MAY 10 VOLUME 24, ISSUE 9

Serving Portland’s Northwest Neighborhoods since 1986 FREE On the fault line paul Koberstein Oregon’s entire gasoline supply is stored in an earthquake danger zone in Northwest Portland

By Paul Koberstein

hat structures would be first to topple if Portland were struck by The Big One—an epic earth- quake that some experts believe is due within the next 50 years? Bridges? Tall buildings? Homes in the West Hills? What about the 500 or so supersized gasoline storage tanks along U.S. Highway 30 in Linnton, where virtually all of Oregon’s petroleum isW stored? The tanks rest on weak soils that would liquefy in a major earth- quake, said Yumei Wang of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. “Some of the bulk facilities are old and vulnerable. Some important high-voltage electric lines are also in the area of liquefaction,” he said. At a public meeting in March, several Northwest Portland residents discussed earthquake risks of petroleum tanks with oil company representatives and the Oregon Department Linnton \ of Environmental Quality. DEQ scheduled the meeting to P o review proposals to renew air-pollution permits for three rt la Willamette River gasoline companies. n d “It is paralyzingly scary,” said Elizabeth Patte, who lives H il several miles from the tank farms in Willamette Heights. ls

fa “And that fear is based on things we know about in the u lt Above: Some of the petroleum tanks in Northwest Portland are industrial area below us. I’m guessing there is an ocean of vaughn toxic materials that we don’t know about down there too, very old, built long before modern seismic standards. stored in facilities built on fill along a fault line unmonitored 23 rd by DEQ or anyone else, no evacuation route to speak of with BURNSIDE Left: The Portland Hills Fault runs along the Willamette River the West Hills ridgeline to trap whatever is released. and under the Linnton-area tank farms. “We probably should have oxygen masks at hand,” said Patte. Continued on page 23

Northwest Examiner 2010 Community Award City lets Pearl developer Winners Phil Geffner Juliet Hyams ‘slip between tracks’ Paul Koberstein By Allan Classen Don Kruger he referred this reporter to Kurt Krueger, development review manager for the Portland Bureau of Transporta- Donna Matrazzo George Diamond is redeveloping a half block in the Thomas Manley tion. Pearl District while skirting a requirement that he simul- Krueger, in turn, referred the issue back to Heron. Elaine Mann taneously upgrade the sidewalk. “There are some things Tim should be answering,” he Mary Peveto Although his land-use application raised several red said. flags and appears to trigger the new sidewalk requirement, Quinn Rolfe Representatives of the Pearl District Neighborhood the city issued building permits last November without Laura Russo Association thought Heron had agreed to meet with them insisting that he bring the narrow, eight-foot walkway Jan Valentine in March, but they say he later refused to get together into compliance with the current 12-foot standard. Frank Weigel with them. Was it negligence on the part of the Portland Bureau “I’ve never seen such stonewalling,” said Ann Niles, the of Development Services to let the project slip through neighborhood association’s transportation specialist. Join us for the celebration despite involving work valued at $259,875, about $2,000 The confusion started when Diamond’s architect, in over the threshold at which sidewalk and other right of nd the initial design-review stage, claimed it was only an May 22 way improvements must be made? $80,000 project, far below the threshold. That lowball See page 26 for details. Tim Heron, senior city planner for BDS, has refused figure was used when Diamond went in for final approval to answer that question posed by the Examiner. Instead, Continued on page 11 A MAy HolidAy – MotHer’s dAy A MAy HolidAy – MeMoriAl dAy Gay Painted Lady Fly the Flag and Have a Picnic in the Formal Garden

1724 SW Clay Street Anyone’s mother would love to live in one of Goose Hollow’s 3436 SE Oak Street original Victorians. Built in 1890, it is bright and light and filled Why bother with the camping gear? What better way to celebrate with character. Pick Mom a bouquet from the city gardens. Serve the beginning of summer than to luxuriate in your own park-like her a cup of tea in the cheerful breakfast nook or a glass of yard? Or stroll across the street to Laurelhurst Park to walk the champagne for a sunny Sunday brunch on the patio. This century- dog and play some Frisbee. The formal, yet practical house shines old home has been lovingly maintained and richly restored with with its gumwood accents and uncompromised detailing from wonderful attention to original architectural detail. Located in a quiet bent wood bannister to auto-light entry closet. The spacious home neighborhood within walking distance to PSU, PGE Park, the MAX offers oversized public rooms and bedrooms, updated period baths, station and downtown Portland. sleeping porch, 3rd floor with room to grow and basement family 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2,592 Sq. Ft. $ 479,900. room and utility. If you still feel the need for summer activity, get out the boat or the Westfalia that are stored in the 3-car garage. Later in the evening, lounge on the front porch with a Memorial Day lemonade and view the Laurelhurst trees, mature before this house was built in 1925.

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The Dan Volkmer Team Dan Volkmer PrinciPal broker burDean barTlem, kishra oTT & anne Yoo, brokers WalTer anD TeD, Too. For your real estate needs in the Northwest neighborhood. Call us to find out your property’s top market value. 503-497-5158 www.danvolkmer.com Anne, Burdean, Kishra, Dan, Walter & Ted 2 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 Letters can be sent to By Allan Classen [email protected] or 2825 NW Upshur St., Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. Editor’sEditor & Publisher Turn readerLetters should be 300 words or fewer; include areply name and a street of residence. Deadline third Saturday of the month. Anti-Semitic reference You’ve done it again. Your caricature can only reflect an anti-Semitic appearance of Richard Singer on the front page feature article [“Business front,” April 2010 Northwest Examiner]. Whether you agree or not with Mr. Singer on issues in the Northwest District, your use of symbolism is out of order. On another subject, why not report on some of the good things that go on in the Separate and unequal district, such as the Food Pantry and the Goose Hollow overnight shelter, and other activities in which Northwest Portland Ministries volunteers participate? I’m tired After crying for years that the city’s sys- get the idea that this program isn’t work- of seeing the same front page topics every issue. tem for neighborhood involvement makes no ing? If every driver in the state refused to sense, I’m finally beginning to see the logic get a drivers license, would the DMV and Alan S. Rosenfeld behind it. the police just throw up their hands and SW Park Place It is a bizarre, two-tiered system that say nothing can be done about speeding, Singer not evil only seems fair and workable if the Israeli- drunken or reckless drivers, because no one Palestinian situation is your model for stable had applied for a driver’s license? I am tired of the “Richard Singer is evil” pieces you have been writing over the governance. The city seems committed to Mayor Sam Adams has an idea for years. I have not written earlier because Mr. Singer is my landlord, and I have felt treating the two types of organizations that “reforming” this system. He wants to give the you would just construe that I am writing because of that, but that is not the case. speak for geographic areas of the city— Association of Portland Business Associa- Here is what I know: Richard Singer has been my landlord more than 10 years neighborhood associations and neighbor- tions authority to decide which neighbor- at two different locations. He has a strong vision and uses that vision to encourage hood business associations—as if they come hood business associations are legitimate. small retailers like myself to become better at what we do. He is generous and acces- from different planets. Since the city now does nothing on this sible in helping us stay true to our vision. He has dedicated himself to the creative The city commissioner in charge of front, perhaps it makes little difference, but rd spark that has created Northwest 23 Avenue. the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, it is reflective of his thinking. He plans to You can debate that point all you like, but it is Mr. Singer that set the template Amanda Fritz, says she has no jurisdiction divorce the operation of business associations for the creation of the vibrant neighborhood destinations all over Portland. I man- over business associations. This, despite (and the public money his office channels to aged stores on Hawthorne more than 18 years ago, and we looked to Mr. Singer fact that the official city policy for citizen them) from public oversight. If the public for guidance and vision when we were emerging from the sleepy street it was then. involvement (Standards for Neighborhood complains about business associations, he can Mr. Singer is one of Portland’s good guys, and you have it wrong. Take it from one Associations, District Coalitions, Business just say they’re independent organizations who has been doing business with the Singer family for over a decade. I think you District Associations and the Office of and beyond the city’s control. are really off track and have a personal agenda that is sad and boring. Neighborhood Involvement, 2005) is also Why does it matter that neighborhood Thanks for letting me share. the only council-adopted document defining and business associations aren’t treated alike? the role and rules for business associations. Because ultimately, both are competing for Patty Merrill The city’s 95 neighborhood associations the same scarce public resources, the most Owner, Cargo must follow extensive procedures, includ- precious of which is at the favor of city hall. th NW 13 Ave. ing adherence to open meetings and open Whenever the city considers plans or policies Bothered by Singer story records guidelines similar to those pertaining for development, land-use or transportation to governmental bodies. Neighborhood asso- in a mixed-use neighborhood of the city, the Although I no longer live in Northwest Portland, I lived there for many years ciations get funding through annual grants council tends to look at the neighborhood and until recently had a business there (Urban Wineworks). Over that time, I have to seven coalition offices, which are indepen- and business associations as equal partici- always held two opinions: 1) That the Northwest Examiner fairly represented the dent nonprofit corporations. pants. local news and provided those interested with good information about what was All the city’s 38 business associations must We’ve seen this approach consistently for rd going on in the district; and 2) That the development along Northwest 23 , while do is hold annual meetings and have griev- 15 years in the Northwest District, where no not perfect, was nonetheless a great thing for the neighborhood, especially compared ance procedures in their bylaws, but even parking strategy can go forward without the to how many other neighborhoods develop, or don’t develop, and stagnate. these token requirements aren’t enforced. blessing of a series of advisory committees Your article about Richard Singer and the Nob Hill Business Association both- The city still treats them as the legitimate comprised of equal numbers of Northwest ers me on a couple counts. Although I have met Dick Singer, I have not had any and official representatives of business dis- District Association and Nob Hill Business Continued on page 5 tricts and funds them with annual grants to Association representatives. City Council the Association of Portland Neighborhood is telling us that these groups are equal in Business Associations, which in turn issues importance and in their reflection of public Obituaries...... 4 grants to local business associations. opinion. If the city expects anything in return for Never mind that one dutifully follows the The Pearl ...... 8 its money and recognition, it is not clear rules and welcomes the participation of every Going Out...... 15 what it is. The Examiner filed a grievance neighbor, while the other doesn’t acknowl- index against the Nob Hill Business Association edge that there should even be rules and Community Events...... 20 over a records request and was told that, speaks for a handful of businesses. In some Business & Real Estate...... 24 since the NHBA had not applied for recog- cases, fewer than that. In the ‘Hood ...... 30 nition by the city, nothing could be done. It’s been the cause of bitter divisions since And not only has this association failed to Biblical times. A man has two sons; one is apply for city recognition; no business asso- favored beyond all merit and the other is ciation in the city has ever done so since the shortchanged. The father should not wonder guidelines were passed. Shouldn’t somebody why they can’t get along.

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Jesse James Arnold V. Frutiger Jesse James, an often-homeless Arnold V. Frutiger, a Northwest Portland resident resident of Northwest Portland and business owner, died April 14 at age 94. Mr. Frutiger since the 1960s, died March 18 was born July 6, 1915, in Hillsdale. He attended Mult- of cancer at age 65. Born John C. nomah Grade School and graduated from Benson High Ferell in Oak, Tenn., March 15, School. In the 1930s, he joined the Civilian Conserva- 1945, Mr. James moved to Portland tion Corps. He served in the U.S. Army during World in the late 1960s. He was a part- War II. He operated a service station and automobile time laborer at various jobs. He is repair shop in Hillsdale for over 20 years, and then survived by his brother, Anthony owned and operated a machine shop in Northwest Ferell, and his friends at the Outreach Ministries Mac- Portland. He married Kathleen Sabel in 1943. He is Donald Center. survived by his wife; son, Kent; daughter, Jeanine; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mary J. McGoodwin Arnold Suffin Mary Jane McGoodwin, a longtime resident of Northwest Portland, died March 28 at age 86. Mary Arnold Suffin, an artist and former resident of MacKenzie was born March 5, 1924, in Detroit, Mich., Northwest Hoyt Street, died April 7 at age 82. Mr. and attended Columbia University School of Nurs- Suffin was born Nov. 23, 1927, in New York. He was ing in New York. She worked as a registered nurse. an abstract artist who had several gallery showings in She married James V. McGoodwin, and they lived on Portland. He is survived by his wife, Gloria; and sons, Northwest Irving Street until moving to Terwilliger Michael and Daniel. Plaza earlier this decade. She was active in the Women’s Architectural League. She is survived by her husband; son, James V. Jr.; and daughter, Sara. The Northwest Examiner publishes obituaries of Humanists of people who lived, worked or had other substantial con- George Stephenson nections to our readership area, which includes North- Greater Portland west Portland, Goose Hollow, Sauvie Island and areas Portland native George Stephenson, a steel foundry Sunday SPeaker 10am worker for ESCO, died April 9 at age 78. Mr. Stephen- north of Highway 26. If you have information about a congenial group focused on son was born Dec. 19, 1931. He is survived by his son, a death in our area, please contact us at allan@nwex- reason & Science Alan; and daughters, Linda Stephenson, Anna Cavitt, aminer.com.Photographs are also welcomed. There is to address Human concerns Cora Handsaker, Anita Stephenson, Rita Knudson and no charge for obituaries in the Examiner. Tina Baird. Thurman and 26th avenue | www.portlandhumanists.org Children’s program on site | Free & open to the public

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4 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 news May 17th Public Hearing on proposed air quality permit renewal for: Letters Continued from page 1 two-track, light rail rapid transit line in that ditch, fill in the rest and cover all of it Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals, LLC dealings with him. It may be that he is a over with parks and buildings, in other 5880 NW St. Helens Road difficult man, but your criticism of him in words, uniting the neighborhood again. Portland, Oregon 97210 the article strikes me as unfair and mislead- It would require a critical mass of citizens (Oregon Operating Title V Permit No. 26-2028) finally realizing the utter madness of our ing. I suppose if you long for the days when Equilon Enterprises, LLC rd unsustainable, auto-centric transportation one walked up 23 to Rose’s and passed Dba Shell Oil Products US system and demanding our leaders to act rattle trap houses and funky businesses or 3800 NW St. Helens Road vacant store fronts, you might well consider boldly to undo it. Portland, Oregon 97210 Singer the antichrist. Your demand that urban freeway builders (Air Contaminant Discharge Permit No. 26-2478) But if you are like me, I enjoy the be required to study the full impacts on the neighborhoods they transect, is especially Chevron Products Company opportunity to visit the fine eateries, shops Willbridge facility and businesses that have located there. apropos, given the looming, proposed I-5 mega-bridge across the Columbia. As soon 5924 NW Front Avenue I don’t mind the new architecture and Portland, Oregon 97210 as that bridge gets final approval (actually buildings. And it think that the off-street (Oregon Operating Title V Permit No. 26-2027) parking structures that have been built are the suggestion has already been made by a welcome convenience that have been freeway proponents), there will be plans to DEQ proposes to renew the Title V Permit for Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals, LLC, the located and landscaped in as unobtrusive a ream out congested downstream segments Title V Permit for Chevron Products Company, Willbridge Facility, and the Air Contaminant way as could be reasonably expected. They of the I-5 system (including I-405) through Discharge Permit for Equilon Enterprises, LLC dba Shell Oil Products US, and has scheduled the neighborhoods of Portland and Vancou- a public hearing meeting to receive oral and written comments related to specific conditions have eased the pressure and dysfunction of within the proposed permits. the on-street parking situation. ver. Enough is enough! The public hearing will be held at As to the operation of the business asso- Thank you for clearly articulating what freeways have done. Location: University of Oregon in Portland Building, Room 141 ciation, if I were a small merchant, I would Address: 70 NW Couch Street, Portland, Oregon 97209 be thrilled to have someone as able to get Fred Nussbaum Date: Monday, May 17, 2010 the ear of the political powers that be—as SW Barnes Rd. Time: 6:30 p.m. you contend that Singer has—speaking Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals, Chevron Products Company and Equilon Enterprises, LLC out for the district and concerned for its Don’t blame the homeless receive, store, blend and transfer gasoline, fuel oils, lubricants and other petroleum and chemi- safety, vibrancy and business well-being. I As someone with cerebral palsy (in the cal products. Oregon law requires facilities with an air permit to renew that permit every five think most politicians take whatever any years. Upon renewal, these permits, 26-2027, 26-2028 and 26-2478, will be effective for five form of spastic diplegia) who uses forearm constituents say (business and private) with years. crutches to walk, I find some of the reason- a discerning eye toward what self-interest Functions of these permit actions consist of the renewal of the existing permits, which is ing put forth by the city for the new side- subject to Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs), and Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and the constituent is promoting. If I were on walk management plan to be offensive. The pertinent EPA rules. The emissions from these facilities result from terminal activities such as the Nob Hill Board and thought that the suggestion is that it will somehow improve loading tanker trucks and trailers, loading marine vessels, storage and the transfer of products Examiner probably joined the organization and fugitive leak sources such as pumps, valves and flanges. sidewalk access for the elderly and disabled, for the express purpose of unearthing some These facilities are not major sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS), and are subject to which is somehow being threatened by real or imagined wrong, I would not be the area source National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) subpart hordes of homeless downtown. It then sug- BBBBBB applicable to bulk gasoline terminals. cooperative either. gests that, in order to fix this problem, an Chevron, Willbridge Facility’s highest Potential to Emit Haps emission is Hexane at 3.3 tons If a person took a look at a “then and per year and the total potential to emit HAPs emissions of 8 tons per year. rd adequate solution would be to move the now” picture of Northwest 23 and formed homeless away from storefronts, closer to Shell Oil Products US highest Potential to Emit HAPs is Toluene at less than 1 ton per and the total HAPs emissions of 1.9 tons per year. an opinion about whether the change that the street. Singer has spearheaded is good or bad, Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals highest Potential to Emit HAPS emission is Hexane at 1.6 I lived downtown on Southwest Alder that reader would be better able to judge tons per year with the total potential to emit HAPs emissions of 12.4 tons per year Street for two years, and I currently live just DEQ inspected Chevron Willbridge facility on September 28, 2009 and found it to be in than by reading the arguments presented st off Northwest 21 Avenue. The homeless compliance with its permit requirements. There were no enforcement actions taken against this in your article. source during its permit term. have never been a “sidewalk access” problem for me. The real sidewalk access problem DEQ inspected Equilon Enterprises, LLC facility on September 14, 2004 and found it in Reuel Fish compliance with its permit requirements. There were no enforcement actions taken against this rd SW 83 Ave. is with cafes and restaurants that allow source during its permit term. sidewalk seating to completely block the DEQ inspected Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals, LLC on September 28, 2009 and found to be Relentless attack sidewalk, which often goes without punish- in compliance with its permit requirements. There were no enforcement actions taken against I am tired of your relentless attack of ment. Navigating around news stands and this source during its permit term. Mr. Singer. Over the past few decades, he unlicensed commercial signs at street cor- Air quality in the Portland area meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) ners is also a challenge. established by the US EPA to protect public health. DEQ has determined that the air emis- has done more for the economic success sions from Kinder Morgan Terminals, Chevron, and Shell will not result in a violation of those rd of the 23 Avenue business district than Rather than deal with the very real prob- standards. There are no federal standards for air toxics, but Oregon has established levels of air any other single individual. This in turn lems that commercial businesses created toxics that protect public health. The Portland area exceeds several of these levels, including has created neighborhood businesses and for sidewalk access downtown, the mayor benzene, which these facilities emit. A current local planning effort, known as the Portland Air is proposing to target the homeless. I can Toxics Solutions project, will include strategies to reduce these emissions. For more informa- jobs, grown tax revenue, improved livability tion, visit our web site at: http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/toxics/pats.htm. only assume that this is because the real and, unfortunately, provided you advertis- Other DEQ permits: Chevron has been issued a NPDES permit (101035) and a waste water ing revenue to fund your insidious rag of reason for his plan is to satisfy the Portland permit (No. 400-014). Kinder Morgan holds a Water Quality NPDES Permit No. 1300-J. a newspaper. Business Alliance, which wishes to have Equilon (Shell) has been issued both a NPDES 1300-J permit and a 1200-T permit. the homeless “out of sight” and away from The draft permits will be on public notice from April 15, 2010 until 5 p.m. on May 25, 2010. Fred Trullinger storefronts. If that is the real motivation for The draft permits and draft review reports will be available to the public for review at: SW Davenport St. this proposal, he should at least come out Multnomah County Library, Northwest Branch, with it, and quit using the disability issue as 2300 NW Thurman, Portland, Oregon 97210 Freeways harm a convenient excuse. and neighborhoods Multnomah County Library, St. Johns Branch Matthew Denney 7510 N Charleston, Portland, Oregon 97203 Thanks for your astute comments about NW Glisan St. The draft permits, draft review reports and the full context of the applications will be available the extremely negative impacts of free- for public inspection Tuesday through Thursday by appointment at DEQ’s Northwest Region ways built through existing neighborhoods, Leash prevents dog theft Office. focusing on what I-405 did to close-in 2020 SW Fourth Avenue, Suite 400 In respect to the “low crime” dog-napping Portland, Oregon 97201 Northwest and Southwest Portland. I grew incident reported in the April issue [“Pearl For a review appointment call (503)229-5554 up in Northwest Portland and went to Diver,” April 2010 Northwest Examiner], Upon request, a copy of the draft permit and draft review report is available. Lincoln High School during the years they there is available an excellent preventative. The draft permits and draft review reports are available on DEQ’s website at http://deq.state. put in that freeway. I was also a paperboy This is simply to keep the dog on leash, or.us/aq/northwest/gasterminal.htm. in Northwest Portland for Clark Papers preferably a short one, as the law provides, Written comments regarding this proposed action may be submitted until 5 p.m., May 25, 2010 during that time. The powers-that-be DEQ accepts comments by mail, fax, and e-mail and as common courtesy to others would destroyed a vibrant, mostly Jewish, section indicate. Mailing Address: of town adjacent to Lincoln, and we suf- AQ/NWR, Catherine Blaine, Permit Coordinator This would allow the police to focus their fered through the construction disruption Department of Environmental Quality and finally, the noise impact after comple- tender attentions on leash law miscreants 2020 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 400 tion, all right in Lincoln’s front yard, where and round up strays for further disposition. Portland, Oregon 97201 FAX: (503) 229-6945 we kids hung out. Lawrence B. Hulsey E-MAIL: [email protected] Sure, I use that freeway, mostly at the NW Ninth Ave. The Department will review all information received during the public review period. Following this, the permit beginning and end of long freeway based may be modified. As a requirement of Title V permits, Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals and Chevron will be trips we make from time to time. For local forwarded to EPA for comment prior to issuance. Shell Oil Products US permit is a Standard Air Contaminant Permit and is not subject to a final review by EPA. DEQ will consider and provide responses to all public com- trips, if I’m not on transit, I stay off all ments received at the close of the comment period. As a result of the comments DEQ may modify provisions in the proposed permit, but the permit writers can only modify conditions of the permit in accordance with the rules and freeways as much as I can. statutes under the authority of DEQ. Can we reverse the errors of the past? Well, if we wanted to, we could put a Northwest Examiner, may 2010 5 news New Forest Park trails proposed for bikes, hikers allan classen By Paul Koberstein our committee, ‘I see this as just the first inning of a nine-inning game.’” The city of Portland is proposing to The parks department presented the build nearly 12 miles of new trails in Forest proposals to the public at an open house Park, 4 miles of which would be exclusively attended by about 150 on April 20. Propos- for mountain biking and another 6 dedi- als can be viewed online at portlandonline. cated to shared use with hikers. com. Comments may be posted on the The proposal would force hikers and website until May 5. bicyclists to share some trails, taking pre- “But people should not expect the city to cautions to avoid collisions, while other begin developing new trails anytime soon,” trails would have separate days for hikers said committee member Les Blaize. and bicyclists. The proposal also features the construc- Funding uncertain The open house was packed with citizens, most of them bicycle advocates. tion of a new trailhead and parking lot near Northwest Yeon Avenue and St. Helens “The reality that most still don’t real- ize is that the park is underfunded to the Road (see map). trails came from private citizens and took He would make sure that flora and extent that they cannot even do the basic The ideas were developed by an single- years to accomplish. fauna in the near the Tolida and Gas Line science to determine the health of the park track bicycling advisory committee that has The largest of the proposed new trails trails are adequately protected. He also needed to make management decisions, been meeting since August. The committee would be a 2.35-mile improvement to Fire called for increased enforcement of park such as increasing any use,” said Blaize, is scheduled to make its final recommenda- Lane 1. This option would open the low- regulations—especially in light of recent who lives next to the park. “I hear over tions to Parks Director Zari Santner and est reach of the fire land, as it approaches illegal trail building—possibly by hiring an and over again that there is plenty of room City Commissioner Nick Fish on May 13. Yeon, to bicycles. The new single-track trail additional park ranger. for everybody. I ask, how do you know The Bureau of Parks and Recreation would run near a new trailhead and park- “Too often in these types of processes, this? Where is the science and statistics? appointed the 15 individuals to repre- ing lot. The area currently is restricted to this piece gets a lot of lip service but then For some reason, this point cannot be sent various constituencies, including the pedestrians only. gets dropped due to budget constraints,” grasped.” bicycling, hiking and environmental com- The shortest new trail proposed would said Salinger. “We want a firm commit- Blaize said he supports the construc- munities. be a shared .06-mile path, off Leif Erick- ment on enforcement.” tion of a group of new trails around Yeon Marcy Houle, along with her fellow son Trail, near the Thurman gate. Houle, a wildlife biologist and a member Avenue and Highway 30. committee members, realized over time Bicycle activists note that within the of the committee, noted that an increase “The biggest complaint that I heard that the issues surrounding recreational 5,000-acre park, just 1/3 of a mile is set of any kind of use will impact the park’s is that they would take too long and cost uses in Forest Park are more divisive than aside for single-track mountain bike riding. resources to some degree. Before new trails too much,” he said. “I cannot tell you the they thought. are built, she said, the city must complete number of times that I heard that ‘Com- The issue has divided the conservation “The issue is more volatile than I long-promised surveys on wildlife and rec- missioner Fish promised’ new bicycle trails community. Bob Salinger, director of Port- believed at the outset of this cycling advi- reational usage, as well as beef up enforce- in the park.” land Audubon, said his organization sup- sory committee,” she said. “Something tells ports the entire package of options “with a ment. Blaize said most of the money and labor me it’s not over yet, because Nick Fish told couple of caveats.” that went into the construction of existing

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6 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 news City of Portland Shared trails Key - Proposed actions water tank by White Shield Center Eight of the proposed trails envision from proposed NW Yeon Trailhead . ACTION 1: Improve Fire Lane 1 by rebuild- Change: Create a loop from some amount of shared usage. Houle wor- ing, narrowing and realigning the existing Northwest Yeon to Leif Erikson, ries this could lead to collisions and inju- track . Presently Upper Fire Lane 1 is open contour trail . ries. An 83-year-old woman out for a walk for bikes, horses and pedestrians . Improve- Mileage (approx): 1 5. miles . in a park near Renton, Wash., died recently ments to Lower Fire Lane 1 are listed in the Trail Type: Mountain biking . plan for pedestrian use only . of head injuries suffered when hit by a bike Change: Build single-track trail, trailhead at ACTION 7: Build new trail parallel to Leif rider, according to police. NW Yeon; open Fire Lane 1 to bikes . Erikson from approximately Mile Post “Shared trails are not safe,” she said. Mileage (approx): 2 35. miles . 1 .75 to Fire Lane 1 . Connect with proposed “Most people who walk in Forest Park Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . Yeon Trail (Action 6) for connection to Thurman Gate or White Shield Center . don’t have a clue that the trails may change, ACTION 2: Improve Fire Lane #3 by narrow- Change: Create a loop with Leif Erikson, to some degree, if they become shared with ing and realigning the existing road . Pres- contour trail . cyclists.” ently open to bikes and pedestrians . Mileage (approx): 2 miles . Trail Type: Mountain biking . Tom Archer of the Northwest Trail Change: Narrow existing lane, add turns/ switchbacks . Alliance said the high turnout at the open Mileage (approx): 0 85. miles . ACTION 8: Build trail at proposed Fire house reveals how passionately people care Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . Lane 4 location to Saltzman Road . about Forest Park. He said the Forest Park Presently this area is a power line corridor . Management Plan clearly portrays the park ACTION 3: Improve Fire Lane 5 by narrow- ing and realigning the existing road . The Change: Create a loop with Saltzman as “a place for cycling, and it clearly lays out bottom 0 .3 miles where Fire Lane 5 meets Road and Leif Erikson Trail at ways to achieve that.” Leif Erikson is single-track . Presently open approximately Mile Post 5 .25, He said the central part of the park for bikes and pedestrians . connector from Highway 30 to Change: Narrow existing lane, add turns/ Leif Erikson, Fall Line Trail . between Fire Lane 5 and Germantown switchbacks . Mileage (approx): 0 5. miles . Road should be one of the highest priori- Mileage (approx): 1 .14 miles . Trail Type: Mountain biking . ties for providing additional riding oppor- Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . tunities. Five new bicycling trails are pro- ACTION 9: Saltzman Road/Fire ACTION 4: Create Yeon Trailhead and trail Lane 5 connector off Skyline posed in that area. These proposals would connector to Leif Erikson . This action is Boulevard . narrow and realign Fire Lane 5, create a listed in the plan for pedestrian-only use . Change: Bring connection into loop with Saltzman Road and Leif Erick- Change: Short, steep connector to Leif Erik- park boundary . son Drive, build a connector off Saltzman son from Highway 30; create a short biking Mileage (approx): 0 15. miles . loop with Action 7 . Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . Road, widen the shoulder on Northwest Mileage (approx): 0 5. miles . Mileage (approx): 0 75. miles . Skyline Boulevard and open Gas Line Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking ACTION 10: Widen shoulder on NW Skyline Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . Road below Leif Erickson to bicycling. Boulevard between fire lanes . Archer said bicyclists had been “working ACTION 5: Trail share from water tank to Change: Connect Fire Lane 3 and 5, create ACTION 12: Open and rebuild Gas Line Leif Erikson off Northwest Gordon Street . safer route for park users . Road below Leif Erikson to cycling . This trail behind the scenes to try and salvage some- Change: Short connector to/from Leif Erik- Mileage (approx): 1 2. miles . is not listed or shown in the plan . thing reasonable out of this.” son away from Thurman Gate . Change: Connection from Highway 30 to Bicyclists had been hoping for more. Mileage (approx): 0 .05 miles . ACTION 11: Open Tolinda Trail to cycling . Leif Erikson at approximately Mile Post 8, Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . This trail is not listed or shown in the plan . Fall Line trail, loop from Highway 30 to Leif The majority of people at the table were Change: Connection with Linnton neigh- Erikson to Saltzman Road . hikers or runners, not cyclists, said Frank ACTION 6: Extension of borhood, connection to Leif Erikson from St . Mileage (approx): 0 6. miles . Selker, a member of the committee. That Action 4 - build a new trail to the Johns Bridge . Trail Type: Hiking and mountain biking . is perhaps why the committee approved so little.

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Northwest Examiner, may 2010 7 the pearl News & Views Pearl ranked top neighborhood in city for walkers julie keefe By Allan Classen Still, the Walk Score has become a use- ful tool in predicting the walkability of It’s no accident that Mike Dennis, an neighborhoods from afar, and many real avid walker, lives in the most walkable part estate marketers now refer to the Walk of the city. Dennis moved to the Elizabeth Score ranking of listed properties. Condominiums in the Pearl last spring largely for that reason. As a board member of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, Dennis knew the “I wanted a place where I didn’t have to limitations of Walk Score rankings, but he have a car,” said Dennis, who hasn’t owned also knew the Pearl deserved its elite score. a car since moving from Berkeley, Calif., Part of the appeal is easy pedestrian access 10 years ago. to a variety of transit forms, including He also loves the “urban bustle and streetcar and bus. Although MAX doesn’t vibrancy” of the area. run through the Pearl, he can quickly con- “There are so many exciting things on nect to it for trips to the airport, which he the street to see,” he said. “Powell’s a great does for frequent trips to New York City magnet for foot traffic.” and Washington, D.C. For reasons like these, a national website, The Pearl is also combed with good bike Walkscore.com, ranked the Pearl District routes, which he often uses commuting 99 out of a possible 100, the highest walk- th to his job at Southeast 15 and Belmont ability score of any Portland neighborhood. streets. Old Town-Chinatown directly east of the Although walking is a central part of Pearl was second at 98. his lifestyle, he doesn’t walk inordinate dis- Walk Score judges neighborhoods across tances. He estimates that he travels about the country using maps and objective cri- two miles a day by foot on average, perhaps teria available via the Internet. It favors more on weekends. areas that have an identifiable center, high He’s not a fair weather pedestrian; rain density, a mix of uses, parks, public spaces, doesn’t bother him. schools and workplaces. “All I need is a baseball cap,” he said. Mike Dennis, taking the It is not an opinion survey. Nor does it th “I’m an Oregonian. It doesn’t affect my 10 Avenue boardwalk, consider crime, safety, topography, weather walking” loves walking in the Pearl. or the condition of the sidewalks.

Walk Score criteria explained narrow, or traffic calming is in place to Street design: Sidewalks and safe control speed. crossings are essential to walkability. What makes a neighborhood walk- to the back. Comfortable: Pedestrian medians at Appropriate automobile speeds, trees, able? Nearby schools and workplaces: intersections, count-down crosswalk tim- and other features also help. A center: Walkable neighborhoods Schools and workplaces are close enough ers, bicycle lanes, protected bus shelters, Safety from crime and crashes: have a discernable center, whether it’s that most residents can walk from their etc., make the street work better for those How much crime is in the neighbor- a shopping district, a main street, or a homes. outside of a car. hood? How many traffic accidents are public space. Streets Designed for Density: How It Doesn’t Work: there? Are streets well-lit? The neighborhood is com- Everyone Pedestrian-friendly community pact enough for local businesses to flour- Known Issues with Walk design: Are buildings close to the side- ish and for public transportation to run Complete Streets are roads are designed Score walk, with parking in back? Are destina- frequently. for everyone who uses them, including the Mixed income, mixed use: We’ll be the first to admit that Walk tions clustered together? Housing bicyclist, the pedestrian of any age or Topography: Score is just an approximation of walk- Hills can make walk- is provided for everyone who works in the ability and the person getting on or off a ability. There are a number of factors that ing difficult, especially if one is carrying neighborhood: young and old, singles and transit vehicle. These streets are: Accessible: contribute to walkability that are not part groceries. families, rich and poor. Businesses and There are wheelchair of our algorithm: Freeways and bodies of water: residences are located near each other. ramps, plenty of benches with shade, Street width and block length: Freeways can divide neighborhoods. Parks and public space: There are sidewalks on all streets, etc. Well-connected: Narrow streets slow down traffic. Short Swimming is harder than walking. plenty of public places to gather and play. Streets form a con- blocks provide more routes to the same Weather: In some places, it is just too Pedestrian-centric design: Build- nected grid that improves traffic by pro- destination and make it easier to take a hot or cold to walk regularly. ings are placed close to the street to cater viding many routes to any destination. Built for the right speed: direct route. to foot traffic, with parking lots relegated Lanes are Source: Walkscore.com

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8 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 Timeless Wisdom from a mAsTeR p. 8-11 Meditate with Shivarudra Balayogi 2010 US Tour What would make the Pearl even more borhood outside the I-405 loop, has several walkable”? leading pedestrian advocates. Phil Selinger, Portland, OR Dennis has some ideas. who chairs the NWDA Transportation May 20, 21, 22 “I would love nothing more than to see Committee, is president of the Willamette better crossing solutions to I-405 to make Pedestrian Coalition, and Anne McLaugh- NW Meditation Retreat it a seamless neighborhood,” he said. lin and Jeanne Harrison also serve on the White Salmon, WA May 28 Crossing I-405 involves “huge gaps in WPC board. Stevenson, WA May 29, 30 sidewalks” on Everett and Glisan streets, he Selinger, who retired recently from a said. It feels unsafe to either use the bridges career at TriMet, said the transit agency over the freeway or the underpasses, where locates bus stops on the assumption that pedestrians will not walk farther than a lighting is poor and there are no eyes on Learn meditation from a self-realized Yogi. “Supreme peace is the intended goal. quarter mile. That would scarcely be a the street to give a sense of security. Cap- Meditate and know that which is your true Self.” Shivarudra Balayogi, a meditation warm-up for Selinger, who hasn’t owned a ping the freeway, as suggested by former master from the Himalayas of India, will be giving talks and instruction in the ancient motor vehicle for two years and frequently Mayor Vera Katz, would be a great solution form of meditation known as Jangama Dhyana. He will answer spiritual questions and walks to destinations three or more miles when the economy makes such a venture offer techniques to improve concentration, increase energy and enhance inner away. feasible, he suggested. peace. Programs are free - donations appreciated. As a walker, Dennis hates to see surface “Northwest Portland enjoys a pretty- parking lots, which are still plentiful in the well-developed infrastructure, and there Portland, OR Pearl. If they were replaced by shops, res- are few real barriers,” he said. “We have May 20, 7 PM New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW. 23rd. St. taurants, galleries and other small business- some of the best conditions in the city, May 21, 7 PM Crystal Temple, 7525 N. Richmond Ave. es, even more foot traffic would develop. with mostly continuous sidewalks, mostly May 22, 4 PM Crystal Temple “As much as we talk about its dense feel, manageable-size blocks and a density of there’s room for a lot more density in the activity that tells motorists that pedestrians Columbia Gorge, WA — NW Meditation Retreat Pearl,” he said. live and work here.” May 28, 7 PM Yoga Samadhi, 177 W. Jewett St, White Salmon, WA Finally, he calls for regulatory change The “20-minute neighborhood” is May 29, 8 AM - 5 PM Rock Creek Center, to make taxis more convenient. Current another new term to describe urban dis- 710 SW Rock Creek Dr, Stevenson, WA rules prohibit pedestrians from hailing a trict’s where most of the elements of a May 30, 8 AM - 1 PM Rock Creek Center, Stevenson, WA satisfying life are located within 20 minutes cab; they must be prearranged by making Portland Info: (503)296-6224, [email protected] of one’s home. a phone call. Gorge Info: (509)493-5209, [email protected] “Taxis are an important part [of the Like the Walk Score, “it’s just a way www.shivarudrabalayogi.org transportation mix] when someone needs for an average person to conceptualize Hear Baba live on the radio - Monday, May 24th, 8-9 PM, PDT, on: to get somewhere urgently,” he said. the quality of their neighborhood,” said “It’s Your Day with Laurie Day”. www.ContactTalkRadio.com The Northwest District, which has the Selinger. highest Walk Score of any Portland neigh-

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Creativity blooms under the bridge

The mini-borough I’ll call D.U.F.O. (Down Under their presence their continued usefulness. Fremont Bridge Overpass) is getting some loving atten- Ladies and gentlemen, you may soon notice a new quiet. tion these days from Canvas Art Bar and Bistro, which just Phase I of Quiet Zone Construction is underway. “Indeed,” opened at 1800 NW Upshur St. across from the Globe confirms Portland Department of Transportation’s Rich Lighting warehouse. Art supplies are for sale, and some are Newlands, “quiet zone construction has just begun. I still do provided for doodling at the table. Live costume models not have a high level of confidence about predicting exactly pose on Wednesday and Saturday nights. when the zone becomes effective,” he said. Construction is I wandered in on a recent night and attempted a sketch expected to be complete by the end of May and the zone to of model Dezerae Guerrero. There is charcoal and graphite begin operating sometime in July. The sound of train horns on every table, and rolls of scrap paper hung on the wall. may soon become a distant memory. What’s more, beer and wine are on a menu with artisan sandwiches, soups and salads. A park for kids? The Pearl is really the Doggie District, where condos for Kids get a bum rap in the Pearl. Their existence is widely canines can only be next. In the meantime, Sniff Dog Hotel doubted for starters. If acknowledged, they’re pitied for Dezerae Guerrero models at Canvas Art Bar & will open May 24 in a spruced-up 1970s building at the living sans siblings in soulless condo bunkers with self- Bistro. Lives costume models work two-hour sessions corner of Northwest 18th and Raleigh streets. Room rates absorbed professionals for parents. That would be pretty every Wednesday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. for start at $37 and top out at the penthouse level for $75. That sad, if it were true. No, they don’t have backyard chicken the benefit of artists of all levels. the hotel is steps away from freeway homeless camps and coops, or really even trees to climb, but they get to do other their canine bodyguards makes for a stark contrast, a weird stuff that perhaps those in houses do not. Some of these jumble of urban reality and pampered fantasy that reverber- ghost children, rumored to prowl around these parts, just ates in the Pearl District. installed a new bench at the community garden on North- anemic and drab by comparison. That said, I hope that Kin will open in the space last occupied by Holden’s. The th west 16 and Kearney streets. owners, recent transplants from Chicago’s restaurant scene, well-meaning but agenda-pushing organizations such as Raising kids downtown is a different lifestyle and one recently purchased nine-foot tall Balinese vines from Cargo Zimmerman Community Center and Children’s Healing that brings mixed feelings. Perhaps that’s why parents in for Kin’s interior. Art Project stand back and give everyone room to enjoy an the Pearl want the Fields Park to function as a real park: to San Francisco money to the rescue: Irving Street Kitchen unscripted and unprogrammed park. be a place to explore, range about and run. Tentative and will soon be open for business in the former Bay 13 space. In the meantime, when we need to breathe, we go to cautious in voicing reasonable desires for their kids, they’ve There were two days of protests on the corner of North- Wallace Park, a beautiful park with excellent playground th have censored themselves, fearing they’ll be labeled as over- equipment and mature trees. But lately, the noxious odor of west 13 and Everett streets, the spot where James Chasse privileged whiners. Jr. was picked up by police and later died in their custody. ESCO in the springtime air has me wondering if it’s even But parents, taking a cue from the dog lobbyists, found The surreal gathering involved a very tall police officer mov- safe to be there. It’s a troubling thought as you push your their voices at a recent meeting led by the sensible Christina ing an old armchair around in the street and an anarchist child in a swing. Is fresh air and exercise doing more harm Tempelaar-Lietz. She presented a recently updated ver- who bore a striking resemblance to Malcolm McDowell in than good? sion of the children’s play area, which was embraced with “A Clockwork Orange.” The horses, compelling players in enthusiasm. Earlier plans for the children’s play area were this drama, wore riot visors and seemed to announce with Contact Michaela Bancud at [email protected].

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10 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 news th Flanders Taming 14 Avenue and lighting to comply with the guidelines generally runs Continued from page 1 about $100,000 per 200-foot block, according Gardner, The property is critically important to the neighbor- th hood association because it could hold the key to calming who is an architect. The 14 Avenue side of this project is and issuance of permits. It wasn’t until permits were half a block, or 100 feet long. obtained and work began that Krueger realized the scope the rushing flow of traffic taking the Everett Street exit off I-405 and too-often speeding for three blocks along of the work went far beyond the $80,000 level. By then it th Other errors? was too late. Northwest 14 Avenue before reaching Everett, where three lanes funnel down to one. The association wants to Niles believes there are important omissions in Dia- Krueger admitted that the project “fell through the mond’s application. The official notification referred only cracks” because the initial $80,000 proposal “looked fairly suppress speeds by reducing the three lanes in this stretch th to 1435 NW Flanders St, the western end of the block minor to my staff.” of 14 Avenue to two, thereby forcing traffic from the freeway to merge. that is only one-quarter of the whole project. Documents Requested changes to an entry and windows appeared “This is a really serious issue,” said Niles. “It would submitted to the city do not mention a new roof and “fairly insignificant,” he said. “Nothing was saying to us th skylights, features listed on a marketing circular Diamond there would be a more intense use.” really tame 14 Avenue in that stretch. … It’s so important to the neighborhood.” continues to distribute and post on a website. But when it came time for permits, inspectors visited Removal of a traffic lane would be inevitable if the Heron said a builder can replace “like for like” materi- the site and learned of a much larger scope of work, a cir- als, such as roofing, without triggering design review. Only cumstance that Krueger said “doesn’t happen often. River District Right of Way Guidelines are applied. The guidelines require 12-foot sidewalks, and property owners if a new and different roof and/or skylight configuration is “Had we known all the work that was involved,” he who make substantial improvements (more than 35 per- installed would it be subject to review. said, “We probably would have asked for [compliance with cent of the assessed value) must bring adjacent sidewalks Diamond’s marketing mate- River District Right of Way] standards.” into compliance. The sidewalks are now only eight feet rials also state the “opportunity As a result of this experience, the city now asks for the wide along this two-block section—extending them four for interior parking,” a point not value of work associated with eventual building permits more feet into the street would force the elimination of a mentioned in any of his rede- when design review is requested. traffic lane. velopment applications. Before Still, “I’m not sensing that there was any willful [action For that reason, much is riding on calculation of the concluding his brief comments on the developer’s part]; that we were misled,” he said. improvements Diamond is making to his building, an to the Examiner with a “no Members of neighborhood association are not so amalgam of one-story commercial/industrial buildings comment,” Diamond said he charitable. The association’s Planning and Transportation does not intend to provide allan classen Committee voted unanimously to seek George Diamond indoor parking. legal advice with intent to challenge the The Bureau of Develop- validity of the permits and perhaps obtain a stop ment Services cited him in 2008 for allowing parking work order. inside the building in violation of the zoning code. In discussion over the topic, members of the committee used terms like “gross exaggeration,” Going political “false application” and “blatantly false information.” The Pearl District Neighborhood Association does not “They gamed the system a little bit,” said Patricia expect to resolve the issue administratively. Gardner, chair of the committee. “We’re going to have to go political,” Gardner told her Whatever he was thinking, Diamond isn’t talk- committee. “We are going to have to get someone in the ing now. mayor’s office to take this up.” “I have no idea,” Diamond told the Examiner Mayor Sam Adams has jurisdiction over the Bureau of when asked about the discrepancy in estimated ver- Transportation. Commissioner Randy Leonard oversees sus actual construction value. “This is the first I’ve the Bureau of Development Services. even heard of it.” Krueger suggested that the city could require Diamond When asked about details of his project and to support formation of a local improvement district, official assertions that don’t match his advertising which at some later point could assess all property owners To comply with current standards, the narrow sidewalk along circulars, he replied, “I’m not going to sit here and th in the vicinity to pay for right of way improvements. The Northwest 14 Avenue would have to be widened by four feet. listen to accusations. I just have no comment.” neighborhood association considers that an unsatisfac- Members of the neighborhood committee are tory compromise and one that might take years to realize, skeptical that the unrealistically low initial estimate was erected in 1921-1935. The complex has a combined probably not until the former Meier & Frank warehouse due to naïveté because the architectural firm filing the assessed value of $736,800. The “final permit valuation” at 14th and Everett is redeveloped. application for Diamond was Henneberry Eddy Archi- assigned by the Portland Bureau of Development Services Niles believes that until something is done, the system tects. The firm’s principal partner, Timothy Eddy, serves upon issuing building permits was $259,875, about $2,000 is an open invitation to cheat. on the Portland Design Commission. over the 35-percent threshold. “Anybody can get away with that,” she said. “All you The cost of widening the sidewalk, adding street trees need to do is put down a lowball estimate.”

Northwest Examiner, may 2010 11 12 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 13 14 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 going out Restaurants & Theater p. 15-21 ana, horsetail, hyssop, wintergreen and lavender) reminded me of Missoula, but it did taste fresh and fragrant. Unlike many herbal teas, it didn’t require the additional flavor boost of a sweetener. Unlike most tea places, the Tea Zone offers a wide choice of food, mainly of the soup, salad, and bar snack variety, By Wendy Gordon as well as some home-baked pastries. A fun-sounding high tea ($18.95) fea- Our family spent a month in India this spring, and returned with a new appre- tures tea and a choice of savo- julie ciation for tea. Previously, tea always struck me as a pleasant enough beverage, keefe ries and sweets, such as warming on a cold day, comforting when sick, but not as substantial as coffee. In quiches, bruschetta and a India, I drank only tea for a month, the longest I’d gone without coffee since I chocolate truffle tart. was 11. There, chai is the universal expression of hospitality. (Chai is the Hindi Tea prices are somewhat word for “tea”; the milky, spicy beverage we know by that name is “masala chai.”) higher than at Tea Chai When I returned home, I missed my regular dose of tea; so I set out to find Te ($3.75-$5.25). They sell the best masala chai in Northwest Portland, and while I was at it, to sample other their teas both in store and tea varieties as well. on line. Steven Smith Tea Chai Te perfect proportion. The use of whole milk, Teamaker rd 734 NW 23 Ave . sugar and honey in the authentic Indian 1626 NW Thurman St . manner also helped. You can substitute Tea Chai Te, is a cozy, sweet-smelling nonfat milk or soy or help milk, but your The next day brought us to “tea bar” on the second floor of a well- taste buds will detect the difference. the apex of our tea experience, preserved Victorian house. Couches and Unfortunately, my mother’s mug of the unabashedly artisan Steven small tables are scattered across two rooms, Ginger Pu-erh smelled good but other- Smith Teamaker. Smith, the where people sip tea as they work on their wise did not measure up to its winery- entrepreneur behind Stash and laptops, converse quietly, read or play board worthy description (“the combination Tazo teas, spent a year in France games. of warm and energizing properties of after leaving Tazo (now owned Tea Chai Te sells an amazing 100-plus Pu-erh tea, ginger and orange peel by Starbucks). But even two-hour varieties of tea. Their book-like menu balance out this strong tea”). The tea lunches couldn’t lure him away from includes fully fermented black teas; puerh tasted strong but not warm or earthy, tea, so he returned to Portland and (an unusually aromatic, earthy tea believed and the fragrant fruitiness of ginger started a new company in a former to aid digestion); unfermented, high-anti- Kathy Campbell and Keith Ellis sample teas at Ste- and orange was not evident. Frankly, blacksmith shop under the Fremont oxidant green teas; delicate white teas; ven Smith Teamaker for their shop in Eugene Cook’s in a blind tasting, I could have Bridge. There he and five former Tazo semi-fermented Chinese oolong; chai; Pots and Tabletops mistaken it for Lipton’s. Perhaps it colleagues import carefully selected teas South American mate; South African was not steeped long enough or was in small quantities (an associate we spoke rooibois, a selection of herbals; kombu- overly diluted. To test this theory, I bought with was leaving for Darjeeling the fol- cha; and bubble tea. Chais alone occupied a loose leaf tea, Iron Goddess of Mercy The Tea Zone lowing week), creates his own blends almost three pages, including such exotica (couldn’t resist the name). Iron Goddess 510 NW 11th Ave . by hand and sells them quickly. Tea is as roasted mate guarana, pumpkin spice was supposed to “lead to a wonderful fruity packed into sachets (don’t call them and chocolate chipotle. A “sniffing wall” ripeness on the back of the tongue,” and The following day brought our team bags!) on-site and sold in quantities of allows for olfactory input before ordering. steeped for five minutes in eight ounces of of intrepid tasters to The Tea Zone and 15. Curious customers can look up their We ordered our drinks, (to allow a valid water, it actually did. Camellia Lounge. This establishment is batch number online and discover where point of comparison, I stuck with plain Tea Chai Te opened in December 2003, a bustling storefront by day; bar and live- their tea was sourced, the exact day it was old masala chai) then sat back and relaxed. rd and has been a popular 23 Avenue fixture music venue by night. Generally speaking, packed, and who blended it (most likely They brew all tea to order here: no dump- ever since. An outdoor balcony offers fresh daytime is when to go for tea, though Steven himself ). ing in a tea bag in tepid water and stirring breezes and people watching when the sun they offer tea-based alcoholic beverages All this would be annoying pretension it around. My steaming hot chai arrived in shines. They sell their extensive tea selec- at happy hour and into the evening (chai if the tea wasn’t so fantastic. a pretty 16-ounce pottery mug, creamy and tion in store as well as online. A mug of with spiced rum and frangelico, anyone?) Everything about Steven Smith teas satisfying, comparing favorably to the best chai costs $3.35 (well worth it), while mugs Their menu is not as long as Tea Chai Te’s, is an aesthetic delight. The tea bags are I enjoyed in India. of other tea range from $2.85-$4, depend- but it is extensive. They have an especially so silky and fabric, I’m tempted to turn Masala chai typically consists of a blend ing on the grade. If your table can agree on impressive selection of green teas (some them into a patchwork quilt (though they of assam (a black tea grown in Northeast- one choice from the expansive menu, six enhanced with fruit, flowers and herbs), are compostable). The tea blends a fra- ern India), ginger, cardamom, anise seed, cup pots are a better deal. black teas, oolongs (semi-fermented), grant, colorful potpourri visible through keefe cinnamon and coriander. The contribution julie Pu-erh and herbal tisanes. the translucent fabric. When steeped in of each spice was evident but subtle, each in Tea arrives with its own brand a pot, the tea deepens into a rich hue, of ceremony. Everyone gets their redolent with flavor and fragrance. The own teapot, accompanied by a timer. difference between this tea and stan- When the sand runs out of the dard boxed tea is akin to the difference top of the hourglass, your tea is between a tomato picked fresh from finished steeping, and ready to the garden and a hothouse one from the pour into a glass mug. My chai supermarket. here was very pleasant, if milkier Their tea tasting room opens onto their and not as richly spiced as the work floor (you can watch the tea bagging prior day’s—clearly homemade. machine at work). It’s more comparable My daughter’s pot of Organic to a winery than a coffee house or restau- Rooibos Bourbon Vanilla also rant—no snacks, no free Wi-Fi. Sedate packed a potent punch. I like music issues forth from an Ipod. the astringent flavor of Rooi- My chai here was excellent. It came bois, which is technically not in a small cup, heavy on the milk, with tea but a caffeine-free plant subtle but very fresh spicing. The Assam native to South Africa. tea, the basis of it all, was clearly of the My mother chose Eve- highest quality, and I have decided to ning in Missoula because buy my masala chai here after my supply my younger daughter from India runs out. My son’s pepper- attends school there. I mint tea, made with local Oregon mint, can’t say this complex was fabulous and didn’t require a drop of blend (chamomile, rose- sweetener. I sampled Bungalow, a blend hips, lemon peel, raspberry of Darjeeling teas from the Himalayan leaf, papaya leaf, peppermint, spearmint, foothills. It was lovely, light and fruity. Bob Chattin and Laurel Ramey browse the tea menu at Tea Te Chai. strawberry leaf, vanilla, passion flower, red Allowing plenty of time, one might clover, star anise, wild cherry bark, dami- Continued on page 21 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 15 going out

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Northwest Examiner, may 2010 17 going out ART’s ‘Othello’ set in World War II era Owen Carey By Carol Wells by fate, like Oedipus before him. In the wildly moving speech after If we are to believe ancient Greek drama, he has killed Desdemona, he cries, fate is pretty much in control of everything. “Who can control his fate?” (Act Somebody offends a god, and his descen- 5, Scene ii). dents suffer for generations. That’s what This leads to the question of happened to Oedipus, and it caused him what Othello or his ancestors to kill his father and marry his mother. might have done to offend the The lesson, painfully conveyed, is that all gods. Many interpretations of the people—even great men—are ultimately play see Othello’s black skin as helpless creatures in thrall to the whims of the culprit: His fall is therefore an arbitrary fate. inevitable because, as a Moor, he In Artists Repertory Theatre’s produc- is intrinsically sinful. Morris and tion of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” the title director Jon Kretzu don’t play it character, as played by Victor Morris, is a that way. great man who moves with the ease of one Kretzu stages the production who has been a warrior and a leader. He in the 1940s, and while there are lives in the intense world of battle, where some visually pleasing film noir the sides are clearly demarcated and every- touches, like a revolving ceiling body knows where the enemy lies. fan and a looming wall of blinds of At the beginning, things are going well the kind that produce those great Director Jon Kretzu presents “Othello” at Artists Rep as an examination of the different philosophical for him. He is a respected military man. shadows, most effective is that worlds that Iago (Todd Van Voris, left) and Othello (Victor Morris) inhabit. The army he leads is winning a war. He the men wear uniforms evocative has eloped with the beautiful Desdemona of World War II. The automatic wish’d/That heaven had made her such a speech, and others of a similar nature, take (Amaya Villazan, making like Veronica association is with the good war, along with man”) to get him to finally propose. place on a central platform around which Lake in Gregory Pulver’s fabulous gowns), the assumption that the wearers of these What could such a man do to bring all the characters, including Othello, sit daughter of a Venetian senator, against her uniforms are honorable men. down an awful fate? The play suggests the watching and listening. father’s wishes. When the senator sues the It is a fitting allusion. As the great answer is that Othello’s character is what The message seems to be that people Duke of Venice (Nathan Dunkin) to pun- warrior, Morris’s Othello is Glen Ford guides his fate. His downfall is engineered have the responsibility to see what is going ish Othello, the duke takes Othello’s side. and John Wayne rolled into one. He is by his ensign, Iago (Todd Van Voris), who on around them. Evil doesn’t usually hide That the hero of a tragedy must be a an upright, honest man, and he assumes takes great delight in not only manip- all that well, but that many people prefer great man in order to make his fall more the whole world operates by his own set ulating situations, but in talking about not to see it. We may wonder why Othello dramatic is true to Aristotelian principles. of clear moral rules. He is so direct, and them. From the very start of the play, he was so easily led by his subordinate, or why Morris succeeds in making his Othello not terrible at reading other people, that he announces that he hates Othello and that Iago’s wife never asked why he wanted only great but likeable, and that makes his doesn’t even recognize flirting, and poor by affecting loyalty he is among those who her to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief fall even harder to accept. Othello, though Desdemona has to give him a huge hint make “shows of service on their lords” (Act (fabricated evidence that Desdemona was a Christian, believes himself to be ruled (in Act I, Scene iii, she tells Othello “she 1 Scene i). The Kretzu production has this untrue to Othello), in the same way we

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18 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 going out wonder how Bernie Madoff ’s financially ing from the first: His eagerness to show savvy investors apparently never questioned the audience how clever he is, his quiet their large returns. pleasure in his plots and schemes, draws us Iago, unlike his master, does not believe right into his world. in fate. He exists in a much more modern This production begins with Iago alone paradigm where a person creates his own on stage playing the piano. He thinks he circumstances: “‘tis in ourselves that we are sets the mood, that he is in control of his thus or/thus. Our bodies are our gardens, world, but he isn’t. All his careful plans will to the which our/wills are gardeners” (Act unravel, and his own wife is the one who 1, Scene iii). will finally betray him. Through his manipulation, Iago intro- For Othello, on the other hand, events duces the first shades of gray into Othello’s become so heinous that he is forced into world. Suddenly Othello must grapple recognition: “When you shall these unlucky with ambiguity, and he can’t do it. You don’t deeds relate,/Speak of me as I am; nothing see John Wayne parsing a situation in order extenuate,/Nor set down aught in malice: to tease out the subtleties. then must you speak/Of one that loved not Interpretations of the play that try to wisely but too well” (Act 5 Scene ii). guess at Iago’s real motivation for his In the end, the worldviews are reversed. wanting to take Othello down are many. Because “Othello” does take place in a Iago claims to be angry because Othello moral universe, we see the guilty Iago pun- promoted Cassio instead of him, and he ished. But it doesn’t make up for the pain also alludes to a rumor that Othello had we suffer of seeing the John-Wayne-like slept with Emilia, Iago’s wife (delightfully great man become self-aware and therefore played by the vivacious Sarah Lucht), but defeated. these explanations are easily discredited. The reason this production suggests is based, once again, on character. Iago is all about manipulation and control, not just of “Othello” situations but even of objects. We see Van Artists Repertory Theatre Voris’s Iago setting the chairs on the stage Through May 13; just so, and even drinking glasses on a table Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30 p.m., must be aligned in a certain, specific order. Sunday at 2 p.m. Audience members familiar with Artists and Wednesday, May 5, at 11 a.m. Rep will recognize resident acting compa- Morrison Stage, ny members Amaya Villazan and Michael 1515 SW Morrison St. Mendelson (as Brabantio and Lodovico), Tickets: $20-$47. but the real surprise is Van Voris as Iago. It takes some doing to realize that this is Reservations and information: the same performer who gave the comic 503-241-1278 or performance in a dress as a tipsy grandma www.artistsrep.org. in “Holidazed.” Van Voris’s Iago is fascinat-

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Tea Continued from page 15 varieties can also be served hot. Fat Straw has a pleasant soda shop-like consider a “tea flight”, a guided tasting of a atmosphere featuring electronica music, selection of four pots of tea. free use of laptops and cheery, perky coun- Smith sells sachets rather than loose ter help. I ordered an almond bubble tea. tea because he believes that preserves the My son ordered a strawberry. They arrived freshness better and assures proper propor- in plastic cups with a cutesy drawing on the tions for brewing. They’re sold in (what top, and we stuck our pastel fat straws in. else?) a handcrafted box. I’ve tried a couple The boba were surprisingly pleasant; bland varieties at home, and while they didn’t and round with a soothing, slightly chewy reach the heights of perfection they did on mouth-feel. It was fun drawing them up site, they still were far better than the aver- through the straw. While sipping, though, age cup of tea. we found ourselves trying to avoid the bev- This tea nirvana doesn’t come cheap. erage, which bore minimal relationship to Fifteen tea sachets sell from $11.99 to tea; nor did it taste like almonds or straw- $14.99. That puts it in a category with berries. The bright artificial liquid tasted artisan chocolate or wine. If you buy the similar to Fruit Loops cereal, or, as my son CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL very best, one can get a lot of flavor from a put it, “to that pink stomach medicine”. small amount of the quality tea. Teenagers streamed into the shop, 1445 NW 26th ~ 503-916-6295 Hot tea service at the store is surpris- ordering drinks in neon colors rarely found www.chapman.pps.k12.or.us ingly inexpensive, at $2.50-$3 per pot. The in nature. So, bubble tea apparently has teas are sold at the store, on line and at its adherents. Fat Straw does a capable selected grocery stores, including Zupan’s, job with their product. But I’d categorize may Food Front, Whole Foods and Pastaworks. bubble tea with a cluster of Asian cultural Fat Straw artifacts I don’t understand, like anime 3 - 7 Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week 806 NW 23rd Ave . cartoons and Hello Kitty toilet scrubbers. Fat Straw also sells espresso beverages, 11 Kindergarten Round-Up, 9 AM - 10:30 AM Our last day of tea tasting brought us regular ice tea, and Vietnamese banh mi from the sublime to the ridiculous, or at sandwiches. Their prices are in the $3 range. 12 Site Council Meeting, 2:30 PM least the peculiar. I had never tasted bubble World Cup Coffee and Tea tea, which has an enthusiastic following 12 PTA Board Meeting, 7 PM and is the primary offering at Fat Straw . 1740 NW Glisan St . Bubble tea originated in Taiwan, and con- World Cup Coffee and Tea carries tea 19 Late Opening - sists of tea, milk, sugar and a choice of in its name, but the focus is clearly on cof- School Begins at 10:00 AM for all grades flavoring and tapioca pearls (boba). Unlike fee. They hand-roast their coffee beans on many proprietors who rely on artificial site, and their chai comes from Dragonfly, 31 memorial Day NO SCHOOL creamer, Fat Straw uses coconut milk. a Portland company. The chai mix tasted The boba—black balls derived from cas- overly sweet with a harsh clove aftertaste sava root—absorb the flavor of the tea and and in no way compares to fresh-brewed sink to the bottom of the glass, where they chai. World Cup also sells a variety of com- must be sipped with—you guessed it—a fat mercially bagged hot teas. straw. While generally served cold, some

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Courtesy of Slabtown Picture Shows GladYou

AskedAnswering your questions about Northwest Portland history

By Mike Ryerson History uncovered with tracks The Northwest 23rd Avenue streetcars were Bill Boyce Question: horse-drawn prior to 1891. This photo of the “I didn’t realize until I’d watched some of this Savier Street car barns was taken on the last project (reconstruction of Northwest 23rd Avenue) day horses were used. The site is now the home that there were trolley tracks buried on the street. of the Vaux Condominiums. How long have they been there, and when were they paved over?” —Norm Mann The 23rd Avenue streetcar is stalled on its tracks in this scene in front of the Esquire Answer: Theater at Kearney Street in 1943. The streetcar tracks that were recently uncovered and removed were placed in 1905, just in time for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The event is often referred to as the 1905 Worlds Fair or The Great Extravaganza. Part of it was held on Guild’s Lake, which was later filled in and is now the Northwest Industrial Area. th The entrance to the fair was at Northwest 26 and mike ryerson Vaughn, and the old 23rd Avenue line brought visitors to the gates. The streetcar was also a popular means of transporta- tion to the Vaughn Street Park, where the Portland Beavers played until 1956, and to the Guild’s Lake war-time hous- ing. There had been tracks on Northwest 23rd prior to fair, but they were much lighter rails and they guided smaller streetcars. Many of the heavier trolley cars were built at 23rd and West Burnside in the car barns that stood there until the 1930s. Trolleys had served 23rd Avenue since the 1880s, and the first were horse-drawn. Another streetcar barn and repair shop was near Northwest 23rd and Savier streets, where the Vaux Condominiums are today. In the early 1950s, streetcars were phased out in Port- land, and replaced by electric buses. They used the same overhead electrical wires as the streetcars, but the unneeded rails were gradually paved over. Gas-powered buses quickly replaced them.

Have a question about Northwest Portland history? Email it to Mike Ryerson at [email protected] The 100-year-old trolley tracks were uncovered last month as part of the 23rd Avenue reconstruction proj- or write: Northwest Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur, Ste. C, ect. The former Esquire Theater now houses Mio Gelato, Rose’s Restaurant and Tributes. Portland, OR 97210. Then Now mike ryerson Courtesy& of Norm Gholston

The Savoy Apartments at Northwest 23rd and Hoyt Street were built in 1931, before com- Sixty years later, part of the basement and main floor of the Savoy was converted to for mercial buildings were occupying most intersections of the avenue. The photo was taken retail businesses along 23rd Avenue. Starbucks Coffee and two other retail businesses occupy shortly after the apartments were built. the storefronts.

22 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 news Paul Koberstein Tank farms including some that were built 100 Continued from page 1 years ago on marshland in North- James Roddey, earth sciences information officer for the west Portland that had been filled Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, in after the 1905 Lewis & Clark said neighbor’s concerns about the durability of the gaso- Exposition. line storage tanks during a major earthquake are justified. Many tanks were constructed “They pose a very high earthquake risk,” he said. “They without regard for earthquakes, but were not designed to withstand earthquakes.” even tanks built to today’s seismic Roddey said there is a risk of incurring “two different standards may not withstand a 9.0 types of earthquakes that could threaten the tanks.” earthquake, such as the recent trem- The most deadly, known as a Cascadia Subduction or in Haiti. In fact, no large man- Zone earthquake, would likely be centered about 75 miles made structure in Portland would be offshore under the Pacific Ocean, where two plates of the safe during a 9.0 quake, said Roddey. earth’s crust meet. It “could shake an area like that for a The Oregon Department of very long time,” he said. Geology and Mineral Industries is Scientists say such a massive shaking event has occurred studying the earthquake risks to 18 times in the past in Northwest Oregon. If such a quake the gasoline storage tanks, in col- were to occur, the gasoline tanks might be no more than laboration with the Oregon Public an afterthought in light of huge projected losses exceeding Utilities Commission. That study is Paul Koberstein $12 billion, 30,000 destroyed build- Kinder Morgan, which operates a major petroleum storage ings and 8,000 deaths. facility in Linnton, also owns the Olympic Pipeline. A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could be similar to the “The effects of a great earthquake will reach far inland,” Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964, he said. which destroyed several large gaso- Shaking could last up to five minutes, and would be felt line storage tanks in the Anchorage most strongly along the coast but will also be strongly felt area. in the Willamette Valley. “Prolonged shaking can cause “Many of them caught on fire,” structure collapse, landslides and the disruption of lifeline Roddey said. services.” A second type along the fre- Earthquakes can also fracture underground pipelines. quently active Portland Hills fault, The gasoline storage tanks in Linnton are connected to known as a crustal fault, would be the underground Olympic Pipeline, which ruptured and more moderate. exploded 10 years ago near its northern terminus at Bell- The gasoline storage tanks along ingham, Wash., killing three teenagers. Kinder-Morgan, U.S. 30 “sit right on top of that which owns the pipeline and has operates a major tank fault,” Roddey said. farm in Linnton, has been called “sort of the poster child The fault is about 30 miles for pipeline problems,” by Carl Weimer, executive director in length and runs north/south for the Pipeline Safety Trust, a fuel transportation safety through the heart of downtown advocacy group formed after the 1999 pipeline explosion Portland to the north end of Forest Park. not yet finished. in Bellingham. The Geological Survey has identified a third fault under Craig Weaver of the U.S. Geological Survey said at a Jan Secunda, who lives in a 105-year-old home in sediments running parallel to the Portland Hills Fault. recent conference of the Seismological Society of America, Linnton, said, “there’s plenty here to scare the bejesus out The East Bank Fault underlying Benson High School held recently in Portland, that a Cascadia Subduction of anybody.” and Lloyd Center on the east side of the Willamette River Zone quake would occur off the Oregon Coast in an area is capable of producing a quake with magnitudes greater where two of the earth’s tectonic plates collide, creating A public hearing on renewal of air-quality per- than 6. Scientists do not know what effect a quake along a 600-mile-long fault line. The two plates, known as the mits for Kinder Morgan, Equilon Enterprises and that fault might have on the storage tanks, but the fault Cascadia plate and the Juan de Fuca plate, are converg- Chevron Products, three major petroleum compa- is thought to be capable of producing “particularly strong ing at the rate of 1-2 inches per year, causing stress that nies in the Linnton area, is Monday, May 17, 6:30 earthquakes,” the USGS says. will continue to accumulate until it is released in a giant p .m ., in the White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch DEQ notes that many fuel storage tanks are very old, earthquake, he said. St ., Room 142/144, 6:30 p .m .

Northwest Examiner, may 2010 23 business Finance & Real Estate New businesses start green, and aim to stay that way

By William Cornett

Seven Planet William Cornett All for Paws recycled hooks from the Rebuilding Cen- categories: apparel, Kelli O’Connor started All for Paws two ter. energy, food, health, years ago, at Northwest 23rd and Raleigh An old wooden bathtub crate, stood-on- household, shelter streets, venturing that the environmen- end and inlayed with shelves, displays dog and travel. Every- tal sensibilities of NW Portland residents treats. The walls are painted with recycled thing finds its way would extend to their pets. paint from Metro. Perhaps the fanciest into the mix, from “We try to promote local, eco-friendly piece in the store is a hutch that came from furniture, to reusable and holistic products for our furry friends,” her grandmother’s house. sandwich bags, to said O’Connor. For dogs, she carries Stam “All of these things were less expen- old Gary Lewis and treats, produced in Portland. sive, and good for the environment,” says the Playboys albums Although there are no local pet food O’Connor. warped into serving manufacturers, the foods she does William Cornett bowls, to fair-trade carry are all made in the United coffees. States and Canada and are free The store part- of byproducts, fillers and chemi- ners with spud!, cal preservatives. an organic grocery O’Connor also carries locally Seven Planet has products for seven areas of life. delivery service, and is made Top of the Food Chain also a drop-off location dog collars, made from recycled Billed as the world’s first chain of green for a green drycleaner. bike tubes. general stores, Seven Planet opened a store Seven Planet’s mission goes beyond “Those are made-on-Raleigh in Old Town-Chinatown last September. retailing. Wednesday evenings, the store local,” she laughs. Shoulder bags suspended from old neck- hosts classes featuring speakers from the Another popular item is the ties suggest this is not your grandparents’ National College of Natural Medicine. Pup Top bottle opener—a dog general store. This summer, the store will begin to collar made of recycled materi- “We try to make it easy for people to host local organic farmers dispensing gar- als, featuring a built-in bottle change their lifestyles,” said co-manager dening advice, as well as instructions on opener. “Those are popular,” she Tyla Dahlman. how to home start chicken coops. The store said. “They’re very Portland.” The store at Northwest Fourth and displays original artwork on its walls and Display boards came with Kelli O’Connor with Fancy Pants at All for Paws. Couch carries sustainable products in seven takes part in First Thursdays.

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26 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 business Mayor’s parking program to assess economic conditions

By Allan Classen But Don Singer, whose brother agreed to postpone construction of a commercial Two groups who haven’t agreed on any- parking structure at Northwest 23rd and thing in the last 15 years got together and Irving for a year to see what conclusions found a new plane on which to draw lines: come out of the mayor’s parking plan, What is a normal level for local business does not believe current circumstances are activity? normal. Singer said street construction Representatives of the neighborhood and the recession would create artificially and commercial interests came together low measurements, and it would be unfair last month as Mayor Sam Adams held the to use them as a starting point. first meeting of the Northwest Parking Adams agreed that the reconstruction Plan Working Group. The committee has of 23rd Avenue, scheduled to be completed three members each from the Northwest next month, is a special factor that needs District Association and the Nob Hill to be accounted for, but he did not give Business Association, while Adams is the the same pass on the economy, implying chair and holds final say. there is no certainty of a return to pre- Adams’ goal is implementing a sys- 2008 sales levels. tem of meters, permits and other park- Dan Anderson of NWDA said the era ing management measures sometime in of easy credit that boosted discretionary 2011. Before programs are approved, a spending earlier in the decade may have city-hired consultant will study current been the abnormal period, and the cur- economic and social conditions in the rent business climate may be more than a neighborhood as a baseline against which temporary aberration. to measure the success or failure parking Consultant Eric Hovee will conduct programs. the study of economic indicators. It will If retailers fare better after meters are consider business and real estate perfor- installed, for instance, that would be evi- mance as well as the financial well-being dence that meters are not harmful to the of residents and community livability. business climate.

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B usines S BRIEFS New Ten Thousand Villages changed its name to Ban- an emphasis on happy hour. The owner is Kevin Shi- yan Tree and is reopening at a new location. The karni. ... Micah Camden, owner of Fats, Yakuza and nonprofit retailer left 938 NW Everett St. and will DOC restaurants in Northeast Portland, is consider- Businesses reopen later this month at 28 SW First Ave. in the ing a Pearl location for his latest concept, Little Big new Mercy Corps headquarters, the former Skid- Burger, featuring mini-hamburgers. ... Chase Bank more Fountain Building. The store will continue to will open a branch at Northwest 23rd and Lovejoy in ... Center for Psychology & Health sell crafts imported by the national Ten Thousand the former FedEx Office location by mid-summer. 1920 NW Johnson St ., #119, 503 206-8337 Villages organization, the world’s largest fair-trade Sniff Dog Hotel, a luxury doggie day care, is coming importer. ... The Pearl Design Center between to 1828 NW Raleigh St. ... 10 Nails and Spa has Susan G. Rosenzweig, Psy.D., has opened a new psy- Northwest 14th, 15th, Raleigh and Savier streets is now taken over the space at 1117 NW 23rd Ave. where PK chology practice in the Johnson Street Professional known as the Raleigh Corner. ... Laurelwood NW, Nails used to be. ... Sweet Jayne women’s clothing Building. She specializes in problems associated with which closed during reconstruction of Northwest boutique at 826 NW 23rd Ave. has closed after less medical illnesses. She is a former board member of 23rd Avenue, will reopen in late May or early June. than a year in business. Their Northeast Portland the Oregon Psychological Association and has been ... According to Portlandfood.org, Mitch Rosenthal, outlet will remain open. ... Pearl Salon & Day Spa a licensed psychologist in Oregon since 1996. Steven Rosenthal and Doug Washington, owners of leased 1,617 square feet at 736 NW 11th Ave. ... Dr. three San Francisco restaurants, plan to open Irving Justin Hoffman, a naturopath, has opened a practice Tracy Andersen LAc Street Kitchen in the former Bay 13 space at 701 called The Natural Path at 1536 NW 23rd Ave. ... 2301 NW Thurman St, Suite O, 503-250-3012 th ... Legacy Health Systems NW 13 Ave. this month. The former Holden’s leased 10,775 square feet Tracy Andersen, a licensed acupuncturist, Chinese th Kin Res- st location, 525 NW 14 Ave., will become of office space at Con-way Crossing, 1621 NW 21 herbalist and shiatsu practitioner, moved her busi- taurant later this month. PDX Eater.com described Ave., from Con-way Properties. ness to the Baxter Building at Northwest 23rd and it as an Asian restaurant with a full liquor license and Thurman in March. She has been practicing on the

mike ryerson east side of the river for five years, recently receiv- ing a doctorate for her studies in traditional Chinese medicine. She specializes in women’s health issues. Koifusion@1 1300 NW Lovejoy St ., 503-867-8822 After building a following with a roving, “tweeting” bar- becue van, Bo Kwon is operating a “pop-up” restaurant in the former home of Solo Bar. With a larger kitchen and full bar, the restaurant has expanded its Korean-Oregon fusion menu, which includes its singular Korean Fried Chicken. The bar has premium cocktails and features fresh-squeezed juices and ingredients such as ginger and herbs. The chef is Joe Anderson, formerly of Carlyle, and the bar manager is Joshua Palmer, formerly of Typhoon. Hours are 4 p.m.-midnight Tuesday-Sunday, with plans to add lunch hours. The roving truck remains in service. PINTS 412 NW Fifth Ave ., 503-564-2739 Robert Gibson, who operates Pacific Cap Proper- Chase Bank has leased the space at Northwest 23rd and Kinko’s where FedEx Office used to be. Building owner ties real estate upstairs in the same building, opened a C.E. John has apparently put on hold plans for a five-story, mixed-use project at this corner. brewpub at Northwest Fifth and Flanders last month. PINTS offers espresso made with Portland Roasting Coffee and pastries from Marsee Baking every weekday

Art, Circus, DEQ Hearing, May 18 DEQ is holding a public hearing and Science, extending the public comment period until June 30 for a proposed rulemaking Puppetry, Music to update air toxics benchmarks for & Swimming! manganese, ethyl benzene, lead and mercury. Enroll online for When: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tue, May 18 Where: Oregon Department of Transportation our weekly 123 NW Flanders, Portland Main floor conference room AB summer camps. More information: 503-229-6411; www.deq.state.or.us/news/publicnotices/PN.asp.

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morning until noon. It then closes until 3 p.m., when it reopens as a beer and wine bar. It features craft beers from regional breweries in an urban décor resembling BridgePort Brewpub. There are nine beers on tap. The grand opening is Thursday, May 6, from 3-8 p.m. TIBETANFOX 805 NW 23rd Ave . Artist Bengt Nels, who started a line of silk screened T-shirts 25 years ago, will open his first retail outlet at in early June. The store will sell shirts with hand-drawn designs, as well as sculptures and original paintings by the artist, who lives in Camas, Wash. Nels plans to donate a percentage of sales to a foundation providing aid to Tibet. Pearl Self-Storage Center th 1323 NW 16 Ave ., 503 224 7111 The new Pearl Self-Storage Center on Northwest 16th Avenue has 816 storage units on five floors. There are also The just-completed, five-story Pearl Self-Storage Cen- retail spaces on the ground floor. ter has 816 storage units for rent, plus ground-floor retail spaces along Northwest 16th Avenue. The units, which range from 5x5 feet for $54 a month to 10x25 Kalista Salon & Day Spa costume models to sketch while eating, drinking and/ 805 NW Glisan St ., 503-230-8952 feet for $309, all have 10-foot ceilings. Units may be or socializing with friends. There’s live music Friday accessed from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week, and After more than a decade on East Burnside, Kalista nights. The 1,700-square-foot space in the former Norm they are protected by a locked gate and 19 security cam- Salon took over the former Magnum Opus space in Thompson store is in the heart of a cluster of creative eras. Loading and unloading is from an indoor drive- the Honeyman Building recently. Kalista (Greek for industries that includes a Pacific Northwest College through aisle that extends the length of the building. beautiful) is owned by Kimberly Schoene, who also has of Art annex next door. They serve beer and wine and a line of beauty products. The website claims “to the light menu of sandwiches ($6-$8), soups and salads. Fred Astaire Dance Studio absolute greatest extent possible, every single product 305 NW 21st Ave ., Suite 201, 971-255-1918 we use is environmentally friendly … and we do not Enliven Massage have one item in our spa tested on animals.” There 1524 NW 23rd Ave ., 503-403-9176 Portland’s first Fred Astaire Dance Studio franchise, are 18 people on staff, including hair stylists, mas- owned and operated by Alex Aillon and Jan Lampe, Gina Hoffman, who moved to Portland in 2006 after a seuses, estheticians, manicurists and pedicurists. offers all forms of ballroom dance. Their customary pack- career in dancing in Germany, is opening her own mas- age for beginners is four sessions of private instruction sage salon upstairs in the house where Bonnie Kahn’s for $500. Students are also entitled to attend as many The Canvas Art Bar & Bistro Wild West Gallery used to be. Hoffman has worked in 1800 NW Upshur St ., 503-206-6964 weekly group dances as they choose without additional spas and chiropractic offices in Portland the past four cost. Aillon said the popularity of ballroom dancing has Former advertising agency account manager Ashley Ber- years. She specializes in deep tissue massage and stretch- exploded in recent years due in part to television shows natchez has taken a new approach to the “third place”— ing, and plans to add ashiatsu, which allow the practitio- like “Dancing with the Stars,” which has spiked inter- a public place where people can spend time away from ner to walk on the client while holding onto overhead est in many dance forms. The age range of students is work or home. The Canvas Art Bar & Bistro provides bars to control the pressure. She expects to open May 8. from 25-65, with a concentration 35-45 years, he said. easels and—on Wednesday and Saturday nights—live

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Northwest Examiner, may 2010 29 mike ryerson business

InBy Mike Ryersonthe ’Hood Back when things were really bad 23rd Avenue had to be closed for a several months in 2010 for major repairs. mike ryerson I hear a lot of people talk about how bad things were in Take today for example. Northwest Portland when they came here. It doesn’t mat- “Grandpa, what was it like on Northwest 23rd Avenue ter what year it was; things were real bad back then. way back in the olden days?” I’ve always wondered why they stuck around if it was “Well Tommy, when your Grandma Caitlin and I came so awful. Apparently it looked pretty good to them at the here shortly after the turn of the century, things were really time. getting bad. That seems to be the case with Reuel Fish, a former “I think it was in about 2009 or 2010 when 23rd Avenue Northwest business operator who wrote us a letter to the had gotten in such need of repair that crews of workers editor recently. Fish writes that he came here in 1980, had to close it for several months and completely dig it up. rd when “one walked up 23 to Rose’s and passed rattle- The businesses insisted they couldn’t survive if construc- trap houses and funky businesses or vacant storefronts.” tion closed down the street for a time, so they kept putting He was referring to the old Rose’s Restaurant at North- it off until the potholes got so deep you could see the old rd Boarded-up businesses were not an uncommon sight. west 23 and Everett. streetcar tracks they had buried 60 years earlier. mike ryerson I contacted him and asked where those “rattletrap hous- “Shops were closing right and left, and some of es” were, but he couldn’t be very specific. He did, however, the storefronts stayed boarded up for months. One say he recalls the Rose’s being “kind of dark and tired.” shopkeeper sank so low she had to close her business We pulled up some 1980s photos of the restaurant and beg for help from strangers passing by her old from our files and tried to figure out what he meant, store. Homeless people slept on the sidewalks every but it looked clean and nice in the pictures, just as I had night, and you couldn’t walk down the street without remembered it. being approached by people pushing shopping carts He also mentioned a house next to Nob Hill Bar & with everything they owned and begging for money. Grill that collected newspapers in an overgrown front “Wow! That sounds really terrible, Grandpa.” yard, and it had a porch with furniture and junk on it, but “Yeah, but don’t tell your grandmother I’m telling he wasn’t sure. you all this stuff. She was very upset that we had to I owned the bar next to Mrs. Vandemarr’s house in the live here back in those days. More than 20 businesses on 23rd Avenue were forced to 1980s. Rose bushes lined her front sidewalk, and I talked “Down at the north end of the street was this close their doors in 2009 and the first part of 2010. to her many times as she was out pruning them. I don’t place called Mary Jane’s that sold drug parapher- mike ryerson recall ever seeing any newspapers in her yard or I would nalia. I’d always walk on the other side of the street when have helped her by hauling them off in my truck. The I went down there to play pool at the old McMenamins furniture on the porch he mentioned must have been the pool hall. Bars and taverns lined the street. There were wooden rocking chair she often sat in as she watched her more than two dozen places where you could get alcohol neighbors walk by. in those days. I told Mr. Fish that there have never been more vacant “You’re really lucky Tommy. Things have really changed storefronts than there are today, and he didn’t answer when over the years. Here comes your Grandmother. She’ll tell I asked him if the funky businesses back then were any you how much nicer the neighborhood is since we moved funkier than our beloved 3 Monkeys or Music Millen- here.” nium, that closed three years ago. This subject always gets me to thinking about how we rd can make any time period on Northwest 23 Avenue look You can reach Mike Ryerson at 503-381-8050 or rd pretty bad without telling any lies. [email protected] Homeless people regularly sleep in 23 Avenue doorways.

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30 Northwest Examiner, may 2010 Allan Classen Snapshots

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Neighborhood activists staffed an information booth on the threat of industrial air pollution on Earth Day. Sharon Genasci, chair of the Northwest District Association Health and Envi- ronment Committee, is behind the table.

Dr. James Sampson, executive director of The Research + Educa- tion Group at Northwest 23rd and Northrup, retired recently. He was one of the pioneering physicians for HIV/AIDS care Phil Geffner of Escape From New York Pizza and Georgia Landon of Ipnosi have some photo in the region and was among the fun with an out-of-service road roller, used on the 23rd Avenue reconstruction project. The five- first physicians to recognize the month project is due to be completed this month. disease.

A Renaissance School of Arts and Sciences, a new, private school leasing space in the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center, held an open house at World Cup Coffee last month. Students ages 6-9 exhibited the half-scale, self-replica marionettes each made as the focus of the year’s curriculum.

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Sister Cathie Boerboum cuts the ribbon at ceremonies dedicating the Sodergren Hall ramp at Rose Haven, a nonprofit agency for women located at First Immanuel Church, 1816 NW Irving St. Les Wierson, right, managed the project. The ADA ramp, which cost $81,000, was underwritten by donations from the church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Meyer Memorial Trust and Pearl Rotary.

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Pearl Rotary Club members Matt Krueger (L-R), Don Smith, Don Barney, Walt Swan and Stan Swan install a bench to honor former rotary member John Wagnitz. The bench is at the community garden on North- west 14^th Avenue by I-405.

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