Fueling a Revival
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STAR PUBLISHING INC. STAR FREE PARADE GUIDE & MAP INSIDE Northeast Portland’s THE HOLLYWOOD Rose Princesses will be a highlight of the Fred Meyer Junior Parade. PAGES 16-17 StarH SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH METROPOLITANHNEWS PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS H JUNE 2016 H VOLUME 33, NUMBER 12 H PAULSEN’S PRIDE New ownership at iconic pharmacy will keep the Green Rivers flowing. PAGE 6 Fueling a Revival DUMPING THE PUMPS Skillfully converted gas station buildings dot our neighborhood retail landscape, HEADING SOUTH Hollywood Booster president Angela including Beaumont Village’s The Arrrangement, where manager Deena Sprang minds the store. PAGES 18-19 McKenzie-Tucker lands a new gig near Mt. Scott. PAGE 9 PURE GOLD Partners James Weter and Sarah King BEAUMONT BOOMING Ethos Development will break GORDON’S GOING After 60 years, Gordon Malafouris have opened PDX Gold Dust on Alberta Street. PAGE 10 ground on Bridgetown Apartments this month. PAGE 7 will close the doors on his famous fireplace shop. PAGE 12 MAKING THEIR MARK Nick Leritz and Risa Boyer SISTER ACT Three Northeast Portland seamstresses RAIN, WHAT RAIN? A little wet weather failed to Leritz have a mixed-use project on tap in Cully. PAGE 8 fashion repurposed fabric for everyday use. PAGE 22 dampen spirits at annual Kenton Street Fair. PAGE 21 97208 SIGNATURE GRAPHICS SIGNATURE PORTLAND, OREGON 97213 OREGON PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OR PORTLAND, PAID 2000 NE 42ND AVENUE PMB 142 PMB AVENUE 42ND NE 2000 U.S. POSTAGE U.S. NORTH AND NORTHEAST METRO NEIGHBORHOODS METRO NORTHEAST AND NORTH STANDARD NEWS STAR HOLLYWOOD THE PRESORTED H 2 THE HOLLYWOOD STAR NEWS WWW.STAR-NEWS.INFO: SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS JUNE 2016 HSTAR DEVELOPMENT NEWS The Hollywood Star News Neighbors participate in of urban streetcars in major cities Serving North and Northeast nationwide to promote auto sales and Portland Metropolitan Neighborhoods. Broadway-Weidler charrette Portland’s successful rejuvenation of its Published monthly in Northeast Portland. About 80 seats ready for neighbors core streetcar service. “There was a time www.star-news.info and others interested in how Northeast when Portland had 200 miles of streetcar Mailing Address Broadway and Weidler streets are lines, and now Portland is a city receiving 2000 N.E. 42nd Ave. PMB 142 developed were barely enough, and as more than 100 visits from people around Portland, OR 97213 many as a dozen neighbors were seen the country coming to see how we did it.” standing during presentations made at a Carroll touted public rail transit as Office Address charrette held in mid-May. The crowd of “something adding value to the community” 3939 N.E. Hancock, Suite 303 just under 100 gathered at Grace Memorial and quoted a Northwest Portland statistic Portland, OR 97213 Episcopal Church, 1535 N.E. 17th Avenue, to back up his assertion, “The Pearl District Phone 503-282-9392 in the Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood. grew from just a couple of firms to nearly 475 The Broadway-Weidler Alliance (BWA) BY PHILL COLOMBO businesses, showing how entrepreneurs are Mary DeHart Owner and Publisher coordinated the charrette, a meeting to willing to invest when public transportation [email protected] involve stakeholders in community design [email protected] infrastructure has a positive impact on the Larry Peters Sales Manager and planning. The alliance describes itself community,” Carroll said. during early mornings and late afternoon [email protected] as a group of neighbors who meet monthly Chase, who represents all of North and when other transportation modes peak. to talk about the east-west Broadway- the part of Northeast Portland west of Nancy Woods Editor “Sixty-six percent of sreetcar riders begin Weidler couplet and how to avoid Northeast 122nd Avenue and north of I-84 [email protected] unintended consequences as the streets their trips at home,” according to Bower, and Northeast Halsey Street, said one of are developed to meet changing needs of “with most going to school or work.” Metro’s interests in new development is Phill Colombo Community Development Reporter the half-dozen adjacent neighborhoods. Bower said Portland Streetcar expansion assisting in the reduction of greenhouse [email protected] The first third of the three-hour plans for Northeast Portland are centered gas emissions. He said he was very charrette focused on the Portland on two lines: Northeast Broadway and interested in “try-it-first” experiments Kathy Eaton Community Liaison Streetcar, developer interests and Metro Weidler streets between the Broadway such as the effort to determine if [email protected] involvement. Streetcar Executive Director Bridge and the Hollywood District, and westbound Northeast Broadway Street Lisa Chiba Perkins Dan Bower, property owner/developer on Northeast Sandy Boulevard between would be better served by curtailing traffic Graphic Designer Jon Carroll and Metro Councilor Sam the Burnside Bridge and Parkrose Transit to two lanes and expanding pedestrian [email protected] Chase made presentations. Most questions Center. “In these proposed expansions, and bicycle use of the north side of the were deferred to the second part of the the Hollywood District is seen not only street. He also advocated a “look-around- Ted Perkins and Mary Ann Seeger meeting where questions were fielded as a trip destination, but also as a trip and-learn-from-the-mistakes-of-others” Digital Media Production in conversations between attendees and generator,” Bower added. planning approach. [email protected] mostly government agency representatives. Carroll, who worked with the city of According to Chase, Metro, an elected [email protected] Bower’s assertion that he was not Portland on the original Streetcar line, regional government comprised of 25 James Bash and Janet Goetze going to announce any new service or contributed a real estate developer’s jurisdictions, manages operations of Contributing Writers tax drew chuckles from the audience, perspective and said his presentation the Expo Center, Convention Center, and he explained that streetcar service is should serve “…to short-stop any idea downtown arts venues and the Oregon Judy Nelson and Jane Perkins not something that happens overnight. that Streetcar development is something Zoo, and is also tasked with managing Contributing Photographers Currently the 7.5 miles of downtown service we’re jamming down your throats.” He growth. “Metro is managing growth, Greg Schott Circulation carry just over 15,000 weekday rides, with reflected on the mid-20th century auto using transportation as a tool,” Chase heaviest patronage at midday instead of manufacturers’ buyout and closure – CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Copyright Star Publishing Inc. 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