September 2009

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September 2009

september 09
VOLUME 24, ISSUE 1
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Serving Por tland’s Nor thwest Neighborhoods since 1986
Slabtown Fest
highlights
baseball lore
and legend
I Tim Hills
By Tim Hills
Historian, McMenamins Pubs
t’s the dog days of summer, perennially the exciting final stretch of the professional baseball season. 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 possibly 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 Portland 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.
“Big-League Baseball in Slabtown,” an exhibit and
speaking presentation, is the historical focus of this year’s
Slabtown Community Festival. This third annual running
of the event is Saturday, Sept. 19, noon-6 p.m. at the Conway lot at Northwest 23rd and Savier.
Launched in 2007, the festival celebrates the past,
present and future of the neighborhood radiating from
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
actually staged by an Oregon Journal photographer, and there was
no game on the other side of the fence.
Continued on page 12
Examining ESCO’s ‘no harm’ claims
Environmental reporter finds gaps, discrepancies in public record
By Paul Koberstein
Carter Webb, manager of safety and
environment for ESCO, the corporation
that owns two steel foundries at the northern edge of the Northwest neighborhood,
acknowledges that his company’s air emissions have created some enemies as well as
some alleged misery among its neighbors.
“We’re the focus of concern and frustration for some of our neighbors,” he said at
a legislative workgroup hearing in August
at Port of Portland offices in Old Town.
“We will not ignore that.”
But Webb perceives the criticism as
unfair. “We look at the monitoring data
and we are very confident that ESCO is
not causing risk to anyone in the neighborhood. In fact, EPA categorizes ESCO
as a ‘minor’ source of hazardous pollutants.”
Most Portlanders lament the fact that
on days when the sky is cloud-free, the
customary view of Mount Hood and the
other Cascade peaks is becoming increasingly hazy. We chalk this up to automobile-induced smog, which is certainly a
major contributor, but are mostly unaware
of the large number of other toxic contaminants that mix with the more obvious
automobile exhaust. An EPA database has
identified Portland as a hot spot for the
toxics in its air.
In cities across the country, the EPA
has identified more than 600 compounds
in air pollution that threaten public health,
including many that are heavy metals, such
as lead.
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What, exactly, is in the air?
For years, ESCO’s neighbors have displayed lawn signs asking, “What’s in the
air?” For an answer, they could turn to a
confusing array of state, federal and private
reports that when combined list 67 different toxins that are or have been released
to the air by ESCO, including seven toxic
heavy metals on the EPA’s list of the eight
most dangerous metals released to the
urban environment. Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality lists 46 different toxic substances in ESCO’s pollution.
The federal Environmental Protection
Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory lists 15
different toxic substances coming out of
two ESCO plants, including seven toxics
that are not on the DEQ’s list. Fourteen
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Editor’s Turn
By Allan Classen
Editor & Publisher
Exposure helps
We obtained a judgment by default from the court against Gold’s Gym for the
$1,300 they stole from us. Now comes the arduous task of getting the money. Gym
scams like this are criminal. I will be contacting the lawyer you mentioned in the
article about the class-action suit against LA Fitness. Thanks for all you have done
to expose these gyms and their crimes.
Christina Unzicker
NW Everett St.
Take cars off 23rd
Having read both the July and August issues, let me just tie some current topics
together in a condensed fashion:
It is hypocritical for the Examiner to take ESCO to task for its polluting nature
yet not address the growing problem of toxic-fuming traffic jams on both 21st and
23rd avenues, which correlate to the ever-increasing congestion on side streets as
drivers serpentine looking for parking spaces that don’t exist. Please don’t bore me
with the ongoing answer: “Well, jeez, we’re trying to build a parking garage!” That
is not the only answer to the carbon monoxide poisoning that is tainting the lattecarrying, pasta-eating public along those thoroughfares.
Months ago I wrote a letter to this very paper with the “crazy” idea of making
23rd a walking esplanade, yet it seems to fall on deaf ears. Now, many other cities
have gone crazy like that, like the crazy city of Santa Monica, and seen the sanity of such an idea. I suppose it’s easier to stay divisive and spend critical dollars
arguing than doing.
Which brings me to my next point: the photo of Phil Geffner’s [owner, Escape
From New York Pizza] party on 23rd Avenue clearly shows what the street can
look like when people are actually given the option of walking the street instead
of driving. It proves the point that you can walk and have fun and do business all
at the same time! No petroleum needed. Wow, what a concept.
Sean S. Doy
NW Thompson Rd.
RV park under fire
I’m writing to say how disappointed I am with your lack of reporting in the
August 2009 edition. For more than 20 years, I had lived on Sauvie Island, which is
considered Northwest Portland. I feel neglected. We do not seem to be represented. There is a really big issue going on here and I was expecting to see mention of
it in the recent Examiner. I saw on the local news that there is talk of changing the
Reeder Beach RV Park & Store into campground due to zoning issues. I’ve heard
that the complaints are from homeowners new to the island who are only concerned with their view. The Reeder RV park has been here, from what I hear, for
more than 50 years—before the zoning was in effect. Under these circumstances
it seems they would be “grandfathered” in.
Many of the residents are families and retirees. This would drastically disrupt their lives, and for what? Aren’t people aware that Reeder Road is named
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Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Going Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Community Events. . . . . . . . . . 22
The Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Business & Real Estate. . . . . . . 30
In the ‘Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Can we vote no on
health care?
Some Pearl neighbors are putting
together a series of forums on the national
health-care debate. They have no presumed conclusions or special stake in the
issue; they just want to learn and engage
in dialogue with people who share their
commitment to citizenship.
I’m sure they have also found the angry,
name-calling events hosted by members of
Congress across the country to be hugely
disappointing.
I’ve been disgusted with the national
health-care debate, too. It’s all about suspicion, hot rhetoric, personal attack, emotional manipulation and self-interest. How
can these attitudes lead us to a solution on
a matter that is at root about compassion:
the effort to reduce human suffering?
Universal health care is presented as
a scary proposition. More scary to me is
the denial of needed medical care. If we
do not have a national policy of universal
health care, some people are doomed to
suffer pain, disability and death for treatable conditions because they cannot afford
insurance or care. Who could hear their
stories and turn them away?
People without regular health care
don’t age well. Physical complaints pile up.
Most conditions aren’t visible, but often
teeth go bad, making it impossible to hide
one’s plight. How do you get taken seriously as a job applicant when your teeth
are rotting or missing?
Our former president and some other
well-insured individuals like to assume that
because we have emergency rooms no one
is without health care. But even if all can
supposedly get life-saving services on an
emergency basis, this does not include the
medicine or follow-up care often necessary
to return to health. And hospitals do not
take responsibility for managing chronic,
disabling and even terminal conditions of
people who cannot pay.
“Sixty Minutes” aired a segment on
Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit formed
to bring health services to isolated Third
World tribes. Instead, the organization
now devotes 60 percent of its time to
people in the United States. RAM set
up a weekend clinic in Knoxville, Tenn.,
and “saw 920 patients, made 500 pairs of
glasses, did 94 mammograms, extracted
1,066 teeth and did 567 fillings.”
Some drove hundreds of miles and
waited in line for their only chance to
have serious pains, tumors and other conditions looked at—all by volunteer doctors
and nurses. At the end of the weekend,
they had to turn 400 people away.
If you don’t have health insurance or
independent means in America, you might
be better off in a Third World country. I
know people in our neighborhood who
are in this predicament, and most readers probably do too—if, in fact, they have
coverage themselves. About one in six
Americans is uninsured, after all.
The world’s most expensive health-care
system has found one area in which it is
intent on controlling costs—denying service to the poor and uninsured. Even this
steel-hearted practice saves no money for
society as a whole. Emergency room visits
cost many times as much as the same services in a doctor’s office.
Lack of health care renders many
incapable of full employment. Medical
bills and illness cause about half of all
bankruptcies. I doubt that estimates of our
health-care cost burden account for the
lenders who don’t get paid because someone’s finances were taken through the
ringer by medical costs.
Yet we carry on this cruel insanity
of denying medical care to the suffering because it would supposedly cost too
much. We’re the only developed country
in the world that doesn’t consider health
care a right, and our health care costs are
about twice the amount (when compared
to GDP) as those in these same developed
countries, which suggests we’re wasting
$1 trillion a year. Who still believes our
health-care system is working, and why
are we listening to them?
I don’t know what will come up at
the forums in our neighborhood, but if
participants come with open minds and
compassion for fellow citizens, I imagine they’ll follow some of the paths of
thought I’ve traveled along.
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O B I T UA RI ES
David E. Osmundson
M.K. Nickleberry
Gary W. Charboneau
M.K. Nickleberry, a crane operator for ESCO, died July
29 at age 88. Mr. Nickleberry was born Jan. 31, 1921, in
Linden, Texas. He is survived by his sons, R.C. Allen and
Clauis and Billy Roy Nickleberry; and daughters, Fayrene
Fulonni, Patrishia Probasco and Gerutha Greenidge.
Gary Wayne Charboneau, a chief spectroscopist for
ESCO, died Aug. 14 at age 56. Mr. Charboneau was born
Oct. 23, 1952, in Portland. He is survived by his daughter,
Renee; sons, Rick and Ryan; and former wife, Tammy.
Melford Smith
Mary J. McEntire
Mary
Josephine
McEntire,
a
neighborhood resident since 1942,
died Aug. 17 at age 91. Ms. McEntire
was born March 6, 1918, in Condon
and graduated from nurses training at
St. Anthony’s Hospital in Pendleton in
1939. She came to Portland in 1942 and
Delbert Schwartz
worked at various clinics and hospitals,
Delbert Schwartz, a warehouseman for Blitz-Weinhard retiring in 1980 from Oregon Health Science Center. She
Brewery, died Aug. 11 at age 56. Mr. Schwartz was born was a member of St. Mary’s Cathedral. She was a director
April 19, 1953, in Portland. He is survived by his sister, of the senior group at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Gayle Espeland.
Melford Smith, a fabrication worker for ESCO, died July
28 at age 70. Mr. Smith was born Nov. 2, 1938, in Taylor,
Texas. He is survived by his sons, Eric Clardy, Casey
Smith and Jeff Smith; and daughter, Regina Clardy.
Evelyn B.B. Shirk
Evelyn Beebe Billington Shirk, a civic activist who was
the great-great-granddaughter of Capt. John Couch,
died Aug. 8 at age 96. Evelyn Wilson Beebe was born
May 18, 1913, in Portland. She attended Miss Catlin’s
School, Ainsworth School and Lincoln High School.
She graduated from Westover School in Waterbury,
Conn., in 1932. After living in California, she returned
to Portland in 1952. For many years, she was a docent
for Pittock Mansion. She was also campaign chairman
of the Community Concerts Association, director of the
Ascension Chapel and was active in the Ainsworth PTA.
She became a certified gerontologist in 1974 and helped
the elderly as a volunteer with the Portland Housing
Authority. She married Frank James Billington Jr. in
1938; they divorced. She married Stanley Shirk in 1953.
She is survived by her sons, Frank J. Billington III, John
W. Billington and Kenneth B. Shirk; daughters, Evelyn
B. Billington and Barbara Billington Stickler; and sister,
Jane Beebe Harris.
David J. Wiese
David James Wiese, a retired foundry worker for ESCO,
died July 22 at age 57. Mr. Wiese was born Aug. 3, 1951,
in Portland. He is survived by his son, Joshua Zamora;
mother, Beatrice; fiancée, Jacqueline Mendez; stepson,
Joseph Zamora; and stepdaughter, Sharon Shell.
David Eric Osmundson, a former
Northwest Portland and Goose Hollow
resident, died July 28 at age 63 after a
lengthy illness. Mr. Osmundson was
born Oct 4, 1945 and attended Iowa
City Community Schools, graduating
from City High in 1963. He attended
the University of Northern Iowa and
the University of Iowa. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy. He lived in Portland and Alaska for many years
before moving to the Oregon coast.
Ceclia Murphy
Cecilia Lee Murphy, a neighborhood resident and former
operator of MacMaster House bed and breakfast, died
Aug. 7 of cancer at age 74. Cecilia Lee Broome was
born June 20, 1935, in Walla Walla, Wash. She graduated
from Oregon State College. She worked for the North
Bend News and KHSN radio in Coos Bay before moving
Beaverton. She owned and operated MacMaster House
on Southwest Vista Avenue from 1984 to 2002. She
married Paul Murphy in the 1950s; they divorced. She is
survived by her daughters, Stephanie Murphy and Leslie
Lamer; brother, Les Broome; and three grandchildren.
Bobby L. Yeager
Bobby Lewis Yeager, a former Northwest Portland
resident, died Aug. 2 at age 41. Mr. Yeager was born
Sept. 3, 1967, in Portland. His photograph appeared on
the front page of the Northwest Examiner in the mid1990s after being hit in a drive-by shooting while inside
his home on Northwest Kearney Street. He worked as a
chef in various local restaurants. He is survived by his
mother, Sarah; and his brother, Kenny.
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Series of sexual assaults called an anomaly
Official sources provide few details
but insist area is safe
By Allan Classen
A series of attacks and/or attempted rapes in Northwest
Portland last month drew media attention, not all of it
accurate or useful.
Portland Police Bureau released information about
an unspecified number of attacks on women between
Northwest 10th and 23rd and Couch and Marshall streets
between 11:30 p.m. and 3 a.m. The suspect was identified
as a dark-skinned or possibly Hispanic man in his late 20s
or early 30s, 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds, with an athletic
build.
KATU news followed up by interviewing daytime
shoppers on 23rd Avenue about the attacks, implying that
these women were in danger. That was unlikely, given that
all the reported attacks occurred in the night.
Willamette Week broke new ground on the story after
obtaining a notice posted by the manager of Kearney
Plaza, Northwest 20th and Kearney, after talking to police.
The notice stated:
It has been brought to my attention that last
Thursday, Aug. 20, a female tenant in our building was assaulted walking home late at night.
She was able to get away and call the police. The
attack occurred on Northwest 20th Avenue on
the west side of the street just down from the
West Women’s shelter as you are heading towards
Couch Park.
This information is not meant to alarm you but
to inform you that there is an active infestation
taking place, according to the Portland Police
department. There have been seven reported
attacks in the last two and a half weeks. All of
these attacks have been late at night and have
occurred between Couch and Lovejoy and 17th
and 21st.
The attacker usually hits the women in the
back of the head and drags them into the
bushes. The physical description is as follows: he had on a baseball cap and hoodie,
wearing exercise clothes and appeared to
be jogging just before the attack. The tenant reported he looked like someone who
might fit in well with the neighborhood.
She said he did not look threatening until
he came at her. Her attack took place from
the front.
This notice was far more specific than police
reports and identified a much smaller geographic area. But Portland Police
Detective Mary Wheat said it was
inaccurate regarding the number
of attacks. Wheat said the correct
number was fewer than seven, though
she would not specify how many “for investigative reasons.”
Nor would Wheat confirm or deny the smaller geographic area described in the notice.
Wheat provided few details of any kind. “We’re not giving specific dates, for investigative reasons,” she said.
She would not reveal exact locations of attacks or
whether any arrests have been made.
One strange piece of information shared by the Police
Bureau was that this part of the city is relatively safe.
That’s not consistent with crime data compiled in the
past to establish drug- and prostitution-free zones within
this same area. Couch Park, three blocks from the attack
mentioned in the apartment manager’s notice, remains a
high-crime location.
Frank Silva, a city crime-prevention worker assigned to
this area, also downplayed the level of danger in an email
to a neighborhood listserv.
Portland Police released this sketch of the suspect in the series
of sexual assaults last month in Northwest Portland.
“Although this incident is very serious, it is extremely
rare in Northwest Portland,” Silva wrote, speaking as if
there were only one attack.
“Please, always be aware of your surroundings, walk in
well-lit areas, let others know when and where you are
going and when your expected arrival time is, and walk
with somebody,” Silva wrote. “These tips can help safeguard you against these atypical attacks.”
If some media exaggerated the threat, public officials
offered general assurances. For readers wanting the facts
to make their own assessment of risks, another source is
needed.
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Letters continued from page 3
after the Reeder family, going way back to
early island times? I would like to know all
the facts, and when the Examiner arrived
yesterday I assumed there would be an
article about all this. There was nothing
There are many islanders who now refer
to the Examiner as the “Pearl Examiner.”
Shame on you!
Jackie Petersen
NW Reeder Rd.
Cyclists clog Cornell
On some days, a large group of bikers
goes west from the city at about 12:30
p.m., when they turn from Lovejoy to Cornell Road. They hold up car traffic as they
take the entire westbound lane.
I had appointments the past two Thursdays at Montgomery Park, and have been
in the line behind them both days. My
physical therapist is a biker also and sometimes rides his bike from the Cedar Mill
area to work. When I talked to him about
this, he was surprised that they do not go
single file and let the cars go as usual. Both
of these days, I was excited that the first
tunnel was coming up and all would go
around it as there has been a place made
just for bikers and pedestrians so they need
not go through the long tunnel. However, each time, two of the people rode
their bikes right through the tunnel and of
course without lights.
My physical therapist read that on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, groups go biking
that direction around noontime. Perhaps
someone can notify them they should be
courteous and not block the westbound
lane of Cornell Road with a mass of bik-
ers. This, I am sure, is quite dangerous, as
most cars are not used to going 5 or 10
miles an hour while watching for a chance
to pass (even though there are double lines
on all of Cornell Road going west for many
miles).
Wanita Phillips
Cedar Mill
appreciates paper
Could you please tell me if the Examiner is still available by subscription?
Having lived near the Uptown Shopping
Center for 35 years, I have been a reader
of your paper since before it absorbed its
competitor, the Northwest Neighbor, and it
is the only way to keep in touch with what
still feels like my neighborhood.
Pamela Caron
SW Main St.
Editor’s note: Annual subscriptions are $20.
The paper is mailed free throughout Northwest and parts of Southwest Portland.
Correction:
Last month the Examiner printed a
comment by John Rettig submitted to Jack
Bog’s Blog (www.bojack.org) regarding
urban renewal. Unfortunately, Mr. Rettig’s
comments were not clearly separated from
a comment by the website’s host.
Mr. Rettig commented on the “odd
boundary inclusion” of Portland Public Schools property, which was also an
approved site for a commercial parking
structure. He made no reference to the
state’s historic property tax abatement program.
The Examiner regrets the error.
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Children’s theater signs master
lease to run Cultural Center
By allan Classen
The Northwest Children’s Theater now
controls the Northwest Neighborhood Cultural Center building under a master lease
agreement ending in 2020.
The deal ends years of on-again, offagain negotiations between the nonprofit
theater and the board that runs the community-owned historic landmark.
The theater is responsible for operating
costs of the building, subleasing to other
tenants and performances, and investing a
minimum of $25,000 annually in facility
improvements. The latter item was a sticking point, but the parties finally agreed to a
list of building elements requiring attention.
Roof repair and a seismic evaluation must be
completed within three years, but there is no
timetable for other items.
The theater will pay $25,000 per year
in rent to the Cultural Center. The center,
which released its only two employees in
June, will not be responsible for building
expenses during the lease period.
Dan Anderson, president of the center
board, said the building needs far greater investment than the lease involves—an
independent consultant estimated $2 million of repairs and upgrades were needed
in 2004—but the agreement improves the
odds that the building will have a useful
lifespan after 2020.
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Stephen Kafoury, president of the theater
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members of both organizations are in their
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years when a new generation assess goals for
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Since taking over operations in July, the
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In March of 1970, Lulay sent a letter
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by Transition Projects. In 1997, the
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other toxic metals not listed by either the
state or federal agency have been detected
in ESCO’s air emissions by a private testing company, Cooper Environmental Services, based in Portland. Cooper did its
work in 2008 under contract to the EPA.
The total volume of toxic substances
disclosed to the EPA equals only about 40
percent of the total volume of toxic emissions that the company disclosed to the
DEQ. Cooper appears to have not calculated the volumes of the toxic substances it
ALLAN CLASEN
detected. As a result of these discrepancies,
the public cannot know the total volume
of all 67 toxic substances in ESCO’s air
pollution, or what else might be in their air.
The DEQ compiled ESCO’s toxic
releases in the company’s air-pollution
permit, which technically expired on Aug.
1, but has been extended and is now up for
renewal. The DEQ plans to hold hearings
on a new permit within the next several
months. Interestingly, the EPA and Cooper
reveal the names of 21 toxic substances in
ESCO’s air pollution that were not disclosed 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 pollution 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
emissions of glycol ethers, a neurotoxin
that is a component of paint, amount to
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
imposes penalties on a company that gives
false information about its emissions.
Then there is the issue of enforcement.
According to ESCO’s air-pollution permit,
ESCO smokestack
near Northwest 25th
and Wilson.
Plant No. 1 on Northwest 24th Avenue is one of two steel foundries ESCO operates in Northwest
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DEQ: 4,518 lbs.
EPA: 12,627 lbs.
Benzene
DEQ: 5,990 lbs.
Formaldehyde
DEQ: 5,745 lbs.
Cresols
DEQ: 3,698 lbs.
Phenol
DEQ: 15,887 lbs.
EPA: 8,769 lbs.
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DEQ: 3,850 lbs.
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What’s in our air? This chart shows all toxic compounds
in ESCO’s air emissions that exceed 5 lbs . per year, as
revised by the company on Aug . 27 . The blue lines
issued by the DEQ, the company must
limit all forms of hazardous air pollution
to a total of no more than 24 tons per year.
“This,” the permit says, “sets an enforceable
limit.” It is not clear whether the DEQ
would ever penalize a company for violating its air permit.
George Davis, who reviews the ESCO
permit for DEQ, said he was unaware of
discrepancies between the EPA and DEQ
data until he was informed of them by this
reporter. But he now acknowledges that
discrepancies seem to exist, and are, at the
indicate figures reported by ESCO to the DEQ, while the
red lines show figures reported to the EpA
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not all substances emitted by ESCO are tracked by both
very least, confusing. He said the DEQ has
its own inventory of toxic emissions and
that the state does not consult the EPA
database for information about toxic emissions when enforcing permits.
The EPA database is known as the Toxic
Releases Inventory (TRI), an online information resource established by Congress
in 1986 when it approved the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-To-Know
Act. This law was passed in response to a
deadly explosion at a Union Carbide plant
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Environmental Services, a private firm working under
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India in 1984.
It is based on the premise that people
have a right to know what kinds of toxic
chemicals are being dumped by polluters
into their communities—into air, water
and landfills—and how much. But industry
lobbyists have succeeded in getting numerous limitations or exemptions enacted into
regulations, particularly during the Bush
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administration.
Some of ESCO’s emissions are quite
ESCO’s manganese and lead
emissions: how safe?
In addition, there is reason to doubt
Webb’s claim that ESCO’s emissions pose
no health risk. One doctor with expertise
with the one toxic substance ESCO is
known to emit, manganese, says manganese is capable of damaging a person’s
health once it enters the body. That doctor,
Matthew Brodsky, a neurologist at Oregon
Health & Sciences University, said he has
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large, and include several carcinogens,
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toluene (3,853 pounds) and phenol (8,769
pounds.). EPA rules require a polluter to
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single toxic compound that exceeds 10,000
pounds. ESCO reported no emissions of
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EPA.
Other ESCO emissions are much smaller but extremely toxic, accumulate over
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emissions at the rate reported to the DEQ,
the neighborhood could be exposed to 420
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antimony, both of which are neurotoxins.
As Cooper noted in a report this year,
“Hazardous metals are unique in that they
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environment, they will always be potentially available for reintroduction into the
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can easily enter a child’s body when she
unknowingly inserts them into her mouth
along with a finger, toe or toy.
Another issue is access to the information. The EPA publishes its limited TRI
database on the internet, while the DEQ
chooses not to publish its more expansive
toxic inventory online. It is now seeking to
charge a fee to this reporter for access to
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ESCO continued from page 9
“... we are very confident that ESCO
is not causing risk to
anyone in the neighborhood ...
”
— Carter Webb
ESCO manager of environmental and safety affairs
“grave concern about the air quality in my
neighborhood.”
Dr. Brodsky lives within 10 blocks of
ESCO.
“As a clinical researcher with expertise
in movement disorders, I have investigated
the effects of manganese on the nervous
system and am very familiar with the
literature that exists on this topic,” Dr.
Brodsky wrote in an email. “It is welldocumented that aerosolized manganese
fumes have irreversible toxic effects on
brain tissue, and in particular to a part of
the brain called the globus pallidus.
“Damage to this part of the brain causes
Parkinsonism, with disabling muscle rigidity, tremors and slowed movements. People
exposed to manganese fumes also develop
a condition called dystonia, where there are
painful overcontractions of muscles. The
most severe types of exposures have been
well-documented in outbreaks of these
neurologic disorders at metal foundries where there is not adequate ventilation. However, damage also occurs to the
nervous system in less severe conditions
where there is direct exposure to aerosolized manganese.”
ESCO has been spewing out manganese
for a long time. Since 1988, the earliest year
in the EPA’s toxic-release inventory database, ESCO has released a total of 43,000
pounds of manganese compounds into the
surrounding neighborhood, or more than
21 tons.
Dr. Brodsky notes that ESCO’s toxic
pollution is interfering with his daily life.
“As it is to many others in my neighborhood, the almost-daily acrid odor that emanates from ESCO as I ride my bicycle to
work is disturbing to me,” he writes. “One
wants to hold their breath as they walk, ride
or even drive through the neighborhood
in the hopes that they will not be inhaling
what is being put in the air, but of course
this is not possible. “It is astounding to me how this can
be allowed to continue in such a densely
populated neighborhood, and in such proximity to an elementary school full of children with rapidly developing little brains
that are at the greatest risk of long-term
neurologic damage.”
ESCO’s Webb noted in his remarks to
the legislative workgroup that the DEQ
tested in 2005 for air toxics at a monitoring station at a post office at Northwest
24th and Savier, located just a few blocks
from one of its two plants, and found no
problems. It is not clear why the DEQ
failed to detect substances found in the air
by Cooper three years later.
“The monitoring shows that if ESCO
disappeared tomorrow, it would have little
effect on the air-quality problems in the
neighborhood,” Webb said. “That monitoring shows that manganese levels are
one-quarter of health-based benchmarks.”
The health-based benchmarks to which
Webb refers are not universally held by
medical experts as protective of public
health. In addition to ESCO’s emissions of
manganese, and the concerns raised by Dr.
Brodsky, ESCO also emits lead. Its lead
emissions amounted to about 128 pounds
in 2008, or 1,280 pounds per decade, all
spit out by the plants in the form of tiny
particles. There are three schools within
a few blocks of ESCO, and many units of
housing containing vulnerable populations,
such as children.
Consider a hypothetical 8-year-old living at the Dover Apartments on Northwest 24th Place, across the street from an
ESCO plant. In the eight years since 2001
when ESCO started disclosing its lead
emissions to the TRI, the company has
emitted 613 pounds of lead, according to
figures recently revised by the company.
The company’s lead problem has been
growing throughout the decade. Its lead
emissions were 32 times greater in 2008
than in 2001. If ESCO continues emitting
lead at the 2008 rate, before reaching her
18th birthday, this young neighbor could be
exposed to a ton of ESCO’s lead emissions.
Some of it would have landed on her porch
or windowsill, or wafted into her bedroom.
One concerned doctor is Bruce Lanphear, director of the Children’s Environmental Health Center in Cincinnati, Ohio,
the principal investigator or co-investigator
of numerous community-based trials and
epidemiological research on lead. He has
been recognized by the EPA for his work
on the effects of low levels of lead exposure
on cognition and behavior.
There is “no safe level of lead,” he said.
Dr. Lanphear has said that “exceedingly
low levels of exposure to environmental
lead” have been associated with an increased
risk for reading problems, ADHD, school
failure, delinquency and criminal behavior
in children and adolescents. “Because there
is no known safe level of lead exposure,
exposure to lead below existing standards
should not be considered ‘safe,’” he testified
at an EPA hearing in 2007.
“We don’t melt lead, and we pay more
for scrap metal to avoid lead,” said Webb,
“but some lead is inherent in the steel and
it is regarded as a ‘tramp’ metal. … It would
be impossible remove it all.”
He also said ESCO could obtain raw
materials with even lower lead levels.
Hundreds lodge complaints
with DEQ
From 2000 to 2003, the DEQ received
479 complaints about odors allegedly emanating from ESCO, including 284 in 2000,
45 in 2001, 45 in 2002 and 87 through the
first seven months of 2003. The complaints
continued through 2009, and include about
250 from the last three years.
A typical complainant asked the DEQ,
“Why is nothing being done? I have been
commenting on this for over seven years. I
called KOIN this morning and asked
them why they are not covering this ...”
The complainant noted she had smelled a
“metallic” odor and had suffered from nausea, burning eyes and sleeplessness.
Like many other residents, this woman
asked that her name not be used. Another
resident said he had been forced by the
odor to close his windows. “ESCO cranks
up the noise and smell just about every
night at 10:30. I put earplugs in for the
noise but the nasty smell permeates our
neighborhood throughout the night. Early
mornings are quite noticeable.”
“It starts out as more of a burning smell
and gets more metallic,” another woman
said. “It’s the smell of hot metal. It’s worse
at night after dark and worse this year than
I can ever remember. I have lived at this
address for more than 25 years.”
One woman said she had detected a
“very strong odor coming from ESCO at
this time. It made me nauseous. Driving by
ESCO, I had seen the plant in operation
with the doors open. The smell most definitely was coming from the plant.”
She asked the DEQ to “please do something about this poisonous air situation!”
Several times, the DEQ has asked
ESCO for an explanation of the odors.
After hearing such complaints, records
show that ESCO often suggests it may
be someone else at fault. “There were no
upset conditions at ESCO that might have
contributed to the very strong odors you
describe,” says one letter last September
from ESCO environmental engineer Brian
Krytenberg to the DEQ. “It is frustrating
to us that because we’re at the southern
edge of a huge industrial area, any odor
coming from the north, even when it’s
from other sources, seems to be coming
from our direction. Please understand that
there are many other sources of odor in
our area.”
Asked if the DEQ had followed up
with her complaints about the possible
health impacts of breathing the pollution,
one woman said, “Oh, heavens no. They
don’t do that, as far as I know. Their line
is ESCO is operating legally with a permit
in a zone for heavy industry, so that’s the
end of it.”
Paul Koberstein, a former environmental reporter for The Oregonian, is editor of
the regional environmental journal, Cascadia
Times. This article is an excerpt from an
upcoming series in Cascadia Times about
Portland’s air. Paul can be reached at paul@
times.org.
Toxic air is a citywide
problem in Portland
A series of stories in USA Today last December underscored the dangers of
toxic emissions near plants across the country. The series ranked toxic pollution
found in schoolyards in Portland among the nation’s worst.
The articles were based on an EPA model that analyzed air pollution
amounts, wind direction, pollutants’ toxicity and the size of the exposed population. It showed that ESCO’s pollution is not limited to one neighborhood in
one part of the city. It made clear that toxic air pollution is a citywide problem.
The EPA model shows that as you get closer to Northwest Portland’s ESCO
steel foundry, the air you breathe gets progressively unhealthier. It shows that
Portland’s air is so toxic that you have to go all the way to Hillsboro or Sandy to
find air that is at the national average. The air everywhere in between is worse
than the national average. The EPA model is based on the TRI database, and
Portland’s air might have fared worse if all of ESCO’s toxic emissions, rather
than just 40 percent, had been disclosed to the TRI.
Some of the nation’s healthiest air is at the Oregon Coast or east of the Cascades. Bend’s air is among the top 2 percent least toxic nationally. The coastal
town of Neskowin is among the 1 percent least toxic.
The EPA model correlated toxic air and schoolyards. It found that the air
at 31 Portland schoolyards ranks among the worst 5 percent in the country. In
this neighborhood, air in the schoolyard at Chapman School on Northwest 26th
Avenue, Class Academy on Northwest Vaughn Street, and Childpeace Montessori on Northwest Thurman Street each ranked among the worst 2 percent
in the country. All of the 216 public and private schools in Portland rank in the
bottom 37 percent.
Neighborhoods with the worst air have a disproportionately large share of
low-income and ethnically diverse populations, raising environmental-justice
concerns. Since every school shares its air with the surrounding neighborhood,
these scores indicate the air toxicity of specific neighborhoods and measure
patterns of air quality in general across the entire city.
The suburbs do not escape the problem. Air surrounding schools in Milwaukie, Oregon City and Lake Oswego ranks consistently in the nation’s 20
percent most toxic, and air near some of the suburban schools ranks among the
nation’s 8 percent most toxic.
ESCO’s Webb said he did not understand “why USA Today came to its
conclusions. Their findings are not at all consistent with either DEQ or ESCO
monitoring.
“When we started investigating,” he said, “we found that USA Today used a
screening model that is intended only to identify potential problems for further
study. USA Today said that actual results might be higher or lower and recommended that communities monitor for pollutants in the air.
“USA Today also recommended that a community’s monitoring results be
compared with health-based standards. DEQ has conducted that monitoring.
They have compared the results to health-based standards just as USA Today
suggested. While DEQ has monitored air quality in Northwest Portland over
the years, in particular they monitored in 2005. USA Today also used data
from 2005. The monitoring was done in Northwest Portland, halfway between
ESCO and Chapman School.”
— Paul Koberstein
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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.
CHUCk
CHrIST
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 longtime radio announcer. This one
was for the 1949 season.
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IANSEN
history
the north end of the 23rd Avenue corridor.
Truly a community event, the festival is produced completely through the contribution
of materials, labor, raffle prizes and financial sponsorships made by neighborhood
businesses and residents, and is a fundraiser for longtime, neighborhood nonprofit,
Friendly House. (For complete details and
schedule, see www.slabtownfestival.com.)
Start the day off with a hearty Slabtown
breakfast at St. Patrick’s Church, 1623
NW 19th Ave. Parishioners, including some
well-known Slabtowners, will serve up
pancakes, ham and eggs with a smile and
a neighborhood story, if coaxed. Food will
be served 9 a.m.-noon. (Adults $7, ages 16
and under $5, children 3 and under free.) The festival itself features more than 30
craft and merchant booths, a raffle with
more than $5,000 worth of prizes, kids’
activities including a rock-climbing wall,
bounce house, face-painting and story
time. Search for treasures at Friendly
House’s grand rummage sale on the back
lot. Local food vendors will be serving
a broad menu ranging from hot dogs to
quesadillas to barbecue pork sandwiches
to salads and gelato. To satisfy people’s
late-summer thirst, a beer garden will be
pouring microbrews across from the main
entertainment stage.
Throughout the afternoon, music, comedy and history will be featured on the
stage. Festival favorites Still Pending, the
local kids’ band, will again rock and delight
the crowd with two sets. Brian Bressler,
emcee for the day, also will be dishing
up laughs. Bressler, whose storming of
the famous Troubadour club in California
in the 1960s led to a gig with the landmark television program, “Laugh-in,” also
appeared on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight
Show.” Joining him for music and comedy sketches will be actor John Morrison,
writer of the Academy Award-nominated
short film, “The Great Gognito.”
Also, as in past years, the festival will
include a reunion and historical exhibit of
the Guild’s Lake Courts wartime housing
community. Former residents and all other
interested parties are invited to meet at
11 a.m., at McMenamins Tavern & Pool,
1716 NW 23rd, and at 1 p.m. in the community room of the Northwest Portland
branch library, at the corner of Northwest
23rd and Thurman.
Big-League Baseball in
Slabtown, 1901-1956:
Exhibit and Speakers
For the half-century the Beavers called
Vaughn Street Park their home, their
seasons were highlighted by championships, visiting stars like Joe DiMaggio
and Ted Williams, and a home team roster that boasted talent like Jim Thorpe,
Mickey Cochrane and Carl Mays, and
more recently, Eddie Basinski, Roy Helser,
Ad Liska, Hal Saltzman and Artie Wilson. 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
mystique that grew up around Northwest
24th and Vaughn, which launched more
than 25 Slabtown boys into professional
baseball careers, including major league
greats Johnny Pesky and Mickey Lolich.
To celebrate the old ballpark and the talented, colorful and beloved characters who
gave it life, we feature speakers Jack Cain,
a former Vaughn Street Park kid turned
Beavers senior adviser; Eddie Basinski and
Hal Saltzman, Beavers’ star players of the
1940s and ‘50s; and notable Slabtowners,
including former clubhouse boys Vince
Pesky, Bob Olsen and Stan Bozich.
Hear them describe how veteran Beaver radio broadcaster Rollie Truitt set his
pants on fire in the middle of a game and
how Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio fondly recalled
spaghetti feeds hosted by Beavers’ longtime
groundskeeper Rocky Benevento. Hear
how the great submarine pitcher Ad Liska
helped his performance with a concealed
hacksaw blade. Say, wasn’t that a diving
Rupert Thompson who was almost swallowed up by an infield sink-hole? These
guys will tell you.
Bob Olsen can tell you that the oft-seen
1948 photo of the knothole kids peering
through the Vaughn Street Park fence
wasn’t all that it appeared to be. Olsen,
who grew up in the shadow of the ballpark, is seen kneeling in the foreground
of the photo next to the lunchbox. He
recalled recently that an Oregon Journal
photographer recruited a cluster of kids,
him included, who happened to be walking by the park at the time. Bob laughed
as he remembered that, despite the way the
photographer posed them, in reality there
were no knotholes and on the other side of
the wall pictured stood the leftfield stands,
which would have obstructed the view to
the field anyway.
You’ll also learn that a full Vaughn
Street Park crowd witnessed the great
Olympic runner Jesse Owens race a horse
from home plate to first base and win.
Maybe the story of scouring the ground
under the bleachers for dropped coins will
surface.
Reserve plenty of time to peruse and
enjoy what may well be the most complete
exhibit of photos and memorabilia related
to Vaughn Street Park and the Beavers
in Slabtown. This remarkable assemblage
is presented thanks to the generous participation of the area’s leading collectors.
You’ll see vintage uniforms, Vaughn Street
bleacher seats, the bat that knocked in the
winning run of the 1936 pennant-winning
game and team photos all the way back to
1903.
There will be moving pictures showing
action at Vaughn Street Park in the 1920s.
Also on display will be some oddities: an
old bucket that long sat in the ballpark
filled with water for dousing fires should
a cigarette butt ignite and one of the military surplus parachute cushions that fans
could rent for a little comfort on the hard
bleachers.
For years, Portlanders by the thousands regularly emptied their neighborhoods to convene at Slabtown to watch
their beloved Beaver baseball team play.
On Sept. 19, Portlanders have the chance
to once again empty their neighborhoods
and reconvene in the heart of Slabtown to
remember baseball at Vaughn Street Park
and see anew the vital neighborhood that
continues to thrive today.
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MIkE ryErSON
GladYou
Asked
Answering your questions about
Northwest Portland history
MIkE ryErSON
By Mike Ryerson
druggist served northwest
neighborhood 56 years
Question:
“I moved to Northwest Portland in the
late 1990s, shortly after the pharmacy at
23rd and Irving closed. I met a woman
who told me she had worked at the counter there for a while, and she said the guy
who owned it worked seven days a week
for more than 50 years, and he left several million dollars to his family when he
died. Is it true?” –Robert Pruitt
answer:
It’s very close to the truth, but 12 hours
a day, six days a week for 56 years would be
more accurate, and he did leave his family
very well off financially.
When druggist Milt Olshen died in
1997, he left behind a privately-held corporation he and his family had built called
UBEHO. The company owns many parcels of property in Portland, and most of
them are on the block where his Irving
Street Drug Store stood.
Milton B. Olshen was born in Portland
in 1916 to Russian parents. His father Ben
came to the United States in 1907, and he’s
listed in the 1920 U.S. Census as a junk
peddler. His mother and an older brother
and sister came here in 1910, and the
family settled near Southwest Third and
Gibbs Street in a neighborhood occupied
mostly by Jewish, Italian, German and Irish
immigrants.
He and two other brothers who were
born in Portland all went to the old Lincoln High School in downtown Portland, where Milt excelled in basketball
and graduated in 1935. A caption under
his senior photograph reads “Steadfastly
Determined.”
Milt went on to pharmacist’s school
and purchased the drug store at Northwest
23rd and Irving Street in 1941 from Lee
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A snow storm in the winter of 1979 kept Irving Street
Drug Store closed for the day.
Until the 1960s drug store soda fountains were
neighborhood hangouts. Milt Olshen proudly posed
behind his counter in this 1950s photo.
H. Witty. Jamison Drug Stores of Oregon
had the building erected in 1926. Later, it
became Prunk Drug Co.
Olshen was a hard-working and smart
merchant who was known for piling his car
with assorted merchandise from close-out
sales. When he died, there were hundreds
of windup alarm clocks in his inventory.
He knew about bargains. In the 1970s,
Milt Olshen filled
prescriptions for area
residents for 56 years.
he and his brother Henry had a business
called Bargains Galore in the old firehouse
at Northwest 15th and Glisan Street.
Have a question about Northwest Portland
history? Email it to Mike Ryerson at
[email protected] or write:
Northwest Examiner, 2825 NW Upshur, Ste. C,
Portland, OR 97210.
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Restaurants & Theater
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan
By Chad Walsh
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 numbers 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
enterprise hums harmoniously.
Paragon is the result of a vision, though
not one in Portland. The first Paragon
opened in San Francisco in 1991 and has
been born again three times since.
And while Portland’s Paragon respects
the Pearl’s industrial history, it hasn’t any
of those quirks that many diners find so
endearing in their favorite eateries. In
fact, the place is so lacking in quirks that
it’s almost without personality. If that’s
true, what can be seen as lackluster was
in fact carefully planned. And what could
be worse than a carefully planned lack of
luster?
Bartender Bob Bruner mixes up one
of his signature drinks, a Rosalita,
a tequila spiced with pineapple, strawberry
and jalapeno pepper.
Friends drink in the warm atmosphere at the bar on a Saturday night.
Paragon’s personality may be restrained,
but that doesn’t mean it has no soul.
It may not be that old, but it’s been
around long enough, and it has finally
settled comfortably into the role of neighborhood corner bar. It has atmosphere.
The low lighting in the bar after the sun
has set is romantic and intoxicating. Upon
each tabletop rests one lit candle. Hanging
from stems above the bar is a series of clear
incandescent light bulbs through which
curved filaments warmly glow. Across from
the bar is a fireplace. And behind the bar
are three enormous mirrors, which reflect
the light bulbs and the candles and their
phantom twins cast on the surrounding
windows. It’s quite dazzling, like treading
water in a school of fireflies.
Living behind Paragon’s long wooden
bar are at least 100 bottles of spirits, and
a bartender who’ll pour you one of many
house-made berry-infused vodka cocktails.
There’s also a great selection of Old World
whites and reds, and an enormous selection
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Every Sunday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Toshi Onizuka
and Mariano de Orbegoso play a strange
hybrid of traditional/shred flamenco
music (Mr. Onizuka actually uses a wahwah pedal to augment the sound of
his acoustic guitar). If you’re lucky, the
help will get in on the act, too: Paragon
employs a waitress who sometimes sings
with them, and sings so beautifully that
diners literally forget to eat, listening with
their mouths open and the forks full of
food hovering in the air.
of Washington and Oregon wines. If you’re
a pinot noir lover, you’re in luck—there are
almost 20 from which to choose.
And not surprisingly, this being Portland, eight of the dozen taps pour delicious Oregon microbrews, with Trumer,
Guinness, Stella and the oddly chosen but
populist domestic Bud Light rounding out
the drafts.
As far as edibles, while the menu is
not vegetarian-friendly, it’s not unfriendly
either. There are plenty of salads, including a simple plate of delicate greens with a
subtle emulsified Champagne vinaigrette,
as well as the retro classic iceberg lettuce
wedge with blue cheese dressing. There
also are a couple of meatless pastas or, if
you’re feeling particularly nostalgic for your
childhood, grilled cheese and tomato soup.
But it’s the pescetarian to whom Paragon most caters. Starters and entrées
include calamari, black mussels, grilled
mahi mahi, sautéed steelhead and a fresh
catch of the day every day.
Yet perhaps the best way to enjoy Paragon is on a lazy summer Sunday afternoon,
looking out at the corner of Hoyt and 13th,
with the green trees in bloom, when there’s
just enough daylight to kill most of the
lights inside, with a draft (I recommend the
Hopworks Czech Pilsner) and that great
American classic, the cheeseburger—our
first, finest and perhaps only contribution to the world of street food. And the
Paragon burger is good
good. In fact, while most
burgers in the Pearl inspire little more
than shrugs, Paragon’s, even in its simplicity (quality ground beef, cheddar, sauteed
onions and aioli) is perfectly cooked and is
practically perfect in every way.
Vision, with all its clean and economical
lines and its hushed modern moods, isn’t
perfected until it grows a little older and
worn. Paragon has arrived at that place. But
vision can’t make you a good hamburger.
That requires intuition.
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March and September to encourage readers
to patronize their local businesses. It includes listings of our regular advertisers and
others who have paid a $25-per-listing fee.
BAKERIES
BridgePort Brewpub & Bakery
(See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs & Taverns)
The Dragonfly Coffee House
2387 NW Thurman St. 503-224-7888
A comfy corner coffee house where friends
gather while fresh homemade pastries pour
from the ovens. Special orders welcome.
Oat-Waffle Weekends. Smoothies too! Visit
them on Facebook.
115 NW 22nd Ave. 503-224-3955
www.elephantsdeli.com
On Deck Sports Bar & Grill
(See listing under Sports Bars)
World Cup Coffee & Tea House
1740 NW Glisan St. 503-228-4152
Kettleman Bagel Company
2314 NW Lovejoy St. 503-295-2314
The TeaZone & Camellia Lounge
(See listing under Tea & Tea Houses)
www.worldcupcoffee.com
www.kettlemanbagels.com.
Over 10 years of serving locally-roasted
direct-trade coffee, loose-leaf teas, fresh
pastries and house-made sandwiches. Fun
baristas, and they know their coffee. Free
Wi-Fi.
Amazing bagels using the finest ingredients.
Locally owned and operated and dedicated
to bringing the best New York-style bagels,
coffee and “schmears” to NW Portland.
Typhoon!
2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557
www.typhoonrestaurants.com
From humble beginnings on Northwest 23rd
Avenue, Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have
become icons of the Northwest food scene.
Their Everett Street location offers lunch
and dinner, full bar service and outdoor
seating.
21st Avenue Bar & Grill
(See listing under Restaurants)
Ken’s Artisan Bakery
338 NW 21st Ave. 503-248-2202
Fresh and fast for breakfast and lunch in
the Pearl. Outdoor seating. Open 7 days a
week. Catering.
2314 NW Lovejoy St. 503-295-2314
Amazing bagels using the finest ingredients.
Locally-owned and operated and dedicated
Stone Pie Joe’s
1015 NW 23rd Ave. 503-488-0399
www.stonepiejoes.com
18 delicious flavors of savory and sweet
hand-held pies. Kids love them. Breakfast,
lunch or dinner for $3.25. Delivery for party
orders and office meetings. Fast, fresh,
friendly.
Two Tarts Bakery
2309 NW Kearney St. 503-312-9522
www.twotartsbakery.com
It’s all about cookies, baby! They’re small
but decadent, and feature ingredients grown
as close to home as possible. Frosty organic
milk, Courier Coffee, and Foxfire Teas are on
hand to fill your beverage needs.
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Sydney’s
1800 NW 16th Ave. 503-241-4313
www.sydneysportland.com
A unique community gathering place serving excellent espresso drinks, homemade
pastries and outstanding breakfast and lunch
specials. Menu updated daily. Please see
website.
COFFEE & COFFEE HOUSES
A comfy corner coffee house where friends
gather and skilled baristas serve while homemade pastries pour from the ovens. Special
orders welcome. Oat-Waffle Weekends.
Smoothies too! Visit them on Facebook.
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Fehrenbacher Hof Coffee House
1225 SW 19th Ave. 502-223-4493
The Hof features the locally-renowned
breakfast sandwiches (with Bud’s Reuben
Sauce), Ristretto Roasters Coffee, housebaked pastries and homemade soup. Located
in the house next door to Goose Hollow Inn.
2314 NW Lovejoy St. 503-295-2314
The Sultan Café
1500 NW 18th Ave. 503-227-6466
DELICATESSENS
Chow
503 NW 14th Ave. 503-274-2469
Le Happy
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The new Kettleman Bagels delicatessen has become a busy stop for coffee, bagels and
sandwiches. It’s located just off of Northwest 23rd Avenue on Lovejoy in the former
Northwest Neighborhood Market.
The Dragonfly Coffee House
2387 NW Thurman St. 503-224-7888
Kingston Sports Bar & Grill
(See listing under Pubs, Brewpubs and Taverns)
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Chow
503 NW 14th Ave. 503-274-2469
Serving Stumptown Coffee along with
amazing bagels using the finest ingredients.
Locally-owned and operated and dedicated
BARS & LOUNGES
Authentic New York-style delicatessen.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast
served all day. “A little different - a lot better - we like it that way.” Orders to go.
CAFES
Besaw’s
Artisan bakery and café, featuring baguettes
baked twice daily, rustic French breads,
ciabatta and more. Croissants, pastries,
Stumptown Coffee, sandwiches. Plenty of
great local and national press. Open 7 days.
Powell’s Books
1001 W. Burnside St. 503-228-4651,
ext 1234
Kornblatt’s Delicatessen
628 NW 23rd Ave. 503-242-0055
Uptown Billiards Club
Portland’s premier specialty foods store and
catering company serving great local foods
from scratch since 1979. Patio and full bar.
Private Garden Room for meetings and event.
Takeout and delivery. Gifts and more!
www.kensartisan.com
Powell’s Books-Cedar Hills Crossing.
www.thesultancafe.com
Serving the best gyros from the spit in
Portland featuring lamb, chicken or beef. Paninis, falafel, kabobs, burgers, hummus baba
ganoush, baklava, espresso and pastries.
Fresh and fast for breakfast and lunch in the
Pearl. Outdoor seating. Open 7 days a week.
Catering.
115 NW 22nd Ave. 503-299-6304
www.elephantsdeli.com.
Portland’s premier specialty foods and catering company, serving great local foods from
scratch since 1979. Patio and full bar. Private
Garden Room for meetings and events. Take
out and delivery. Gifts and more!
Food Front Cooperative Grocery
2375 NW Thurman St. 503-222-5658
www.foodfront.coop
Custom sandwiches, traditional and specialty
salads and savory soups. We offer great
wholesome foods prepared from scratch
using organic ingredients wherever possible.
Grab-and-go selections also available.
Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks
2376 NW Thurman St. 503-954-1737
www.kennyandzukes.com
Reubens, Cubans, grinders, meatball heros,
super tortos and more. Serving your favorite sandwiches from around the world using
top-quality meats, breads and cheeses. Soup,
salads and hot dogs too!
ICE CREAM, GELATO
& YOGURT
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
Uptown Center Location
39 NW 23rd Pl. 503-295-3033
www.benjerry.com/uptowncenter
Pearl District Location
301 NW 10th Ave. 503-796-3033
www.benjerry.com/pearldistrict
Vermont’s finest ice cream, frozen yogurt,
smoothies, shakes, chillos, sundaes and
cakes. We cater office parties, company
events, employee recognition, birthdays and
more! “Let us bring our Scoop Shop to you!”
Pop Culture Frozen Yogurt
900 NW Lovejoy St., Ste. 160. 502-477-9172
www.pcyogurt.com
A health and wellness oriented restaurant
serving delicious sandwiches, soups, salads
and desserts for people and their pets. Try
their new workout and weight-maintenance
smoothies.
eighborhood
everage Guide.
PUBS, BREWPUBS
& TAVERNS
Blue Moon Tavern & Grill
432 NW 21st Ave. 503-223-3184
www.mcmenamins.com.
This welcoming NW 21st hangout is the perfect spot from which to watch the comings
and goings of locals and tourists alike while
enjoying McMenamins handcrafted ales,
wines, spirits and pub fare.
BridgePort Brewpub & Bakery
1313 NW Marshall St. 503-241-3612
www.bridgeortbrew.com
Enjoy Northwest-inspired cuisine and daily
specials along with Oregon’s oldest craft
brews in this family-friendly brewpub. Event
and meeting spaces available. 4-6 happy hour,
Mon-Fri. Bakery opens at 7 a.m.
Crackerjack’s
2788 NW Thurman St. 503-222-9069
A neighborhood hangout for the whole family! New, expanded menu includes steaks,
seafood, chicken, homemade pizza, burgers
and more. Free pool all day, happy hour 4-7
p.m., 12 beers on tap. Backyard patio.
Goose Hollow Inn
1927 SW Jefferson St. 503-228-7010
www.goosehollowinn.com.
“Goose Hollow Golden” is brewed exclusively
for the Goose by Fort George Brewing. Try
it – or Hopworks Organic Lager with “The
Best Reuben on the Planet.” Huge deck. Free
parking or MAX is within steps.
Laurelwood NW Public House
2327 NW Kearney St. 503-228-5553
www.laurelwoodbrewpub.com.
Excellent food, handcrafted beers, full bar
and great service makes this pub a neighborhood favorite. Happy hour two times daily.
Family friendly. Outdoor seating.
Marathon Taverna
1735 W. Burnside St. 503-224-1341
The best gyros and great burgers. Breakfast
specials. Kitchen open ‘til 2 a.m. Free popcorn.
Big-screen TVs with all the games. Four pool
tables and Oregon Lottery games. Full bar
and 19 beers on tap. Open every day 7 a.m.2:30 a.m.
McMenamins Tavern & Pool
1716 NW 23rd Ave. 503-227-0929
www.mcmenamins.com.
This neighborhood pub at the north end of
NW 23rd is the ideal spot to gather with
friends for a couple pitchers, a round of pool,
some food and lively conversation. Celebrating 25 years in the neighborhood.
New Old Lompoc Pub & Brewery
1616 NW 23rd Ave. 503-225-1855
www.newoldlompoc.com.
Serving excellent burgers and beers for over
15 years. Come visit the brewery or sit out on
the back patio and soak up the sun, or rain.
Full bar.
937 NW 23rd Ave. 503-274-9616
National award-winning hamburgers. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Soups and salads.
Daily homemade lunch specials. Monday Night
50-cent tacos 6-9 p.m. 12 beers on tap.
Sports on TV. Full Bar. Open 8 a.m.-2:30 a.m.
every day.
The Rams Head
2282 NW Hoyt St. 503-221-0098
www.mcmenamins.com.
Settle in after an afternoon of shopping
on NW 23rd. Relax with the handcrafted
McMenamins ales, wines and spirits paired
with salads, burgers, sandwiches and more.
Admire original artwork inspired by the pub’s
history.
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.
MIkE ryErSON
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.
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RESTAURANTS
Beau Thai Restaurant
730 NW 21st Ave. 503-223-2182
Paragon
1309 NW Hoyt St. 503-833-5060
www.paragonrestaurant.com
Year after year, Beau Thai is still the Northwest’s favorite Thai restaurant. Try the best
salad rolls in Portland or one of their always
exciting special dishes.
Paragon is a lively yet sophisticated neighborhood restaurant and bar featuring American bistro cuisine, house-made desserts and
signature cocktails. Open daily at 11:30 a.m.,
dinner at 5 p.m. Bar menu from 4 p.m. to
close.
Besaw’s
2301 NW Savier St. 503-228-2619
Park Kitchen
422 NW 8th Ave. 503-223-7275
www.beauthai.com.
www.besaws.com
A local neighborhood institution in NW Portland since 1903. Serving the freshest NW
comfort food seven days a week. Breakfast,
lunch and dinner. Full bar and wine list available. “Let us take care of you.”
Café Nell
1987 NW Kearney St. 503-295-6487
www.cafenell.com
Café Nell is a lively urban brasserie, bar, and
lounge serving upscale American classics.
Breakfast, lunch dinner, happy hour and
weekend brunch. Outdoor seating. Parking
available on premises.
115 NW 22nd Ave. 503-224-3955
www.elephantsdeli.com
Portland’s premier specialty foods store
and catering company, serving great local
foods from scratch since 1979. Patio and
full bar. Private Garden Room for meetings
and events. Take out and delivery. Gifts and
more!
Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks
2376 NW Thurman St. 503-954-1737
www.kennyandzukes.com
Reubens, Cubans, grinders, meatball heros,
super tortos and more. Serving your favorite
sandwiches from around the world using
top quality meats, breads and cheese. Soup,
salads and hot dogs too!
The Leaky Roof Gastro Pub
1538 SW Jefferson St. 503-222-3745
www.theleakyroof.com
The Leaky Roof, Portland’s first gastro pub.
Proudly serving Portland since 1947. Where
high-end casual meets neighborhood comfortable. Full service bar, lunch, dinner and
happy hour.
Lucy’s Table
704 NW 21st Ave. 503-226-6126
www.lucystable.com
Casual yet elegant Northwest Cuisine featuring fresh local ingredients. Social Hour
5:30-6:30 weekdays featuring half-off menu
items. Call today for your special event on or
off site.
Meriwether’s Restaurant
2601 NW Vaughn St. 503-228-1250
www.meriwethersnw.com.
Farm-to-table menu from their own 5-acre
Skyline farm just 20 minutes from Portland.
Gorgeous outdoor patio, gardens and gazebo.
Open every day for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.
Metrovino
1139 NW 11th Ave. 503-517-7778
www.metrovinopdx.com
Offering an inspired New American menu by
chef Gregory Denton. 80 wines by the glass
and a full bar featuring rare bourbons. Patio
seating and private dining available.
Nancy’s Kitchen
1611 NW Glisan St. 503-241-1137
Traditional food in a contemporary setting.
Serving great breakfasts, lunches and take
and bake casseroles. Private parties in our
dining room and catering available. Homemade soups and desserts made daily.
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www.parkkitchen.com.
Local and seasonally driven menu. Awardwinning chef. Full-service bar with creative
cocktails. Lunch: Mon-Fri. Dinner: Mon-Sat.
Private room available.
Pastini Pastaria
(See listing under Restaurants-Italian)
RingSide Steakhouse
(See listing under Restaurants-Steakhouses)
RESTAURANTS-ITALIAN
Pastini Pastaria
1506 NW 23rd Ave. 503-595-1205
www.pastini.net.
Portland’s Italian bistro with a passion for
pasta offers 35 classic pastas from $5.75
for lunch and dinner. Cocktails, NW and
Italian wines and beers. Outside seating.
Catering for meetings and events.
Serratto
Vino Paradiso Wine Bar & Bistro
417 NW 10th Ave. 503-295-9536
www.vinoparadiso.com
Wine Spectator magazine award-winning wine
program, full dinner menu, hip ambience and
non-pretentious service. Art gallery. On the
streetcar line. Come as you are, or dress up!
Taco Del Mar
911 NW Hoyt St. 503-274-4836
www.tacodelmar.com
Listed in Health Magazine as one of the 10
healthiest places to eat. Friendly, clean, fun,
energetic and great food. Complimentary
Wi-Fi. Superb customer service with outside
dining available. Lunch and dinner catering.
Now serving beer!
RESTAURANTS-MOROCCAN
Marrakesh Restaurant
1201 NW 21st Ave. 503-248-9442
www.marrakeshportland.com.
Traditional Moroccan cuisine. Sultan’s tent.
Cozy, ethnic oasis with traditional Moroccan seating. Nightly 5-10 p.m. Belly dancing
Wed-Sun. Located at the corner of NW 21st
and Northrup.
Mike Ryerson
Serratto
2112 NW Kearney St. 503-221-1195
www.serratto.com
Northwest Portland’s neighborhood restaurant! Serving seasonally inspired Italian,
French and Mediterranean cuisine. Lunch,
dinner and happy hour every day. Full-service
bar. Extensive wine list. Outdoor seating. Private rooms accommodating groups up to 50.
21st Avenue Bar & Grill
721 NW 21st Ave. 503-222-4121
Selected the “Best Hamburger” by the
Northwest Examiner in 2003. Happy Hour
food menu 3-6 p.m. Mon-Fri. Still serving
a wide ranging food menu and cocktails to
the wee hours. Selected “Portland’s Best
Outdoor Patio.”
23Hoyt Restaurant
529 NW 23rd Ave. 503-445-7400
www.23hoyt.com.
This modern gastro-pub is both sophisticated and comfortable. Serving delicious
best-quality food and drink to the neighborhood at both lunch and dinner as well as a
great happy hour in between.
Typhoon!
2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557
www.typhoonrestaurant.com
From humble beginnings on NW 23rd Avenue,
Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have become
icons of the Northwest food scene. Their
Everett Street location offers lunch and dinner, full bar service and outdoor seating.
120 NW 23rd Ave. 503-226-6909
www.uptownbilliards.com.
A complete evening of dinner, drinks, and
billiards. Offering 5-course “Happy Hour”
tasting menu. Fresh and local ingredients.
Extensive and affordable wine list. Opens
Tues-Sun at 4 p.m.
Wildwood Restaurant & Bar
1221 NW 21st Ave. 503-248-9663
www.wildwoodrestaurant.com.
We create menus based on the wealth of
premium ingredients found just miles from
the restaurant. Serving lunch and dinner.
Full-service bar. Outdoor seating. Private
dining and meeting rooms.
RESTAURANTS-Barbeque
Slabtown Ribs & BBQ
2606 NW Vaughn St. 503-227-2903
Award-winning, classic American barbeque
– right in the neighborhood. Brisket, ribs,
chicken and pork all smoked low and slow
every day on wood smokers. All traditional
sides dishes. Full bar, catering and take-out.
RESTAURANTS-FRENCH
Le Happy
1011 NW 16th Ave. 503-226-1258
www.lehappy.com.
Now serving cocktails! Savory dinner and
sweet dessert crepes served up the original
Portland Frenchy-style way. Fine wines too.
Closed Sun.
23Hoyt customers Lillie Bogdanov and Kevin Gillan joke with bartender Erica
Namare during happy hour. The once-upscale establishment has change its format
by offering items such as hamburgers and featuring TVs tuned to news and sporting
events.
RESTAURANTSMEDITERRANEAN
The Sultan Café
1500 NW 18th Ave. 503-227-6466
www.thesultancafe.com
Serving the best gyros from the spit in
Portland featuring lamb, chicken and beef.
Paninis, falafel, kabobs, burgers, hummus,
baba ganoush, baklava, espresso and pastries.
RESTAURANTS-MEXICAN
Acapulco’s Gold
2610 NW Vaughn St. 503-220-0283
RESTAURANTS-PERUVIAN
Limo Peruvian Restaurant
2340 NW Westover Rd. 503-477-8348
Spice up your eating experience in a relaxing upscale atmosphere. This new Peruvian
restaurant, named for a red chile pepper,
features a menu full of delicious Peruvian
traditional cuisine. Stop in and try an assortment of Piqueos (small plate delicacies).
RESTAURANTS-PIZZA
Bellagios Pizza Goose Hollow
1742 SW Jefferson St. 503-221-0110
www.bellagiospizza.com
“Best Joint in Town Since 1980.” Still the
place for big food, great homemade salsa and
“infamously good” margaritas! 52+ tequilas,
kid’s menu, lots of vegetarian options. Ample
parking. Open 7 days a week.
Delivery, take-out, drive-in. Traditional and
gourmet pizza, cold beer, wings, salads, calzones and breadsticks.
Cha! Cha! Cha! Mexican Taqueria
1208 NW Glisan St. 503-221-2111
www.EatPizzaPortland.com.
Authentic Mexican food to eat-in or takeout. Serving Cha Burritos, tacos, tortillas,
quesadillas, chimichangas, chili rellenos,
salads and more. All natural meats. Open 7
days a week.
Eat Pizza!
2037 SW Morrison St. 503-243-3663
Free unlimited toppings. Great people making
great pizzas, sandwiches and salads. Delivery.
Local microbrews on draft.
Escape From New York Pizza
622 NW 23rd Ave. 503-227-5423
Cha Taqueria & Bar
305 NW 21st Ave. 503-295-4077
Celebrating 25 years of New York-style pizza
by the slice and by the pie.
Real Mexican dining in the former Star’s
Antiques building at NW 21st and Everett.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. All natural
meats with Painted Hills Beef, Carlton Farms
Pork and Natural Chicken. Happy hour 3-6
p.m. and 6 p.m. to close at the bar. Outside
patio.
Mangia Pizza
1937 NW 23rd Place. 503-222-2667
Santa Fe Taqueria
831 NW 23rd Ave. 503-220-0406
www.santafetaqueria.com
Portland’s first Taqueria! Extensive authentic menu or customize your own meal. Ample
indoor and outdoor dining space or to go
service. Kids eat free every Wednesday. Full
bar with 4-7 happy hour Mon.-Fri. Open late
every day.
www.mapclicks.com.
Hand-tossed thin crust pizza, calzones and
salads using only top-quality ingredients.
Slices Mon-Fri before 5 p.m. Cozy atmosphere and two great patios. Beer and wine
to go, catering and business delivery.
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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.
RESTAURANTSSEAFOOD
Bay 13
701 NW 13th Ave. 503-227-1133
www.bay13restaurant.com
Bay 13 is a modern seafood-centric restaurant committed to sustainability. They offer
a rustic, yet refined, menu emphasizing Pacific Northwest ingredients. Sushi/Raw Bar.
Daily Happy Hour. Year-round outdoor dining.
RESTAURANTSSTEAKHOUSES
RingSide Steakhouse
2165 W. Burnside St. 503-223-1513
www.ringsidesteakhouse.com.
In Portland, the Ringside Steakhouse is
the Prime Steakhouse! This highly honored
dining establishment was founded in 1944.
Owned by the third generation of the
founding family, it is the steakhouse with
more than 70 awards.
RESTAURANTS-THAI
Beau Thai
730 NW 21st Ave. 503-223-2182
www.beauthai.com.
Year after year, Beau Thai is still the
Northwest’s favorite Thai restaurant. Try
the best salad rolls in Portland or one of
their always-exciting special dishes.
Typhoon!
2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557
From humble beginnings on NW 23rd
Avenue, Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have
become icons of the Northwest food scene.
Their Everett Street location offers lunch
and dinner, full bar service and outdoor
seating.
SPORTS BARS
2021 SW Morrison St. 503-224-2115
www.kingstonsportsbar.com
“Portland’s Favorite Sports Bar.” Over
two dozen TVs with all the games. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Daily food specials, soups and salads. Recession Buster
Breakfast $3.95 Mon-Fri 7 a.m.-11 a.m.
Outdoor seating.
Marathon Taverna
(See listing under Pub, Brewpubs & Taverns)
910 NW 14th Ave. 503-227-7020
www.ondecksportsbar.com
TEA & TEA HOUSES
Tea Chai Te
734 NW 23rd Ave. 503-228-0900
www.teachaite.com
Casual tea house with an outdoor balcony. Portland’s largest selection of organic tea, Oregon
Kombucha and 15 different kinds of Chai from
scratch. Free Wi-Fi.
The Tea Zone & Camellia Lounge
510 NW 11th Ave. 503-221-2130
www.teazone.com
Tea lounge and MarTEAni bar serving lunch
and happy hour. Sunday brunch. Selling over
100 loose leaf teas and a large selection of tea
ware. Portland’s best tea house celebrating 10
years in business.
Typhoon!
2310 NW Everett St. 503-243-7557
From humble beginnings on NW 23rd Avenue,
Chef Bo Kline and Typhoon! have become icons
of the Northwest food scene. Their Everett
Street location offers lunch and dinner, full
bar service and outdoor seating.
1740 NW Glisan St. 503-228-4152
www.worldcupcoffee.com
Over 10 years of serving locally-roasted directtrade coffee, loose-leaf teas, fresh pastries
and house-made sandwiches. Fun baristas, and
they know their coffee. Free Wi-Fi.
Powell’s Books-Cedar Hills Crossing.
Powell’s Books
1001 W. Burnside St. 503-228-4651, ext 1234
WINE & WINE BARS
Metrovino
1139 NW 11th Ave. 503-517-7778
www.metrovinopdx.com
Offering an inspired New American menu by
chef Gregory Denton. 80 wines by the glass
and a full bar featuring rare bourbons. Patio
seating and private dining available.
120 NW 23rd Ave. 503-226-6909
www.uptownbilliards.com.
A complete evening of dinner, drinks and
billiards. Offering a 5-course “Happy Hour”
tasting menu. Fresh and local ingredients.
Extensive and affordable wine list. Open TuesSun at 4 p.m.
Vino Paradiso Wine Bar & Bistro
417 NW 10th Ave. 503-295-9536
www.vinoparadiso.com
Wine Spectator magazine award-winning wine
program, full dinner menu, hip ambience and
non-pretentious service. Art gallery. On the
streetcar line. Come as you are, or dress up!
On Deck-the Pearl’s premier sports bar.
Upscale stadium fare is served with gourmet wines, 12 beers on tap and premium
liquors. Happy hour food specials Mon-Fri.
Private parties available.
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Community
Events
Slabtown
Community Festival
Sept. 22: “Mercy Corps Action Center,”
Julie Macini, director, Mercy Corp Action
The third annual Slabtown Commu- Center
nity Festival, featuring live music, comedy,
Sept. 29: “The Nau Story,” Mark Galhistory, 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 proStadium 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, contory.html. The event is free and open to all tact us at stewardship@forestparkconserages. All proceeds benefit Friendly House. vancy.org.
Rotary speakers
Pearl Rotary hosts speakers every Tuesday morning at 7:30 in the Ecotrust Building, 721 NW Ninth Ave. A $10 charge
includes a continental breakfast. For information, contact George Wright at [email protected].
Sept. 8: “Making the Case for Forest
Park,” Michelle Bussard, executive director,
Forest Park Conservancy
Sept. 15: “Experience of New Zealand
and How it is Applicable to the United States,” Bill McCormick, co-founder,
McCormick & Schmick’s Restaurants, former U. S. Ambassador to New Zealand
Emergency Fair
The Northwest Industrial Neighborhood Association hosts a free event Friday,
Sept. 18, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Montgomery
Park, 2701 NW Vaughn St., to learn about
emergency preparedness from industry
experts. Lunch will be provided to the
first 120 people to RSVP. To reserve space,
email [email protected].
pancake breakfast
St. Patrick’s Church’s annual pancake
breakfast is Saturday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m.–
noon, at 1623 NW 19th Ave. This is the day
A tribute to the 40th anniversary
of Woodstock is theme of this year’s 6-acre Corn Maze
at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island. The maze,
designed by local artist Peter Rockwell, contains 5 miles
of trails which lead to a strawberry field planted
in the middle of the maze.
of the Slabtown Festival to be held nearby
at Northwest 23rd and Savier streets. The
breakfast includes blueberry and other flavors of pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs and
orange juice. The breakfast is $7 for adults,
$5 for youths 16 and under, and free for
children under 3. Mimosas are $2.
Christian concert
A rock, rap and hip-hop concert pre-
sented by Portland Christian Music Co-op
will be held at Linnton Community Center, 10641 NW St. Helens Rd., Friday,
Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Bands will include Truth
Be Told, 11 Timothy, Hevens Abild, Torrey Dooley, Real Recognizes Real, TEPH,
Angel Bagley and TST Infantry. There will
be dancing but no drugs or alcohol. The
cover charge is $5. Kids under 12 are free.
Building community, one friend at a time.
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Concerts in garden
Northwest Portland International Hostel’s Summer BBQ and Music Series In
the Secret Garden continues this month at
425 NW 18th Ave. every Tuesday evening
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Sept. 8: Bob Christensen, Bella Vista,
Calif. Sept. 15: Two Rivers (Eric and Deanna),
www.tworiversmusic.com
Sept. 22: Staff Nite and Featured Artist
Reunion
Sept. 29: The Chapman Swifts, www.
myspace.com/thechapmanswifts
pearl party
The 18 annual Pearl Party, a street
party organized by the Pearl District
Neighborhood Association, will be Friday,
Sept. 11, 5-9 p.m., on Northwest 13th Avenue between Hoyt and Irving streets. The
event includes live music, food, wine and
beer, plus a raffle. Proceeds will benefit the
rainwater pavilion in Tanner Springs Park.
th
Corn maze
This year’s corn maze at Kruger’s Farm
on Sauvie Island is a tribute to Woodstock,
with 5 miles of trails leading to a strawberry field in the middle. The maze is open
daily at 9 a.m. Sept. 11-Oct. 1. It closes at 6
p.m. Monday-Tuesday, 9 p.m. WednesdayThursday, 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and 8
p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 and free to
children 4 and under accompanied by a
paying adult. For information, visit www.
krugersfarm.com or call 503-621-3489.
The farm can be reached by taking Highway 30 north past Linnton to the Sauvie
Island Bridge. After crossing the bridge, go
1 mile north and turn right.
Street party
Friendly House hosts its Annual Street
Party & Open House Wednesday, Sept.
30, 4-7 p.m., on Northwest 26th Avenue between Thurman and Savier. Boka
Marimba will provide live music. There
will be art activities, martial arts and dance
demonstrations, and raffles. Food from
neighborhood restaurants will be for sale.
Events at Umpqua
Tours of the center and its programs will
Umpqua Bank, 1139 NW Lovejoy St.,
be given.
hosts three free public events this month.
Sept. 10, 7 p.m.: Jazz Society of Oregon
music, talk, refreshments to benefit youth Friendly House classes
Fall classes at Friendly House begin this
scholarships
month with yoga, belly dancing, French
Sept. 14, 6 p.m.: The Entrepreneurial
language and culture, and documentary
Approach to Job Search
screenings. There will also be senior field
Sept. 18, 12:30-5 p.m.: “Does Your
trips, ESL conversation classes, and walks.
Resume Work?” (reservations recommendFor details, visit www.friendlyhouseinc.org
ed)
or call 503-228-4391.
For information on these events, call
503-288-5612.
Goose Gathering ’09
Saturday, September 12, 5-8 pm
featuring
BEER
The release of Hopworks
Brewery’s “Whoop! Whoop!! Wit”
Belgian style wheat beer (limited run)
LIVE MUSIC with “The Ragged Word”
And toasts to two well-loved Goose Hollow
friends: Billy “Foodstamps” Hults &
David Osmundson
Goose Hollow Inn ~ 1927 SW Jefferson
Contact Rachel Clark
505.310.1756 ~ [email protected]
CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1445 NW 26th ~ 503-916-6295
September’s Upcoming Events
Tuesday, sepTember 8
First day of school for Grades 1st - 5th
Friday, sepTember 11
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News & Views
p. 27-28
Waterfront pearl faces obstacles as
for-sale/for-rent hybrid project
By allan Classen
A month before opening day of this year’s Street of
Dreams, the developer of one of the four featured Pearl
District condominium buildings, Waterfront Pearl, surrendered the 194-unit twin towers to its lender.
There were hints in July that something was amiss.
The Examiner attempted to obtain information from
marketers of the building, but repeated messages were not
returned. On a day the building was supposed to be open
for media tours, the front door was locked and an employee who eventually responded was unaware of the event.
Rumors persisted that the building was being converted
into rentals, a common scenario in Portland since the real
estate crash but an awkward situation for a developer after
gaining inclusion in the state’s premier showcase of new
homes.
On July 28, the Examiner discovered a website seeking
renters for luxury apartments in the Waterfront Pearl. Presented with this finding, Waterfront Pearl representatives
still did not call back.
Last month, Jim Porch, president of Macquarie Waterfront Pearl, a subsidiary of the Australian-based Macquarie Group, clarified that his company acquired the 141
unsold units in the project at the end of June. Porch said
Macquarie is obtaining necessary state of Oregon approvals to sell condo units and in the meantime has a leaseto-own program “that will enable MWPI to make future
owners of its current residents.”
Lease-to-own is a rental agreement in which a portion of the rent is credited toward the purchase price of a
potential later sale.
No other major residential building owner in the city is
attempting to simultaneously sell and rent units. Sources
contacted for this story could think of no other current
example, although some thought it might have been tried
in the 1970s or ’80s.
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tral city projects designed
as condominiums have
converted them fully into
rental buildings in the
past two years.
Why did Macquarie
take the unusual tack of
renting apartments in
which about a quarter of
the units have been sold?
Will this arrangement
devalue the already sold
condominiums in the
building?
Was there an understanding with the Home
Builders Association of
Greater Portland, sponThe two sections of Waterfront Pearl are separated and surrounded by a decorative pool, a source
sors of Street of Dreams,
of construction delays and cost overruns. The blending of condo and rental units in the complex
to withhold publicity
could complicate the handling of maintenance issues.
about the decision to go
rental?
These are some questions Porch declined to answer. So ances and fixtures than apartment buildings.
we asked local professionals involved with the developFinancial formulas aside, there “seems to be a conflict”
ment, financing, sale and management of condominiums in blending for-sale and for-rent units in one building, he
for general observations.
said.
The hybrid strategy is rare for reasons related to lending
Introducing rentals into a building initially marketed as
policies, condominium law and consumer attitudes.
condominiums will lead to devaluation and disappointed
John Carroll, a leading central city developer whose expectations among prior condo buyers, he added.
Pearl buildings include The Gregory, The Edge and The
Patrick Kessi, co-developer of 937 Condominiums,
Elizabeth, said rents can’t cover the cost of new develop- another building on the Street of Dreams, said he and his
ment.
partner Geoff Wenker were not interested in renting any
“You don’t cover your debt,” he said, explaining that the of their units, although sales have been slow in the chilly
current rental market is less than $2 per square foot.
economy.
Even at $2.50 a square foot, the peak level offered for
They have turned down offers from prominent indiWaterfront Pearl units, Carroll said the economics don’t viduals to lease units, he said, a move that would have
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.
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“It devalues the other units in the building,” said Kessi. “There’s definitely a difference in a building that’s all owned.
There’s a difference in the way people treat
a building.”
Jim Lowenstein, branch manager for
Guarantee Mortgage in downtown Portland, agreed that condominium values are
diminished when a building owner introduces rentals. For one, lenders put limits on
the number of non-owner-occupied units
in a project. They also frown on a single
entity owning more than 10 percent of
the units in a condominium. When these
limits are exceeded, prospective condo buyers may be unable to get mortgages, and
existing owners may be unable to refinance.
A loss in property values results.
“That speaks for itself,” said Lowenstein. “If you cannot get financing off the
street, the value should be reduced.”
Because Macquarie is a lender, however,
he said it’s possible that it could provide
its own financing to condo buyers to avoid
strictures imposed by outside lenders.
“That would make perfect sense,” he
said, explaining that it would facilitate sales
while limiting the downside of default.
Other sources said bringing tenants
into a condo building needn’t be problematic, especially in luxury class buildings in
which applicants are well screened.
One reason for-sale and for-rent units
don’t mix well has to do with lending policies and condominium law.
Dan Volkmer of Windermere, a leading broker of Northwest Portland homes,
said, “Every time you get a mortgage on
a condo, the lender wants a questionnaire
filled out. One question is always, how
many rentals are in the building? Lenders
usually don’t want to have more than 30
percent.”
John Gibbon, an attorney specializing
in condominium law, said limiting the
number of rented units (whether owned by
the developer or individual buyers) is a key
element of condominium management.
Homeowners associations usually place
limits on rentals because they limit the
ability of condo owners to sell or refinance
their units. Those limits, which attempt to
reflect standards of the secondary lending
market, traditionally have been around 20
percent.
A developer or building owner who
retains control of a majority of the condominium units can create headaches for
condo buyers later if construction defects
and maintenance issues arise, said Gibbon.
Homeowner associations must be given
control over the building when a majority
of units are sold or within three years after
the first sale, but the developer would retain
a majority of the votes in the new HOA
and therefore control its actions.
That could create a long limbo period
for condo owners in a building like the
Waterfront Pearl, he said. For instance, if
the large pool surrounding its twin structures should spring leaks—which happened
during construction, leading to large cost
overruns—individual owners may want to
use the HOA to press the owner/builder
to correct the defects, but Macquarie could
still have the majority voting bloc and could
move instead for all units to pay proportionately for the repairs.
Kaye Youngren, CEO of Condominium
Management Inc., one of the largest condo
firms in the area, said lenders have been
relaxing caps on rental ratios in recent
years, some accepting has high as 50 percent, but borrowers may pay a 1-4 percent
interest penalty to cover the perception of
added risk.
Without readily available financing, current condo owners have a harder time selling or refinancing their homes.
“What are their resale capabilities? I’m
sure condo owners would be concerned
about that,” she said.
Even so, “there’s not much they can do
about it.”
While she expects condo owners in a
building such as Waterfront Pearl to be
troubled by a high ratio of rental units,
Youngren said owners are better off if
the building is full and able to fund its
maintenance reserves rather than teetering
towards bankruptcy.
“That’s not how I’d like to see it, but
the developer needs an income stream,”
she said.
Robert Ball, who two years ago sold The
Wyatt, a 244-unit building intended as
condominiums, understands what it means
to complete a major building in a buyers’
market. Unlike the original developer of
Waterfront Pearl, however, he sold the
entire building before it was legally subdivided into condominiums, giving the buyer
an uncluttered path to go all-rental.
That was the key factor allowing him to
avoid a predicament like the one ensnaring
Waterfront Pearl, he said.
Correction
The Examiner’s August story, “For-rent
sign mars Street of Dreams,” erred in stating that it is illegal for developers to have
both rentals and condominium units in one
building.
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Pearl Diver
Long ago, I attended church the morning after a sleepover at the house of a
Catholic friend. I was impressed by the
stained glass, architecture and mysterious
incantations, of course, but nothing really
developed from there. My spiritual path
has been more like a dead end.
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will have another shot at redemption. The
Foursquare Church plans a “Pearl
MICHAELA BANCUD
church plant” according to a blog post
by an assistant pastor from Vancouver,
who recently leased an apartment at
the Asa.
“Church planting” is when an individual or group moves to an area, usually without pre-existing ties to the
neighborhood, with the intention of
starting a congregation.
By Michaela Bancud
Of sewers, faith and
celebration
The sewer rehabilitation work
on Northwest 14th Avenue, near
Kearney, Irving and the I-405
freeway, sprung a leak last month,
resulting in a shutdown of the
drinking fountains at LA Fitness
and other nearby businesses.
A sewer sleuth called from
inside the gym and whispered,
“There are hoods over the drinking fountains, and the streets are
lined with ka-ka!”
The source exaggerated, but
there was debris along the resurfaced road, photographs of which
wouldn’t register well in black and
white.
MICHAELA BANCUD
Excavation work at Northwest 15th and
Irving was needed to fix the sewer leak.
This drinking fountain at LA Fitness was
temporarily shut down by sewer problems.
***
In other news, the bomb squad showed
up at the main post office Tuesday night
because someone discovered an unattended
package, which was then ferreted away by
the squad and four cop cars.
***
***
Conviviality between neighbors of
no necessary conviction happens every
afternoon by the rooftop firepot at the
Asa Apartments. A single-tap “kegerator”
(basically a smaller refrigerator with a tap
on top) located underneath the concierge
desk in the main lobby keeps gets things
started.
“We start pouring every day about 4,”
explains Natalie, a leasing agent there.
“People come home from work, hang out
in the lobby with a beer and make plans for
later.” The beer is from Bridgeport, locally
sourced right across the street.
***
When the rains start pouring, neighbors
of Tanner Springs Park will be prepared.
A rainwater pavilion is under construction at the park honoring Portland planner
Graham Clark, who died in 2005. Original
park designs called for the structure, but
funding dried up. A subsequent effort by
Clark’s family and friends, Portland Parks
Foundation, the city of Portland and the
Pearl District Neighborhood Association
tried to fill the gap. It should be done later
this month.
***
The non-denominational Pearl
Church, which meets Sundays on the
second floor of the Ecotrust Building,
is looking for space to expand and
provide office and childcare space
during the week, says lead Pastor
Mike Roth. PSU Vikings coach Jerry
Glanville prefers this relaxed church to
others he’s attended in downtown Portland
***
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The Pearl District Neighborhood Assobring his bagel and coffee along.
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agrees 2003
Shogun’s to stay on 23 Avenue City
plan invalid,
rd
By Allan Classen
Shogun’s Gallery plans to stay in the
Quality Pie building at 1111 NW 23rd Ave.
despite a failed attempt to reduce its rent
that ended at the Oregon Court of Appeals
“In the court of law, we may have lost,”
wrote store manager Kyle Cook, “but anyone who cares to pay attention to what we
have brought to this block and our position
in the neighborhood may reasonably agree
we have won in the court of public opinion.
We continue to make adjustments to our
business plan and have no desire to vacate
this location.
A month ago, Shogun’s was contemplating a move.
The attorney for the landlords (Charles
and Doris Merrill, Rosmund and Raymond
Langberg, and Chris Pagni), however, characterizes the case as a waste of money for
the gallery and a cause of ill will.
“The large rent increase which precipitated the dispute is in effect,” said Gary
Roberts of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.
“To Shogun’s credit, it has already paid all
amounts that are due, and the original lease
is now in effect as if there was no litigation,
except that both sides have some bruised
feelings.”
Roberts estimated that the case cost
Shogun’s $200,000 in legal fees, including
his own, which it was ordered to pay as part
of the court decision
“It should have used that money to promote and sustain its business,” he argued,
“and it should have accepted the landlords’
very reasonable offer to forego 90 percent of
the rent increase allowed by the lease.
Cook had a different interpretation of
what was at stake.
At the heart of the disagreement was a
lease clause providing for automatic annual
rent increases based on fluctuation of real
market value of the land, as determined by
the county assessor. Building improvements
of $292,000 paid by the tenants triggered
a 43-percent increase in the assessed land
value and a commensurate spike in rent
Cook said the lease clause covering the
rent formula was so confusing that no
one could predict future rents, and even
the landlords’ property manager “expressed
shock at the size of the increase.
Shogun’s moved into the building in
2003 under a 15-year lease that made the
tenant responsible for building improvements. The landlords offered to reduce the
rent in return for cutting the lease term to
10 years, but Cook said the longer lease
period was needed to amortize the cost of
its investment in the property.
Landlords’ response to Examiner story
I have represented the landlords (Merrill, et al.) for the Quality Pie building for
many years and represented them in the
case Shogun’s, Inc. filed against them
The article in the August Examiner has
some inaccuracies and creates an incorrect
overall impression because of the omission
of relevant facts. I wish that the author
had contacted Chuck Merrill or me to
hear from both sides before he wrote the
piece, but I understand that sometimes
time demands can prevent that from happening.
1) Judge McShane was a judge at the trial.
The article incorrectly identifies him as a
Court of Appeals judge.
2) The testimony at trial from the realtor
who was involved in the lease negotiations
was that even with the rent increase and
even taking into consideration Shogun’s
capital expenditures at the beginning of
the lease, Shogun’s lease was still well
below the prevailing market rate.
3) The article states that “The Kings tried
to negotiate with the landlords. When
they couldn’t get anywhere, they sued.” In
fact, prior to Shogun’s filing the lawsuit,
the landlords offered to waive the large
rent increase called for in the lease that
Shogun’s had negotiated and signed. The
landlords offered to limit the rent increase
to 4 percent.
4) In return, the landlords asked that the
term of the lease be reduced from 15 to 10
years (with options to renew) because at
the end of the initial lease term, the parties
had agreed that the rent would be set at the
market rate. Shogun’s refused that offer.
The only rational explanation for refusing that offer is that Shogun’s recognized
that even with the large rent increase after
the first year of the lease, and even taking
into account Shogun’s capital expenditure,
the rent Shogun’s pays is still substantially
below market. So while it is true that the
parties did not reach an agreement, it is
not true that Shogun’s attempt to negotiate “did not get anywhere.” The landlords made a substantial offer that would
have kept Shogun’s lease rate substantially
below market for 10 years.
5) There is no doubt that litigation is
expensive, so there is some validity to
Mr. Cook’s lament that the lawsuit hurt
Shogun’s “bottom line.” Shogun’s decided
to file a lawsuit to change the terms
of the lease it agreed to. The Court of
Appeals found that “the lease unambiguously allowed an increase based on the
assessor’s statement of the land value” and
that “the text of the lease, on its face, is not
susceptible to [Shogun’s] interpretation.”
Accordingly, Shogun’s elected to challenge what the Court of Appeals found
to be a clear, unambiguous contract which
had been negotiated by experienced business people on both sides. The law on this
issue was clear. The contract was also clear.
Shogun’s chose to file a very high-risk
lawsuit, which it ultimately lost. The result
was predictable, so Shogun’s should have
known at the time it elected to file this
lawsuit that there was a high risk that it
would lose and pay substantial attorney
fees.
Shogun’s situation does not “shed light”
on why there is vacant space in the Quality Pie building at all. The building still
affords a business person who has the
capital to build out the property to suit
his or her particular needs to obtain space
in a highly desirable location at a belowmarket rent.
Shogun’s has chosen to squander its
opportunity with an ill-advised lawsuit
that cost it approximately $200,000 in
legal fees. It should have used that money
to promote and sustain its business, and it
should have accepted the landlords’ very
reasonable offer to forego 90 percent of the
rent increase allowed by the lease.
Gary Roberts
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plans to correct
gap in works
by Allan Classen
With “hundreds” of buildings rendered
nonconforming by invalidation of the 2003
Northwest District Plan, Portland City
Council approved a process to adopt an
updated version of the plan.
The next step will be a hearing before
council Wednesday, Sept. 23, probably in
the evening.
Mayor Sam Adams promised that stakeholders in the community will be notified
and invited to participate in the process.
The only aspect of the 2003 plan directly called into question by the Oregon Land
Use Board of Appeals is traffic impacts
along Northwest Vaughn Street, but the
Northwest District Association hopes to
broaden the discussion to address other
parts of the plan.
Northwest District Association President Juliet Hyams advised the council that
the 2003 plan is “already stale” and may not
conform to statewide citizen-participation
goals adopted more recently.
John Bradley, planning chair of NWDA,
noted that six years have passed since the
plan was adopted and council should take
this opportunity to consider “changes on
the ground” that have occurred since 2003.
The association developed a five-page
overview of recommended changes to the
plan in 2006. Those recommendations,
which are still at the heart of NWDA’s
position, include:
• Strengthening design review.
• Creating a master plan for the
“transition zone” in the northeast
section of the district.
• Developing a green street linking
the district with the Pearl.
• Creating a comprehensive parking management plan and requiring
parking structures to meet normal
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• Funding affordable family housing.
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kinds of dog, cat and other pet food, as well as toys, treats,
leashes, collars and beds. The 3,000-square-foot store is
next to a free customer parking lot and is open seven days
a week. Dunn and Katz are married. She is from Chile and
he is from England.
ALLAN CLASSEN
Nature’s Pet co-owner Claudia Katz with Brittanies Livi
and Abby, who “work” behind the counter.
MaC Cosmetics
615 NW 23rd Ave ., 503-222-1943
This high-end cosmetics chain opened its fourth store
in Portland last month. The company gives free lipstick
to customers who return six empty containers of MAC
products. The space was previously occupied by Compleat
Bed & Breakfast.
Hats of every description bring shoppers into the new Goorin Bros. Hat Shop.
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Candy Bistro Burger Bar
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Candy Bistro Burger Bar specializes in build-your-own
burgers and pizza in a glitzy, high-tech setting. There
are touch-screen monitors at each booth. Happy hour
is four hours long (3-7 p.m.) and features $3 dessert,
pizza or burgers. Candy has a beer and wine license,
does catering and provides home delivery.
Shear Bliss Salon
2544 NW Vaughn St., 503-936-3773
Cathy Luu is opening her first shop in a new building
on Northwest Vaughn Street. Luu, who has been
working at Bouffant Salon in the Pearl, will offer all
hair, nails and waxing services. To start, she will do all
the hair styling, and her mother, Lanh Pham, who has
worked at the Thurman Street Salon since 2002, will
do manicures and waxing. Luu hopes to eventually have
10 on staff. Her first day of business will be Sept. 15.
Through the end of 2009, they will donate 15 percent
of sales to the Oregon Humane Society.
Pure 4 Skincare and Cosmetics
408 NW 11th Ave., 503-224-0052
Silvia Tobler founded her business 13 years ago in
Jackson Hole, Wyo., and opened a second shop in Sun
Valley, Idaho. She moved her main location to the Pearl
District last month in part because she wanted to operate
in a community that wasn’t a season tourist destination.
She made her home in Portland two years ago. Pure 4
sells all-natural-based products, including the following
brands: Anthony Logistics, Bliss, Caudalie, Cellex-C,
Decleor, Erbe, Frederic Fekkai, GloMinerals, Jack
Black, Malin+Goetz, Mason Pearson, Molton Brown,
Remede, StriVectin and Terax.
B usines S B R I E F S
Mike Ryerson
Magnum Opus is moving into
its own building at 1415 NW
Savier St. in October after 15
years at Northwest Park and
Glisan. The extensively remodeled space has 7,000 square
feet—ample room for a staff of
45—and its own 42-space parking lot. ... Taste of Mexico,
716 NW 21st Ave., closed in
August after two years in business. ... Noah’s Bagels closed
last month after 12 years in
business at 500 NW 23rd Ave.
... Dragontree Spa, 2768
NW Thurman St., will open a
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massage spa at Portland Inter- Noah’s Bagels reached its 20 anniversary as a company, but the 23 Avenue
national Airport next winter. store won’t be around to celebrate.
... Santa Fe Taqueria offers
family night the second Wednesday of each month. ...The 937 Condominiums won the most awards
There are free craft activities courtesy of Child’s Play, in a Street of Dreams evaluation, including “best of
and kids eat free every Wednesday of the month. ... show” honors in the eyes of realtors, professionals and
After eight years in business, Sunny Shin is changing the public. Block 90 was second. ... Puma has closed
the name of Sungari Pearl Chinese restaurant at their athletic shoes and clothing store at 40 NW 10th
Northwest 11th and Lovejoy to Seres Restaurant Ave. ... A-Boy Plumbing & Electrical Supply
and Bar. ... Fit Right Northwest purchased the Store, 2671 NW Vaughn St., has re-opened under
5,000-square-foot building at 2258 NW Raleigh “new” ownership. After a brief closure, Dan Dolan,
St. and will be moving its 1207 NW 23rd Ave. store president of the family-owned company, opened this
there next year. ... Salt Grotto leased 1,900 square store again after buying it from the rest of the family.
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business
I will buy dinner for two at the
RingSide Steakhouse for the
first person who can find all
three surface parking lots near
23rd Avenue full at once.
In the ’Hood
By Mike Ryerson
23rd Avenue’s ongoing
public relations blunder
The old shopkeeper was asked if he carried doohickeys
that fit whatyamacallits. With a smile, he explained that
he had just sold the last one, but had another case of them
on order.
By the end of the day, he probably placed that order. He
knew a thing or two about retailing.
We’ve all heard the phrase, “If we don’t have it, we’ll get
it for you,” or “Stop in and we’ll fix you up.”
That’s positive retailing. You don’t dwell on what you
can’t do.
In a recent Daily Journal of Commerce newspaper
article, a local real estate broker and board member of
the Nob Hill Business Association was interviewed about
parking in Northwest Portland.
“Even my friends don’t want to visit me because they
can’t find parking,” Loreen Officer told the reporter.
Even if Ms. Officer’s friends say they have trouble finding a parking spot, she shouldn’t agree with them when
she knows there are spaces available. There are plenty of
vacant spaces in the parking lots on and around Northwest
23rd Avenue, and if she doesn’t know it she needs to avoid
talking to the press. It’s feeding a misconception that’s bad
for business.
Officer went on to tell the writer we’ll soon be getting
an 87-car garage near Northwest 23rd and Irving, which
leaves the readers to believe the problem will be solved.
She failed to tell him we already have three surface lots on
the street with a total of 97 parking spaces and an average
vacancy rate above 60 percent. The counts were even taken
before the economic slump, so the percentage now could
be considerably higher.
Just a quick walk by each of the lots is enough to make
one think. People who take a minute to check them out are
usually surprised at how much surplus parking there really
is in Northwest Portland.
In fact, I will buy dinner for two at the RingSide Steakhouse for the first person who can find all three surface
parking lots near 23rd Avenue full at once.
Now, this column isn’t meant to pick on Loreen Officer.
- MIKE RYERSON
Mike Ryerson
Saturday, Aug. 22 was a sunny 78
degree day and shoppers lined 23rd
Avenue.
PARKING LOT COUNT
(2:45-3 p.m.)
Lot #1
(Behind Papa Haydn at 23rd & Irving)
19 available spaces
9 vacant
Lot #2
(Behind Pizzicato at 23rd & Glisan)
47 available spaces
19 vacant
Lot #3
(Under Williams-Sonoma at
23rd & Flanders)
31 available spaces
16 vacant
The surface parking lot behind Papa Haydn restaurant at NW 23rd and Irving is where
an 87-car parking garage may soon be built. The pay-to-park lot has 19 spaces available
and it’s seldom half full.
She’s a good-hearted person who donates her valuable
time serving the community. My concern is she’s part of
one of the biggest public relations blunders I’ve ever seen,
and it’s hurting the businesses on Northwest 23rd and the
rest of the neighborhood.
It’s true, we don’t have an abundance of free parking,
but the new garage won’t be free either. It will merely add
more pay-to-park spaces to the more than sufficient paid
parking supply we already have.
We need to face it: We’ll never have any more free
parking than we do now. In fact, it’s very possible there
may soon be parking meters and nothing will be free. But
businesses here can thrive with existing parking resources
just as the most successful neighborhood shopping districts in the country have flourished without unlimited
free parking.
All shop owners suffer from the false impression that
it’s impossible to park in this neighborhood, and they
would do well to correct it. At least one merchant is doing
her part. Deborah Haynes of Blush Beauty Bar always
reminds her customers where they can park when they
visit her store, as do her ads and website.
Will the other merchants follow her good example, or
will they keep agreeing with those who complain? They’ve
continually “advertised” that it’s too hard to park here, and
their message has gotten through. No one should be surprised when shoppers drive in and talk about the limited
parking. Advertising works.
Will they ever start telling the public about the parking they do have instead of the parking they don’t have?
Or will they use their last bullet to shoot their other foot?
That old wise shopkeeper most likely would have said,
“Come on in. We’ll find you a place to park. And by the
way, those doohickeys you wanted should be in any day
now.”
You can reach Mike Ryerson at 503-381-8050 or
[email protected]
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