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By Allan Classen Agency preparing Pearl neighbors came out to challenge a to sign deal with proposed Clearwire antenna at Northwest Patron at self-service lot behind Pizzicato. 13th and Kearney last month, but found most of their concerns didn’t matter. consultant it rejected Federal jurisdiction over telecommuni- By Allan Classen cations gives cities no authority to ques- Do we really need tion health and safety impacts of elec- tromagnetic radiation, leaving neighbor- Oregon Department of Environmental hoods and citizens no grounds to object to Quality officials agreed to do something anything other than the aesthetics of the for Northwest Portland clean air advo- parking? cates last month that for most of the year antenna itself. more they said they could not do: approve a The city’s director of cable commu- sole-source contract with Bay Area con- nications, David Olson, told about 30 Arguments over parking in Northwest Portland have you sultant Jim Karas to evaluate ESCO’s residents and students at a Pearl District confused? Inside we: manufacturing processes. Association meeting that federal law gives companies the right to install their equip- • Deconstruct the shifting positions taken by business DEQ is prepared to sign a $60,000 ment in the public domain. people. Page 3 contract with Karas to audit ESCO’s two steel foundries and recommend measures The site proposed by Clearwire is on a • Measure parking lot usage currently and in recent years. Page 20 to reduce toxic air emissions. Karas is pre- PGE pole, which would be approximately pared to begin work in early January. doubled in height to 66 feet. The antenna • Outline ample off-street parking that already exists. Page 24 would be in a 10-feet-tall canister that is Just two months earlier, DEQ told 32 inches in diameter. A cabinet would local activists that Karas could not be also be attached lower on the pole. hired because he had failed to sign a certification of insurance form when he Clearwire, which offers wireless inter- Developer plans to level 1900 house, submitted his bid last May. But that deci- net access, already has five antennas in the sion was reversed after a meeting with district, all of them on buildings. When replace it with apartment building representatives of the Northwest District asked about their effect on human health, mike ryerson Association Health and Environment Steven Topp, a locally based consultant ing requested by the devel- Committee, Neighbors for Clean Air and who spoke for Clearwire at the meeting, oper to receive non-binding Northwest Environmental Advocates. said, “That’s a dicey issue.” design advice from the His- Initially, DEQ only agreed to open Topp said radiation emitted by Clear- toric Landmarks Commis- a new round of bidding. But soon the wire equipment is far below federal base- sion is scheduled Monday, agency switched gears again and agreed lines, and that studies of risk are incon- Dec. 13, 1:30 p.m., at 1900 that Karas could be hired outright without clusive. SW Fourth Ave., Room 2500A. a new application process. “The jury is still out,” he said. Despite its age and con- Michael Hall, dean of students at Continued on page 21 nection to prominent early Pacific Northwest College of Art, which Portlanders, the city clas- is adjacent to the proposed site, said sifies it as a “historic non- 971 studies have been conducted on the contributing house.” That subject “and only 132 showed no health classification may have been impact.” based on false informa- inside Topp said none of the studies were tion identifying the house repeatable and therefore were not scien- The house at 2124 NW Flanders St. was built in 1900 by two doors to the west as the tifically valid. Nathan Simon, brother of Portland mayor and U.S. Senator Nathan Simon House. The Hall and others raised the matter of a Joseph Simon. Examiner used contemporary concentration of microwave towers in the A Beaverton developer intends to city directories, Sanborn maps and census Pearl, perhaps creating a cumulative haz- demolish a 110-year-old house at 2124 reports to confirm that 2124 NW Flanders ard even if each meets federal standards. NW Flanders St. to erect a four-story, is the Nathan Simon House. Two nearby property owners—Riv- 28-unit apartment building. The developer is Dennis E. Sackhoff, erstone Condominiums and PNCA— The house, which has been subdivided president of Arbor Custom Homes, which apparently thought there was some risk into apartments and rental rooms, was has built 18 residential projects in the Port- because they turned down Clearwire’s built as a single-family home for Nathan land suburbs since its formation in 1988, request to mount this antenna on their Simon, a Portland attorney for 46 years according to its website. The project closest buildings. Owners of the 24-Hour Fitness th and the brother of former U.S. Senator and to this site is Arbor Vista at Northwest 95 building were also approached, but the Portland Mayor Joseph Simon. and Cornell Road. Go Ducks roof would not support wireless equip- The project must go through historic Sackhoff bought 2124 NW Flanders for Young fan, vintage sweater ment. design review because it is located in $850,000 three years ago. Continued on page 21 PAGE 10 the Historic Alphabet District. 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2 Northwest Examiner, december 2010 Letters can be sent to By Allan Classen [email protected] or 2825 NW Upshur St., Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. Editor’sEditor & Publisher Turn readerLetters should be 300 words or fewer; include areply name and a street of residence. Deadline third Saturday of the month.
No fan of Trader Joe’s Regarding “Trader Joe’s: a noisy neighbor with trouble hearing (November 2010),” a trip to Trader Joe’s is no picnic for customers either. The parking lot is a public menace to both drivers and pedestrians who dare to cross it. Searching for a spot is akin to bumper cars at a state fair and downright dangerous for those on foot making their way across the lot. Merchants flip again on When I addressed the situation to Trader Joe’s corporate headquarters, I received a curt form letter essentially dismissing me. Why a business of that size and volume is not required to have a parking structure is beyond me. The paid parking system argument of aesthetics is not valid—we all know that parking structures can be designed to be architecturally tasteful and disguised (witness the parking facil- rd ity for Williams Sonoma on Northwest 23 Avenue). In fact, a structure could Pardon me for writing about parking minimum-time-limit parking, after all. also accommodate truck loading/unloading inside the structure rather than on again, but after 15 years of feuding and Business representatives might as well be the street. futility in the neighborhood, the city is at saying, “What’s mine is mine, and what’s As for the music and barking dogs: my sympathy to the neighbors. As for me, last preparing to lay down the law. The yours is mine too.” I don’t bother shopping at that Trader Joe’s any longer. people who are uncomfortable with this Mayor Sam Adams chairs most of the are jockeying for position. The only way stakeholder meetings, but he was not at Jonathan Lander to make sense of it all is to understand the the November meeting. If he had been SW Broadway Dr. history, follow every word at the mayor’s there and held true to form, he would parking stakeholder meetings and then be have shot down the time-limits-only idea Real journalism prepared to read between the lines. as a denial of the city’s parking policy. As a relative newcomer to Portland (16 months) from New York City, I want A curve was thrown at the November Adams has said from the start that on- to salute you for having the guts to do some real journalism. I’ve read the paper stakeholder advisory meeting. Merchants street parking controls are coming; it’s just periodically and am really impressed. Just finished the piece about Trader Joe’s and commercial property interests had a matter of timing, pricing, boundaries being a lousy neighbor—bigger papers wouldn’t have had the balls to do a story previously gone along with the dictum and other details. like that. And having worked for bigger papers myself—The Buffalo Evening that parking meters and a permit system Staff members and consultants running News for three years, the New York Daily News for 17 years as an editor and are inevitably coming to the Northwest the meeting accepted the new position of reporter—I know this from my own experience. District. True, business operators had peti- businesses with smiles and thank yous for tioned against instituting the parking con- helping them craft a better plan. If that Neal Hirschfeld trols “at this time,” but even the petition gave business people confidence that they NW Kearney St. supported the wisdom of such a program were scoring points, they’re allowed to be in the long run. hopeful. Even naughty children have wish Links, please Then last month, business representa- lists at this time of year. Thanks again for all you do to uncover the truth in some important local tives balked when asked to participate No parking plan, however, could also issues. in an exercise to designate where various mean no commercial parking structure I wanted to ask whether or not you have ever considered supplying your subgroups of parkers (residents, visitors of because, without paid on-street park- readers with an e-mail at the end of an article, such as the first one you wrote residents, business patrons, local employ- ing, there is no incentive to pay to use about the Department of Environmental Quality and Bay Area engineer Jim ees, etc.) should park. Instead of coloring a garage. And that can’t please Richard Karas. After I finished that article, you had me so fired up about the irreparable in areas of maps they were given, a new— Singer, who has approval to build an rd way the DEQ was handling the hiring of an independent auditor of ESCO’s or really an old—objection was offered by 87-car garage at Northwest 23 and steel foundries, that had you provided an e-mail address in the article for business reps: The only regulation needed Irving streets. The man who has long the appropriate person(s) at DEQ, I would have sent one off immediately to is time-limit zones. In other words, the spoken for business interests in the district protest their actions. system we have now, in which commercial must now straddle his own goal of erect- streets have parking limits, generally two ing a garage and the clear preference of Continued on page 5 hours or less, designations which have his- merchants—many of whom are his ten- torically been handed out at the request of ants—for free on-street parking. adjacent businesses. The stakeholders committee will not Obituaries...... 4 It’s not what anyone could call a com- meet again until January. That leaves time The Pearl ...... 8 promise. It gives businesses control of for everyone to wonder what Adams will parking on commercial streets as well as Going Out...... 13 make of the latest wrinkle, and for mer- index equal access to residential streets because chants to arm wrestle with Singer over Community Events...... 16 time limits cannot be used to discour- who represents the business sector. Business & Real Estate...... 20 age shoppers from parking on residen- We are all blessed to live in interesting tial streets. There’s no such thing as times. In the ’Hood...... 24
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— OBITUARIES —
Judy E. Burgoine Gilberto Martinez Michael R. Myers Judy E. Burgoine, an active member Gilberto Martinez, a resident of Michael Ray Myers, a performer of Zion Lutheran Church for 50 years, Marshall Union Manor, died Oct. at ComedySportz, died with his wife died Nov. 5 of cancer at age 71. Judy 24 at age 77. Mr. Martinez was born after both were swept off the jetty Hellwege was born Oct. 23, 1939, in Dec. 24, 1932, in Santurce, Puerto at Newport, Nov. 10, at age 34. Mr. Yakima, Wash., moving to Portland Rico. He moved to Portland in 1996 Myers was born May 19, 1976, in in 1957. She worked as a paralegal for from New York City, where he had Vancouver, Wash. He was an actor 25 years for several Portland law firms, retired after 24 years as a hotel clerk who performed in more than 800 retiring in 2003. She married Richard A. Burgoine in in Manhattan. He is survived by his improv shows and tournaments. He 1965; they later divorced. She is survived by her daugh- sisters, Carmen Raifsnyder and Hilda Stern, both of married Kathryn in 1995 and lived in Southeast Portland. ter, Leslie Burgoine; son, Gary Burgoine; mother, Luella Portland; brother, Placido Martinez of Puerto Rico; and He is survived by his mother, Lynne Myers; and siblings, Hellwege; brothers, Paul and G.A.; sister, Janis Noyer; and numerous nieces and nephews. Dave and Corey Myers. He was preceded in death by his three grandchildren. father, Donald Myers. Arthur ‘Artie’ Wilson Dr. James L. Mack Kathryn V. Myers Arthur “Artie” Lee Wilson, a for- Dr. James Loren Mack, the former mer member of the Portland Beavers Kathryn Vancil Myers, a performer president of St. Vincent Hospital & and one of the last surviving Negro at ComedySportz, died with her hus- Medical Center medical staff, died League baseball players, died Oct. 31 band after they were swept into the Oct. 30 at age 74. He was born Aug. at age 90. Mr. Wilson was born Oct. sea at Newport, Nov. 10, at age 33. 15, 1936, in Sunnyside, Wash. He 28, 1920, in Springfield, Ala., where Kathryn Vancil was born June 12, attended high school at Hill Military he graduated from school. He played 1977, and was raised in Beaverton. Academy in Portland, and graduated professional baseball from 1937 to 1962, including time She was a full-time Jehovah’s Wit- from the University of Portland. He in Japan and Mexico, and a brief stint for the New ness minister. She also performed at ComedySportz on graduated from St. Louis University medical school in York Giants in the Major Leagues. In 1948, with the Northwest Kearney Street. She married Michael Myers 1961. He was a partner and internist at Portland Clinic Birmingham Black Barons, he hit .402, the last profes- in 1995. She is survived by her parents, Bernard and for 15 years, and taught for 15 years at Oregon Health & sional player to hit over .400 in a season. He worked as a Karen Vancil; brother, Allen; and sisters, Elizabeth Peters Science University. In 1981, he became president of the St. salesman for Gary-Worth Automotive in Milwaukie for and Deborah Austin. Vincent medical staff. He married Marian Scott in 1959. more than 40 years. He was a member of the Gladstone/ In 1997, he retired to Black Butte Ranch in Bend. He is Oak Grove Kiwanis, Allen Temple CME Church, and Betty A. Allen survived by his wife; son, Derek; daughters, Kathy Cooney, was an inductee in the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Collett Schleiss and Jennie Taschioglou; and seven grand- Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. He married Doro- Betty Anne Allen, a former children. thy Daniels in 1949. He is survived by his wife; son, employee at two Northwest Industrial Artie II; daughters, Zoe Wilson Price and Jean Arthur; Area firms, died Nov. 7 in her Can- Craig E. Wollner four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. non Beach home at age 92. She was born Oct. 24, 1918, in Walla Walla. Craig E. Wollner, a resident of the Hillside neighbor- Lyle M. Thompson She attended school in Walla Walla, hood, died Nov. 20 at age 67. Mr. Wollner was born Oct. Wash., and graduated from Whitman 17, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a professor and asso- Lyle Marion Thompson, the College. She worked as an administrative assistant for 28 ciate dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at former owner of Miller & Tracy years with Guy F. Adkinson Co., and later worked for Portland State University. He also served in the United Funeral Home in Goose Hollow, Willamette Iron and Steel Co. and Bingham-Willamette States Air Force Reserves. In 1990, he married Patricia died Nov. 8 in Palm Desert, Calif., Co. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and Ann Bell. He is survived by his wife Pat; step-son, Jeffrey at age 71. Mr. Thompson was born Multnomah Athletic Club. Schmunk; brother, Howard Wollner; and sister, Deanne Dec. 27, 1938. He attended school Wong. in Cornelius and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He attended Death notices Eileen Yee Portland State University and then went on to the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. Mr. Thompson Lon C. Applegate, a deacon at St. Mark’s Episcopal Par- Eileen Yee, a graphic designer at the was a funeral director at Hennessey, Goetsch & McGee, ish in the 1980s. Oregon Zoo for 15 years, died Oct. 14 Skyline Funeral Home and the Little Chapel of the Irving Rotenberg at age 61. Mrs. Yee was born Dec. 29, Chimes. He also owned Miller & Tracy Funeral Home , 87, co-founder of C & R Real Estate 1948, in Little Neck, N.Y. She attend- and Pegg, Paxson & Springer Funeral Chapel. He is Services. ed Rhode Island School of Design survived by his wife of 47 years, Shirley; daughters, Julie Joan Martin, 71, a registered nurse at Physician & Sur- and San Francisco Art Institute. She Sherrill and Kara Thompson; mother, Mary; sisters, geons Hospital. moved to Portland in 1976. She mar- Lillian Juntunen and Kathy Lee; and five grandchildren. ried Roy Shallis. She is survived by Rosie Mullen, 77, a housekeeper for Good Samaritan her husband; daughter, Kaylie Shallis; Hospital. brother, William Yee; and sister, Christina Rosa. Henry C. Beard, 89, a printer for Graphic Arts Center. Elsie M. Clay, 86, a cook at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Oregonian puff piece ignores ESCO pollution With some of these issues about, a significant part of getting the situation back on a good track could be having a By Paul Koberstein ronment manager Carter Webb. ESCO’s minimize emissions. Now we know that’s fairly large number of citizens targeting ability to emit lead increases its profit- not true. The company recently admitted the appropriate party with their protests. The Oregonian puff piece on ESCO ability but poisons its neighbors. DEQ lets that there are several uncontrolled sources I assume that lots of these kinds of on Oct. 31 is what greenwashing looks them get away with it. of pollution at its plant. Neighbors com- situations come about because people/ like, in case you didn’t know. The article by As I’ve reported in the Northwest plain about odors, but we also know that agencies believe that they are able to Pulitzer Prize-winner Rich Read, and the Examiner, ESCO emits more than 60 there are more than a dozen carcinogens act without the public’s knowledge of newspaper’s refusal to devote any coverage dangerous chemicals and metals, including coming out of the plant at dangerously what they’re doing. Your articles serve at all to Portland’s air quality problems, was lead, manganese and arsenic. elevated levels. the purpose of bringing some of these an insult to the people of this city who have It’s interesting that the only environ- The need for an accurate audit is under- “clandestine” situations into the public been exposed to ESCO’s toxic fumes for mentalist interviewed in the Oregonian scored by the fact that the neighborhood awareness. decades and are working hard to do some- story is a guy who works in Washington, feels that it has been lied to. For example, Perhaps some very dedicated citizens thing about it. The problem is especially D.C., and who knows absolutely noth- ESCO and DEQ did monitoring in 2005 did contact the DEQ after reading your acute for the children who have no choice ing about ESCO. Apparently, Mr. Read that detected chromium 6 in ESCO’s air article, but consider how many more where they live and whose tiny bodies are couldn’t find a phone number for any pollution. If you watched the movie “Erin might have done so had you listed a most vulnerable to toxic air. of ESCO’s neighbors here in Northwest Brockovich,” you know that chromium 6 name plus e-mail address and/or name The article touted ESCO’s use of recy- Portland. is a deadly carcinogen. As The Oregonian plus phone number that they could have cled materials and implied it is a good Air-quality modeling done a couple has reported, it has been killing American immediately used. I know that I would environmental citizen. I don’t know how years ago by the EPA found that ESCO’s soldiers from Oregon in Iraq. DEQ and have taken action right away had I not you can write about ESCO’s environmen- emissions are not only a danger to the ESCO learned in 2005 about ESCO’s had to go through the process of turning tal record without mentioning how it is surrounding neighborhood at Northwest chromium 6 emissions but never bothered on my computer, getting onto the DEQ poisoning the neighborhood surrounding Vaughn Street, which has some of the most to tell anyone. In 2009, at a neighborhood website, and hoping to find the contact its steel foundries in Northwest Portland toxic air in the country, ranking it in the meeting at Chapman School, DEQ lied information for the appropriate per- and their toxic air emissions. bottom 1 percent nationally, but is a sig- when it said it didn’t know the source son. Sometimes, especially with govern- What the article failed to say is that nificant danger to people who live between of chromium 6 in our neighborhood air. ment agencies, that can be a somewhat the raw recycled materials in use at ESCO Gresham and Hillsboro, and from Oregon In September 2009, I did a story for the lengthy and frustrating process for the often contain lead, which is then emitted City all the way north to Battle Ground, Northwest Examiner that described the average person. into the neighborhood’s air. Many leading Wash. ESCO is a health risk to the entire 2005 monitoring study. health experts have produced compelling Portland region. No wonder the neighborhood is antsy Diane Aikins evidence that there is no safe level of lead, ESCO’s air permit expired in August about the audit and is skeptical about the SW Beaverton Highway especially for young children. The Depart- 2009. The Oregon DEQ has extended the misinformation coming from DEQ and ment of Environmental Quality could permit while it conducts an audit of all ESCO. I doubt anyone is shocked to learn crack down on ESCO’s lead emissions, of ESCO’s emissions. A fair and accurate that The Oregonian, my former employer, but that would harm the company’s profits. audit would tell everyone what ESCO is is also not to be trusted as a source of infor- The recycled material used by ESCO con- doing, and what it can or should do to mation about ESCO. taining lead is cheaper than material that clean up its pollution. For years ESCO has contains no lead, according to ESCO envi- been saying that it is doing all it can to
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Northwest Examiner, december 2010 5 news Renaissance School inspires creativity from young charges
julie keefe By Michaela Bancud readers might recall pho- tos published last year An impromptu concert with tin whistles of “self-portrait” mari- and a sidewalk musician is not uncommon onettes made by students at the Renaissance School, where the cre- and displayed at World ative spirit is nurtured. Cup Coffee. Recently, students at the private school On a recent visit, stu- created fantastical masks to wear in a pro- dents wore ski caps with duction of “The Last Unicorn” at Cami jaunty pompoms that Curtis Dance Studio, located nearby on Dunn’s mother (“Grand- West Burnside. ma Charlie”) knit and Being out and about in the commu- sent to the school. nity is part of the school’s philosophy, said Engrossed in writing Susan Dunn, who co-founded the school thank you letters, the with Sally Wells last fall. children were the picture On the day of the concert, a man was of sober focus and indus- playing flute outside of Freddy’s, so the try in spite of the comical kids joined in with their Irish tin whistles. hats. Now would be a good time to bring back Dunn and Wells are the lobby piano and benches that gave the the only two full-time grocery store so much personality long ago, teachers, but they plan to but that’s a different story. hire one part-time teach- The tuition-based school of about 20 er soon. Dunn expects Students Zack Taylor, 7 (L-R); Miles LaChance, 6; Melina Sagar, 9; and Tom Waterworth, 10, explore their students moved to its new home in the the student body to grow fused-glass creations at the light table. former Rose’s Bakery location across from to 40 over the next few the main entrance to Stadium Fred Meyer years. The teaching style is last August. The K-6 school signed a one- similar to the Reggio Emilia Approach, a their own explorations, taking on the role requirement. In school parlance, it’s an year lease, and hopes to sign a five-year style of early childhood education grow- of inquiring mathematicians, scientists and extended-day and extended-year program. lease soon. Before settling here, class- ing in popularity in the United States. The artists. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., and the school room space was leased from Northwest Renaissance school curriculum emphasizes The hours of education provided at the day can go as along as 3:30 or 4 p.m. Children’s Theater. Northwest Examiner art and engineering. The children lead Renaissance School nearly double the state “We have the time to work on things,”
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Northwest Examiner, december 2010 7 the pearl News & Views Adams lets Safeway keep two-way traffic by store Neighbors say mayor ignored them, allan classen temporary fix makes no sense
By Allan Classen
Safeway prefers the direct approach—for customers traveling to its stores as well as with political action. That tendency has put it at odds with the Pearl District Neighborhood Association, whose leaders feel they were bypassed after Safeway officials opened talks with them last summer about street changes that would have made it more difficult to reach the store’s parking garage. Instead of accepting an offer to work with the asso- ciation and the city on a long-range traffic plan for the district, the company went straight to City Hall for special dispensation. Mayor Sam Adams postponed implemen- tation of one-way traffic on Northwest Lovejoy Street beside the store—at least temporarily. That set off PDNA planning chair Patricia Gardner. “We’ve got a major, major beef,” said Gardner, who wrote a strong letter to the mayor. “We weren’t told at all.” In her letter to Adams, she charged, “We received no notice and were not included in any conversation regard- ing this change to the plan. We can only guess that this change is due to some overreaction to pressure from Safe- way by your office.” The garage has one level for Safeway customers that is free; the other three parking levels require payment. Adams’ decision left the association in the backseat as it works with the Portland Bureau of Transportation on the Pearl District Access and Circulation Plan, intended to address street configurations and other transportation plet was not communicated to you and your association,” Safeway’s request because the economy has been down issues in a comprehensive manner. wrote Mauricio LeClerc. “Big apologies for that. It is not and “he wants to help businesses get through it.” “It’s not right,” said Gardner, to set aside four years the way we like to conduct business.” Adams is also considering Safeway’s plea to make 14th of community involvement in plans for the Lovejoy- But the mayor’s office admitted nothing. Avenue two-way between Lovejoy and Northrup. Northrup couplet because Safeway “cried” to the mayor. Asked if she regretted the failure to communicate, Two-way traffic on Lovejoy is important to Safeway She was further offended when her letter went unan- Adams’ transportation adviser Catherine Ciarlo, changed because it allows easier access to its garage entrance on swered. the subject. 14th Avenue. If Lovejoy and Northrup become a one-way “I haven’t gotten any response, which is not cool,” she “It was not a final decision,” she said. “It was a decision couplet as planned, eastbound drivers would have a harder said. “It’s a mess, and they’re not talking to us.” to delay implementation and give Safeway a chance to time finding their way to the parking facility. Instead of The transportation official heading the circulation gather information.” driving by the store and making an immediate right turn, study admitted this was no way to treat the community. The final decision on Lovejoy Street won’t be made customers would have to make three left turns and encircle “It is apparent from your comments and questions until the traffic plan is completed, said Ciarlo, which could several blocks beyond their destination. Moreover, they that this temporary delay in full construction of the cou- be in six to 12 months. She said the mayor considered would not be able to see the store while driving west on
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Northrup, reducing the possibility of an impulse stop on the store. the way home. “Changing one block of Lovejoy doesn’t fix anything,” The deal Safeway got from the mayor may be less than said Gardner. half a loaf. It allows customers heading south on 13th to “The configuration of this block, bluntly, doesn’t even enter the garage by making two right turns, but does little seem to solve any of Safeway’s issues,” she said, “and cer- for westbound drivers, who are kept off Lovejoy east of Continued on page 11
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Safeway continued the panic button.” Floyd said revenues at the store have not Fresh Cut Christmas Trees tainly is contrary to the original solution met projections in its first two years, and of the couplet to even solve the streetcar’s construction on the streetcar extension has movement. Beyond lack of process, the disrupted the area and furthered dampened street doesn’t even make any sense now.” sales. Issue raised in July When Pearl neighborhood representa- tives met with Safeway in July, they warned The neighborhood association has that the company was taking a suburban been aware of Safeway’s concerns for five approach and not recognizing the special months but believed they should have been opportunities of a location where most cus- addressed as part of on-going discussions tomers arrive by foot or bicycle. Neighbors on the district transportation plan. When found it surprising that the parking level the company brought four representatives for Safeway shoppers is free and unmoni- to a PDNA committee meeting in July, tored, and some reported that non-custom- committee members were unanimous in ers were taking advantage of the situation. wanting the store to succeed, and there was At the time, Safeway real estate official willingness to consider accommodations. Bill Jackson said the company wanted “You guys are really good additions to to retain the honor system, as it does at the neighborhood,” said committee mem- its other stores. Jackson admitted he was ber Jason Naiman, “and we’d like to see you “nervous” about the lack of surface parking succeed for all kinds of reasons.” in front of the store, the standard at other Gardner pointed out that the group Safeway locations. advocated for the store to be sited here and But last month, Floyd said the free, supported an adjustment of loading dock unlimited parking will “absolutely not” Growing a third generation tree farm regulations to help Safeway obtain build- continue, noting that the company is nego- ing permits. tiating with potential vendors to monitor Safeway’s director of public affairs, Dan the lot. Floyd, said the company couldn’t wait. Safeway has not produced studies to NW 11th & Overton “We found out very late in the planning show where customers to the Lovejoy store In the Portland Pearl District process that these traffic changes were are coming from or how they’re getting going to take place,” said Floyd. “By the there. Gardner said she’d like to see num- time that we were informed of the traffic bers before considering the adjustments Nobles Douglas Fir Grand Fir Nordman changes and potential risk to our business, Safeway is seeking to the street system. [Lovejoy Street] construction had already City officials assure that the neighbor- Open Nov. 27th thru Dec. 23rd started. We were immediately placed into hood association will be fully involved in Monday thru Friday - 11 am - 7 pm a tough position, and time was of the the transportation plan that will set per- essence. We needed to take action imme- manent policy for the local street system. Saturday & Sunday - 10 am - 7 pm diately.” In the interim, Ciarlo said, Safeway’s ideas Last summer, Safeway’s attorney, Mark regarding traffic flow on 13th and 14th Tree Prices: $9 to $90 Nofziger Tree Farm Whitlow, put it more succinctly: “We hit avenues can be tested and measured. Tree Sizes: 2 ft. - 10 ft. Canby, OR
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Northwest Examiner, december 2010 11 news Friendly House celebrates 80th anniversary
All photos from Friendly House archives Friendly House, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, is an enduring example of a settlement house, an approach to social reform with roots in the late 19th century. The best-known American settlement house, Hull House in Chicago, was founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Star. Their approach was to assist low-income people in urban areas living among them and serve them directly. As Addams and Starr observed the structural elements of poverty—exploita- tion of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, poor employment conditions and inadequate wages, lack of educational opportunities, substandard housing and inefficient city government—they began to form Girls learn to make greeting cards. Senior bus trip to Maryhill in 1962. an agenda for reform. Friendly House came to the settlement house movement relatively late. The First Pres- byterian Church founded the Marshall Street Community Center in 1926. In 1930, it was renamed Friendly House and moved to its current loca- tion at Northwest 26th and Savier. Its first director was Amelia Anderson. While originally dedi- cated to a spiritual mission, A teen social in the 1950s in what is now an office in the Ping pong in the 1940s on a well-used table. social concerns arising with administrative building on Northwest Savier Street. the Great Depression quickly became the focus. This excerpt Friendly House’s basketball team from Friendly House History, played in the tiny gym that still 1926-1986, recounts an anec- exists in the administrative building. dote that was pivotal in that transition: “Miss Anderson recalled a night in the 1930s when she was awakened by a commotion outside the manse and found a man at the door who called out that the Eastern Western Lumber Company mill at Linnton was shut down that night. ‘Lots of family men will be out of work. They’d like you to come down and talk to them,’ he added. She did, and from then on, there was a steady increase in activities oriented to helping low-income people in the northwest neighborhood of Portland.” A girls’ scout troup works with yarn. The West Side Garden Club had a thing about hats. Retha Faught is second from left and Mrs. Campbell is second from right.
12 Northwest Examiner, december 2010 p. 13-18 Dining & Entertainment
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According to owner Roger Ducloo, Cloud Seven (in the old Sip ‘n’ Kranz space) is “inspired by the coffeehouses of Vienna.” I’ve never been to Vienna, but the thought evokes romantic images of cobble- stone streets, classical music, and apple strudel—not the airy, modern, glassy café that is Cloud Seven. That doesn’t mean Cloud Seven doesn’t fit in fine here in Portland’s Pearl District. For a long time, Sip ‘n’ Kranz’s claim to fame was a children’s playroom that drew young families from throughout the city. After the playroom was eliminated, Sip ‘n’ Kranz spiraled out of existence. Cloud Seven welcomes children, but other than a stack of high chairs, there is Cloud Seven Café has an airy, open feel, with large windows looking southward to Jamison Square.
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Wendy Goodwin & Friends play at Cloud Seven Café Dec. 21. Live DJ on Friday & Saturday nights Christmas concert Rotary speakers All Major Sports Cloud Seven Café, 901 NW 10th Ave., Portland Pearl Rotary Club meetings, on 20 HD TVs hosts the seventh annual Acoustic Christ- held at 7:25 a.m. in the Ecotrust Building, mas Concert in the Pearl, a free family 721 NW Ninth Ave., are open to the pub- Full Bar Open 7:00am - 2:30am event Tuesday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. Wendy lic. A $10 fee includes breakfast. For infor- Goodwin & Friends, an eight-piece band mation, contact George Wright at georgec- featuring fiddle, mandolin, world per- [email protected] or 503-223-0268. cussion, guitar and vocals, will perform. Dec. 7: “Higher Ground Uncensored— Espresso drinks, desserts and local wines A Tale of Bullying in the Public Schools,” THE BEST MICROBREWS - 19 DRAFTS - FULL BAR will be available. Jennie Brown, drama program coordinator, 3 POOL TABLES - ALL OREGON LOTTERY GAMES ins1 8nwexamth & adW 11.29.10_ins. Burnsid nwexame ad 11.29.10 11/29/10 6:39 AM Page50 13-224-1341 after the party... Come sleep with us!
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16 Northwest Examiner, december 2010 going out “Northwest Portland’s Favorite Thai Restaurant” Vegetarian Dishes Our Specialty Ockley Green Magnate School. provided. Pre-registration is required. Call Try Our Fast Take Out Service Dec. 14: Pearl Rotary Club Annual Maggie at 503-228-4391 to register. Wine Auction, Mike Rompa, club mem- Open Monday-Friday for Lunch & Dinner ber, coordinator. Senior field trips Weekends All Day Dec. 21: “Rotary Norway Group Study 730 NW 21st Ave • 503-223-2182 Exchange Team,” Kathy Stromvig, team Field trips for seniors are scheduled WWW.BEAUTHAI.COM leader. Wednesday, Dec. 8, to the Alpenrose NW Senior Theatre Christmas Show; Wednes- Holiday caroling day, Dec. 15, to the Christmas Sack Lunch Concert with Ed Eastman and the Joy- Neighbors are invited to join Friendly singers at the Old Church; Tuesday, Dec. House’s annual caroling event Wednesday, 21, to the new OMSI Identity exhibit; and Dec. 8, 6-9 p.m. Ted Kaye will lead the Tuesday, Dec. 28, to Bridgeport & Patini’s. singing, and there will be a visit with Santa The trips are co-sponsored by Friendly at the end of the evening. Meet at 1737 House and Northwest Portland Ministries. th NW 26 Ave. To sign up for a trip and for more details, call Ride Connection at 503-226-0700. Cancer documentary Neighbors for Clean Air is co-sponsoring Yoga classes the Portland premier of “Living Friendly House will co-sponsor pay- Downstream,” a documentary about what-you-can yoga at First Presbyterian cancer risks in America based on the Church, 1200 SW Alder St., Thursdays, book by ecologist and cancer survivor beginning Dec. 9, noon-1 p.m. All are Sandra Steingraber. The film will be welcome, including seniors. No pre-regis- shown Tuesday, Dec. 7, 6-8 p.m., at the tration is necessary. McMenamins’ St. John’s Theater and Pub, 8203 N. Ivanhoe St. Admission is $5. Flu season advice There will be a discussion period following the film with Maye Thompson of Oregon Learn from the physicians at A Fam- Physicians for Social Responsibility and Dr. ily Healing Center about how you can Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis of Oregon strengthen your immune system to fight Environmental Council. cold and flu viruses. A free class will be held Tuesday, Dec. 7, 6-7:30 p.m., th Senior Holiday Party at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26 Ave. Reservations are recommended; call 503- The annual Senior Holiday Party at 224-2640. Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave., is Thursday, Dec. 9, noon-2 p.m. Snacks, raffle prizes and entertainment will be
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Northwest Examiner, december 2010 17 going out julie keefe Cloud Seven Café continued a cookie cutter. It tastes perfectly pleasant but does not have the gooey abundance of December 11, 2010 the overstuffed omelets served at many of 11 am - 6 pm the brunch establishments around town. This could be good or bad, depending on event brochure available the state of your hunger and your waist- NobHillbiz.com line. The chicken salad, dressed in a light, delicious tarragon dressing, precisely fills a Carolers and elves petite, perfectly round yam bun. The yam in *** the bun substitutes for sugar, and gives the Special store & restaurant events bread a moist, tender crust and a flavor that *** complements the chicken well. Passports to win a fabulous gift basket All sandwiches come with a side salad. *** The most interesting-sounding, an Israeli A holiday tea couscous, featuring chunks of steamed broc- *** coli and carrot, continues in the same light, Santa will be visiting Nob Hill healthful vein. Cloud Seven shows a rare at HomeStreet Bank from 12 - 4 pm and welcome restraint with salt, substituting *** fresh herbs for flavor. Free transportation from Radio Cabs and Even the baked goods are not overly Northwest Portland Ministries indulgent. A carrot/zucchini muffin reflects will help navigate the neighborhood the vegetables from which it was made *** without being unctuously dense or oily. A Free parking for the day offered by flourless chocolate cookie, studded with Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital nuts, tastes high enough in cacao to provide health benefits. Call Child’s Play for more information Cloud Seven makes a big deal about its 503-224-5586 “pour over” (drip) coffee, in contrast to the now ubiquitous espresso beverage. A sign sings the praises of each type of coffee bean, roasted the day before delivery by micro- roaster Intelligentsia. With considerable ceremony, the barista pours hot water over individual cups with coffee filters, letting the initial moisture soak into the grounds Jared Linzmeier, a rep for Intelligentsia coffee, makes a fresh cup of coffee. for a few minutes before adding the rest. The coffee drips into attractive glass flasks, looking like a chemistry experiment, before the barista transfers the brew back to a mug. All in all, Lovejoy Bakers next door has more enthrall- It was fun to watch, but I’m sad to say it tasted just like ing food. But Cloud Seven, with its ample room to sit, a cup of coffee, and a watery one at that. relatively quiet atmosphere, view of Jamison Park and Prices at Cloud Seven are in line with other casual Pearl obviously functioning Wi-Fi, is the better place to spend District establishments. It is easy to dine for under $10, time. Both fill a niche in this increasingly busy community including a beverage. corner.
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18 Northwest Examiner, december 2010 history GladYou
AskedAnswering your questions about Northwest Portland history
By Mike Ryerson Center opened in two phases This 1950 Oregonian story announced the opening of the northern section of the shopping center. Question: Leo Simon “I was born in 1950, and I read several years ago that Uptown Shopping Center opened the same year. I’ve never known the merchants there to celebrate with an anniversary sale or any other type of an event to know if the year is correct. Can you give me some good history on it?” –Judith Drake
Answer: Courtesy of Norm Gholston We’ll give you partial credit on your knowledge of the Uptown Shopping Center’s history. The section south of West Burnside opened in Decem- ber 1940 as the Vista Shopping Center, and the portion on The Towne House beauty salon was a big draw at the Vista Shopping Center the north side opened 10 years later. when it opened in 1940. It featured a hairdresser named Pierre and the latest Both were built by local timber company owner William body-building equipment. Mike Ryerson J. Brugman, and shortly after the northern section opened in 1950, he renamed the entire complex the Uptown Shop- ping Center. This 1950s photo shows an array of long-gone businesses at the Uptown Shopping Center. Brugman spent $250,000 to build the original phase of Mike Ryerson the center, which included the Towne House beauty salon (which also offered the latest in body-building equipment), a florist shop operated by Tommy Luke, a candy store, Mrs. J.N. Dezendorf ’s book rental library, a Kienow’s grocery store and a state liquor outlet. The project was regarded as one of Portland’s largest, most modern shopping centers. The newer section of the center, featuring 43,000 square feet on two levels, was built at a cost of $500,000. Tenants included Menefee’s “chiken (sic) by the piece” shop, King’s Children’s Shoes, Hjalmar Hvam ski and sports shop, Free- Uptown Shopping Center owner Tom Autzen (above) None of the original stores remain in the south section of the Uptown man’s Bakery & Pastry Shop, Dari-Del Foods delicatessen, and Vida Lee Mick, owner of the Foothill Shopping Center. (below) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s store— Holmes & Ingles jewelry store, Ward’s Cleaners, Uptown Broiler, took a short hot-air balloon ride at the though it has moved from the south to the north side of Burnside—is the only Hardware, J.T. Roick’s hand-made gift shop, Cromwell’s Piazza D’Autzen Celebration in 1979. original business that remains from 1940. Variety store and a new Oregon Liquor Commission store Mike Ryerson Mike Ryerson that relocated from the southern section of the center. The Uptown Shopping Center has had several owners and investors in its 70-year history. Until the recent reces- sion, tenant vacancies were rare. Of all the original shops, only the liquor store remains. The center’s progressive-thinking founder, William J. Brugman, died in 1973 at age 90. When this photograph was taken, Kienow’s Have a question about Northwest Portland history? Email it to grocery store was the largest retailer in the Mike Ryerson at [email protected] or write: Northwest south section of the Uptown Shopping Center. Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur, Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. Zupan’s replaced it in the 1990s. Then &Now
In the early 1890s, Scottish immigrant Robert Livingstone, who owned Oregon The Livingstone House stood at Northwest 23rd and Hoyt street for only about 20 Mortgage Company, built his family home on the southeast corner of Northwest 23rd years before it was replaced by the Campbell Hotel in 1912. It’s believed that the home and Hoyt. He’s credited with bringing golf to Oregon. Burkhardt’s flower shop, located may have been moved to a nearby location. The Campbell building, now known as behind Livingstone’s house, was the first business on Northwest 23rd Avenue. (Photo the Campbell Court Apartments, it’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places. courtesy of Marsha Livingstone) McMenamins Rams Head occupies half of the ground floor. (Mike Ryerson Photo)
Northwest Examiner, december 2010 19 business Finance & Real Estate In search of the mythical filled parking lot Mike Ryerson By Allan Classen The publication even promised free steak dinners to any reader who could produce a photo of even one lot Has anyone seen a commercial parking lot along filled to capacity. There were no takers. rd Northwest 23 Avenue filled to capacity? Yet, Deborah Haynes, owner of Blush Beauty Bar and The Northwest Examiner has conducted and published a representative on the mayor’s Northwest Stakeholder several counts of usage at four such parking facilities in the Advisory Committee on parking, told the committee last past seven years, each based on about two dozen observa- month that she has photographs showing the lot west of tions at random times. At no time was a lot completely full her shop at Northwest 23rd and Glisan completely full. (other than on four special free days in December 2008). The counts are important because city policy—and the 2010 Parking Lot Survey Williams-Sonoma Pizzicato Elizabeth Street Papa Haydn 31 Total Spaces 47 Total Spaces 32 Total Spaces 19 Total Spaces Day/Date/Time Spaces used: Spaces used: Spaces used: Spaces used: Deborah Haynes claims she had a photo of a full lot. Friday, November 19 2:35-2:45 13 20 5 6 Mike Ryerson Saturday, 1:15-1:29 19 32 9 16 November 20 3:10-3:21 14 36 11 12 Sunday, November 21 2:20-2:27 11 18 6 15 Monday, 11:52-12:01 11 13 4 4 November 22 4:36-4:27 8 12 2 4 Tuesday, 1:17-1:25 12 11 2 5 November 23 3:31-3:24 12 13 2 4 Wednesday, November 24 2:47-4:10 9 14 4 8 The Elizabeth Street parking lot, recently converted from a free lot for several nearby businesses, is rarely used now that Black Friday, 12:12-12:25 12 31 5 9 users have to pay. November 26 3:53-4:02 11 39 5 9 Saturday, 11:41-11:52 5 12 5 10 2003 Northwest District Plan—is based on the presump- November 27 3:23-3:33 20 42 10 17 tion that there is an inadequate supply of parking for shoppers in the district. Sunday, “Why aren’t the off-street lots being used?” asked Rick November 28 2:10-2:16 11 26 11 8 Williams, executive director of the Lloyd District Trans- portation Management Association and a consultant to 2010 average % full 36% 49% 18% 48% the committee. 2008 average % full “They are being used,” responded Haynes. “I have pho- 23% 45% NA* 8% tos of the lot behind my store being packed on Fridays and 2006 average % full 26% 58% NA* NA* Saturdays a couple of years ago.” Asked later to produce the photos, she replied, “I will *NA refers to not applicable. The Elizabeth Street was not a pay-to-park lot in 2006-08, and the Papa Haydn lot look for them, but it was from a while back, so whether or didn’t exist in 2006. not I still have them is unknown.” She could, of course, take a new photo, but the chances Parking lot entrance locations: of finding a full lot would be exceedingly slim. When Wil- 3rd Williams-Sonoma - Enter under the store on the south side of Flanders Street near 2 Avenue . liams asked why he has always found space available in rd Pizzicato - Enter on the north side of Glisan Street behind restaurant on 23 Avenue . that lot, she said, “It’s a recession right now.” rd Elizabeth Street - Enter on the south side of Irving Street behind the former store on 23 Avenue . Even so, “there are different times when it is fuller,” she Papa Haydn - Enter on the north side of Irving Street behind the restaurant on 23rd Avenue . said. In other words: not full.
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Clear Wire continued matter what we do,” Gardner advised her Photo courtesy Clearwire committee, the neighborhood should help find another location suitable to Clearwire and the property owner. Topp said Clearwire would consider another location within a block and a half if it were available without delay and met the company’s technical requirements. The committee voted to explore alternative sites for 30 days before forming its position. Noise was another problem mentioned at the meeting. Topp said the cabinets, which are attached to the lower part of poles under the antennae, generate noise, but the levels’ measures are about 10 deci- bels below the legal limit for nighttime noise in residential districts in Portland. These cabinets can be buried underground, Want to Live in the Pearl? but the expense would be much greater, he said. Lease Now. Own Later. Due to many of the same issues raised in the Pearl, a citywide coalition of neighbor- hoods called RespectPDX met last month in Southeast Portland. About 60 people from 12 neighborhoods attended, as did City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who has jurisdiction over cell towers and wire- less antennae in the city. RespectPDX contends that cell towers: - Reduce property values in the sur- rounding community by 20 percent accord- ing to one study. - May cause cancer and other health problems. Clearwire intends to mount its antenna on - Are loud and ugly. a PGE power pole next to the Pacific North- The organization considers current reg- th west College of Art at Northwest 13 and ulations to be too weak and is working to Kearney. strengthen city and state standards. Committee member Jason Naiman Hall said there is “a lot of heated emo- Looking to be part of the Pearl but not ready to buy? tion” at the art school about the proposed warned that the district will in time become antenna that might lead to protests. He saturated with various types of wireless Living at Kearney Plaza Apartments is the ideal gateway. If you choose to lease with also wondered who would be responsible facilities as new technologies emerge. He us, a portion of the value of your rent is accrued in our unique Credits for Condos if students suffered health effects or if the called for a larger public debate about program, which can be used toward the purchase of any new construction Hoyt school lost students due to the facility. proper regulation. Street Properties condominium, loft or townhome. The best route to owning in the Pearl is through Kearney Plaza Apartments! Call for details today. “You couldn’t have picked a worse street” “There have to be other ways to make th this work for all parties,” he said. than 13 Avenue, said Patricia Gardner, AVAILABLE APARTMENTS chair of the Pearl District Neighborhood Studios, 1 & 2 Bedrooms: Full-sized washer and dryer, air conditioning, Association planning committee. “We pro- controlled-access building, underground parking, on the Portland Streetcar line, Update: On Nov . 29, Clear- tect that street with our life.” floor-to-ceiling windows, interior courtyard, balconies, and rooftop terrace. Cats welcomed! She is bothered that the pole with wire notified the public of plans antenna on top will be “twice as tall as any to install another antenna on a other pole” and look different. She also PGE pole on the south side of found it unfortunate that wireless facilities Northwest Hoyt Street just west on utility poles are not subject to design of 20th Avenue . A public meeting review, a step required when antennae are is scheduled Wednesday, Dec . 8, 7 placed on buildings. p m. ,. in the Metropolitan Learn- Get a new lease on urban life. “You’re not having to go through the ing Center auditorium, 2033 NW same process everybody else did,” she told | 503.227.5624 kearneyplaza.com D PLATIN Glisan St . Installation is planned LEE UM Topp. 931 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209 LEED Platinum for next May or June . Neighborhood “If we’re going to get shafted on this no Northwest Examiner, december 2010 21 Sweetly Doing Nothing business allan classen New Businesses
Perch Furniture 923 NW 10th Ave ., 503-208-5128 Husband-and-wife team Jonathan and Willi Galloway founded Perch, a custom-design furniture studio near Whether you prefer to tickle your toes with cool Jamison Square. The couple got into the furniture busi- waves or cuddle beside a crackling fireplace, ness five years ago, when they helped a friend start a this refreshing retreat will take your family & furniture store in Seattle. “We are dedicated to helping friends away from the everyday. you create furniture that reflects your values, fits your Mls #1003552 Price: $950,000 lifestyle and suits your budget,” said Jonathan Galloway, adding that all customers get personal service from an owner of the business. Their only other staff is their “high-pressure salesman” Domino, a black lab. Other dogs are welcome to visit the store, even sit on the fur- niture. The furniture is hand-made in Los Angeles. Hamburger Mary’s Bar and Grille 19 NW Fifth Ave ., 503-688-1200 Perch Furniture co-owner Willi Galloway with Domino, who Hamburger Mary’s opened in Old Town 10 years after has plenty of sofas to lounge on in the new store. closing its downtown Portland location. The California- based chain claims to be the only national franchise 11, 3-5 p.m. He is a 2009 graduate of Oregon College marketed specifically to gays and lesbians. The restau- of Oriental Medicine and focuses on acupuncture and rant offers burgers ($9-$13), sandwiches, entrees and Chinese herbs. She graduated from the National College specialties such as deep-fried Twinkies. Weekly events of Naturopathic Medicine and specializes in nutrition. include karaoke, bingo and trivia. It has a full bar and READ THE stays open until 4 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Broadleaf Healing NORTHWEST EXAMINER Lacroute Natural Medicine 820 NW 21st Ave ., Suite B, 503-501-7581 505 NW Ninth Ave ., 503-477-4399 Spencer Leek, a license massage therapist specializing in ONLINE! myofascial release, has a new practice. Myofascial release Naturopathic physicians and spouses Joshua and Nathalie therapy aims to remove pressure from pain-sensitive Lacroute are opening a new practice in the 937 Building www.nwexaminer.com parts of the body. He is also certified as a personal this month. They will have an open house Saturday, Dec. trainer by the American College of Sports Medicine.
2010 Northwest Examiner Community Award winners. Back row (L-R): Elaine Mann, Phil Geffner, Don Kruger and Dylan Lawrence (accepting for his mother, Laura Russo). Middle row: Frank Weigel, Thomas Manley, Mary Peveto, Paul Koberstein. Front row: Jan Valentine, Donna Matrazzo, Nominations sought Juliet Hyams and Quinn Rohlf. for Northwest Examiner Community Awards
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Eligibility The person must live, work or contribute to life within the Examiner readership area, which includes all of Northwest Portland and a slice of Southwest Portland. To nominate Send a summary of the person’s achievements or community contributions. Include information to contact you and the nominee. Send to [email protected],or Northwest Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur St., Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210. Call 503-241-2353 for additional information.
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— BUSINESS BRIEFS — Six local women have opened Girlfriends Bazaar, building. ... Angela Jacobs Dog Salon is moving a pop-up shop in the former Nob Hill Shoes space from the Lloyd District to 2319 NW Westover at 921 NW 23rd Ave. They sell “girls’ stuff ”—purses, Rd., the former home of a Verizon Wireless store. cosmetics, wickless candles, chocolates, handmade ... PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary jewelry and scrapbooking supplies. They will also Art) will have a pop-up shop at 803 NW 23rd Ave., have customer parties and classes. It’s open 11 Dec. 16-19, to sell original, affordable prints from Cheers NW at 1502 NW 19th Ave. will serve its last drink a.m.-6 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday Portland artists. Hours will be noon-8 p.m. ... Dec. 31. through Christmas and perhaps longer. The owners Jennie Greene Designs has relocated from 2234 Mike Ryerson are Linda Swanson, Lisa Jansen, Carlene Thomp- NW Thurman St. to 2266 NW Lovejoy St. The son, Pam Field, Tracy Stewart and Rachel Ramsey retail and wholesale business has been supply- Anderson. ... Wild Wasabe Japanese Restaurant, ing floral table arrangements to local restaurants 2336 NW Thurman St., has been closed since an for about five years. ... The former Bleuet Yogurt Oct. 15 accident, in which a driver smashed into space at 1019 NW 23rd Ave. is being remodeled for the restaurant and seriously injured the restaurant’s Love Via Crepes, which is owned by Lee J. Shin. manager, Brian Shinn. A sign says the restaurant ... Bonnie Kahn’s Wild West Gallery has reopened will reopen in a month—about mid December. (by appointment only) beneath the Vista Bridge at ... A convenience store called Natural is open- 2233 SW Canyon Rd. Kahn closed her gallery last ing at Northwest 19th and Glisan in the Park 19 December after being located on Northwest 23rd ... Ruby Receptionists Mike Ryerson Avenue for several years. , which offers remote reception service to 1,000 cli- ents in 48 states, will move its 50 employees into the space above the Safeway store in the Lovejoy Build- Although her space is for lease, Girlfriends Clothing store ing next March. It’s a short move—the business is owner Susan Margolis said she is not going out of business. Mike Ryerson now just two blocks south in the Downtown Self- Storage building. ... Radio Cab Foundation is con- ducting its 14th annual Radio Cab Turkey Project, delivering turkeys to families in need. Burgerville USA and Bishops Barbershops held benefit events for the project. ... Opus Northwest, the developer of the Park 19 apartments at 550 NW 19th Ave., sold the property to TIAA-CREF, a retirement fund. ... Deep Sky Studios, a visual design and motion graphics firm, has moved from Beaverton to 1015 NW 11th Ave. Glassers from Entrance Door & Glass Co. repair dam- Correction: The November Examiner incor- Bull Run Distilling Company, to open at 2259 NW Quimby age at Wild Wasabe Japanese Restaurant caused by an rectly reported that Wayne Martin Inc. had moved. St. next month, is installing two 800-gallon stills, believed to auto accident in October. In fact, the interior design firm closed in July. be the largest west of the Rockies.
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InBy Mike Ryersonthe ’Hood CUSTOM FURNITURE! VINTAGE The parking problem BUILDING ASSORTED MATERIALS! WHAT-NOTS! WWW.SALVAGEWORKSPDX.COM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 9 TO 5 that still doesn’t exist! 503.285.2555 | 2030 N. Willis St. | Kenton Neighborhood Believe it or not, I know a business owner on Northwest 23rd Avenue who claims she saw one of the pay-to-park lots near her store completely full of cars about two or three years ago. She’s been saying she has photos of the rare and otherwise undocumented Directional signs for pay-to-park occurrence, but now she lots are clearly marked at Northwest can’t find them. 23rd Avenue intersections. There are I’ve been counting cars seven lots with 193 parking spaces in those parking lots for along the street. several years now, and I’ve yet to see one full. I guess she was just lucky. “Why have you been counting cars in those lots?” you ask. Well, I’m trying to dispel the old urban myth that Northwest Portland doesn’t have any place to park. Here are some of the simple facts I’ve learned over my years as a professional car counter. Fact #1: Northwest Portland has 193 pay-to-park spaces available to shoppers in seven parking lots just off of 23rd Avenue between Flanders and Thurman streets. Fact #2: These lots are typically about half occupied and Tom Leach Roofing never completely full. Elephants’ Emergency Plan Fact #3: Merchants and shoppers continue to say they Remember the Arctic Blast of 2008 that destroyed 45 years roofing need more parking. holiday retail sales? Elephants Delicatessens don’t forget. your neighborhood. With these facts in mind, it’s easy to see that some Part-owner Elaine Tanzer said they have an emergency people are either very greedy, or they don’t realize what plan in case the weather turns extreme. In that event, they have. Let’s assume the latter. they’ve arranged to offer services to neighbors who might 503-238-0303 We’ve continuously heard over the years that the park- be shut-in. They have made arrangements for four-wheel- [email protected] ing lots are not clearly marked and visitors didn’t know drive vehicles, power generators and, of course, a way to CCB# 42219 they were available. Every lot has signage at its entrance notify the public when it’s time go into action. and a large blue sign with an arrow at the nearest intersec- “We’ll put a report on the local radio and TV stations tion. There are also blue directional signs on utility poles along with the news on school closures and road condi- with a large letter “P” on them. tions,” she said. As merchants go into the holiday shopping season, Elephants will be prepared to deliver pre-ordered items they should remind themselves and their customer service and food for holiday parties, and they’ll take new orders employees where these parking lots are located. from their deli. They’ll even pick up a box of diapers on It doesn’t help to agree with shoppers when they make their way if you need them. uneducated comments about a non-existent parking problem. Along with the local broadcast media, emergency infor- Fact #4: There are plenty of places for shoppers to park mation will also be available on their website. in Northwest Portland. Like my mother use to tell me, don’t ask for seconds You can reach Mike Ryerson at 503-381-8050 or until you’ve cleaned your plate. [email protected].
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The second annual Portland Santa Speedo Run, a 2-mile Taylor Stevenson, 29, who grew up in Northwest fun run sponsored by North 45 Pub to benefit the Ethiopian Portland and attended Lincoln High School, was one Project, drew a hearty group of runners on a chilly Saturday of 50 scholars worldwide to receive Rotary Interna- morning last month. tional’s World Peace Fellowship. She will study for two years at the International Christian University’s Rotary Peace Center in Tokyo. “My research will con- Mike Ryerson centrate on waste management systems and how they can promote peace,” she told Portland Pearl Rotarians, who sponsored her application.
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Uncle B, Auntie E and J-Dog performed at McMenamins’ Blue Moon Tavern’s 25th Anniversary party last month.
Radio Cab driver Rick Harman gets a Mohawk from Bishops Barbershop stylist Sara Crest as part of a benefit to raise funds for Radio Cab Foundation’s 14th annual Turkey Project, which gives turkey to needy families. During November, Bishops asked patrons to donate to the project and gave a cab driver a Mohawk How many workers does it take to … ? Holiday tree haircut for every $150 collected. lights go up on Northwest 23rd Avenue.
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Neighbor Robert Butler took this shot of construction at PGE Park to demonstrate that Pearl Self-Storage on Northwest 16th Avenue celebrated its grand opening with a party new restrooms will block views into the stadium from Southwest 18th Avenue. Butler said for neighbors. District Manager Scott Timmons cut the ribbon, which was held by the that will violate a promise that views would be maintained. assistant store manager Julie Daligney and manager Paul Beyer.
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