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TmHllsi i Slabtown Fest highlights baseball lore and legend By Tim Hills Historian, McMenamins Pubs

t’s the dog days of summer, perennially the excit- ing final stretch of the professional baseball sea- son. Pennant races heat up and spoilers step in. In Portland, though, instead of cheers for the home team, most of the noise lately is about pos- Isibly saying goodbye to the home team. There may be cloudy days ahead, but let’s leave behind the distasteful business and politics of today and spend an afternoon reliving and reveling in the days when Port- land was indisputably a baseball town, the players weren’t franchises unto themselves and games were played in the gritty, tinder box of a park at Northwest 24th Avenue and Vaughn Street. Bob Olsen points to himself as the boy kneeling to get a peek at a Beavers game in the famous 1948 photograph. The photo was “Big-League Baseball in Slabtown,” an exhibit and actually staged by an Oregon Journal photographer, and there was speaking presentation, is the historical focus of this year’s no game on the other side of the fence. Slabtown Community Festival. This third annual running of the event is Saturday, Sept. 19, noon-6 p.m. at the Con- way lot at Northwest 23rd and Savier. Launched in 2007, the festival celebrates the past, present and future of the neighborhood radiating from Continued on page 12 E Sxamining E CO’s ‘no harm’ claims Environmental reporter finds gaps, discrepancies in public record inside

By Paul Koberstein as a ‘minor’ source of hazardous pollut- What, exactly, is in the air? ants.” For years, ESCO’s neighbors have dis- Carter Webb, manager of safety and Most Portlanders lament the fact that played lawn signs asking, “What’s in the environment for ESCO, the corporation on days when the sky is cloud-free, the air?” For an answer, they could turn to a that owns two steel foundries at the north- customary view of Mount Hood and the confusing array of state, federal and private ern edge of the Northwest neighborhood, other Cascade peaks is becoming increas- reports that when combined list 67 differ- acknowledges that his company’s air emis- ingly hazy. We chalk this up to automo- ent toxins that are or have been released sions have created some enemies as well as bile-induced smog, which is certainly a to the air by ESCO, including seven toxic some alleged misery among its neighbors. major contributor, but are mostly unaware heavy metals on the EPA’s list of the eight “We’re the focus of concern and frustra- of the large number of other toxic con- most dangerous metals released to the tion for some of our neighbors,” he said at taminants that mix with the more obvious urban environment. Oregon Department a legislative workgroup hearing in August automobile exhaust. An EPA database has of Environmental Quality lists 46 differ- at Port of Portland offices in Old Town. identified Portland as a hot spot for the ent toxic substances in ESCO’s pollution. Neighborhood Food & “We will not ignore that.” toxics in its air. The federal Environmental Protection Beverage Guide But Webb perceives the criticism as In cities across the country, the EPA Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory lists 15 pag e 18 unfair. “We look at the monitoring data has identified more than 600 compounds different toxic substances coming out of and we are very confident that ESCO is in air pollution that threaten public health, two ESCO plants, including seven toxics Free steak dinners not causing risk to anyone in the neigh- including many that are heavy metals, such that are not on the DEQ’s list. Fourteen if you can’t find a parking spot borhood. In fact, EPA categorizes ESCO as lead. Continued on page 8 page 34 oNe-leVel eastmorelaND miD-CeNtury SLEEK

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Having read both the July and August issues, let me just tie some current topics Some Pearl neighbors are putting and “saw 920 patients, made 500 pairs of together in a condensed fashion: together a series of forums on the national glasses, did 94 mammograms, extracted It is hypocritical for the Examiner to take ESCO to task for its polluting nature health-care debate. They have no pre- 1,066 teeth and did 567 fillings.” st yet not address the growing problem of toxic-fuming traffic jams on both 21 and sumed conclusions or special stake in the rd Some drove hundreds of miles and 23 avenues, which correlate to the ever-increasing congestion on side streets as issue; they just want to learn and engage waited in line for their only chance to drivers serpentine looking for parking spaces that don’t exist. Please don’t bore me in dialogue with people who share their have serious pains, tumors and other con- with the ongoing answer: “Well, jeez, we’re trying to build a parking garage!” That commitment to citizenship. ditions looked at—all by volunteer doctors is not the only answer to the carbon monoxide poisoning that is tainting the latte- I’m sure they have also found the angry, and nurses. At the end of the weekend, carrying, pasta-eating public along those thoroughfares. name-calling events hosted by members of they had to turn 400 people away. Months ago I wrote a letter to this very paper with the “crazy” idea of making Congress across the country to be hugely rd If you don’t have health insurance or 23 a walking esplanade, yet it seems to fall on deaf ears. Now, many other cities disappointing. independent means in America, you might have gone crazy like that, like the crazy city of Santa Monica, and seen the san- I’ve been disgusted with the national be better off in a Third World country. I ity of such an idea. I suppose it’s easier to stay divisive and spend critical dollars health-care debate, too. It’s all about sus- know people in our neighborhood who arguing than doing. picion, hot rhetoric, personal attack, emo- are in this predicament, and most read- Which brings me to my next point: the photo of Phil Geffner’s [owner, Escape tional manipulation and self-interest. How ers probably do too—if, in fact, they have rd From New York Pizza] party on 23 Avenue clearly shows what the street can can these attitudes lead us to a solution on coverage themselves. About one in six look like when people are actually given the option of walking the street instead a matter that is at root about compassion: Americans is uninsured, after all. of driving. It proves the point that you can walk and have fun and do business all the effort to reduce human suffering? The world’s most expensive health-care at the same time! No petroleum needed. Wow, what a concept. Universal health care is presented as system has found one area in which it is Sean S. Doy a scary proposition. More scary to me is intent on controlling costs—denying ser- NW Thompson Rd. the denial of needed medical care. If we vice to the poor and uninsured. Even this do not have a national policy of universal steel-hearted practice saves no money for RV park under fire health care, some people are doomed to society as a whole. Emergency room visits I’m writing to say how disappointed I am with your lack of reporting in the suffer pain, disability and death for treat- cost many times as much as the same ser- August 2009 edition. For more than 20 years, I had lived on Sauvie Island, which is able conditions because they cannot afford vices in a doctor’s office. considered Northwest Portland. I feel neglected. We do not seem to be represented. insurance or care. Who could hear their Lack of health care renders many There is a really big issue going on here and I was expecting to see mention of stories and turn them away? incapable of full employment. Medical it in the recent Examiner. I saw on the local news that there is talk of changing the People without regular health care bills and illness cause about half of all Reeder Beach RV Park & Store into campground due to zoning issues. I’ve heard don’t age well. Physical complaints pile up. bankruptcies. I doubt that estimates of our that the complaints are from homeowners new to the island who are only con- Most conditions aren’t visible, but often health-care cost burden account for the cerned with their view. The Reeder RV park has been here, from what I hear, for teeth go bad, making it impossible to hide lenders who don’t get paid because some- more than 50 years—before the zoning was in effect. Under these circumstances one’s plight. How do you get taken seri- one’s finances were taken through the it seems they would be “grandfathered” in. ously as a job applicant when your teeth ringer by medical costs. Many of the residents are families and retirees. This would drastically dis- are rotting or missing? Yet we carry on this cruel insanity rupt their lives, and for what? Aren’t people aware that Reeder Road is named Our former president and some other of denying medical care to the suffer- Continued on page 6 well-insured individuals like to assume that ing because it would supposedly cost too because we have emergency rooms no one much. We’re the only developed country is without health care. But even if all can in the world that doesn’t consider health Obituaries...... 4 supposedly get life-saving services on an care a right, and our health care costs are Going Out...... 16 emergency basis, this does not include the about twice the amount (when compared medicine or follow-up care often necessary to GDP) as those in these same developed index Community Events...... 22 to return to health. And hospitals do not countries, which suggests we’re wasting The Pearl ...... 27 take responsibility for managing chronic, $1 trillion a year. Who still believes our disabling and even terminal conditions of health-care system is working, and why Business & Real Estate...... 30 people who cannot pay. are we listening to them? In the ‘Hood ...... 34 “Sixty Minutes” aired a segment on I don’t know what will come up at Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit formed the forums in our neighborhood, but if to bring health services to isolated Third participants come with open minds and World tribes. Instead, the organization compassion for fellow citizens, I imag- now devotes 60 percent of its time to ine they’ll follow some of the paths of people in the United States. RAM set thought I’ve traveled along. up a weekend clinic in Knoxville, Tenn.,

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OBITUARIES

M.K. Nickleberry Gary W. Charboneau David E. Osmundson M.K. Nickleberry, a crane operator for ESCO, died July Gary Wayne Charboneau, a chief spectroscopist for David Eric Osmundson, a former 29 at age 88. Mr. Nickleberry was born Jan. 31, 1921, in ESCO, died Aug. 14 at age 56. Mr. Charboneau was born Northwest Portland and Goose Hollow Linden, Texas. He is survived by his sons, R.C. Allen and Oct. 23, 1952, in Portland. He is survived by his daughter, resident, died July 28 at age 63 after a Clauis and Billy Roy Nickleberry; and daughters, Fayrene Renee; sons, Rick and Ryan; and former wife, Tammy. lengthy illness. Mr. Osmundson was Fulonni, Patrishia Probasco and Gerutha Greenidge. born Oct 4, 1945 and attended Iowa Mary J. McEntire City Community Schools, graduating Melford Smith from City High in 1963. He attended Mary Josephine McEntire, a the University of Northern Iowa and Melford Smith, a fabrication worker for ESCO, died July neighborhood resident since 1942, the University of Iowa. He was a veteran of the U.S. 28 at age 70. Mr. Smith was born Nov. 2, 1938, in Taylor, died Aug. 17 at age 91. Ms. McEntire Navy. He lived in Portland and Alaska for many years Texas. He is survived by his sons, Eric Clardy, Casey was born March 6, 1918, in Condon before moving to the Oregon coast. Smith and Jeff Smith; and daughter, Regina Clardy. and graduated from nurses training at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Pendleton in Ceclia Murphy Delbert Schwartz 1939. She came to Portland in 1942 and worked at various clinics and hospitals, Cecilia Lee Murphy, a neighborhood resident and former Delbert Schwartz, a warehouseman for Blitz-Weinhard retiring in 1980 from Oregon Health Science Center. She operator of MacMaster House bed and breakfast, died Brewery, died Aug. 11 at age 56. Mr. Schwartz was born was a member of St. Mary’s Cathedral. She was a director Aug. 7 of cancer at age 74. Cecilia Lee Broome was April 19, 1953, in Portland. He is survived by his sister, of the senior group at St. Mary’s Cathedral. born June 20, 1935, in Walla Walla, Wash. She graduated Gayle Espeland. from Oregon State College. She worked for the North David J. Wiese Bend News and KHSN radio in Coos Bay before moving Evelyn B.B. Shirk Beaverton. She owned and operated MacMaster House David James Wiese, a retired foundry worker for ESCO, on Southwest Vista Avenue from 1984 to 2002. She Evelyn Beebe Billington Shirk, a civic activist who was died July 22 at age 57. Mr. Wiese was born Aug. 3, 1951, married Paul Murphy in the 1950s; they divorced. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Capt. John Couch, in Portland. He is survived by his son, Joshua Zamora; survived by her daughters, Stephanie Murphy and Leslie died Aug. 8 at age 96. Evelyn Wilson Beebe was born mother, Beatrice; fiancée, Jacqueline Mendez; stepson, Lamer; brother, Les Broome; and three grandchildren. May 18, 1913, in Portland. She attended Miss Catlin’s Joseph Zamora; and stepdaughter, Sharon Shell. School, Ainsworth School and Lincoln High School. She graduated from Westover School in Waterbury, Conn., in 1932. After living in California, she returned Bobby L. Yeager to Portland in 1952. For many years, she was a docent Bobby Lewis Yeager, a former Northwest Portland for Pittock Mansion. She was also campaign chairman resident, died Aug. 2 at age 41. Mr. Yeager was born of the Community Concerts Association, director of the Sept. 3, 1967, in Portland. His photograph appeared on Ascension Chapel and was active in the Ainsworth PTA. the front page of the Northwest Examiner in the mid- She became a certified gerontologist in 1974 and helped 1990s after being hit in a drive-by shooting while inside The Northwest Examiner publishes obituaries of people the elderly as a volunteer with the Portland Housing his home on Northwest Kearney Street. He worked as a who lived, worked or had other substantial connections Authority. She married Frank James Billington Jr. in chef in various local restaurants. He is survived by his to our readership area, which includes Northwest Port- 1938; they divorced. She married Stanley Shirk in 1953. mother, Sarah; and his brother, Kenny. land, Goose Hollow, Sauvie Island and areas north of She is survived by her sons, Frank J. Billington III, John Highway 26. If you have information about a death in W. Billington and Kenneth B. Shirk; daughters, Evelyn our area, please contact us at [email protected]. B. Billington and Barbara Billington Stickler; and sister, Photographs are also welcomed. There is no charge for Jane Beebe Harris. obituaries in the Examiner.

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4 Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 news S eries of sexual assaults called an anomaly Official sources provide few details but insist area is safe

By Allan Classen The attacker usually hits the women in the back of the head and drags them into the A series of attacks and/or attempted rapes in Northwest bushes. The physical description is as fol- Portland last month drew media attention, not all of it lows: he had on a baseball cap and hoodie, accurate or useful. wearing exercise clothes and appeared to Portland Police Bureau released information about be jogging just before the attack. The ten- an unspecified number of attacks on women between th rd ant reported he looked like someone who Northwest 10 and 23 and Couch and Marshall streets might fit in well with the neighborhood. between 11:30 p.m. and 3 a.m. The suspect was identified She said he did not look threatening until as a dark-skinned or possibly Hispanic man in his late 20s he came at her. Her attack took place from or early 30s, 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds, with an athletic the front. build. KATU news followed up by interviewing daytime rd This notice was far more specific than police shoppers on 23 Avenue about the attacks, implying that reports and identified a much smaller geo- these women were in danger. That was unlikely, given that graphic area. But Portland Police all the reported attacks occurred in the night. Detective Mary Wheat said it was Willamette Week broke new ground on the story after inaccurate regarding the number obtaining a notice posted by the manager of Kearney th of attacks. Wheat said the correct Plaza, Northwest 20 and Kearney, after talking to police. number was fewer than seven, though she would not specify how many “for inves- The notice stated: tigative reasons.” It has been brought to my attention that last Nor would Wheat confirm or deny the smaller geo- Portland Police released this sketch of the suspect in the series Thursday, Aug. 20, a female tenant in our build- graphic area described in the notice. of sexual assaults last month in Northwest Portland. ing was assaulted walking home late at night. Wheat provided few details of any kind. “We’re not giv- She was able to get away and call the police. The ing specific dates, for investigative reasons,” she said. attack occurred on Northwest 20th Avenue on She would not reveal exact locations of attacks or “Although this incident is very serious, it is extremely the west side of the street just down from the whether any arrests have been made. rare in Northwest Portland,” Silva wrote, speaking as if West Women’s shelter as you are heading towards One strange piece of information shared by the Police there were only one attack. Couch Park. Bureau was that this part of the city is relatively safe. “Please, always be aware of your surroundings, walk in That’s not consistent with crime data compiled in the well-lit areas, let others know when and where you are This information is not meant to alarm you but past to establish drug- and prostitution-free zones within going and when your expected arrival time is, and walk to inform you that there is an active infestation this same area. Couch Park, three blocks from the attack with somebody,” Silva wrote. “These tips can help safe- taking place, according to the Portland Police mentioned in the apartment manager’s notice, remains a guard you against these atypical attacks.” department. There have been seven reported high-crime location. If some media exaggerated the threat, public officials attacks in the last two and a half weeks. All of Frank Silva, a city crime-prevention worker assigned to offered general assurances. For readers wanting the facts these attacks have been late at night and have th this area, also downplayed the level of danger in an email to make their own assessment of risks, another source is occurred between Couch and Lovejoy and 17 st to a neighborhood listserv. needed. and 21 .

Northwest Examiner September 2009 5 news ers. This, I am sure, is quite dangerous, as Letters continued from page 3 most cars are not used to going 5 or 10 Children’s theater signs master after the Reeder family, going way back to miles an hour while watching for a chance early island times? I would like to know all to pass (even though there are double lines lease to run Cultural Center the facts, and when the Examiner arrived on all of Cornell Road going west for many By allan Classen yesterday I assumed there would be an miles). nomah County tax assessor’s determination article about all this. There was nothing that many of the building’s uses were not tax Wanita Phillips The Northwest Children’s Theater now There are many islanders who now refer exempt created the possibility of a default Cedar Mill controls the Northwest Neighborhood Cul- to the Examiner as the “Pearl Examiner.” and auction sale by the county in 2013. The tural Center building under a master lease Shame on you! appreciates paper possibility that the building could be lost agreement ending in 2020. apparently spurred a new round of talks. Jackie Petersen Could you please tell me if the Exam- The deal ends years of on-again, off- iner is still available by subscription? “Multnomah County’s pursuit of tax NW Reeder Rd. again negotiations between the nonprofit claims was the major driver for moving the Having lived near the Uptown Shopping Cyclists clog Cornell theater and the board that runs the commu- lease negotiations along,” said Anderson. Center for 35 years, I have been a reader nity-owned historic landmark. Stephen Kafoury, president of the theater On some days, a large group of bikers of your paper since before it absorbed its The theater is responsible for operating board, said he would have preferred a longer goes west from the city at about 12:30 competitor, the Northwest Neighbor, and it costs of the building, subleasing to other lease term. But he reasoned that the board p.m., when they turn from Lovejoy to Cor- is the only way to keep in touch with what tenants and performances, and investing a members of both organizations are in their nell Road. They hold up car traffic as they still feels like my neighborhood. minimum of $25,000 annually in facility 60s or older and won’t be involved in 11 take the entire westbound lane. Pamela Caron improvements. The latter item was a stick- years when a new generation assess goals for I had appointments the past two Thurs- SW Main St. ing point, but the parties finally agreed to a the building. days at Montgomery Park, and have been list of building elements requiring attention. “The exciting thing is the dream that the in the line behind them both days. My Editor’s note: Annual subscriptions are $20. Roof repair and a seismic evaluation must be Children’s Theater has had for the build- physical therapist is a biker also and some- The paper is mailed free throughout North- completed within three years, but there is no ing can be realized,” said Kafoury. “I think times rides his bike from the Cedar Mill west and parts of Southwest Portland. timetable for other items. we’re going to fill that building up with kids’ area to work. When I talked to him about The theater will pay $25,000 per year programs.” this, he was surprised that they do not go in rent to the Cultural Center. The center, Correction: Since taking over operations in July, the single file and let the cars go as usual. Both which released its only two employees in theater has brought in a new tenant, A of these days, I was excited that the first Last month the Examiner printed a June, will not be responsible for building Renaissance School of Arts and Sciences, tunnel was coming up and all would go comment by John Rettig submitted to Jack expenses during the lease period. Bog’s Blog (www.bojack.org) regarding which uses the former Community Room around it as there has been a place made Dan Anderson, president of the center urban renewal. Unfortunately, Mr. Rettig’s weekdays for K-5 students. Another organi- just for bikers and pedestrians so they need board, said the building needs far great- comments were not clearly separated from zation will teach piano and voice as part of not go through the long tunnel. How- er investment than the lease involves—an a comment by the website’s host. the theater programs. ever, each time, two of the people rode independent consultant estimated $2 mil- “We are looking for more tenants that their bikes right through the tunnel and of Mr. Rettig commented on the “odd lion of repairs and upgrades were needed provide early childhood musical training course without lights. boundary inclusion” of Portland Pub- in 2004—but the agreement improves the and art classes for children,” said Judy Kaf- My physical therapist read that on lic Schools property, which was also an odds that the building will have a useful oury, the theater general manager. Tuesdays and Thursdays, groups go biking approved site for a commercial parking lifespan after 2020. structure. He made no reference to the With the help of 100 volunteers, the that direction around noontime. Perhaps The agreement is an addendum to a 2002 state’s historic property tax abatement pro- Children’s Theater has repainted the build- someone can notify them they should be lease and does not extend its termination gram. ing’s main level. Plans are to paint the lower courteous and not block the westbound date. Theater representatives had pushed for level next and then the theater. lane of Cornell Road with a mass of bik- The Examiner regrets the error. at least a 30-year agreement. But a Mult-

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6 Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 While you’re cozy in your bed reading this paper, there are still too many sleeping on it!

by Transition Projects. In 1997, the agency opened Jean’s Place, a 55- that’s Why We’re here bed program for women. It was, go would knock on the door and find and remains, a model program for somewhere where they could sleep transitioning women out of home- and be safe. At some point that year, Lulay lessness. The following year, the began calling his work Burnside Projects. agency opened the Clark Center, a In March of 1970, Lulay sent a letter 90-bed shelter for men on Port- to a group of 13 churches that were con- land’s industrial east side. cerned about the inner city called HUB- In 2004, Transition Projects joined CAP. The group included Lake Oswego with other community providers Methodist, St. Mary’s Cathedral and and the City of Portland to offer Downtown Chapel. He invited the pas- a response to the Department of tors of these churches to spend a night Housing and Urban Development’s at Burnside Projects. Two months later, mandate to create 10-year plans to HUB-CAP helped incorporate Burnside end homelessness. Portland’s 10- Projects. Its five founding board mem- year plan is among the best in the bers were: Rev. Gilbert N. Lulay, Rev. nation, and often cited as a model Louis H. Weis, Fred Abojian, Rev. Richard for other cities. Hughes and Jean Vollum. In 2007, the agency opened the Our founding mission was “To provide Clark Center Annex, 22 units of The Transition Projects Story lodging, food and other assistance for permanent supportive housing for Transition Projects is a private nonprofit poor and homeless men.” The agency men. In 2009, Transition Projects agency governed by a volunteer board also distinguished itself by not requir- commemorates 40 years of ser- of directors. Our mission is to serve ing people to “sing for their supper”–that vice to the community. With the people’s basic needs as they transition is, pray before they received assistance. City of Portland and the Hous- from homelessness to housing. With Burnside Projects grew and changed. ing Authority of Portland, we will four locations in Portland, Oregon, The agency quickly realized that home- break ground in the Fall of 2009 on Please join us in celebrating our 40th anniversary, Transition Projects serves homeless less women were also in great need and the Resource Access Center, a major new Saturday, September 12th. For more information visit single adults throughout the metro- began serving them. In 1974, it hired its effort to provide solutions to homelessness. us online at: www.tprojects.org or call 503.823.4930 politan area. The agency is a catalyst for first paid staff. In time, the agency oper- helping people end their homelessness. ated an adult shelter, a youth shelter, an alcohol and drug out- patient program, a day Portland’s 10-year plan is among shelter, an employment program, a clean-up the best in the nation, and often center, and many other essential programs. cited as a model for other cities. In 1986, Mayor Bud Clark’s 12-point plan Founding on homelessness increased Portland’s The Transition Projects story begins on efforts to end homelessness, and Burn- November 1, 1969 when a young priest, side Projects would join with the City the Reverend Gilbert N. Lulay, leased a and other providers to find more creative hotel on the corner of NW 2nd and Couch and viable solutions for homelessness. in Portland’s Old Town. There was room for 20 homeless men. Men with nowhere to Transition Projects In 1991, Burnside Projects changed its name to Transition Projects to reflect our work of help- The Resource Access Center – breaking ground in Fall, 2009 ing people transition Today, Transition Projects serves more out of homelessness. than 9,000 people each year. We shelter Transition Projects par- or house nearly 300 people every ticipated in Portland’s day and provide a menu of services to shelter reconfiguration homeless and low-income persons. plan that resulted in the Transition Projects is the catalyst for closing of one shelter helping people transition out of home- run by the county, and lessness and on to the rest of their lives. The Clark Center Annex (opened in 2007) – a 22 unit housing facility for men. the opening of two run Your support makes that possible. www.tprojects.org

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Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 7 news CHrIS ryAN esCO detected. As a result of these discrepancies, continued from page 1 the public cannot know the total volume other toxic metals not listed by either the of all 67 toxic substances in ESCO’s air state or federal agency have been detected pollution, or what else might be in their air. in ESCO’s air emissions by a private test- The DEQ compiled ESCO’s toxic ing company, Cooper Environmental Ser- releases in the company’s air-pollution vices, based in Portland. Cooper did its permit, which technically expired on Aug. work in 2008 under contract to the EPA. 1, but has been extended and is now up for The total volume of toxic substances renewal. The DEQ plans to hold hearings disclosed to the EPA equals only about 40 on a new permit within the next several percent of the total volume of toxic emis- months. Interestingly, the EPA and Cooper sions that the company disclosed to the reveal the names of 21 toxic substances in DEQ. Cooper appears to have not calcu- ESCO’s air pollution that were not dis- lated the volumes of the toxic substances it closed by the DEQ in the expiring permit. Webb told the legislative work session that ESCO is only a “minor” source of this toxic pollution, but that statement may be confusing. A “minor” source of toxic pol-

ALLAN CLASEN lution is defined by the Clean Air Act as a source that emits less than 25 tons of all toxic pollutants per year. ESCO has told the DEQ that its toxic releases fall just short of that threshold, but further analysis Dr. Matthew Brodsky, a neurologist at Oregon Health & Sciences University and Northwest reveals that if the more current EPA data Portland resident, said he has “grave concern about the air quality in my neighborhood.”

ALLAN CLASEN for comparable substances on DEQ’s list is taken into account, ESCO may surpass 26.5 tons—enough to bounce the company into the category of a “major” toxic polluter. Webb said not all of the substances listed by DEQ or detected by Cooper are classified as “hazardous” under federal law. He maintains that in no case have ESCO’s emissions exeeded 25 tons in any one year. The DEQ compiled its list in 2004, while the EPA gathered its data from 2005-2008. Some differences are large. For example, ESCO told the DEQ its annual ESCO smokestack th emissions of glycol ethers, a neurotoxin near Northwest 25 that is a component of paint, amount to and Wilson. just 4,518 pounds. But four times ESCO reported much larger figures to the EPA for its glycol ethers emissions: 10,332 pounds in 2005, 18,119 pounds in 2006, 19,255 pounds in 2007 and 12,627 pounds in 2008. ESCO has a financial incentive to tell the truth to the EPA. The EPA Plant No. 1 on Northwest 24th Avenue is one of two steel foundries ESCO operates in Northwest imposes penalties on a company that gives Portland. Silver Cloud Inn on Northwest Vaughn Street (left) is 200 feet away. false information about its emissions. Then there is the issue of enforcement. According to ESCO’s air-pollution permit,

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8 Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 news Pounds of toxic Glycol ethers Phenol DEQ: 4,518 lbs. DEQ: 15,887 lbs. large, and include several carcinogens, substances EPA: 12,627 lbs. EPA: 8,769 lbs. Benzene such as benzene (5,990 pounds per year, released by DEQ: 5,990 lbs. Toluene Formaldehyde DEQ: 3,850 lbs. 4,4' Isopropyl according to the DEQ) and formalde- DEQ: 5,745 lbs. idenediphenol Napthalene ESCO EPA: 3,189 lbs hyde (5,745 pounds), and neurotoxins like Cresols DEQ: 1,050 lbs. DEQ: 3,698 lbs. Methyl napthalene Cyanide compounds toluene (3,853 pounds) and phenol (8,769 DEQ: 1,763 lbs. DEQ: 1,380 lbs. pounds.). EPA rules require a polluter to report emissions to TRI of releases of any 1000 single toxic compound that exceeds 10,000 pounds. ESCO reported no emissions of benzene, formaldehyde or toluene to the EPA. 800 Other ESCO emissions are much small- er but extremely toxic, accumulate over time and in the human body, and do not break down in the environment.

600 For example, after 20 years of ESCO emissions at the rate reported to the DEQ, the neighborhood could be exposed to 420 pounds of the carcinogen arsenic, as well as 160 pounds of mercury and 640 pounds of 400 antimony, both of which are neurotoxins. As Cooper noted in a report this year, “Hazardous metals are unique in that they will not biodegrade. Once released into the

200 environment, they will always be poten- tially available for reintroduction into the air, water and food chain.” Toxic metals can easily enter a child’s body when she unknowingly inserts them into her mouth along with a finger, toe or toy.

Cresols Phenol Cumine Hexane Styrene Acrolein Benzene Toluene M xylene O xylene Another issue is access to the informa-

Napthalene Diisocynates Glycol ethers Ethylbenzene Acetaldehyde Triethylamine Formaldehyde tion. The EPA publishes its limited TRI

Lead compounds Propionaldehyde Dichloromethane Nickel compounds Cobalt compounds 1,2 butylene oxide database on the internet, while the DEQ Methyl napthalene Arsenic compounds Methyl ethyl ketone Cyanide compounds Mercury compounds Cadmium compounds Antimony compounds Selenium compounds Molybdenum Trioxide Chromium compounds Methyl isobutyl ketone Xylene (mixed isomers) Manganese compounds chooses not to publish its more expansive

4,4' Isopropylidenediphenol toxic inventory online. It is now seeking to What’s in our air? This chart shows all toxic compounds indicate figures reported by ESCO to the DEQ, while the agencies . Another 14 substances detected by Cooper charge a fee to this reporter for access to in ESCO’s air emissions that exceed 5 lbs . per year, as red lines show figures reported to the EpA . Note that Environmental Services, a private firm working under revised by the company on Aug . 27 . The blue lines not all substances emitted by ESCO are tracked by both contract to the EpA, were tracked by neither agency . documents. So much for the community’s right to know. issued by the DEQ, the company must very least, confusing. He said the DEQ has India in 1984. ESCO’s manganese and lead limit all forms of hazardous air pollution its own inventory of toxic emissions and It is based on the premise that people emissions: how safe? to a total of no more than 24 tons per year. that the state does not consult the EPA have a right to know what kinds of toxic “This,” the permit says, “sets an enforceable database for information about toxic emis- chemicals are being dumped by polluters In addition, there is reason to doubt limit.” It is not clear whether the DEQ sions when enforcing permits. into their communities—into air, water Webb’s claim that ESCO’s emissions pose would ever penalize a company for violat- The EPA database is known as the Toxic and landfills—and how much. But industry no health risk. One doctor with expertise ing its air permit. Releases Inventory (TRI), an online infor- lobbyists have succeeded in getting numer- with the one toxic substance ESCO is George Davis, who reviews the ESCO mation resource established by Congress ous limitations or exemptions enacted into known to emit, manganese, says man- permit for DEQ, said he was unaware of in 1986 when it approved the Emergency regulations, particularly during the Bush ganese is capable of damaging a person’s Planning and Community Right-To-Know administration. Some of these rules are health once it enters the body. That doctor, discrepancies between the EPA and DEQ 5 data until he was informed of them by this Act. This law was passed in response to a beginning to be reversed under the Obama Matthew Brodsky, a neurologist at Oregon reporter. But he now acknowledges that deadly explosion at a Union Carbide plant administration. Health & Sciences University, said he has discrepancies seem to exist, and are, at the that killed thousands of people in Bhopal, Some of ESCO’s emissions are quite Continued on page 11

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The complainant noted she had smelled a be someone else at fault. “There were no ESCO continued from page 9 “metallic” odor and had suffered from nau- upset conditions at ESCO that might have sea, burning eyes and sleeplessness. contributed to the very strong odors you Like many other residents, this woman describe,” says one letter last September asked that her name not be used. Another from ESCO environmental engineer Brian ... we are very confident that ESCO resident said he had been forced by the Krytenberg to the DEQ. “It is frustrating “ odor to close his windows. “ESCO cranks to us that because we’re at the southern is not causing risk to up the noise and smell just about every edge of a huge industrial area, any odor night at 10:30. I put earplugs in for the coming from the north, even when it’s noise but the nasty smell permeates our from other sources, seems to be coming anyone in the neighborhood ... neighborhood throughout the night. Early from our direction. Please understand that ” mornings are quite noticeable.” there are many other sources of odor in “It starts out as more of a burning smell our area.” — Carter Webb and gets more metallic,” another woman Asked if the DEQ had followed up ESCO manager of environmental and safety affairs said. “It’s the smell of hot metal. It’s worse with her complaints about the possible at night after dark and worse this year than health impacts of breathing the pollution, I can ever remember. I have lived at this one woman said, “Oh, heavens no. They address for more than 25 years.” don’t do that, as far as I know. Their line “grave concern about the air quality in my medical experts as protective of public One woman said she had detected a is ESCO is operating legally with a permit neighborhood.” health. In addition to ESCO’s emissions of “very strong odor coming from ESCO at in a zone for heavy industry, so that’s the Dr. Brodsky lives within 10 blocks of manganese, and the concerns raised by Dr. this time. It made me nauseous. Driving by end of it.” ESCO. Brodsky, ESCO also emits lead. Its lead ESCO, I had seen the plant in operation “As a clinical researcher with expertise emissions amounted to about 128 pounds with the doors open. The smell most defi- Paul Koberstein, a former environmen- in movement disorders, I have investigated in 2008, or 1,280 pounds per decade, all nitely was coming from the plant.” tal reporter for The Oregonian, is editor of the effects of manganese on the nervous spit out by the plants in the form of tiny She asked the DEQ to “please do some- the regional environmental journal, Cascadia system and am very familiar with the particles. There are three schools within thing about this poisonous air situation!” Times. This article is an excerpt from an literature that exists on this topic,” Dr. a few blocks of ESCO, and many units of Several times, the DEQ has asked upcoming series in Cascadia Times about Brodsky wrote in an email. “It is well- housing containing vulnerable populations, ESCO for an explanation of the odors. Portland’s air. Paul can be reached at paul@ documented that aerosolized manganese such as children. After hearing such complaints, records times.org. fumes have irreversible toxic effects on Consider a hypothetical 8-year-old liv- show that ESCO often suggests it may brain tissue, and in particular to a part of ing at the Dover Apartments on North- the brain called the globus pallidus. west 24th Place, across the street from an “Damage to this part of the brain causes ESCO plant. In the eight years since 2001 Parkinsonism, with disabling muscle rigid- when ESCO started disclosing its lead ity, tremors and slowed movements. People emissions to the TRI, the company has Toxic air is a citywide exposed to manganese fumes also develop emitted 613 pounds of lead, according to a condition called dystonia, where there are figures recently revised by the company. problem in Portland painful overcontractions of muscles. The The company’s lead problem has been most severe types of exposures have been growing throughout the decade. Its lead A series of stories in USA Today last December underscored the dangers of well-documented in outbreaks of these emissions were 32 times greater in 2008 toxic emissions near plants across the country. The series ranked toxic pollution neurologic disorders at metal found- than in 2001. If ESCO continues emitting found in schoolyards in Portland among the nation’s worst. ries where there is not adequate ventila- lead at the 2008 rate, before reaching her The articles were based on an EPA model that analyzed air pollution th tion. However, damage also occurs to the 18 birthday, this young neighbor could be amounts, wind direction, pollutants’ toxicity and the size of the exposed popu- nervous system in less severe conditions exposed to a ton of ESCO’s lead emissions. lation. It showed that ESCO’s pollution is not limited to one neighborhood in where there is direct exposure to aerosol- Some of it would have landed on her porch one part of the city. It made clear that toxic air pollution is a citywide problem. ized manganese.” or windowsill, or wafted into her bedroom. The EPA model shows that as you get closer to Northwest Portland’s ESCO ESCO has been spewing out manganese One concerned doctor is Bruce Lan- steel foundry, the air you breathe gets progressively unhealthier. It shows that for a long time. Since 1988, the earliest year phear, director of the Children’s Environ- Portland’s air is so toxic that you have to go all the way to Hillsboro or Sandy to in the EPA’s toxic-release inventory data- mental Health Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, find air that is at the national average. The air everywhere in between is worse base, ESCO has released a total of 43,000 the principal investigator or co-investigator than the national average. The EPA model is based on the TRI database, and pounds of manganese compounds into the of numerous community-based trials and Portland’s air might have fared worse if all of ESCO’s toxic emissions, rather surrounding neighborhood, or more than epidemiological research on lead. He has than just 40 percent, had been disclosed to the TRI. 21 tons. been recognized by the EPA for his work Some of the nation’s healthiest air is at the Oregon Coast or east of the Cas- Dr. Brodsky notes that ESCO’s toxic on the effects of low levels of lead exposure cades. Bend’s air is among the top 2 percent least toxic nationally. The coastal pollution is interfering with his daily life. on cognition and behavior. town of Neskowin is among the 1 percent least toxic. “As it is to many others in my neighbor- There is “no safe level of lead,” he said. The EPA model correlated toxic air and schoolyards. It found that the air hood, the almost-daily acrid odor that ema- Dr. Lanphear has said that “exceedingly at 31 Portland schoolyards ranks among the worst 5 percent in the country. In nates from ESCO as I ride my bicycle to low levels of exposure to environmental this neighborhood, air in the schoolyard at Chapman School on Northwest 26th work is disturbing to me,” he writes. “One lead” have been associated with an increased Avenue, Class Academy on Northwest Vaughn Street, and Childpeace Mon- wants to hold their breath as they walk, ride risk for reading problems, ADHD, school tessori on Northwest Thurman Street each ranked among the worst 2 percent or even drive through the neighborhood failure, delinquency and criminal behavior in the country. All of the 216 public and private schools in Portland rank in the in the hopes that they will not be inhaling in children and adolescents. “Because there bottom 37 percent. what is being put in the air, but of course is no known safe level of lead exposure, Neighborhoods with the worst air have a disproportionately large share of this is not possible. exposure to lead below existing standards low-income and ethnically diverse populations, raising environmental-justice “It is astounding to me how this can should not be considered ‘safe,’” he testified concerns. Since every school shares its air with the surrounding neighborhood, be allowed to continue in such a densely at an EPA hearing in 2007. these scores indicate the air toxicity of specific neighborhoods and measure populated neighborhood, and in such prox- “We don’t melt lead, and we pay more patterns of air quality in general across the entire city. imity to an elementary school full of chil- for scrap metal to avoid lead,” said Webb, The suburbs do not escape the problem. Air surrounding schools in Mil- dren with rapidly developing little brains “but some lead is inherent in the steel and waukie, Oregon City and Lake Oswego ranks consistently in the nation’s 20 that are at the greatest risk of long-term it is regarded as a ‘tramp’ metal. … It would percent most toxic, and air near some of the suburban schools ranks among the neurologic damage.” be impossible remove it all.” nation’s 8 percent most toxic. ESCO’s Webb noted in his remarks to He also said ESCO could obtain raw ESCO’s Webb said he did not understand “why USA Today came to its the legislative workgroup that the DEQ materials with even lower lead levels. conclusions. Their findings are not at all consistent with either DEQ or ESCO tested in 2005 for air toxics at a monitor- Hundreds lodge complaints monitoring. ing station at a post office at Northwest with DEQ “When we started investigating,” he said, “we found that USA Today used a 24th and Savier, located just a few blocks screening model that is intended only to identify potential problems for further from one of its two plants, and found no From 2000 to 2003, the DEQ received study. USA Today said that actual results might be higher or lower and recom- problems. It is not clear why the DEQ 479 complaints about odors allegedly ema- mended that communities monitor for pollutants in the air. failed to detect substances found in the air nating from ESCO, including 284 in 2000, “USA Today also recommended that a community’s monitoring results be by Cooper three years later. 45 in 2001, 45 in 2002 and 87 through the compared with health-based standards. DEQ has conducted that monitoring. “The monitoring shows that if ESCO first seven months of 2003. The complaints They have compared the results to health-based standards just as USA Today disappeared tomorrow, it would have little continued through 2009, and include about suggested. While DEQ has monitored air quality in Northwest Portland over effect on the air-quality problems in the 250 from the last three years. the years, in particular they monitored in 2005. USA Today also used data neighborhood,” Webb said. “That moni- A typical complainant asked the DEQ, from 2005. The monitoring was done in Northwest Portland, halfway between toring shows that manganese levels are “Why is nothing being done? I have been ESCO and Chapman School.” one-quarter of health-based benchmarks.” commenting on this for over seven years. I — Paul Koberstein The health-based benchmarks to which called KOIN this morning and asked Webb refers are not universally held by them why they are not covering this ...”

Northwest Examiner September 2009 11 history slabtown baseball Heritage continued from page 1 CHUCk CHrISTIANSEN

The grandstand was nearly full during this Beavers game in the early 1950s. Northwest Vaughn Street was directly behind the stands.

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Groundskeeper Rocky Benevento on the Cushman scooter he used to drag the infield. It was taken a few years before the stadium closed in 1956.

A fire charred the outfield wall of Vaughn Street Park in about 1955. The stadium had become a fire hazard due to its all-wood construction, the accumulation of peanut shells and the constant threat of still-lit cigarette butts being discarded carelessly. Fires flared up so often that buckets of water were positioned around the park to douse them.

Every player had a drawing and bio in the Rollie Truit Scrapbook, the official Beaver yearbook named for the long- time radio announcer. This one was for the 1949 season.

12 Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 history the north end of the 23rd Avenue corridor. Hear them describe how veteran Bea- Truly a community event, the festival is pro- ver radio broadcaster Rollie Truitt set his duced completely through the contribution pants on fire in the middle of a game and of materials, labor, raffle prizes and finan- how Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio fondly recalled cial sponsorships made by neighborhood spaghetti feeds hosted by Beavers’ longtime businesses and residents, and is a fundrais- groundskeeper Rocky Benevento. Hear er for longtime, neighborhood nonprofit, how the great submarine pitcher Ad Liska Friendly House. (For complete details and helped his performance with a concealed schedule, see www.slabtownfestival.com.) hacksaw blade. Say, wasn’t that a diving Start the day off with a hearty Slabtown Rupert Thompson who was almost swal- breakfast at St. Patrick’s Church, 1623 lowed up by an infield sink-hole? These NW 19th Ave. Parishioners, including some guys will tell you. well-known Slabtowners, will serve up Bob Olsen can tell you that the oft-seen pancakes, ham and eggs with a smile and 1948 photo of the knothole kids peering a neighborhood story, if coaxed. Food will through the Vaughn Street Park fence be served 9 a.m.-noon. (Adults $7, ages 16 wasn’t all that it appeared to be. Olsen, and under $5, children 3 and under free.) who grew up in the shadow of the ball- The festival itself features more than 30 park, is seen kneeling in the foreground craft and merchant booths, a raffle with of the photo next to the lunchbox. He more than $5,000 worth of prizes, kids’ recalled recently that an Oregon Journal activities including a rock-climbing wall, photographer recruited a cluster of kids, bounce house, face-painting and story him included, who happened to be walk- time. Search for treasures at Friendly ing by the park at the time. Bob laughed House’s grand rummage sale on the back as he remembered that, despite the way the lot. Local food vendors will be serving photographer posed them, in reality there a broad menu ranging from hot dogs to were no knotholes and on the other side of quesadillas to barbecue pork sandwiches the wall pictured stood the leftfield stands, to salads and gelato. To satisfy people’s which would have obstructed the view to late-summer thirst, a beer garden will be the field anyway. pouring microbrews across from the main You’ll also learn that a full Vaughn entertainment stage. Street Park crowd witnessed the great Throughout the afternoon, music, com- Olympic runner Jesse Owens race a horse edy and history will be featured on the from home plate to first base and win. stage. Festival favorites Still Pending, the Maybe the story of scouring the ground local kids’ band, will again rock and delight under the bleachers for dropped coins will the crowd with two sets. Brian Bressler, surface. emcee for the day, also will be dishing Reserve plenty of time to peruse and up laughs. Bressler, whose storming of enjoy what may well be the most complete the famous Troubadour club in California exhibit of photos and memorabilia related in the 1960s led to a gig with the land- to Vaughn Street Park and the Beavers mark television program, “Laugh-in,” also in Slabtown. This remarkable assemblage appeared on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight is presented thanks to the generous par- Show.” Joining him for music and com- ticipation of the area’s leading collectors. edy sketches will be actor John Morrison, You’ll see vintage uniforms, Vaughn Street writer of the Academy Award-nominated bleacher seats, the bat that knocked in the short film, “The Great Gognito.” winning run of the 1936 pennant-winning NORTHWEST Also, as in past years, the festival will game and team photos all the way back to include a reunion and historical exhibit of 1903. NEIGHBORHOOD the Guild’s Lake Courts wartime housing There will be moving pictures showing VETERINARY community. Former residents and all other action at Vaughn Street Park in the 1920s. interested parties are invited to meet at Also on display will be some oddities: an HOSPITAL 11 a.m., at McMenamins Tavern & Pool, old bucket that long sat in the ballpark Scott Shuler, DVM Kimberly Maun, DVM rd 1716 NW 23 , and at 1 p.m. in the com- filled with water for dousing fires should Nick Gowing, DVM Carrie Fleming, DVM munity room of the Northwest Portland a cigarette butt ignite and one of the mili- branch library, at the corner of Northwest tary surplus parachute cushions that fans 23rd and Thurman. could rent for a little comfort on the hard bleachers. Big-League Baseball in For years, Portlanders by the thou- Slabtown, 1901-1956: sands regularly emptied their neighbor- hoods to convene at Slabtown to watch Exhibit and Speakers their beloved Beaver baseball team play. For the half-century the Beavers called On Sept. 19, Portlanders have the chance Vaughn Street Park their home, their to once again empty their neighborhoods seasons were highlighted by champion- and reconvene in the heart of Slabtown to ships, visiting stars like Joe DiMaggio remember baseball at Vaughn Street Park and Ted Williams, and a home team ros- and see anew the vital neighborhood that ter that boasted talent like Jim Thorpe, continues to thrive today. Mickey Cochrane and Carl Mays, and more recently, Eddie Basinski, Roy Helser, Ad Liska, Hal Saltzman and Artie Wil- son. These were the names that drew crowds to the ballpark from every pocket in Portland. Beyond the players and the games, there was also a distinct culture and Free steak mystique that grew up around Northwest Free 24th and Vaughn, which launched more than 25 Slabtown boys into professional dinners comprehensive exam baseball careers, including major league for new clients with this ad greats Johnny Pesky and Mickey Lolich. To celebrate the old ballpark and the tal- if you can’t find a ented, colorful and beloved characters who Call 503-227-6047 gave it life, we feature speakers Jack Cain, parking spot. to schedule an appointment a former Vaughn Street Park kid turned Beavers senior adviser; Eddie Basinski and S ee page 34 for details. Hal Saltzman, Beavers’ star players of the Not valid with any other offer or discount. 1940s and ‘50s; and notable Slabtowners, Expires 3/31/2010. including former clubhouse boys Vince Pesky, Bob Olsen and Stan Bozich.

Northwest Examiner September 2009 13 history MIkE ryErSON GladYou

AskedAnswering your questions about Northwest Portland history

MIkE ryErSON By Mike Ryerson

A snow storm in the winter of 1979 kept Irving Street druggist served northwest Drug Store closed for the day. neighborhood 56 years

Question: them are on the block where his Irving “I moved to Northwest Portland in the Street Drug Store stood. late 1990s, shortly after the pharmacy at Milton B. Olshen was born in Portland 23rd and Irving closed. I met a woman in 1916 to Russian parents. His father Ben who told me she had worked at the coun- came to the United States in 1907, and he’s listed in the 1920 U.S. Census as a junk ter there for a while, and she said the guy Milt Olshen filled peddler. His mother and an older brother prescriptions for area who owned it worked seven days a week and sister came here in 1910, and the for more than 50 years, and he left sev- residents for 56 years. family settled near Southwest Third and Until the 1960s drug store soda fountains were eral million dollars to his family when he Gibbs Street in a neighborhood occupied neighborhood hangouts. Milt Olshen proudly posed died. Is it true?” –Robert Pruitt mostly by Jewish, Italian, German and Irish behind his counter in this 1950s photo. answer: immigrants. He and two other brothers who were It’s very close to the truth, but 12 hours born in Portland all went to the old Lin- H. Witty. Jamison Drug Stores of Oregon he and his brother Henry had a business had the building erected in 1926. Later, it called Bargains Galore in the old firehouse a day, six days a week for 56 years would be coln High School in downtown Port- th more accurate, and he did leave his family land, where Milt excelled in basketball became Prunk Drug Co. at Northwest 15 and Glisan Street. very well off financially. and graduated in 1935. A caption under Olshen was a hard-working and smart Have a question about Northwest Portland When druggist Milt Olshen died in his senior photograph reads “Steadfastly merchant who was known for piling his car history? Email it to Mike Ryerson at 1997, he left behind a privately-held cor- Determined.” with assorted merchandise from close-out [email protected] or write: poration he and his family had built called Milt went on to pharmacist’s school sales. When he died, there were hundreds Northwest Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur, Ste. C, UBEHO. The company owns many par- and purchased the drug store at Northwest of windup alarm clocks in his inventory. Portland, OR 97210. cels of property in Portland, and most of 23rd and Irving Street in 1941 from Lee He knew about bargains. In the 1970s,

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Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 15 Restaurants & Theater p. 16-23

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By Chad Walsh Csnhri Rya

Most restaurateurs are inspired by either imagination or vision. Those who rely on imagination quickly learn the benefits of spontaneity and improvisation, adopting the quirks they’re born with and trusting that their clients will adopt them too. Conversely, there are increasing num- bers of restaurants where imagination is trumped by vision, or—in simpler terms— capital. Visions are carefully planned, sometimes over the course of many years, and every detail is tended to so the entire Bartender Bob Bruner mixes up one enterprise hums harmoniously. of his signature drinks, a Rosalita, Paragon is the result of a vision, though a tequila spiced with pineapple, strawberry not one in Portland. The first Paragon and jalapeno pepper. opened in San Francisco in 1991 and has been born again three times since. Friends drink in the warm atmosphere at the bar on a Saturday night. And while Portland’s Paragon respects the Pearl’s industrial history, it hasn’t any of those quirks that many diners find so Paragon’s personality may be restrained, each tabletop rests one lit candle. Hanging windows. It’s quite dazzling, like treading endearing in their favorite eateries. In but that doesn’t mean it has no soul. from stems above the bar is a series of clear water in a school of fireflies. fact, the place is so lacking in quirks that It may not be that old, but it’s been incandescent light bulbs through which Living behind Paragon’s long wooden it’s almost without personality. If that’s around long enough, and it has finally curved filaments warmly glow. Across from bar are at least 100 bottles of spirits, and true, what can be seen as lackluster was settled comfortably into the role of neigh- the bar is a fireplace. And behind the bar a bartender who’ll pour you one of many in fact carefully planned. And what could borhood corner bar. It has atmosphere. are three enormous mirrors, which reflect house-made berry-infused vodka cocktails. be worse than a carefully planned lack of The low lighting in the bar after the sun the light bulbs and the candles and their There’s also a great selection of Old World luster? has set is romantic and intoxicating. Upon phantom twins cast on the surrounding whites and reds, and an enormous selection

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p. 16-23 RINGSIDE Best Steaks in Town Since 1944! $ 25 $ 25 $ $ include calamari, black mussels, grilled 2 . Happy Hours Menu 2 . Every Sunday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Toshi Onizuka mahi mahi, sautéed steelhead and a fresh PER ITEM PER ITEM and Mariano de Orbegoso play a strange catch of the day every day. 9:45 pm - Close / Sunday: 4 pm - 5:30 pm hybrid of traditional/shred flamenco Yet perhaps the best way to enjoy Para- music (Mr. Onizuka actually uses a wah- gon is on a lazy summer Sunday afternoon, th Steakhouse Supper Special wah pedal to augment the sound of looking out at the corner of Hoyt and 13 , his acoustic guitar). If you’re lucky, the with the green trees in bloom, when there’s Three Course Menus just enough daylight to kill most of the help will get in on the act, too: Paragon $ 00 $ 00 lights inside, with a draft (I recommend the employs a waitress who sometimes sings Hopworks Czech Pilsner) and that great 29 35 SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK SERVED ALL EVENING SUN. thru THURS. with them, and sings so beautifully that American classic, the cheeseburger—our before 5:45 pm or after 9:00 pm FRI. & SAT. before 5:45 pm or after 9:00 pm diners literally forget to eat, listening with first, finest and perhaps only contribu- Not valid with other promotions. their mouths open and the forks full of tion to the world of street food. And the food hovering in the air. Paragon burger is good. In fact, while most DOWNTOWN burgers in the Pearl inspire little more N.W. 22nd & W. Burnside ringsidesteakhouse.com 503-223-1513 than shrugs, Paragon’s, even in its simplic- of Washington and Oregon wines. If you’re ity (quality ground beef, cheddar, sauteed a pinot noir lover, you’re in luck—there are onions and aioli) is perfectly cooked and is noW oPen for dinner almost 20 from which to choose. practically perfect in every way. And not surprisingly, this being Port- Vision, with all its clean and economical land, eight of the dozen taps pour deli- lines and its hushed modern moods, isn’t cious Oregon microbrews, with Trumer, perfected until it grows a little older and Guinness, Stella and the oddly chosen but worn. Paragon has arrived at that place. But populist domestic Bud Light rounding out vision can’t make you a good hamburger. the drafts. That requires intuition. As far as edibles, while the menu is (Lee-Mo) not vegetarian-friendly, it’s not unfriendly Paragon Limo either. There are plenty of salads, includ- Peruvian restaurant ing a simple plate of delicate greens with a 1309 NW Hoyt St . 503-833-5060 subtle emulsified Champagne vinaigrette, 2340 nW Westover road i PortLand, oregon 972210 i 503.477.8348 as well as the retro classic iceberg lettuce Lunch: 11:30 a .m .-4 p .m . daily wedge with blue cheese dressing. There Dinner: 5:30 p .m .-10 p .m ., also are a couple of meatless pastas or, if Sunday-Wednesday; “Spice up your eating experience in a relaxing upscale environment. you’re feeling particularly nostalgic for your 5 p .m .-11 p .m ., Thursday-Saturday This new Peruvian restaurant, named for a red chile pepper, features childhood, grilled cheese and tomato soup. www .paragonrestaurant .com a menu full of delicious Peruvian traditional cuisine. Come try our But it’s the pescetarian to whom Par- assortment of flavorful Piqueos (small plate delicacies).” agon most caters. Starters and entrées

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The NW Examiner’s Neighborhood Food & Beverage Guide.

The Northwest Examiner’s Neighborhood On Deck Sports Bar & Grill World Cup Coffee & Tea House Kettleman Bagel Company Food & Beverage Guide is published each (See listing under Sports Bars) 1740 NW Glisan St. 503-228-4152 2314 NW Lovejoy St. 503-295-2314 March and September to encourage readers www.worldcupcoffee.com www.kettlemanbagels.com. to patronize their local businesses. It in- The TeaZone & Camellia Lounge cludes listings of our regular advertisers and (See listing under Tea & Tea Houses) Over 10 years of serving locally-roasted Amazing bagels using the finest ingredients. others who have paid a $25-per-listing fee. direct-trade coffee, loose-leaf teas, fresh Locally owned and operated and dedicated Typhoon! pastries and house-made sandwiches. Fun to bringing the best New York-style bagels, 2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557 baristas, and they know their coffee. Free coffee and “schmears” to NW Portland. BAKERIES www.typhoonrestaurants.com Wi-Fi. Kornblatt’s Delicatessen From humble beginnings on Northwest 23rd rd BridgePort Brewpub & Bakery World Cup Coffee & Tea House 628 NW 23 Ave. 503-242-0055 Avenue, Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have Powell’s Books-Cedar Hills Crossing. (See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs & Taverns) become icons of the Northwest food scene. Authentic New York-style delicatessen. Their Everett Street location offers lunch World Cup Coffee & Tea House Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast The Dragonfly Coffee House served all day. “A little different - a lot bet- 2387 NW Thurman St. 503-224-7888 and dinner, full bar service and outdoor Powell’s Books seating. 1001 W. Burnside St. 503-228-4651, ter - we like it that way.” Orders to go. A comfy corner coffee house where friends ext 1234 gather while fresh homemade pastries pour 21st Avenue Bar & Grill from the ovens. Special orders welcome. (See listing under Restaurants) Mike Ryerson Oat-Waffle Weekends. Smoothies too! Visit Uptown Billiards Club them on Facebook. (See listing under Restaurants) Elephant’s Delicatessen 115 NW 22nd Ave. 503-224-3955 CAFES www.elephantsdeli.com Portland’s premier specialty foods store and Besaw’s catering company serving great local foods (See listing under Restaurants) from scratch since 1979. Patio and full bar. Chow Private Garden Room for meetings and event. 503 NW 14th Ave. 503-274-2469 Takeout and delivery. Gifts and more! www.cafechow.com Ken’s Artisan Bakery st Fresh and fast for breakfast and lunch in 338 NW 21 Ave. 503-248-2202 the Pearl. Outdoor seating. Open 7 days a www.kensartisan.com week. Catering. Artisan bakery and café, featuring baguettes Sydney’s baked twice daily, rustic French breads, 1800 NW 16th Ave. 503-241-4313 ciabatta and more. Croissants, pastries, Stumptown Coffee, sandwiches. Plenty of www.sydneysportland.com great local and national press. Open 7 days. A unique community gathering place serv- ing excellent espresso drinks, homemade The new Kettleman Bagels delicatessen has become a busy stop for coffee, bagels and Kettleman Bagel Company pastries and outstanding breakfast and lunch rd 2314 NW Lovejoy St. 503-295-2314 sandwiches. It’s located just off of Northwest 23 Avenue on Lovejoy in the former specials. Menu updated daily. Please see Northwest Neighborhood Market. www.kettlemanbagels.com. website. Amazing bagels using the finest ingredients. Locally-owned and operated and dedicated COFFEE & COFFEE HOUSES DELICATESSENS ICE CREAM, GELATO to bringing the best New York-style bagels, coffee and “schmears” to NW Portland. The Dragonfly Coffee House Chow & YOGURT 2387 NW Thurman St. 503-224-7888 503 NW 14th Ave. 503-274-2469 Stone Pie Joe’s Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt rd 1015 NW 23 Ave. 503-488-0399 A comfy corner coffee house where friends www.cafechow.com Uptown Center Location gather and skilled baristas serve while home- rd www.stonepiejoes.com Fresh and fast for breakfast and lunch in the 39 NW 23 Pl. 503-295-3033 made pastries pour from the ovens. Special Pearl. Outdoor seating. Open 7 days a week. 18 delicious flavors of savory and sweet orders welcome. Oat-Waffle Weekends. www.benjerry.com/uptowncenter Catering. hand-held pies. Kids love them. Breakfast, Smoothies too! Visit them on Facebook. lunch or dinner for $3.25. Delivery for party Pearl District Location Elephant’s Delicatessen th orders and office meetings. Fast, fresh, Fehrenbacher Hof Coffee House 301 NW 10 Ave. 503-796-3033 115 NW 22nd Ave. 503-299-6304 friendly. 1225 SW 19th Ave. 502-223-4493 www.benjerry.com/pearldistrict www.elephantsdeli.com. Two Tarts Bakery The Hof features the locally-renowned Vermont’s finest ice cream, frozen yogurt, Portland’s premier specialty foods and cater- 2309 NW Kearney St. 503-312-9522 breakfast sandwiches (with Bud’s Reuben smoothies, shakes, chillos, sundaes and Sauce), Ristretto Roasters Coffee, house- ing company, serving great local foods from cakes. We cater office parties, company www.twotartsbakery.com baked pastries and homemade soup. Located scratch since 1979. Patio and full bar. Private events, employee recognition, birthdays and It’s all about cookies, baby! They’re small in the house next door to Goose Hollow Inn. Garden Room for meetings and events. Take more! “Let us bring our Scoop Shop to you!” but decadent, and feature ingredients grown out and delivery. Gifts and more! as close to home as possible. Frosty organic Kettleman Bagel Company Pop Culture Frozen Yogurt Food Front Cooperative Grocery milk, Courier Coffee, and Foxfire Teas are on 2314 NW Lovejoy St. 503-295-2314 900 NW Lovejoy St., Ste. 160. 502-477-9172 2375 NW Thurman St. 503-222-5658 hand to fill your beverage needs. www.kettlemanbagels.com. www.pcyogurt.com www.foodfront.coop Serving Stumptown Coffee along with A health and wellness oriented restaurant BARS & LOUNGES amazing bagels using the finest ingredients. Custom sandwiches, traditional and specialty serving delicious sandwiches, soups, salads Locally-owned and operated and dedicated salads and savory soups. We offer great and desserts for people and their pets. Try wholesome foods prepared from scratch Kingston Sports Bar & Grill to bringing the best New York-style bagels, their new workout and weight-maintenance using organic ingredients wherever possible. (See listing under Sports Bars) coffee and “schmears” to NW Portland. smoothies. Grab-and-go selections also available. Le Happy The Sultan Café th Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks (See listing under Restaurants-French) 1500 NW 18 Ave. 503-227-6466 2376 NW Thurman St. 503-954-1737 www.thesultancafe.com Nob Hill Bar & Grill www.kennyandzukes.com (See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs and Tav- Serving the best gyros from the spit in Reubens, Cubans, grinders, meatball heros, erns) Portland featuring lamb, chicken or beef. Pa- ninis, falafel, kabobs, burgers, hummus baba super tortos and more. Serving your favor- ganoush, baklava, espresso and pastries. ite sandwiches from around the world using top-quality meats, breads and cheeses. Soup, salads and hot dogs too! 18 Northwest Examiner September 2009 drinkdrink && dinedine inin youryour neighborhoodneighborhood

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PUBS, BREWPUBS Marathon Taverna 1735 W. Burnside St. 503-224-1341 & TAVERNS The best gyros and great burgers. Breakfast Blue Moon Tavern & Grill specials. Kitchen open ‘til 2 a.m. Free popcorn. 432 NW 21st Ave. 503-223-3184 Big-screen TVs with all the games. Four pool tables and Oregon Lottery games. Full bar www.mcmenamins.com. and 19 beers on tap. Open every day 7 a.m.- This welcoming NW 21st hangout is the per- 2:30 a.m. fect spot from which to watch the comings McMenamins Tavern & Pool and goings of locals and tourists alike while rd enjoying McMenamins handcrafted ales, 1716 NW 23 Ave. 503-227-0929 wines, spirits and pub fare. www.mcmenamins.com. This neighborhood pub at the north end of BridgePort Brewpub & Bakery rd 1313 NW Marshall St. 503-241-3612 NW 23 is the ideal spot to gather with friends for a couple pitchers, a round of pool, www.bridgeortbrew.com some food and lively conversation. Celebrat- Enjoy Northwest-inspired cuisine and daily ing 25 years in the neighborhood. specials along with Oregon’s oldest craft New Old Lompoc Pub & Brewery brews in this family-friendly brewpub. Event rd and meeting spaces available. 4-6 happy hour, 1616 NW 23 Ave. 503-225-1855 Mon-Fri. Bakery opens at 7 a.m. www.newoldlompoc.com. Crackerjack’s Serving excellent burgers and beers for over 2788 NW Thurman St. 503-222-9069 15 years. Come visit the brewery or sit out on the back patio and soak up the sun, or rain. A neighborhood hangout for the whole fam- Full bar. ily! New, expanded menu includes steaks, seafood, chicken, homemade pizza, burgers Nob Hill Bar & Grill and more. Free pool all day, happy hour 4-7 937 NW 23rd Ave. 503-274-9616 p.m., 12 beers on tap. Backyard patio. National award-winning hamburgers. Break- Goose Hollow Inn fast, lunch and dinner. Soups and salads. 1927 SW Jefferson St. 503-228-7010 Daily homemade lunch specials. Monday Night 50-cent tacos 6-9 p.m. 12 beers on tap. www.goosehollowinn.com. Sports on TV. Full Bar. Open 8 a.m.-2:30 a.m. “Goose Hollow Golden” is brewed exclusively every day. for the Goose by Fort George Brewing. Try it – or Hopworks Organic Lager with “The The Rams Head Best Reuben on the Planet.” Huge deck. Free 2282 NW Hoyt St. 503-221-0098 parking or MAX is within steps. www.mcmenamins.com. Settle in after an afternoon of shopping Laurelwood NW Public House rd 2327 NW Kearney St. 503-228-5553 on NW 23 . Relax with the handcrafted McMenamins ales, wines and spirits paired www.laurelwoodbrewpub.com. with salads, burgers, sandwiches and more. Excellent food, handcrafted beers, full bar Admire original artwork inspired by the pub’s and great service makes this pub a neighbor- history. hood favorite. Happy hour two times daily. Family friendly. Outdoor seating. Continued on page 20 Lucky Labrador Beer Hall 1945 NW Quimby St. 503-517-4352 www.luckylab.com. A casual place to hang for a pint. Serving lunch and dinner every day, with a patio to bring your dog and event space for a party or business meeting.

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On Deck Sports Bar & Grill server Kendra Bushnell delivers a happy hour food order. The Pearl District sports bar features 25 televisions showing all major games. Northwest Examiner SEpTEMBEr 2009 19 going out drink & dine in your neighborhood

RESTAURANTS Paragon RESTAURANTS-ITALIAN Taco Del Mar 1309 NW Hoyt St. 503-833-5060 911 NW Hoyt St. 503-274-4836 Beau Thai Restaurant www.paragonrestaurant.com Pastini Pastaria www.tacodelmar.com 730 NW 21st Ave. 503-223-2182 1506 NW 23rd Ave. 503-595-1205 Paragon is a lively yet sophisticated neigh- Listed in Health Magazine as one of the 10 www.beauthai.com. borhood restaurant and bar featuring Ameri- www.pastini.net. healthiest places to eat. Friendly, clean, fun, Year after year, Beau Thai is still the North- can bistro cuisine, house-made desserts and Portland’s Italian bistro with a passion for energetic and great food. Complimentary west’s favorite Thai restaurant. Try the best signature cocktails. Open daily at 11:30 a.m., pasta offers 35 classic pastas from $5.75 Wi-Fi. Superb customer service with outside salad rolls in Portland or one of their always dinner at 5 p.m. Bar menu from 4 p.m. to for lunch and dinner. Cocktails, NW and dining available. Lunch and dinner catering. exciting special dishes. close. Italian wines and beers. Outside seating. Now serving beer! Catering for meetings and events. Besaw’s Park Kitchen th 2301 NW Savier St. 503-228-2619 422 NW 8 Ave. 503-223-7275 Serratto RESTAURANTS-MOROCCAN (See listing under Restaurants) www.besaws.com www.parkkitchen.com. Marrakesh Restaurant st A local neighborhood institution in NW Port- Local and seasonally driven menu. Award- Vino Paradiso Wine Bar & Bistro 1201 NW 21 Ave. 503-248-9442 land since 1903. Serving the freshest NW winning chef. Full-service bar with creative 417 NW 10th Ave. 503-295-9536 www.marrakeshportland.com. cocktails. Lunch: Mon-Fri. Dinner: Mon-Sat. comfort food seven days a week. Breakfast, www.vinoparadiso.com lunch and dinner. Full bar and wine list avail- Private room available. Traditional Moroccan cuisine. Sultan’s tent. able. “Let us take care of you.” Wine Spectator magazine award-winning wine Cozy, ethnic oasis with traditional Moroc- Pastini Pastaria program, full dinner menu, hip ambience and can seating. Nightly 5-10 p.m. Belly dancing st Café Nell (See listing under Restaurants-Italian) non-pretentious service. Art gallery. On the Wed-Sun. Located at the corner of NW 21 1987 NW Kearney St. 503-295-6487 streetcar line. Come as you are, or dress up! and Northrup. RingSide Steakhouse www.cafenell.com (See listing under Restaurants-Steakhouses) Café Nell is a lively urban brasserie, bar, and Mike Ryerson lounge serving upscale American classics. Serratto Breakfast, lunch dinner, happy hour and 2112 NW Kearney St. 503-221-1195 weekend brunch. Outdoor seating. Parking www.serratto.com available on premises. Northwest Portland’s neighborhood res- Elephant’s Delicatessen taurant! Serving seasonally inspired Italian, 115 NW 22nd Ave. 503-224-3955 French and Mediterranean cuisine. Lunch, dinner and happy hour every day. Full-service www.elephantsdeli.com bar. Extensive wine list. Outdoor seating. Pri- Portland’s premier specialty foods store vate rooms accommodating groups up to 50. and catering company, serving great local 21st Avenue Bar & Grill foods from scratch since 1979. Patio and st full bar. Private Garden Room for meetings 721 NW 21 Ave. 503-222-4121 and events. Take out and delivery. Gifts and Selected the “Best Hamburger” by the more! Northwest Examiner in 2003. Happy Hour Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks food menu 3-6 p.m. Mon-Fri. Still serving a wide ranging food menu and cocktails to 2376 NW Thurman St. 503-954-1737 the wee hours. Selected “Portland’s Best www.kennyandzukes.com Outdoor Patio.” Reubens, Cubans, grinders, meatball heros, 23Hoyt Restaurant super tortos and more. Serving your favorite 529 NW 23rd Ave. 503-445-7400 sandwiches from around the world using 23Hoyt customers Lillie Bogdanov and Kevin Gillan joke with bartender Erica top quality meats, breads and cheese. Soup, www.23hoyt.com. salads and hot dogs too! This modern gastro-pub is both sophisti- Namare during happy hour. The once-upscale establishment has change its format cated and comfortable. Serving delicious by offering items such as hamburgers and featuring TVs tuned to news and sporting Kingston Sports Bar & Grill best-quality food and drink to the neighbor- events. (See listing under Sports Bars) hood at both lunch and dinner as well as a great happy hour in between. The Leaky Roof Gastro Pub 1538 SW Jefferson St. 503-222-3745 Typhoon! www.theleakyroof.com 2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557 RESTAURANTS- RESTAURANTS-PERUVIAN www.typhoonrestaurant.com The Leaky Roof, Portland’s first gastro pub. MEDITERRANEAN Limo Peruvian Restaurant Proudly serving Portland since 1947. Where From humble beginnings on NW 23rd Avenue, 2340 NW Westover Rd. 503-477-8348 high-end casual meets neighborhood com- Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have become The Sultan Café th Spice up your eating experience in a relax- fortable. Full service bar, lunch, dinner and icons of the Northwest food scene. Their 1500 NW 18 Ave. 503-227-6466 ing upscale atmosphere. This new Peruvian happy hour. Everett Street location offers lunch and din- www.thesultancafe.com restaurant, named for a red chile pepper, ner, full bar service and outdoor seating. Lucy’s Table Serving the best gyros from the spit in features a menu full of delicious Peruvian 704 NW 21st Ave. 503-226-6126 Uptown Billiards Club Portland featuring lamb, chicken and beef. traditional cuisine. Stop in and try an assort- rd ment of Piqueos (small plate delicacies). www.lucystable.com 120 NW 23 Ave. 503-226-6909 Paninis, falafel, kabobs, burgers, hummus, baba ganoush, baklava, espresso and pastries. www.uptownbilliards.com. Casual yet elegant Northwest Cuisine fea- RESTAURANTS-PIZZA turing fresh local ingredients. Social Hour A complete evening of dinner, drinks, and 5:30-6:30 weekdays featuring half-off menu billiards. Offering 5-course “Happy Hour” RESTAURANTS-MEXICAN Bellagios Pizza Goose Hollow items. Call today for your special event on or tasting menu. Fresh and local ingredients. 1742 SW Jefferson St. 503-221-0110 off site. Extensive and affordable wine list. Opens Acapulco’s Gold Tues-Sun at 4 p.m. 2610 NW Vaughn St. 503-220-0283 www.bellagiospizza.com Meriwether’s Restaurant “Best Joint in Town Since 1980.” Still the Delivery, take-out, drive-in. Traditional and 2601 NW Vaughn St. 503-228-1250 Wildwood Restaurant & Bar place for big food, great homemade salsa and gourmet pizza, cold beer, wings, salads, cal- 1221 NW 21st Ave. 503-248-9663 www.meriwethersnw.com. “infamously good” margaritas! 52+ tequilas, zones and breadsticks. Farm-to-table menu from their own 5-acre www.wildwoodrestaurant.com. kid’s menu, lots of vegetarian options. Ample Eat Pizza! Skyline farm just 20 minutes from Portland. parking. Open 7 days a week. We create menus based on the wealth of 2037 SW Morrison St. 503-243-3663 Gorgeous outdoor patio, gardens and gazebo. premium ingredients found just miles from Cha! Cha! Cha! Mexican Taqueria Open every day for lunch, dinner and week- the restaurant. Serving lunch and dinner. www.EatPizzaPortland.com. 1208 NW Glisan St. 503-221-2111 end brunch. Full-service bar. Outdoor seating. Private Free unlimited toppings. Great people making dining and meeting rooms. Authentic Mexican food to eat-in or take- great pizzas, sandwiches and salads. Delivery. Metrovino out. Serving Cha Burritos, tacos, tortillas, Local microbrews on draft. 1139 NW 11th Ave. 503-517-7778 quesadillas, chimichangas, chili rellenos, www.metrovinopdx.com RESTAURANTS-Barbeque salads and more. All natural meats. Open 7 Escape From New York Pizza days a week. 622 NW 23rd Ave. 503-227-5423 Offering an inspired New American menu by Slabtown Ribs & BBQ Celebrating 25 years of New York-style pizza chef Gregory Denton. 80 wines by the glass 2606 NW Vaughn St. 503-227-2903 Cha Taqueria & Bar and a full bar featuring rare bourbons. Patio 305 NW 21st Ave. 503-295-4077 by the slice and by the pie. seating and private dining available. Award-winning, classic American barbeque – right in the neighborhood. Brisket, ribs, Real Mexican dining in the former Star’s Mangia Pizza Nancy’s Kitchen chicken and pork all smoked low and slow Antiques building at NW 21st and Everett. 1937 NW 23rd Place. 503-222-2667 1611 NW Glisan St. 503-241-1137 every day on wood smokers. All traditional Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. All natural www.mapclicks.com. sides dishes. Full bar, catering and take-out. meats with Painted Hills Beef, Carlton Farms Traditional food in a contemporary setting. Pork and Natural Chicken. Happy hour 3-6 Hand-tossed thin crust pizza, calzones and Serving great breakfasts, lunches and take p.m. and 6 p.m. to close at the bar. Outside salads using only top-quality ingredients. and bake casseroles. Private parties in our RESTAURANTS-FRENCH patio. Slices Mon-Fri before 5 p.m. Cozy atmo- dining room and catering available. Home- sphere and two great patios. Beer and wine made soups and desserts made daily. Le Happy Santa Fe Taqueria to go, catering and business delivery. th 831 NW 23rd Ave. 503-220-0406 Nob Hill Bar & Grill 1011 NW 16 Ave. 503-226-1258 (See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs & Taverns) www.lehappy.com. www.santafetaqueria.com Now serving cocktails! Savory dinner and Portland’s first Taqueria! Extensive authen- On Deck Sports Bar & Grill tic menu or customize your own meal. Ample (See listing under Sports Bars) sweet dessert crepes served up the original Portland Frenchy-style way. Fine wines too. indoor and outdoor dining space or to go Closed Sun. service. Kids eat free every Wednesday. Full bar with 4-7 happy hour Mon.-Fri. Open late every day.

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Mike Ryerson

Rachel Bagley enjoys a beverage as she writes at a window table overlooking the street at Tea Chai Te. The popular tea house is on the second story of an English Tudor style fourplex at Northwest 23rd and Johnson streets.

RESTAURANTS- TEA & TEA HOUSES

SEAFOOD Tea Chai Te 734 NW 23rd Ave. 503-228-0900 Bay 13 701 NW 13th Ave. 503-227-1133 www.teachaite.com www.bay13restaurant.com Casual tea house with an outdoor balcony. Port- land’s largest selection of organic tea, Oregon Bay 13 is a modern seafood-centric restau- Kombucha and 15 different kinds of Chai from rant committed to sustainability. They offer scratch. Free Wi-Fi. a rustic, yet refined, menu emphasizing Pa- cific Northwest ingredients. Sushi/Raw Bar. The Tea Zone & Camellia Lounge Daily Happy Hour. Year-round outdoor dining. 510 NW 11th Ave. 503-221-2130 www.teazone.com RESTAURANTS- Tea lounge and MarTEAni bar serving lunch STEAKHOUSES and happy hour. Sunday brunch. Selling over 100 loose leaf teas and a large selection of tea RingSide Steakhouse ware. Portland’s best tea house celebrating 10 2165 W. Burnside St. 503-223-1513 years in business. www.ringsidesteakhouse.com. Typhoon! In Portland, the Ringside Steakhouse is 2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557 the Prime Steakhouse! This highly honored www.typhoonrestaurant.com dining establishment was founded in 1944. rd Owned by the third generation of the From humble beginnings on NW 23 Avenue, founding family, it is the steakhouse with Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have become icons more than 70 awards. of the Northwest food scene. Their Everett Street location offers lunch and dinner, full bar service and outdoor seating. RESTAURANTS-THAI World Cup Coffee & Tea House Beau Thai 1740 NW Glisan St. 503-228-4152 730 NW 21st Ave. 503-223-2182 www.worldcupcoffee.com www.beauthai.com. Over 10 years of serving locally-roasted direct- Year after year, Beau Thai is still the trade coffee, loose-leaf teas, fresh pastries Northwest’s favorite Thai restaurant. Try and house-made sandwiches. Fun baristas, and the best salad rolls in Portland or one of they know their coffee. Free Wi-Fi. their always-exciting special dishes. World Cup Coffee & Tea House Typhoon! Powell’s Books-Cedar Hills Crossing. 2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557 World Cup Coffee & Tea House www.typhoonrestaurant.com Powell’s Books From humble beginnings on NW 23rd 1001 W. Burnside St. 503-228-4651, ext 1234 Avenue, Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have become icons of the Northwest food scene. WINE & WINE BARS Their Everett Street location offers lunch and dinner, full bar service and outdoor Metrovino seating. 1139 NW 11th Ave. 503-517-7778 www.metrovinopdx.com SPORTS BARS Offering an inspired New American menu by chef Gregory Denton. 80 wines by the glass Kingston Sports Bar & Grill and a full bar featuring rare bourbons. Patio 2021 SW Morrison St. 503-224-2115 seating and private dining available. www.kingstonsportsbar.com Uptown Billiards Club “Portland’s Favorite Sports Bar.” Over 120 NW 23rd Ave. 503-226-6909 two dozen TVs with all the games. Break- fast, lunch and dinner. Daily food spe- www.uptownbilliards.com. cials, soups and salads. Recession Buster A complete evening of dinner, drinks and Breakfast $3.95 Mon-Fri 7 a.m.-11 a.m. billiards. Offering a 5-course “Happy Hour” Outdoor seating. tasting menu. Fresh and local ingredients. Extensive and affordable wine list. Open Tues- Marathon Taverna Sun at 4 p.m. (See listing under Pub, Brewpubs & Taverns) Vino Paradiso Wine Bar & Bistro Nob Hill Bar & Grill 417 NW 10th Ave. 503-295-9536 (See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs & Tav- erns) www.vinoparadiso.com Wine Spectator magazine award-winning wine On Deck Sports Bar & Grill program, full dinner menu, hip ambience and 910 NW 14th Ave. 503-227-7020 non-pretentious service. Art gallery. On the www.ondecksportsbar.com streetcar line. Come as you are, or dress up! On Deck-the Pearl’s premier sports bar. Upscale stadium fare is served with gour- met wines, 12 beers on tap and premium liquors. Happy hour food specials Mon-Fri. Private parties available.

Northwest Examiner September 2009 21 going out Community Events

Slabtown Sept. 22: “Mercy Corps Action Center,” Community Festival Julie Macini, director, Mercy Corp Action The third annual Slabtown Commu- Center nity Festival, featuring live music, comedy, Sept. 29: “The Nau Story,” Mark Gal- history, games, food, beer garden, a raffle braith, general manager, Nau Eco Clothing and rummage sale, is Saturday, Sept. 19, noon-6 p.m., in the Con-way parking Forest park lot at Northwest 23rd and Savier streets. Stewardship Day There will be more than 30 craft and Join neighbors pulling ivy, restoring merchants booths. Prizes worth more habitat and maintaining trails at four sites than $4,000 will be raffled. The featured as part of Forest Park Day of Stewardship. exhibit will be the old Vaughn Street No experience necessary. All tools pro- Stadium and the Beavers baseball team vided. Families welcome. Pre-registration that played there 1901-1956. For informa- required by contacting Stephen Hatfield, tion, visit www.slabtownfestival.com/His- 503-223-5449. For more information, con- A tribute to the 40th anniversary tory.html. The event is free and open to all tact us at stewardship@forestparkconser- of Woodstock is theme of this year’s 6-acre Corn Maze ages. All proceeds benefit Friendly House. vancy.org. at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island. The maze, Rotary speakers designed by local artist Peter Rockwell, contains 5 miles Emergency Fair of trails which lead to a strawberry field planted Pearl Rotary hosts speakers every Tues- in the middle of the maze. day morning at 7:30 in the Ecotrust Build- The Northwest Industrial Neighbor- ing, 721 NW Ninth Ave. A $10 charge hood Association hosts a free event Friday, includes a continental breakfast. For infor- Sept. 18, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Montgomery of the Slabtown Festival to be held nearby mation, contact George Wright at georgec- Park, 2701 NW Vaughn St., to learn about sented by Portland Christian Music Co-op at Northwest 23rd and Savier streets. The [email protected]. emergency preparedness from industry will be held at Linnton Community Cen- breakfast includes blueberry and other fla- ter, 10641 NW St. Helens Rd., Friday, Sept. 8: “Making the Case for Forest experts. Lunch will be provided to the vors of pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs and Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Bands will include Truth Park,” Michelle Bussard, executive director, first 120 people to RSVP. To reserve space, orange juice. The breakfast is $7 for adults, Be Told, 11 Timothy, Hevens Abild, Tor- Forest Park Conservancy email [email protected]. $5 for youths 16 and under, and free for rey Dooley, Real Recognizes Real, TEPH, Sept. 15: “Experience of New Zealand pancake breakfast children under 3. Mimosas are $2. Angel Bagley and TST Infantry. There will and How it is Applicable to the Unit- be dancing but no drugs or alcohol. The ed States,” Bill McCormick, co-founder, St. Patrick’s Church’s annual pancake Christian concert cover charge is $5. Kids under 12 are free. McCormick & Schmick’s Restaurants, for- breakfast is Saturday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m.– th mer U. S. Ambassador to New Zealand noon, at 1623 NW 19 Ave. This is the day A rock, rap and hip-hop concert pre-

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Concerts in garden Corn maze Northwest Portland International Hos- This year’s corn maze at Kruger’s Farm tel’s Summer BBQ and Music Series In on Sauvie Island is a tribute to Woodstock, the Secret Garden continues this month at with 5 miles of trails leading to a straw- 425 NW 18th Ave. every Tuesday evening berry field in the middle. The maze is open 6:30-9:30 p.m. daily at 9 a.m. Sept. 11-Oct. 1. It closes at 6 Sept. 8: Bob Christensen, Bella Vista, p.m. Monday-Tuesday, 9 p.m. Wednesday- Calif. Thursday, 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and 8 Sept. 15: Two Rivers (Eric and Deanna), p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 and free to www.tworiversmusic.com children 4 and under accompanied by a Sept. 22: Staff Nite and Featured Artist paying adult. For information, visit www. Reunion krugersfarm.com or call 503-621-3489. Sept. 29: The Chapman Swifts, www. The farm can be reached by taking High- myspace.com/thechapmanswifts way 30 north past Linnton to the Sauvie Island Bridge. After crossing the bridge, go pearl party 1 mile north and turn right. CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL th The 18 annual Pearl Party, a street Street party 1445 NW 26th ~ 503-916-6295 party organized by the Pearl District Neighborhood Association, will be Friday, Friendly House hosts its Annual Street Sept. 11, 5-9 p.m., on Northwest 13th Ave- Party & Open House Wednesday, Sept. September’s Upcoming Events th nue between Hoyt and Irving streets. The 30, 4-7 p.m., on Northwest 26 Ave- event includes live music, food, wine and nue between Thurman and Savier. Boka Tuesday, sepTember 8 beer, plus a raffle. Proceeds will benefit the Marimba will provide live music. There First day of school for Grades 1st - 5th rainwater pavilion in Tanner Springs Park. will be art activities, martial arts and dance demonstrations, and raffles. Food from Friday, sepTember 11 Events at Umpqua neighborhood restaurants will be for sale. First day of school for Kindergarten Tours of the center and its programs will Umpqua Bank, 1139 NW Lovejoy St., be given. wednesday, sepTember 16 hosts three free public events this month. 2 hour late opening, Classes begin at 10 am Sept. 10, 7 p.m.: Jazz Society of Oregon Friendly House classes music, talk, refreshments to benefit youth Tuesday, sepTember 22 school picture day scholarships Fall classes at Friendly House begin this month with yoga, belly dancing, French Tuesday, sepTember 22 Sept. 14, 6 p.m.: The Entrepreneurial language and culture, and documentary back to school night 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Approach to Job Search screenings. There will also be senior field Sept. 18, 12:30-5 p.m.: “Does Your Friday, sepTember 25 trips, ESL conversation classes, and walks. Resume Work?” (reservations recommend- pTa membership mtg For details, visit www.friendlyhouseinc.org ed) or call 503-228-4391. and Volunteer Training 8:30 am For information on these events, call th 503-288-5612. sepT. 28-OCT. 2 bicycle safety 4 grade

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By allan Classen tral city projects designed A month before opening day of this year’s Street of as condominiums have Dreams, the developer of one of the four featured Pearl converted them fully into District condominium buildings, Waterfront Pearl, sur- rental buildings in the rendered the 194-unit twin towers to its lender. past two years. There were hints in July that something was amiss. Why did Macquarie The Examiner attempted to obtain information from take the unusual tack of marketers of the building, but repeated messages were not renting apartments in returned. On a day the building was supposed to be open which about a quarter of for media tours, the front door was locked and an employ- the units have been sold? ee who eventually responded was unaware of the event. Will this arrangement Rumors persisted that the building was being converted devalue the already sold into rentals, a common scenario in Portland since the real condominiums in the estate crash but an awkward situation for a developer after building? gaining inclusion in the state’s premier showcase of new Was there an under- homes. standing with the Home On July 28, the Examiner discovered a website seeking Builders Association of Greater Portland, spon- renters for luxury apartments in the Waterfront Pearl. Pre- The two sections of Waterfront Pearl are separated and surrounded by a decorative pool, a source sors of Street of Dreams, sented with this finding, Waterfront Pearl representatives of construction delays and cost overruns. The blending of condo and rental units in the complex to withhold publicity still did not call back. could complicate the handling of maintenance issues. Last month, Jim Porch, president of Macquarie Water- about the decision to go front Pearl, a subsidiary of the Australian-based Macqua- rental? rie Group, clarified that his company acquired the 141 These are some questions Porch declined to answer. So ances and fixtures than apartment buildings. unsold units in the project at the end of June. Porch said we asked local professionals involved with the develop- Financial formulas aside, there “seems to be a conflict” Macquarie is obtaining necessary state of Oregon approv- ment, financing, sale and management of condominiums in blending for-sale and for-rent units in one building, he als to sell condo units and in the meantime has a lease- for general observations. said. to-own program “that will enable MWPI to make future The hybrid strategy is rare for reasons related to lending Introducing rentals into a building initially marketed as owners of its current residents.” policies, condominium law and consumer attitudes. condominiums will lead to devaluation and disappointed Lease-to-own is a rental agreement in which a por- John Carroll, a leading central city developer whose expectations among prior condo buyers, he added. tion of the rent is credited toward the purchase price of a Pearl buildings include The Gregory, The Edge and The Patrick Kessi, co-developer of 937 Condominiums, potential later sale. Elizabeth, said rents can’t cover the cost of new develop- another building on the Street of Dreams, said he and his No other major residential building owner in the city is ment. partner Geoff Wenker were not interested in renting any attempting to simultaneously sell and rent units. Sources “You don’t cover your debt,” he said, explaining that the of their units, although sales have been slow in the chilly contacted for this story could think of no other current current rental market is less than $2 per square foot. economy. example, although some thought it might have been tried Even at $2.50 a square foot, the peak level offered for They have turned down offers from prominent indi- in the 1970s or ’80s. Waterfront Pearl units, Carroll said the economics don’t viduals to lease units, he said, a move that would have On the other hand, developers of at least six major cen- work. That’s especially true because luxury condominium produced short-term income at the expense of long-term buildings are built to higher standards in materials, appli- value. Continued on page 28

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“It devalues the other units in the build- control over the building when a majority ing,” said Kessi. “There’s definitely a dif- of units are sold or within three years after ference in a building that’s all owned. the first sale, but the developer would retain There’s a difference in the way people treat a majority of the votes in the new HOA a building.” and therefore control its actions. Jim Lowenstein, branch manager for That could create a long limbo period Guarantee Mortgage in downtown Port- for condo owners in a building like the land, agreed that condominium values are Waterfront Pearl, he said. For instance, if diminished when a building owner intro- the large pool surrounding its twin struc- Want to Live In the Pearl? duces rentals. For one, lenders put limits on tures should spring leaks—which happened the number of non-owner-occupied units during construction, leading to large cost Lease Now. Own Later. in a project. They also frown on a single overruns—individual owners may want to entity owning more than 10 percent of use the HOA to press the owner/builder the units in a condominium. When these to correct the defects, but Macquarie could

Looking to be part of the Pearl, but not ] limits are exceeded, prospective condo buy- still have the majority voting bloc and could Studios, 1 & 2 bedrooms ers may be unable to get mortgages, and move instead for all units to pay propor- ready to buy? Kearney Plaza luxury apart- existing owners may be unable to refinance. tionately for the repairs. Full size washer and dryer ments are the ideal gateway. With our A loss in property values results. Kaye Youngren, CEO of Condominium Air conditioning “That speaks for itself,” said Lowen- Management Inc., one of the largest condo Credits for Condos program and a minimum stein. “If you cannot get financing off the firms in the area, said lenders have been Controlled access building 9-month lease, a portion of each month’s street, the value should be reduced.” relaxing caps on rental ratios in recent Underground parking Because Macquarie is a lender, however, years, some accepting has high as 50 per- rent goes toward the purchase of any new he said it’s possible that it could provide cent, but borrowers may pay a 1-4 percent On the Portland Streetcar line interest penalty to cover the perception of construction Hoyt Street Properties condo- its own financing to condo buyers to avoid Floor-to-ceiling windows strictures imposed by outside lenders. added risk. minium, loft or townhome. The best route Patios, balconies “That would make perfect sense,” he Without readily available financing, cur- said, explaining that it would facilitate sales rent condo owners have a harder time sell- to owning in the Pearl is through Kearney and rooftop terrace while limiting the downside of default. ing or refinancing their homes.

Plaza apartments. Call for details today. [ Other sources said bringing tenants “What are their resale capabilities? I’m into a condo building needn’t be problem- sure condo owners would be concerned atic, especially in luxury class buildings in about that,” she said. which applicants are well screened. Even so, “there’s not much they can do One reason for-sale and for-rent units about it.” don’t mix well has to do with lending poli- While she expects condo owners in a cies and condominium law. building such as Waterfront Pearl to be Get a new lease on urban life. Dan Volkmer of Windermere, a lead- troubled by a high ratio of rental units, ing broker of Northwest Portland homes, Youngren said owners are better off if 503.227.5624 | 931 NW 11th Avenue Open Daily | kearneyplaza.com said, “Every time you get a mortgage on the building is full and able to fund its a condo, the lender wants a questionnaire maintenance reserves rather than teetering filled out. One question is always, how towards bankruptcy. many rentals are in the building? Lenders “That’s not how I’d like to see it, but usually don’t want to have more than 30 the developer needs an income stream,” percent.” she said. John Gibbon, an attorney specializing Robert Ball, who two years ago sold The in condominium law, said limiting the Wyatt, a 244-unit building intended as number of rented units (whether owned by condominiums, understands what it means the developer or individual buyers) is a key to complete a major building in a buyers’ element of condominium management. market. Unlike the original developer of Homeowners associations usually place Waterfront Pearl, however, he sold the limits on rentals because they limit the entire building before it was legally subdi- ability of condo owners to sell or refinance vided into condominiums, giving the buyer their units. Those limits, which attempt to an uncluttered path to go all-rental. reflect standards of the secondary lending That was the key factor allowing him to market, traditionally have been around 20 avoid a predicament like the one ensnaring percent. Waterfront Pearl, he said. A developer or building owner who Correction retains control of a majority of the con- The Examiner’s August story, “For-rent dominium units can create headaches for sign mars Street of Dreams,” erred in stat- condo buyers later if construction defects ing that it is illegal for developers to have and maintenance issues arise, said Gibbon. both rentals and condominium units in one Homeowner associations must be given building.

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Long ago, I attended church the morn- * * * ing after a sleepover at the house of a Conviviality between neighbors of By Michaela Bancud Catholic friend. I was impressed by the no necessary conviction happens every Pearl Diver stained glass, architecture and mysterious afternoon by the rooftop firepot at the incantations, of course, but nothing really Asa Apartments. A single-tap “kegerator” Of sewers, faith and developed from there. My spiritual path (basically a smaller refrigerator with a tap has been more like a dead end. on top) located underneath the concierge Now I, and the rest of the unsaved, desk in the main lobby keeps gets things celebration will have another shot at redemption. The started. MICHAELA BANCUD Foursquare Church plans a “Pearl “We start pouring every day about 4,” The sewer rehabilitation work church plant” according to a blog post th explains Natalie, a leasing agent there. on Northwest 14 Avenue, near by an assistant pastor from Vancouver, “People come home from work, hang out Kearney, Irving and the I-405 who recently leased an apartment at in the lobby with a beer and make plans for freeway, sprung a leak last month, the Asa. later.” The beer is from Bridgeport, locally resulting in a shutdown of the “Church planting” is when an indi- sourced right across the street. drinking fountains at LA Fitness vidual or group moves to an area, usu- and other nearby businesses. * * * ally without pre-existing ties to the When the rains start pouring, neighbors A sewer sleuth called from neighborhood, with the intention of of Tanner Springs Park will be prepared. inside the gym and whispered, starting a congregation. A rainwater pavilion is under construc- “There are hoods over the drink- tion at the park honoring Portland planner ing fountains, and the streets are * * * The non-denominational Pearl Graham Clark, who died in 2005. Original lined with ka-ka!” Church, which meets Sundays on the park designs called for the structure, but The source exaggerated, but second floor of the Ecotrust Building, funding dried up. A subsequent effort by there was debris along the resur- is looking for space to expand and Clark’s family and friends, Portland Parks faced road, photographs of which provide office and childcare space Foundation, the city of Portland and the wouldn’t register well in black and during the week, says lead Pastor Pearl District Neighborhood Association white. MICHAELA BANCUD Mike Roth. PSU Vikings coach Jerry tried to fill the gap. It should be done later Excavation work at Northwest 15th and Glanville prefers this relaxed church to this month. Irving was needed to fix the sewer leak. others he’s attended in downtown Portland * * * for many reasons, foremost that he can This drinking fountain at LA Fitness was The Pearl District Neighborhood Asso- bring his bagel and coffee along. th temporarily shut down by sewer problems. ciation is hosting the 18 Annual Pearl * * * Party from 5-9 p.m., Sept. 11, on North- Those who seek a different kind of fel- west 13th Avenue between Hoyt and Irving. * * * lowship may want to visit Cargo (where As always, the event will feature music, In other news, the bomb squad showed this columnist works) Sept. 18-20. Over a food and drink from neighborhood sourc- up at the main post office Tuesday night period of two days, visiting Tibetan monks es, but this year children’s activities have because someone discovered an unattended will create and dismantle a sacred sand been added to the lineup. package, which was then ferreted away by mandala. According to Buddhist beliefs, the squad and four cop cars. witnessing mandala creation forges ties Contact Michaela Bancud at * * * within the human community. [email protected]

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30 Northwest Examiner September 2009 p. 30-34 Finance & Real Estate business rd City agrees 2003 Shogun’s to stay on 23 A venue plan invalid, By Allan Classen the gallery and a cause of ill will. At the heart of the disagreement was a “The large rent increase which precipi- lease clause providing for automatic annual Shogun’s Gallery plans to stay in the plans to correct rd tated the dispute is in effect,” said Gary rent increases based on fluctuation of real Quality Pie building at 1111 NW 23 Ave. Roberts of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. market value of the land, as determined by despite a failed attempt to reduce its rent “To Shogun’s credit, it has already paid all the county assessor. Building improvements gap in works that ended at the Oregon Court of Appeals amounts that are due, and the original lease of $292,000 paid by the tenants triggered by Allan Classen “In the court of law, we may have lost,” is now in effect as if there was no litigation, a 43-percent increase in the assessed land wrote store manager Kyle Cook, “but any- except that both sides have some bruised value and a commensurate spike in rent With “hundreds” of buildings rendered one who cares to pay attention to what we feelings.” Cook said the lease clause covering the nonconforming by invalidation of the 2003 have brought to this block and our position Roberts estimated that the case cost rent formula was so confusing that no Northwest District Plan, Portland City in the neighborhood may reasonably agree Shogun’s $200,000 in legal fees, including one could predict future rents, and even Council approved a process to adopt an we have won in the court of public opinion. his own, which it was ordered to pay as part the landlords’ property manager “expressed updated version of the plan. We continue to make adjustments to our of the court decision shock at the size of the increase. business plan and have no desire to vacate The next step will be a hearing before “It should have used that money to pro- Shogun’s moved into the building in this location. mote and sustain its business,” he argued, 2003 under a 15-year lease that made the council Wednesday, Sept. 23, probably in A month ago, Shogun’s was contemplat- “and it should have accepted the landlords’ tenant responsible for building improve- the evening. ing a move. very reasonable offer to forego 90 percent of ments. The landlords offered to reduce the Mayor Sam Adams promised that stake- The attorney for the landlords (Charles the rent increase allowed by the lease. rent in return for cutting the lease term to holders in the community will be notified and Doris Merrill, Rosmund and Raymond Cook had a different interpretation of 10 years, but Cook said the longer lease and invited to participate in the process. Langberg, and Chris Pagni), however, char- what was at stake. period was needed to amortize the cost of The only aspect of the 2003 plan direct- acterizes the case as a waste of money for its investment in the property. ly called into question by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals is traffic impacts along Northwest Vaughn Street, but the Landlords’ response to Examiner story Northwest District Association hopes to I have represented the landlords (Mer- 4) In return, the landlords asked that the Accordingly, Shogun’s elected to chal- broaden the discussion to address other rill, et al.) for the Quality Pie building for term of the lease be reduced from 15 to 10 lenge what the Court of Appeals found parts of the plan. many years and represented them in the years (with options to renew) because at to be a clear, unambiguous contract which Northwest District Association Presi- case Shogun’s, Inc. filed against them the end of the initial lease term, the parties had been negotiated by experienced busi- dent Juliet Hyams advised the council that The article in the August Examiner has had agreed that the rent would be set at the ness people on both sides. The law on this the 2003 plan is “already stale” and may not some inaccuracies and creates an incorrect market rate. Shogun’s refused that offer. issue was clear. The contract was also clear. conform to statewide citizen-participation overall impression because of the omission The only rational explanation for refus- Shogun’s chose to file a very high-risk goals adopted more recently. of relevant facts. I wish that the author ing that offer is that Shogun’s recognized lawsuit, which it ultimately lost. The result John Bradley, planning chair of NWDA, had contacted Chuck Merrill or me to that even with the large rent increase after was predictable, so Shogun’s should have noted that six years have passed since the the first year of the lease, and even taking known at the time it elected to file this hear from both sides before he wrote the plan was adopted and council should take into account Shogun’s capital expenditure, lawsuit that there was a high risk that it piece, but I understand that sometimes this opportunity to consider “changes on time demands can prevent that from hap- the rent Shogun’s pays is still substantially would lose and pay substantial attorney the ground” that have occurred since 2003. pening. below market. So while it is true that the fees. The association developed a five-page parties did not reach an agreement, it is Shogun’s situation does not “shed light” 1) Judge McShane was a judge at the trial. overview of recommended changes to the not true that Shogun’s attempt to nego- on why there is vacant space in the Qual- The article incorrectly identifies him as a plan in 2006. Those recommendations, Court of Appeals judge. tiate “did not get anywhere.” The land- ity Pie building at all. The building still lords made a substantial offer that would affords a business person who has the which are still at the heart of NWDA’s 2) The testimony at trial from the realtor have kept Shogun’s lease rate substantially capital to build out the property to suit position, include: who was involved in the lease negotiations below market for 10 years. his or her particular needs to obtain space was that even with the rent increase and • Strengthening design review. 5) There is no doubt that litigation is in a highly desirable location at a below- even taking into consideration Shogun’s market rent. • Creating a master plan for the capital expenditures at the beginning of expensive, so there is some validity to Shogun’s has chosen to squander its “transition zone” in the northeast the lease, Shogun’s lease was still well Mr. Cook’s lament that the lawsuit hurt opportunity with an ill-advised lawsuit section of the district. below the prevailing market rate. Shogun’s “bottom line.” Shogun’s decided that cost it approximately $200,000 in to file a lawsuit to change the terms • Developing a green street linking 3) The article states that “The Kings tried legal fees. It should have used that money of the lease it agreed to. The Court of the district with the Pearl. to negotiate with the landlords. When Appeals found that “the lease unambigu- to promote and sustain its business, and it they couldn’t get anywhere, they sued.” In ously allowed an increase based on the should have accepted the landlords’ very • Creating a comprehensive park- fact, prior to Shogun’s filing the lawsuit, assessor’s statement of the land value” and reasonable offer to forego 90 percent of the ing management plan and requiring the landlords offered to waive the large that “the text of the lease, on its face, is not rent increase allowed by the lease. parking structures to meet normal rent increase called for in the lease that susceptible to [Shogun’s] interpretation.” setback requirements. Shogun’s had negotiated and signed. The Gary Roberts landlords offered to limit the rent increase Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt • Funding affordable family housing. to 4 percent.

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Northwest Examiner September 2009 33 business I will buy dinner for two at the RingSide Steakhouse for the first person who can find all InBy Mike Ryersonthe ’Hood three surface parking lots near rd 23 Avenue’s ongoing 23rd Avenue full at once. public relations blunder - MIKE RYERSON

Mike Ryerson The old shopkeeper was asked if he carried doohickeys Saturday, Aug. 22 was a sunny 78 that fit whatyamacallits. With a smile, he explained that degree day and shoppers lined 23rd he had just sold the last one, but had another case of them Avenue. on order. PARKING LOT COUNT By the end of the day, he probably placed that order. He (2:45-3 p.m.) knew a thing or two about retailing. We’ve all heard the phrase, “If we don’t have it, we’ll get Lt o #1 rd it for you,” or “Stop in and we’ll fix you up.” (Behind Papa Haydn at 23 & Irving) 19 available spaces That’s positive retailing. You don’t dwell on what you 9 vacant can’t do. In a recent Daily Journal of Commerce newspaper Lt o #2 rd article, a local real estate broker and board member of (Behind Pizzicato at 23 & Glisan) 47 available spaces the Nob Hill Business Association was interviewed about 19 vacant parking in Northwest Portland. “Even my friends don’t want to visit me because they Lt o #3 can’t find parking,” Loreen Officer told the reporter. (Under Williams-Sonoma at 23rd & Flanders) Even if Ms. Officer’s friends say they have trouble find- rd 31 available spaces The surface parking lot behind Papa Haydn restaurant at NW 23 and Irving is where ing a parking spot, she shouldn’t agree with them when 16 vacant an 87-car parking garage may soon be built. The pay-to-park lot has 19 spaces available she knows there are spaces available. There are plenty of and it’s seldom half full. vacant spaces in the parking lots on and around Northwest rd 23 Avenue, and if she doesn’t know it she needs to avoid She’s a good-hearted person who donates her valuable her part. Deborah Haynes of Blush Beauty Bar always talking to the press. It’s feeding a misconception that’s bad time serving the community. My concern is she’s part of reminds her customers where they can park when they for business. one of the biggest public relations blunders I’ve ever seen, visit her store, as do her ads and website. Officer went on to tell the writer we’ll soon be getting and it’s hurting the businesses on Northwest 23rd and the Will the other merchants follow her good example, or rd an 87-car garage near Northwest 23 and Irving, which rest of the neighborhood. will they keep agreeing with those who complain? They’ve leaves the readers to believe the problem will be solved. It’s true, we don’t have an abundance of free parking, continually “advertised” that it’s too hard to park here, and She failed to tell him we already have three surface lots on but the new garage won’t be free either. It will merely add their message has gotten through. No one should be sur- the street with a total of 97 parking spaces and an average more pay-to-park spaces to the more than sufficient paid prised when shoppers drive in and talk about the limited vacancy rate above 60 percent. The counts were even taken parking supply we already have. parking. Advertising works. before the economic slump, so the percentage now could We need to face it: We’ll never have any more free Will they ever start telling the public about the park- be considerably higher. parking than we do now. In fact, it’s very possible there ing they do have instead of the parking they don’t have? Just a quick walk by each of the lots is enough to make may soon be parking meters and nothing will be free. But Or will they use their last bullet to shoot their other foot? one think. People who take a minute to check them out are businesses here can thrive with existing parking resources That old wise shopkeeper most likely would have said, usually surprised at how much surplus parking there really just as the most successful neighborhood shopping dis- “Come on in. We’ll find you a place to park. And by the is in Northwest Portland. tricts in the country have flourished without unlimited way, those doohickeys you wanted should be in any day In fact, I will buy dinner for two at the RingSide Steak- free parking. now.” house for the first person who can find all three surface All shop owners suffer from the false impression that rd parking lots near 23 Avenue full at once. it’s impossible to park in this neighborhood, and they You can reach Mike Ryerson at 503-381-8050 or Now, this column isn’t meant to pick on Loreen Officer. would do well to correct it. At least one merchant is doing [email protected]

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SALE PEndinG IN CUL-DE-SAC LEVEL BACKYARD LEVEL LOT NING VIEW CLOSE STUN tUdoR HEiGHtS $749,900 qUiEt CEdAR miLL $479,900 BAUER oAkS EStAtES $585,000 BAnniStER CREEk $509,800 4BR + den + Bonus + media • 3.1 Bath .42 Acre • Addt’l 1000SF Unfin. 4BR + den + Bonus • 3.1 BA • 3753 SF BRidLEmiLE $579,900 BURLinGAmE $675,000 4021 SF • Call dirk Hmura mL 9037164 • Call Bob Harrington mL 9039562 • Call Shelly Brown 4BR + Bonus • Spacious & Upgraded nW Contemp. • 4Bd • 3BA 2968SF • 2.1BA • Contemp mL 9039219 • Call donna Russell mL 9052924 • Call tom mL 9063413 • Call Brian Lawson

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$369,950 PEtERkoRt $265,000 nEAR St. V. HoSP. $479,900 tiGARd $344,900 BEtHAnY’S SPYGLASS $339,900 BonnY SLoPE $436,500 BonnY SLoPE 2189SF • 4Bd • 2.1 BA • Granite 1663SF townhome • near transit/Shopping Great owner occ. • Updated 3BR + Bonus • Level Yard immaculate 3BR • Level Yard 2Bd • 2BA • Prop. approved for 4 Lots mL 9061687 • Call donna Russell mL 9062984 • Call Shelly Brown mL 9086318 • Call donna Russell 9045563 • Call donna Russell 9057345 • Call donna Russell mL 8070636 • Call tom Robertson 2-BROKER TEAMS SERVE EVERY CLIENT Our Mission is to become the first real estate company whereby het entire organization, rather than one independent Realtor®, has an interest in the client’s success, and to ensure that each client benefits from industry leading comprehensive service, marketing, and representation standards. --Lee Davies By having two brokers tending to your home sale or acquisition, you can be assured that one of our experts is always available for you, inquiring Realtors and buyers. UPTOWN WEST PORTLAND

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