not longer. moot. Resurrection—if it comes—may have more to do with But John Bradley, the NWDA leader most responsible Adams’ political traction than the wisdom of launching for leading that discussion, is increasingly disenchanted the far-flung downtown-Goose Hollow-Northwest Dis- with urban renewal in general and the proposed Central trict renewal area. But in Northwest Portland, key people City Urban Renewal Area in particular. are wondering if letting the whole effort fade away might “I don’t think we necessarily want the money,” said be best for all. Bradley. “It comes with a whole lot of strings.” That’s not the usual dynamic for proposed urban He also wonders, “What would happen if you did renewal districts because the communities and property- nothing?” owners within them stand to gain handsomely from the Although Con-way’s underdeveloped property in the associated corralling of property tax revenues for their Slabtown area is a major magnet for urban renewal, there benefit. is reason to believe the 20 acres—most of which have Scott Seibert, former board member of the North- been devoted to surface parking lots since the middle of west District Association, charged that the self-interest the last century—would develop on their own. The land of property owners, developers and other stakeholders sits between the Pearl and Northwest 23rd Avenue, after John Bradley, chair of the Northwest District Association’s serving on the evaluation committee is so obvious that all. land-use committee, called the urban renewal process they could not be trusted to provide an honest verdict on “ridiculous from a public money perspective.” whether a new urban renewal area should be formed. He Continued on page 5 Guide ignored by merchants inside

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Bud on Larry King Both were new faces in 1986 PAGE 24 Hear no parking, see no parking, speak no parking.

Last month, the Northwest Examiner prepared a flyer By Karen Harter listing the seven commercial parking facilities along North- I first went to Christmas at the Zoo, where the clerk rd west 23 Avenue. It was, we at the paper believed, the pointed immediately to the pile of flyers on the counter perfect gift to local merchants, who often tend to focus on and said, “We have a list right here!” parking facilities they wish they had rather than ones they She seemed proud of being so well prepared. I asked already have. which would be closest, and she said, “Probably Glisan.” We emailed the flyer to virtually every business on the Thanking her and, hurrying out to find my imaginary avenue, and to be sure, Mike Ryerson hand-delivered stacks harried driver, I continued down the street. of flyers to ones we didn’t have emails for. It was Dec. 15 and I was hopeful that Christmas shop- Then, just to make sure the information was getting to pers everywhere would find warm accommodation in our the people who needed it, we commissioned local resident neighborhood. Karen Harter, who also proofreads for the paper, to visit 23rd Then I went to Polish Pottery Place, which is just east Avenue businesses to see how they were making use of it. Her of Ether on Hoyt Street. I said I’d like to shop for gifts, report, which follows, was quite a holiday surprise. but couldn’t find a parking space. A special sign was put atop Montgomery Park for the Continued on page 20 occasion. NW 18th Ave. NW Maywood Dr. NW 24th Ave. NW 24th Ave. – 6 units sold SW Shaker Pl. SW 61st Ct. Historic Alphabet District Roi L. Morin Cambridge Townhome Brett Crawford Braedon Heights Award-winning Remodel

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Public schools at disadvantage The Renaissance School sounds like a wonderful place to be a student or a teacher. Isn’t it amazing what two public school teachers can do with a 10:1 student-to-teacher ratio and the freedom to do what they know is right for kids? Unfortunately, many public schools have ratios of 30-plus to 1, and the curriculum becomes more rigid all the time. Urban renewal: Amy Robbins NW Reeder Rd. Saving history connecting the dots

I want to compliment the Examiner for once again standing up to predatory Urban renewal used to be about trict activists. They were concerned that developers, who seek to wipe out the rich cultural heritage of the Alphabet District rebuilding areas. Whether in Portland or their end of the district would get short- by bulldozing another majestic historic residence. And just because Nathan Simon th elsewhere, urban renewal programs target- changed as the big money went to PSU was merely the brother of the 36 mayor of Portland, who also served almost one ed geographically defined neighborhoods or downtown. Some wanted two separate full term as a U.S. senator from Oregon at the turn of the century (I’m talking or sections of cities. urban renewal areas go ensure an adequate about his brother now), doesn’t make him, or any of the homes he may have lived Now we have urban renewal proper- degree of local control. They even talked in, any less important. That would be like saying we don’t need to protect the “Billy ties. Under Mayor Sam Adams’ directives, about wanting three separate citizen Carter Home” or the “Boyhood Residence of Roger Clinton.” Apropos the rela- the Portland Development Commission oversight bodies so each section of the tives of other less well-known Portland mayors, I would think any of the residences searches out particular parcels with the district would have an advocate. Clearly, of Frank Ivancie’s children should be protected, as well as those of anyone with the potential to multiply in value and then this cobbled together contraption was not last name of Shrunk, Clark, Potter, Katz or Lee. (Have I left anyone out?) connects the dots into a non-pattern going to move as one body. It’s comforting to know that a publication like the Northwest Examiner is so resembling a Rorschach test. Nor would investment in one part of vigilant in the defense of our neighborhood. You might call it cherry picking. the urban renewal area lift properties Ted Thomas Because the targeted properties are scat- across the board. Investors would rightly NW 23rd Ave. tered here and there, they’ve invented a conclude that construction three miles term—cherry stem—for the required link away would not bring their neighborhood Silence puzzling connecting them to the rest of an urban new life or boost their property values. In that sense, the attempt to handcraft As manager of Highland Court Apartments, I oversee a community of approxi- renewal boundary. boundaries may be supremely inefficient. mately 80 individuals directly across from Trader Joe’s. I enjoy patronizing the These connecting stems may exist in By picking out “islands” for development, store, as do a majority of my residents. In fact, I routinely mention its value and ether only. In the proposed Central City the mayor’s men also chose islands with convenience when residents move into the building. Urban Renewal Area, there’s a stem going little interconnection. This is what makes the current manager’s attitude of ignoring his neighbors’ up the center of Northwest Hoyt Street for two blocks to encircle properties near That may be the fatal fault in the cher- polite requests to communicate even more frustrating. While Trader Joe’s did st cooperate and eliminate some of the unnecessary noise factors caused by their 21 Avenue. Obviously, the street itself ry-picking theory of urban renewal. operation and covered in the Northwest Examiner [November 2010], the man- cannot be developed; it’s merely a conduit There are other strong contenders for ager has never once reached out to speak with the Examiner, myself or any other to circumvent the principle and law that that honor. neighbor with similar concerns. urban renewal areas be literally contiguous How do government “experts” know I will continue to patronize the store but remain baffled why management areas. which properties are likely to rise in value? would take such an unresponsive attitude when approached in a courteous manner While there’s a certain efficiency in By talking to the owners and learning of by their neighbors. picking properties that were about to be their plans. Many property owners don’t developed anyway, the downside is that wait to be asked; they actively lobby for Todd Keith the ensuing urban renewal areas have no inclusion in urban renewal. Since City NW Glisan St. common identity or coherence. The Cen- Council took control of PDC’s budget tral City URA would stretch all the way four years ago, the most direct path has from Portland State University and the been the familiar one paved by campaign riverfront to Northwest 23rd and Vaughn contributions and inside connections. If streets. This is not a single community. urban renewal becomes the normal chan- Obituaries...... 4 These are not even abutting neighbor- nel for politicians and big money interests The Pearl ...... 8 hoods. If an attractive public project were to feed their mutual ambitions, it is not Going Out...... 13 built on the far side of downtown, people worthy of the name or its special powers index in Northwest Portland would not cheer of the purse strings. Community Events...... 16 for their good fortune; more likely, they Other jurisdictions—public schools Business & Real Estate...... 18 would say, “They got theirs; when do we and the county, primarily—no longer trust get ours?” Portland’s urban renewal system to pro- In the ’Hood...... 24 That’s at the heart of how the whole mote their interests. They’ve gotten leg- idea broke down among Northwest Dis- islation to protect their share of property tax revenues up front. They don’t believe the original theory that urban renewal only takes tax revenues that wouldn’t exist otherwise. Affordable housing advocates also get a 30-percent share of urban renewal funds off the top because they don’t believe VOL. 25, NO. 5 january, 2011 unfettered urban renewal will provide EDITOR/PUBLISHER ...... ALLAN CLASSEN housing for poor and working families. The beast of urban renewal is so ADVERTISING ...... MIKE RYERSON weighted down, conflicted and confused GRAPHIC DESIGN ...... stephanie akers cohen that few see it as a champion anymore. It PHOTOGRAPHY ...... JULIE KEEFE looks beautiful only in the eyes of those who get its money. CONTRIBUTORS: michaela bancud, JEFF COOK, WENDy Gordon, Carol wells

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— OBITUARIES —

Charles Stariha Dr. Phillip L. Nudelman in the Northwest Vintage Speedsters and the 4-Bar- Charles Stariha, who co-operated the Trinity Episco- Dr. Phillip Leo Nudelman, a King’s rels Club. He is survived by his wife; sons, David, John, pal bookstore formerly on Northwest 23rd Avenue, died Heights resident for 45 years, died Dec. Thomas, and Andrew; sisters, Barbara MacEwan and Dec. 13 at age 89. Mr. Stariha was born Oct. 6, 1921, in 9 at age 95. He was born June 30, 1915, Gloria Ann Wilson; and nine grandchildren. Portland. He served in the military in World War II. He in Spokane, and moved to Portland also owned a bookstore and was a matchmaker. He was when he was 2. He graduated from Robert W. Blakeley preceded in death by his wife, Anna; and son, Charles. Stanford University and the University Robert William Blakeley, a Hillside of Oregon Medical School. He served in resident, died Dec. 14 at age 86. He was the U.S. Navy during World War II. He practiced internal Craig E. Wollner born Aug. 25, 1924, near Detroit, Mich., medicine for 45 years in the Medical Dental Building and attended Milford High School. He Craig Evan Wollner, a Northwest Dis- downtown. He was a member of Temple Beth Israel. His served in the U.S. Navy during World trict resident and board president of the wife died in 1969. He is survived by his children, Leslie War II. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Oregon Jewish Museum, died Nov. 20 of and Ron; and three grandchildren. heart failure at age 67. Mr. Wollner was the University of California, Santa Barbara; a master’s at born Oct. 17, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the University of Oregon; and a doctorate at the Univer- and moved to Oregon at the age of nine Lucy S. Howard sity of Michigan. He headed the Speech & Hearing Clinic months. He graduated from Portland State University in Lucy Shepard Howard, who grew up in the historic and Craniofacial Disorders Program at the University of 1966 and earned a master’s degree from PSU in 1969. He Failing House at 1937 NW Johnson St., died Nov. 10 at Oregon Medical School for 43 years. He also served 20 received a doctorate from the University of New Mexico age 95. Born Lucy Shepard Feb. 18, 1915, she attended years on Kaiser’s Craniofacial Disorders Team. He was in 1975. At the time of his death, he was professor of pub- Miss Catlin’s School and earned a bachelor’s degree at president of the State Speech and Hearing Association lic administration in the Mark Hatfield School of Govern- Reed College. She taught seventh grade at Hayhurst and a section of the National Cleft Palate Association. As ment and associate dean for academic affairs of the Col- School for many years and was later a teacher and a volunteer, Blake served children with cleft lip and palate lege of Urban and Public Affairs at PSU. He was founding librarian at Riverdale School. Three of her poems were in Costa Rica, Canada, Russia, China and Peru. He is sur- editor of Metroscape, the journal of PSU’s Institute of published when she was in her 90s. She married Gordon vived by his wife of 42 years, Barbara; daughter, Britany; Portland Metropolitan Studies. He is survived by his wife, E. Beebe; he died. She later married Robert S. Howard; and two grandchildren. Patricia; brother, Howard; and sister, Deanne Wong. he died. She is survived by her son, Gordon S. “Sandy” Beebe; daughter, Leslie M. Beebe; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Stephen A. Brand Death notices Stephen A. Brand, a teacher at Chap- Norman Lee Ahl, 76, supervisor at Graphics Art Center. man Elementary School, died Dec. 24 Thomas L. Weber Dwayne G. “Dee” Erickson, Jr., 49, scenic and produc- at age 45. He was born April 11, 1965, Thomas L. Weber, who retired after 43 years at ESCO tion artist for Laika. in Orange County, Calif., where he Corp., died Dec. 9 at age 76. Mr. Weber was born Oct. 12, graduated from Webb High School. He 1934, in Portland. He graduated from Central Catholic Donald C. Glutsch, 89, a long haul truck driver for Blitz- received degrees from Pacific Univer- High School, after which he served three years in the U.S. Weinhard Brewing Company. sity and Lewis & Clark College. He is survived by his Navy. He served as plant manager at ESCO. He married Bobby Arthur Haney, Jr. wife, Myndi; daughters, Ruby and Charlotte; father, Tom Phyllis in 1954. He is survived by his wife; daughters, , 55, a senior systems security Brand; stepmother, Kathleen; sisters, Claire and Kate; and Laurie Bales, DeeDee Weber and Carolyn Anderson; analyst for Con-way. brother, Tony. Remembrances may be made in his name to sons, Tim and Brad; 14 grandchildren and five great- Beatrice D. Hazlett, 83, worked in community affairs at the Chapman Educational Foundation. grandchildren. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Shelly Lynn Ritchie, 48, an X-ray technician for Provi- Kathryn A. Jensen Donald D. Shreve, dence St. Vincent Medical Center. Kathryn Ann Jensen, who lived in Donald David Shreve, who retired Northwest Portland since 2002, died after 34 years at Consolidated Freight- Dec. 3 at age 97. Kathryn Diebag was ways, died Dec. 17 at age 80. He was born April 7, 1913, in Machias, Wash., born in Eugene Nov. 21, 1930, and The Northwest Examiner publishes obituaries of people who and graduated from Everett High graduated from Central High School lived, worked or had other substantial connections to our School. She married Howard A. Jensen in Knoxville, Tenn. He served in the readership area, which includes Northwest Portland, Goose in 1941; he died in 2000. She is survived by her daughter, U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He Hollow, Sauvie Island and areas north of Highway 26. 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Urban development continued ates new investment and property tax revenues that would Bradley, for one, finds it hard to stomach the notion of not exist without it, Kafoury, Bradley and other critics taking from the poor to give to the rich. Bradley and other members of the NWDA Planning see it as diverting part of the revenue stream that would “I’m concerned about equality,” he said. Committee, which he has chaired since the 1990s, have otherwise go to schools, county services for the needy and weighed the benefits of gradual, market-driven devel- other more basic government projects. Results unpredictable opment versus rapid, artificially boosted growth that may overwhelm the scale and His criticisms don’t end there. density of the Northwest District Plan. “I think this whole urban renewal pro- On the positive side, urban renewal could cess is ridiculous from a public money bring parks, public squares, a community perspective,” he said. center, extension of the streetcar line and He sees no particular catalytic projects other features the community wants. The It seems it’s more in our interest on the horizon that will spur independent calculus gets complicated. “ private investment, and few limits on what “We face the simple question of, can type of development might emerge. we get the projects we want funded while to say we believe an “It could wind up in parking structures,” avoiding those projects and consequences he speculated, a fear made plausible by that we don’t want?” Bradley wrote in a urban renewal area is useful, a gerrymandering loop in the proposed position paper sent to County Commis- boundary to include a potential garage on sioner Deborah Kafoury. the west side of the Metropolitan Learning His own answer to that question: There but I’m prepared to believe Center. is no way to know ahead of time. Don Genasci, another long-time Plan- Bradley laid out his concerns about ning Committee member, would be more urban renewal in three areas: we’ll get run over either way. sympathetic toward bringing urban renew- *Social inequity, ” al to his neighborhood if a development *Governance and decision-making agreement—such as the 1997 deal between regarding projects selected for funding, - bill welch City Council and Homer Williams of Hoyt *Unpredictability of outcomes, inability Street Properties—were possible. to control long-term consequences. No one believes it is. While not giving a flat failure grade in “The whole idea of a development agree- any of these categories, his paper is heavily ment is automatically dismissed by PDC,” skeptical on each. said Genasci. “We should require some “I have become less and less confident that any of the “A dollar spent here is a dollar you’re not able to spend type of development agreement, even though it’s hard goals we set for the urban renewal area will be accom- there,” said Kafoury. to accomplish. It’s happened in the Pearl, so we know it plished,” he said. Kafoury estimates that all Portland urban renewal areas can be done. Otherwise we’re subject to the politics of Bradley characterizes the mechanism of urban renew- combined divert about $1 million from the county a year, downtown.” al—tax increment financing—as “sucking the life out of noting that PDC hasn’t provided sufficient information Juliet Hyams, NWDA’s past president and representa- surrounding areas … by taking out development money to produce a more reliable number. As a consequence of tive on the Central City Urban Renewal Area Evaluation and concentrating it here.” this and the lack of state funding, the county could be Committee, has grown tired of vague assurances about forced to shut down entire programs, such as adult mental what urban renewal would bring to her neighborhood. Is it fair? health. “I also have lost a lot of confidence in PDC in this “One or more taxing jurisdictions may gain funds over process,” she said. “I don’t understand why they do what That raises issues of social equity. Is it fair to divert the life of the bonds, whereas others will lose them,” they do.” public resources from schools and programs serving Bradley said. “In our case, the city will gain these monies She is also troubled that the stakeholders committee is lower-income areas and individuals across the county in while the county and the public school system will lose advisory only and can be dissolved at any time. order to pour additional blessings on communities doing them.” “City Council has all the power,” she said. “There are quite well without them? NWDA President Ron Walters is candid about his no checks and balances.” Roger Vrilakas, a business operator and member of neighborhood’s place in the larger scheme of things. Despite all the negativity toward the proposed Cen- the NWDA Planning Committee, said society should “We don’t think we’re blighted,” he said. tral City Urban Renewal Area among neighborhood be funding teachers and more important social purposes. In the common understanding of the term, few would representatives, Bradley has not persuaded them to go “Spend the money on something that needs to be done disagree. But in order for an urban renewal area to be clas- on record in opposition. When he has pushed for such a right now,” Vrilakas said, “which isn’t another building.” sified as blighted, it need only show that it has land not resolution, some of his colleagues—though as cynical in While urban renewal advocates say the process gener- fulfilling its development potential, whatever the reason. Continued on page 6

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John Bradley, standing in one of Con-way’s many parking lots, characterizes the mechanism of urban renewal—tax increment financing—as “sucking the life out of surrounding areas … by taking out development money and concentrating it here.”

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Northwest Examiner, JANUARY 2011 7 the pearl News & Views Growth transforming 14th Avenue on edge of Pearl allan classen By Allan Classen Pettygrove two years ago. MachineWorks, an eight-story office If you’ve heard about a recent develop- building at 14th and Northrup completed ment in the Pearl District, chances are it two years ago, was fully leased in its first th was on 14 Avenue. 18 months. The biggest redevelopment news to hit Freedom Center, a 150-unit apartment the central city in years, Vestas taking the building aimed at bicycle riders who don’t old Meier & Frank depot, is on Northwest have cars, has been approved locally and th 14 Avenue. awaits a federal loan guarantee to break The Ramona, a mid-rise, 138-unit, ground. affordable apartment building, will be com- A half-block conversion of a warehouse th pleted at 14 and Quimby this spring. at 14th and Flanders into retail spaces is also The Overton Pearl at 14th and Overton well along. is already 65-percent leased, thanks to a deal Raleigh Square, one and a half blocks with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration of commercial spaces carved from older Services, midway through construction. industrial buildings, has attracted a cluster Activewear maker Icebreaker moved its of home improvement businesses to the U.S. headquarters to Northwest 14th and north end of 14th Avenue.

allan classen allan classen Jule Cunningham, human resources coordinator at Icebreaker, oversees an open, airy workspace.

Overton Pearl (left) is fully leased, well before its completion.

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he said. “Daytime trips make the coffee shops succeed. That gives a sense of place.” Mark Madden, the developer behind Overton Pearl, Raleigh Square and Freedom Center, said 14th Avenue “seems to be the street that’s got the action now. “It’s amazing. Even in this economy, it’s still chugging along and has projects going.” Madden expects it to be the next street that transforms into a popular pedestrian place. Plans for the Freedom Center are still up in the air. The reason is no mystery. It represents most of the land available for development that isn’t controlled by Hoyt With all the growth ahead, he can’t see how 14th Avenue Street Properties, the company that has built the core of the can continue to have only one lane for vehicles north of district under a 1997 development agreement with the city. Glisan. There’s already a bottleneck going north at Lovejoy allan classen it backs up two or three blocks, he said. Icebreaker moved its headquarters and design center from Ketcham, Ida., to Portland to tap into the talented community of local clothing designers and for better transportation connections. Company spokesperson Lee Weinstein said Icebreaker always wanted to come to the Pearl, and 14th Avenue works particularly well for the com- pany’s needs. “It’s a great location for employees,” said Weinstein. “We have a lot of folks who walk or bike to work, and it’s super easy access to the freeway, Naito Parkway or downtown.” The 41 employees at this office tend to be physically active. Some run in Forest Park or along the Willamette River during their lunch breaks. Many also go to 24-Hour 503.799.2212 Fitness or LA Fitness for workouts. They also frequent [email protected] nearby places like Urban Grind and Rogue Brewery. Weinstein said Icebreaker employees, who average about 31-32 years in age, would “absolutely” be interested in 300-square-foot apartments without parking as planned by Madden’s Freedom Center. He described them as people who travel a lot, take advantage of the outdoors and want fast commutes. The company’s catalytic effect on surrounding busi- nesses is expected to grow if the company approaches its Work has begun on the Vestas headquarters in the former intention to double its revenues in the next three years. Meier & Frank warehouse at Northwest 14th and Everett. Vestas is expected to bring a similar type of workforce, and a lot more of them. There will be about 400 workers Fourteenth Avenue is also well served by the freeway on-site when the new headquarters opens in early 2012, and arterials. with a commitment to add another 100 within five years. Madden doesn’t consider the freeway that much of an While someone might think that by then 14th Avenue impediment to residential development. The decibel range could be as busy and well-known as any street in the Pearl, is moderate, “and people like to see the activity on the free- city traffic engineers believe one traffic lane will be able to way, especially the lights at night.” handle the load through about 2030. Increased use of tran- The view of the Fremont Bridge itself is “just stunning. sit and alternative transportation is the assumption. These It’s beautiful. Maybe you can forget a little noise if you get engineers aren’t the only ones looking to 14th Avenue as a the view,” he said. social and environmental transformation in the making.

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The 1896 city directory lists Sam Simon at 690 Flanders (2124 NW Flanders). His GladYou brother Joseph lived in the house directly behind at 689 Everett (2125 NW Everett).

AskedAnswering your questions about According to the 1900 U.S. Census, the home Northwest Portland history on Flanders was occupied by Nathan D. Simon and his family that year. They lived By Mike Ryerson there until the late 1920s. ‘Who the heck is Nathan Simon?’

(When the developer who is proposing the When Sam left Portland to work in demolition of the 1895 house at 2124 NW New York, the house at 690 Flanders (now Flanders St. appeared before the Historic known as 2124 NW Flanders St.) went Landmarks Commission to present his plans to his younger brother Nathan and his for a 28-unit apartment house, he was over- wife Hattie. Nathan became a prominent heard loudly addressing opponents of the lawyer, and he and his family lived in the project with the following question as they house from 1900 until shortly after his were leaving the meeting room.) wife’s death in 1923. He died four years later in his family’s home on Southwest Question: Vista Avenue. “Who the heck is Nathan Simon?” Joseph Simon lived at 689 Everett (2125 – Dennis Sackhoff, NW Everett St.), the matching house with an abutting backyard. He became a state president of Arbor Custom Homes senator (1880-1898), U.S. senator (1898- 1903) and Portland mayor (1909-1911). When Sam Simon, the original owner of the Answer: He never married. He shared the home Flanders house, died in New York in 1939, Nathan Simon was born in 1864 to with his sister Minnie and her husband. he left much of his estate to local Portland German parents David and Eliza Simon. charities. They included the Boys & Girls’ Aid The family, which also included his older Have a Northwest Portland history question? Society, Waverly Baby Home, Neighborhood The 1900-01 city directory also shows brothers Joseph and Samuel, had come a Email it to [email protected] House, the Visiting Nurses and Temple Beth the Nathan D. Simon family as living few years earlier to Portland, where David or write: Northwest Examiner, Israel. in the Flanders house. Brothers Joseph worked as a merchant. 2825 NW Upshur, Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. and Sam are listed in the house on In the early 1890s, the family pur- Everett, along with their father, David. chased several parcels of land just west of st Sam left for New York around this date. Northwest 21 Avenue between Everett mike ryerson mike ryerson and Flanders streets. In 1895, they built matching Queen Anne Victorian homes on back-to-back lots. When Sam was in his early 20s, he was a bookkeeper for Fleischner, Mayer & Co. Eventually, he became a part owner of the Oregon-founded business, which became a national wholesale distributor of dry goods. Around 1900, Sam left Portland to work out of his company’s New York office, where he remained until they went out of business at the beginning of the Great Depression in 1930. He then returned to Portland and lived in a home the family owned on Southwest Vista Avenue. He The 1895 Simon House at 2125 NW Everett has retained its Queen The similar house at 2124 NW Flanders has been severely altered later moved back to New York, where he Anne Victorian charm. inside and out. Major changes were made to the porch and front of died in 1939. the structure in 1947. It’s currently a rooming house. Then &Now

This turn-of-the-century building on the southeast corner of Northwest 23rd and Kear- Since the Esquire Theater closed in the mid 1980s, the building has been occupied ney street was once a nickelodeon owned by Nina Larowe and Philip Gevurtz. Larowe by several restaurants, including Gabriel’s Bakery and Torrefazione Italia. The two had earlier run a dance hall and charm school. For many years, it housed the Nob Hill arched windows at the top once opened to the theater’s projection room. Today, it’s the Theater, Nob Hill Grocery and (until around 1950) the Nob Hill Tavern. It then home of Tributes, Mio Gelato and Rose’s Delicatessen & Bakery. The building is 100 became the Esquire Theater, which closed in the 1980s. (Mike Ryerson Photo) years old in 2011. (Mike Ryerson Photo)

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Whatever you order, you can be pretty much guaranteed of a tasty Thai meal at Red Onion, the third Portland-area restaurant venture for chef Dang Boonyakamol. But if you desire a more unique culinary experience, order off the specials menu. This menu (which rotates about once a month) is where Boonyakamol showcases authentic recipes from his native Northern Thailand. While it lacks the hip vibe and interesting cocktails of Division Street’s Pok Pok—which has garnered national press clippings—the food compares most favorably. Pla Meuk Yut Sai (deep-fried calamari tubes stuffed with ground pork, shrimp, cilantro, onion and carrot) is similar to angel wings, the stuffed chicken appetizer found in many Thai restaurants. But here the filling predomi- nates over the breading, providing a satisfying burst of flavor. The calamari is of good quality, clearly tasting like seafood rather than amorphous rings from a plastic bag.

julie keefe Red Onion’s Tom Yum soup with shrimp communicates good flavor in any language.

Wor Somanand serves Tom Linstrom, his daughter Mandi Middlestetter and granddaughter Mirabelle.

Tom Mamuang and Pla Trout Tod Krob is a take-off on another popular dish, green mango salad, with the addi- tion of crispy tidbits of fried trout. It hits all the proper notes of hot, sour, salty and sweet, and is marred only by an odorous excess of fish sauce. Chu Chee Pla Dook, batter-fried catfish in a curry sauce topped with mango, asparagus and kaffir lime leaf, proved a favorite of our group on two recent meals. The hearty chunk of fish is greaseless and fresh-tasting, set off by a sauce that balances the sour tang of kaffir lime with genuine heat. There’s plenty to enjoy on the regular menu as well. Larb Chicken (ground chicken with mint, scallions and roasted rice, rolled in lettuce leaves) provides a similar

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By Carol Wells buro Ban, who arrived in ones that most others would be sent to a Courtesy O regon K Oregon in 1891, would ikkei Legacy few months later. Center The Oregon landscape is dotted with eventually bring thou- On one visit to the ghost towns. To visit one is to sense the sands of workers to museum, I happened to inevitability of change brought on by time: Portland on their way meet Joyce (née Tadaku- The timber runs out, the promise of gold to jobs as far away as ma) Gee, who was there doesn’t materialize and people close up Wyoming. He pro- to show her daughter the shop and move on. vided housing and Taken: FBI exhibit. She The small museum at the Oregon Nik- transportation, and was pointing to and iden- kei Legacy Center portrays a less-famil- in return, the laborers tifying family members iar history lesson: One whole section of paid him a commis- in the photos that focused Northwest Portland was once a ghost town, sion of 5 to 10 cents on her grandfather, Sadaji its population made to vanish during a per day. “Hood” Shiogi, a prominent seven-day whirlwind in 1942. Among Ban’s farmer in Montavilla. She The area bounded by Southwest Anke- had been born at Minidoka, ny, Northwest Glisan, First and atsushima of Yoji M leaving when she was a year Sixth streets had been a center Courtesy old. of Japanese-American cultural While she was growing up, and commercial life since the The Teikoku family members did not talk 1890s. Japantown was crowd- store at Northwest Third about the camps. ed with businesses; a snapshot and Davis sold supplies to men who came into “You asked them, and they from 1940 shows the block town from logging camps, canneries, railroads shrugged it off,” she said. between Couch, Davis, Third and farms. The museum’s executive director, Mari and Fourth contained (among Watanabe, had a similar experience. When others) Saito Shoes, Tanaka Gro- The Merchant Hotel circa 1938, site of the she asked about the large polished rock cery, a laundry and bath, three Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center today. The little that was always on display in their home, restaurants, a realtor, a barber and girl on skates is Aya Fukuda. she was told, “Grandpa did that in camp.” a dentist. She assumed her parents meant Boy Two years later, on April 28, Davis, where customers could buy canned Scout camp. signs were put up on light posts goods imported from Japan as well as The last camp closed in March 1946. and sides of buildings notifying logging boots with spikes embedded in Only about half of the Japanese-Americans people of Japanese ancestry that they their soles and judo outfits. That build- who came from Portland returned, and were to take what they could carry ing also still stands, now housing Old most did not return to Japantown. In 1952, and report to the Pacific Northwest Town Pizza. After the war, the family Japanese people were allowed to become Livestock Exposition Pavilion (on the changed the name from the unaccept- citizens. site of today’s Portland Expo Center), able Teikoku (meaning “imperial”) to It is the more than just the suddenness which had been converted into a tem- Anzen and moved the business to that makes this particular ghost town story porary detention center. From there, Northeast Portland, where it contin- so affecting. A natural disaster like an after a stay in manure-filled pens, most ues today. earthquake or a fire can empty out a town would be sent to the Minidoka Intern- The museum is a vibrant part of all at once, but this cataclysm was man- ment Camp in Idaho. Portland’s Japanese-American community. made, generated by hysteria. Here was By May 5, the businesses of Japan- businesses was the Oshu Shimpo (Oregon Many of its artifacts are there because its an event that was not only shameful and town were padlocked and the people were News), the first Japanese daily newspaper patrons went into their own attics and misguided, but so avoidable. The Oregon gone. Instead of families stepping out to a in Oregon. Its offices were in the Merchant found them. All of the displays are obvi- Nikkei Legacy Center stands firmly in the special dinner, cannery workers in town to Hotel, which was also the family residence, ously done with loving care and are made center of this once ghost town, determined replenish their soy sauce and sake supplies, near the corner of Northwest Second and all the more interesting by the realization that the story be told, its very presence a farmhands to buy a new Stetson hat, chil- Davis. The building today houses the Ore- that they are created by volunteers. Near refusal to just shrug it off. dren on their way to the Japanese school gon Nikkei museum and other businesses. the store exhibit is a list thanking the huge at Fifth and Flanders or to the North Park The first exhibit in the museum pays number of carpenters, cabinetmakers and Blocks to play, there was only stillness. homage to the laundry and bath business exhibit constructors who contributed. Oregon The roots of Japantown begin in 1882 that also operated on the site. Behind One of the museum’s permanent exhibits Nikkei Legacy Center with the Chinese Exclusion Act. Having a counter are stacks of finished laundry is about the World War II internment, but completed the transcontinental railroad, wrapped in brown paper and tied with its current temporary exhibit, called Taken: 121 NW Second Ave. Chinese laborers were suddenly seen as string, with each customer’s name neatly FBI, is about a much less well-known 503-224-1458 unfair competition. A federal law decreed written in Kanji, all ready to be picked up. part of the story. It seems that even before Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. that no new immigration was permit- Patrons dropped off their laundry, went Pearl Harbor, the FBI was keeping tabs Sunday, noon-3 p.m. ted. Into this labor void stepped Japanese down the hall to take a bath and finished on Japanese community leaders. Just hours Suggested donation: $3. emigrants (known as Nikkei, as are their up with a shave. after the bombing, they were rounded up, “Taken: FBI” runs through May 29 descendants). The next exhibit shows a counter from shackled and sent to camps in secret sites The efforts of contractors like Shinza- the nearby Teikoku store on Third and across the United States different from the

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Town Hall Town Buffet ( Jan. 11), Wells Fargo Muse- Friendly House offers dozens of weekly org or 503-413-6507 for more information fitness classes, activities and meals for State representatives Mitch Greenlick um and Huber’s Restaurant ( Jan. 18), Chi- and to register. seniors, including: Tai Chi, Osteoporosis and Chris Harker and Senator Suzanne nese Garden and Tea House ( Jan. 25) and Class, Easy Exercise, Swimming, Yoga, Garden tour Bonamici will host a town hall meeting Bob’s Red Mill ( Jan. 31). For reservations, Library Shuttle, Game Day, Women’s Saturday, Jan. 8, 10:30 a.m., at the Cedar call Ride Connection at 503-226-0700. A free 20-minute garden tour of Stenzel Writing, Watercolor, Internet Tutoring Mill Library, 12505 NW Cornell Rd. They Garden at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospi- Remodeling 101 and Field Trips. 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Northwest Examiner, JANUARY 2011 17 business Finance & Real Estate Developer no fan of historic review process Wants to level 1895 house on Flanders for 28-unit apartment building By Allan Classen allan classen

Developer Dennis Sackhoff, who wants to demolish suburbs since its formation in 1988, according to its web- an 1895 house at 2124 NW Flanders St. to squeeze in a site. He bought 2124 NW Flanders St. for $850,000 three 28-unit apartment building, did not endear himself to the years ago, at the peak of the housing market, and has been Historical Landmarks Commission in his first go-around managing the property, which is divided into 17 rooms with the body. and apartments. The Beaverton-based developer criticized the commis- The commission, which has purview over the design sion, comprised of citizens appointed by the City Council, of the new structure but no ability to block demolition of for providing only resistance to his development plans, the existing housing, found fault with nearly every aspect which he had submitted for design advice. of the proposal. Commission members were united in the “I’m trying to get constructive criticism,” he told the opinion that the architectural drawings presented did not commission. “I’m not getting a lot of that. … This looks to suggest a building that would be compatible with the his- me like a destructive process.” toric and pedestrian-oriented character of the surrounding After the hearing was completed, Sackhoff approached area. the commission with a question: “Who is Nathan Simon?” Commission chair Art DeMuro advised Sackhoff that Simon, an attorney in Portland for 46 years and brother if he chose to move forward with this design, it would of former mayor Joseph Simon, had been identified in the be unanimously rejected by the commission. Several December Northwest Examiner as the first owner of the explained that the desire to pack maximum density into house. Due to this historic connection, two witnesses and the modest 50x100-foot lot forced most of the design one commission member suggested that the existing house compromises they found offensive. has been misclassified as not contributing to the Alpha- Neighbor Dan Anderson described it as “10 pounds bet Historic District. Further research by the Examiner’s of stuff in a five-pound sack,” and commissioner Harris Mike Ryerson revealed that the house was five years older Matarazzo said, “I couldn’t have put it better than Mr. than indicated on Portland Maps, and its first occupant Anderson.” was another brother, Samuel Simon, a merchant and part “I’m surprised you could put this much building in this owner of Fleischner, Mayer & Company. lot,” said Matarazzo. To Sackhoff, however, the building is of no historic Older apartment buildings on similar-sized lots in the Developer Dennis Sackhoff called Portland’s historic design merit, either for its present condition or association with district typically have about half as many units. To accom- review “a destructive process.” past owners. plish higher density, the proposed design has no front Dennis Sackhoff is president of Arbor Custom Homes, entrance—the entry would be on the side. district of an apartment building whose main entry did which has built 18 residential projects in the Portland No one at the hearing could cite an example in the not face the street. DeMuro said the street face “has no welcoming pedes- Otak INC . trian character,” making it obviously out of sync with the area. Matarazzo said it resembles an office building. He also thought the screen for bike parking resembles a prison. Other faults identified included five different types of windows, none of which match existing window styles; lapped siding on the sides of the building, another feature not seen in the district; and a scale beyond that of sur- rounding buildings. Sackhoff warned that he may request adjustments to normal height and sideyard setback standards, but DeMu- ro cautioned that such a request would raise expectations for a high-quality building. After hearing the criticisms, Sackhoff was defiant. “It looks like it fits right in,” he said. “I didn’t think you wanted replica buildings, or I could have done that.” As for the opposition of neighbors, five of whom spoke against the proposal, he said, “The neighbors don’t want anything. They want the neighborhood to remain the The proposed design was faulted by landmarks commission members for, among other things, having no entry in front. same.”

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Northwest Examiner, JANUARY 2011 19 business mike ryerson Parking continued lots that my friend told me about. “I don’t know where she heard about The woman at the shop said that I that,” she said. “I haven’t seen one.” could park in their driveway or across its She turned to answer her ringing cell entrance. (I would hope that the parking phone. enforcement people would understand that rd I was a friend of the owner.) A Dazzle salesperson pointed to 23 Avenue and advised me to try finding a I told her I needed a few hours to rd spot right out front. I explained that we browse on 23 and had heard there was a had been driving around and around, find- parking flyer. No, she didn’t have one, but ing nothing. she pointed south to a lot on Glisan. She also mentioned one behind the former She shrugged. Elizabeth Street store. When I said I was told that I‘d find a Fair enough. Even without the paper- flyer in the stores, she said “Noooo. … Just work, she had the gist of it. As I left she try to find something out front or on the said, “You are coming back, aren’t you?” side street.” At Idom, two clerks hadn’t a clue. No Armed with this “insight,” supposedly flyer was available. One said that there are my next parking search would be much no parking lots. The other said that yes, easier. there’s one by Restoration Hardware, refer- Stopping at Child’s Play, I asked the ring to a small customers-only lot where person helping me with my purchase where I would not be welcome if I visited other people can park when their own small, stores. private lot is full. She thought there was a parking lot on 21st Avenue, and she advised Then, the first clerk said that not many rd people know there are some spaces behind parking north of Marshall on 23 , where Blush Beauty Bar. It has 47 spaces, the there are fewer shops. Another helper said she usually finds some spaces between 24th largest public lot along the avenue, and it’s th marked by several signs and arrows, but and 30 avenues. The paid lot around the somehow she thought she was letting me corner on Lovejoy Street never entered the in on secret. conversation. They also recommended on-street park- At Amai Unmei on Johnson Street, the ing up on 24th or 25th avenue, which is free. woman behind the counter advised me Free People did not have a flyer for customers. “I don’t know, you just have to drive around until Connie Nicoud, owner of Christmas at the Zoo, printed you find one,” the clerk copies of the parking lot guide for her customers. replied when I asked where I could park the next time I shop on 23rd. She suggested looking up Kearney or maybe on 24th or 25th, which happen to be some of the most con- gested blocks around. taurant. She also suggested the lot behind “There are no real parking Pizzicato. lots, unless you’re going to park The Goorin Brothers hat saleswoman in a particular store’s own park- looked at her flyer, reading that there are ing lot, where you might get 11 spaces behind Nob Hill Bar & Grill and a ticket” if shopping elsewhere. lots on both sides of Irving Street. I took She added that I might try park- my recently acquired flyer to the grateful ing in the Alano Club parking lot clerk at the William Temple Thrift Store, where they don’t really check. where she said customers complain about I could tell she was sensitive to parking problems. For that reason she other institutions in the neighbor- always walks to work. hood and surmised that she had Five days later, I went out again, assum- first-hand knowledge of parking ing that more shops would have learned enforcement practices and what about the flyers and gotten their routines one could get away with. down. Brooklyn Industries’ two clerks After shopping upstairs at Urban Out- agreed that I should try up on 24th, fitters, I complained to the clerk about my pointing west. One said that going parking experience, asking where I might east would just lead to competing have better luck next time. with the Pearl traffic and parking. “You can park on the street out here [on Actually, the Pearl is nine blocks Northwest Westover] for one or two hours. away, but she was right about the “Hmmmm… I think there is a garage, competition for parking spaces east- not on this street parallel to us [Everett], ward, where one runs into 21st Avenue but the next one down and to the right.” and many residential buildings. She gestured north to Flanders, where The woman minding the store at Oh there is a garage under Williams Sonoma. Baby gave me a sympathetic look. If she did not seem overly familiar with “It’s really hard,” she said. “You might it, perhaps it’s because, for her own needs, try going up Burnside a block (to the she hunts for free spaces on residential west) and turning right. It’s really tricky to “just drive around.” Responding to my lots; only ones for monthly parking. She streets. getting into the lot there.” request for a flyer, she said, “Oh, I saw that, did not know of a flyer. Had she seen it, “I park way down [north] on 24th street. The real trick with the lot she may be and I meant to print it out. Here, I’ll do it she would know she had it backwards. The Yeah, there’s really no good parking.” thinking of is it’s part of Uptown Shop- now. She printed one and handed it to me. seven lots are for short-term use; not one is Preparing to exit Urban Outfitters ping Center, and attendants monitor it for Asked which is closest, she looked at the reserved for monthly parking. downstairs onto 23rd, I asked the cashier if people who may be trying the very ploy she list and said, pointing north, “Lovejoy.” The clerk at Paper Source was on there were any flyers to help with parking. was suggesting. If you know what to ask for, she knew top of things. She cheerfully said that a She looked to another worker, who replied, Suddenly, she had another idea. Look- how to find the right answer. gentleman had brought in some flyers that “Oh, it’s mostly just on-the-street parking.” ing out her front window, she noticed a car I went out the next afternoon to see if afternoon, gesturing toward a pile on the Going up Westover, climbing the stairs vacate a space. the first nine shops I visited were atypical. counter. She quickly printed out an extra past World Market, I noticed that all the “Or, you could park right out front,” she Unfortunately, it was more of the same. one for me. spaces were full in the lot behind. I popped said. A line of customers waited for the “Will you direct me to the closest one?” into the store adjacent, the new location for She told me to just stand in the space attention of one employee at Signature I asked. Blake clothing. rd and wait for my driver, a ploy she said Imports. Interrupting, I asked, “Is there a She pointed diagonally across the 23 “The lot out here is full,” I said. people do all the time. flyer listing parking lots?” and Irving intersection at a brightly lit sign “That’s not our lot,” said the saleswom- I inquired about the flyer listing parking She replied that there are no customer marking the lot behind Papa Haydn’s res- 20 Northwest Examiner, JANUARY 2011 business an. “Ours is across the street [23rd Place].” Seeing that their lot, shared with many 2010 Parking Lot Survey November 26-December 25 stores, was also full, I asked about the flyer. Williams-Sonoma Pizzicato Elizabeth Street Papa Haydn “Do you mean that guy out there?” She motioned toward a man in a bright green 31 Total Spaces 47 Total Spaces 32 Total Spaces 19 Total Spaces vest in the middle of the World Market lot. Day/Date/Time Spaces used: Spaces used: Spaces used: Spaces used: “No, I mean a list of places to park while rd Black Friday, 12:12-12:25 12 31 5 9 shopping on 23 ,” I said. November 26 3:53-4:02 11 39 5 9 She shook her head. “It’s crazy. But maybe you can go Saturday, 11:41-11:52 5 12 5 10 out and down to the right [23rd Place to November 27 3:23-3:33 20 42 10 17 Westover] by the Levi shop, where there’s Sunday, a lot.” November 28 2:10-2:16 11 26 11 8 Seeing my puzzled look, a customer Monday, clarified: “It’s underground parking.” November 29 2:34-2:43 15 14 4 3 I went out and found the garage at 2321 NW Westover, which is for customers of Tuesday, the Thiele Square complex. November 30 2:18-2:26 12 9 3 5 Next, I entered Umpqua Bank. Noticing Wednesday, that the lots to their south and across the December 1 3:44-3:52 17 17 2 4 street were limited to certain businesses, I Friday, 11:51-11:58 17 11 6 10 asked for a flyer. The teller directed me to December 3 4:48-4:57 10 25 4 3 the bulletin board where the parking flyer was posted and asked if I’d like him to print Saturday, 1:09-1:16 11 23 6 12 one. He suggested the Pizzicato lot on December 4 1:09-2:16 10 23 4 8 Glisan, where you have to pay, “but we can Sunday, reimburse you for the one-hour fee of $3.” December 5 1:58-2:04 10 26 14 16 Perfect answer. Wednesday, Calling on Wednesday to verify, I asked December 8 11:30-11:48 11 5 7 7 a different banker, who said that, “Yes, we can reimburse, and I want you to know also Thursday, 10:57-11:37 13 10 7 7 that there is free, 15-minute parking on December 9 2:43-2:45 N/A 20 9 8 23rd Avenue in front of the bank. 4:48-4:50 N/A 14 9 6 “If you’re really frustrated, though, you Friday, 12:40-12:53 20 38 19 18 can park in the Pizzicato lot, and we’ll give December 10 4:38- 4:46 13 27 5 3 you a get-out-of-jail-free pass.” Saturday, Amazing. Instead of being told parking December 11* 2:38-2:54 20 42 6 10 is difficult, I was getting options and useful assistance. Sunday, Next-door at FedEx Kinko’s, however, December 12 2:36-2:44 13 27 8 14 there was no flyer. When I inquired about Monday, parking, the clerk pointed across the street December 13 3:32-3:40 12 19 4 3 to Pizzicato. “It’s usually free, meaning open,” he said. Tuesday, December 14 2:59-3:05 16 11 5 2 “There are many spaces.” Crossing the street to check it out, I Wednesday, 2:47-2:50 N/A 20 7 8 found two spaces open, one of which was December 15 4:37-450 N/A 14 6 6 immediately filled. Thursday, 2:02-2:22 19 22 4 9 The saleswoman at Clogs-N-More rec- December 16 4:15-4:18 N/A 21 6 10 ognized my dilemma: “I wouldn’t even try 5:57-6:00 N/A 26 13 13 on 23rd. I just drive up and down the side streets.” Friday, 2:21-2:32 25 35 12 9 December 17 4:42-4:47 14 35 11 9 She said there was no flyer that she knew of. Saturday, 1:00-1:08 16 41 18 17 “You might try parking downtown and December 18 2:58-3:08 19 47 (FULL) 18 17 taking the streetcar back up here. There are 6:15-6:18 N/A 28 9 14 many parking lots downtown.” Sunday, Why use a commercial parking lot in the December 19 2:58-3:08 23 27 7 12 neighborhood when I could drive down- Monday, 3:15-3:25 24 25 14 10 town to find one and then take a slow rd December 20 5:07-5:10 N/A 21 5 9 streetcar back to 23 Avenue? There must be a reason no one else had thought of that. Tuesday, 11:46-11:49 N/A 18 8 9 This time I gave my flyer to a woman December 21 1:46-1:49 21 36 17 13 who was inquiring about the meaning of Wednesday, the parking signs on Glisan, in front of December 22 11:47-11:54 22 28 11 13 the William Temple store. If you want to get word out that there’s plenty of parking Thursday, 1:57-2:05 23 40 17 13 along 23rd Avenue, you have to take things December 23 4:05-4:08 N/A 38 12 16 into your own hands. Friday, December 23 12:16-12:20 11 24 4 13 Summary Christmas Day, In three days as a mystery shopper, Ms. Saturday, Harter visited 18 businesses. Only four December 25 3:01-3:08 1 3 0 0 stores (Christmas at the Zoo, Umpqua Bank, Paper Source and Goorin Brothers) 2010 average % full 49% 52% 26% 50% fully shared the list of parking facilities immediately upon being asked. One more * Saturday, December 11, Holiday Village Event. provided it when asked specifically for it. **NA refers to not applicable. The Elizabeth Street was not a pay-to-park lot in 2006-08. The Papa Haydn lot didn’t exist in 2006. The rest denied any knowledge of the flyer. Pushed for parking suggestions, most offered only vague suggestions. And those Parking lot entrance locations: suggestions usually assumed free parking Williams-Sonoma - Enter under the store on the south side of Flanders Street near 23rd Avenue . was the only type worth considering. Pizzicato - Enter on the north side of Glisan Street behind restaurant on 23rd Avenue . –Allan Classen Elizabeth Street - Enter on the south side of Irving Street behind the former store on 23rd Avenue . Papa Haydn - Enter on the north side of Irving Street behind the restaurant on 23rd Avenue .

Northwest Examiner, JANUARY 2011 21 business allan classen New Businesses

Bull Run Distilling Co. 2259 NW Quimby St ., 503-224-3483 Patrick Bernards and Lee Medoff, creator of Medoyeff brand Vodka, plan to begin distilling rum, whiskey and vodka in a 7,000-square-foot building near Northwest 23rd Avenue later this month. The co-owners have acquired two 800-gallon stills, from which they intend to produce 3,800 bottles of spirits per week, which they claim will make them the largest craft distillers west of the Mississippi River. In February, they will open a store and tasting room, where customers may purchase small drinks as well as bottled spirits, glassware, T-shirts and cocktail books. “There will be spirits not seen, let alone produced in the Northwest before,” said Medoff, “including the first, true Oregon-style whiskey.”

Caffe Nizza 820 SW 18th Ave ., 503-799-0709 Lisa Valteriza has named her new restaurant for the Lisa Valterza, owner of Caffe Nizza, which is named for her home town in France. French spelling of her hometown of Nice, France. She calls Caffe Nizza a European-style café, blending Ital- ian and French influences in a small, bright setting. The menu includes sandwiches, salads, soups and omelets. Halo Shoes imagination and gives your children space to roam.” The highest-priced sandwich ($9) is a chicken breast 938 NW Everett St ., 503-331-0366 The facility is staffed 9 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days a week. marinated in olive oil, garlic, rosemary, brie, and sau- Halo Shoes moved from Northeast Broadway to the An admission charge of $8 entitles a child ($4 for chil- téed pears and apples, served on a baguette. The cof- historic Otis Elevator Building in December. The store, dren 3 and under) to unlimited play all day. An annual fee is Umbria brand, and wine and beer are served. owned by architect Nathan Newell, carries mostly hand- membership is $360 a year. PlayDate opened Dec. 8. made shoes for men and women from Italy and Spain. Be Smooth It also carries American-made shoes such as Cydwog. BlowOut 120 NW 13th Ave ., 503-360-1178 Styles range from high fashion to casual. The store 128 NW 12th Ave ., 503-894-5090 was featured in a 2005 story in GQ Fashion maga- Be Smooth offers waxing, facials and weight-loss treat- Former Nike managers Tara De La Rosa and Kristen zine highlighting “the best shoe stores in America.” ments without the usual time and expense of spas. Ringo have teamed up to fill a new hair-care niche Helene Lawless, a former cosmetic chemist in France PlayDate PDX they feel had missed Portland. BlowOut provides fast who has been selling beauty products to spas in the hair- washing, drying and styling (no cutting) in 30 United States for the past 15 years, intends to fill “The land of make believe” minutes for $32, a fraction of the time and cost of a tra- 1434 NW 17th Ave ., 503-227-7529 a niche for individuals who want fast service with- ditional cut and style. They also apply makeup. De La out appointments and can do without the candles, Partners Robert Birkhahn and Shawn Van Deusen have Rosa said the business model is “wildly popular” in large frills and atmosphere. Be Smooth offers the HCG turned a 7,500-square-foot warehouse space into “the American cities. They are open seven days a week and Homeopathic Diet, which uses a naturally produced land of make believe.” They describe PlayDate PDX as take appointments, though drop-ins are also welcome. hormone to help burn body fat in men and women. “a safe and energetic environment that stimulates the

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InBy Mike Ryersonthe ’Hood

Worth buying a VCR to watch again!

As CNN was airing its final Larry King Live shows last month, I recalled the time our Northwest Portland neighbor Bud Clark appeared as a guest on the program. It was in March of 1986, Bud had been mayor of Port- land for just over a year, and King hadn’t been doing his television show for much longer. King’s producers invited Clark to appear on the evening Cable News Network’s talk show while he was attending the National League of Cities meeting in Washington, D.C. It was taped at the University of Wisconsin before Larry King moved his program to the West Coast. I had been the new mayor’s original campaign manager, and I served on his transition team as the press secretary, so of course I enjoyed saving lots of stuff that got tucked away in boxes, never to be seen again. Or, at least that’s what I was beginning to think when I went to look for the 25-year-old tape and something to play it with. Have you ever thought about how many of your friends might own a VCR that works? A younger Larry King looks the new mayor in the eye. Luckily, I found a nice Panasonic, 4 Head, Hi-Fi Stereo, OmniVision VHS tape player at William Temple House Thrift Shop for $5. It had all the front-end buttons and dials we had on the one we had spent $900 for when we recorded the show the first place. Those things have really gone down in price. They also had an eight-track tape player for $3. Back to Bud! King started out the show by asking Clark about the famous Expose Yourself to Art poster he had posed for several years prior to being elected mayor. The standard question of whether he had anything on under the rain- coat went unasked. “Did it hurt the campaign?” King asked. Mayor Clark assured him that it actually helped get him elected because it made him familiar to voters. King went on to ask a few questions about Portland’s Police Chief Penny Harrington, the first female chief in a major U.S. city, who had been on the job about a year at the time. Bud’s past as a tavern owner was brought up, and King appeared intrigued by his guest’s novel idea of running a city like a business. King wanted to know if “exposing” himself to a downtown statue hurt Clark’s campaign. As far as his political background and qualifications to run a city, Bud said, “I was a neighborhood activist who helped stop a freeway from going through our neighbor- hood.” He was referring to the extension of the I-405 Freeway, proposed in the 1960s, that would have wiped out Thur- man and Vaughn streets. Larry King ended the show with, “We should have more like him.” Bud saved his best line for 25 years. When I emailed him to tell him I’d watched the tape of the show, he asked, “How many times did I stick my foot in my mouth?” Parking Lot Math Quiz It’s 12:25 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2010, the day after Thanks- giving known as Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. You’re near Northwest 23rd and Irving Street, one of the busiest intersections on the avenue. The parking lot near the corner holds 19 cars, and nine spots are full. Question: How many cars would have been parked at the same location if there had been an 87-car parking garage? Clark was identified as a Democrat even though the Portland mayor’s position is nonpartisan.

You can reach Mike Ryerson at 503-381-8050 or [email protected].

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Daniel Stark

Accident waiting to happen? Actually the driver in the blue Blazer just had one, and he’s retracing his path back into the parking lot. He struck an SUV as he was turning eastbound (against the one- way arrow) onto Northwest Glisan from the Trader Joe’s parking lot Jan. 5.

Left, Liz Darby takes three classes at Friendly House per week, including the osteoporosis-prevention class and yoga. Daniel Stark Photography

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Johnny Staver watches model steam engine trains at the annual Holiday Steam Up hosted by his parents Amy O’Neill and Larry Staver, who own Staver Locomotive. The event raised $2,500 for Friendly House to purchase gifts and household essentials for seniors and homeless families.

Hip Hound, 610 NW 23rd Ave., held a grand opening party last month for its customers, many of whom brought their owners.

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The under-10 girls Hillside Soccer Club team won the citywide Portland Youth Soccer Association Fall Cup Tournament in November. The team, coached by Paul Giannini, also won the Nathan Thomas Tournament earlier this season in Sep- tember. They celebrated last month at the Lucky Lab. Front row L-R: Eliza Grant, Olivia Giannini, Maya Lawliss, Illiana Schuring, Fiona Kendall and Kira Mesch. Right, Laura Foster, author of Portland City Walks, checks Back row: Coach Paul Giannini, Kate Denhart, Chella Davidson, Jalaysha Edgecombe, Emily Buchholz and Kate out one of many Poetry Posts located throughout the city. The Reynolds. above post is on the north side of Northwest Kearney Street just east of 23rd Avenue. Absent from the photo are coach Brad Lawliss, Zahra Sherman and Amanda Perry. Northwest Examiner, JANUARY 2011 27 TAKEREAL AESTATE CRYSTAL CLEAR VIRTUAL TOUR OF THESE HOMES at LeeDavies.com

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