September 2015

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September 2015

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SEPTEMBER 2015 / VOLUME 29, NO. 1/ FREE
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p. 12
Civility collapses
p. 15
PDX Feast
p. 21
Slabtown Festival
***** SERVING PORTLAND’S NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE 1986
American dream slips with missing letter
Will having Rep. Earl
Blumenauer as a landlord
make a difference?
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
T
auras Oslapas, who
has owned and operated Vivace Coffee
House & Creperie at Northwest 23rd and Pettygrove for
10 years, didn’t know that
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer
was his landlord.
That is, not until a customer shared this morsel,
which he came across while
visiting a city of Portland
website listing the names
of all property owners. The
man pulled up Portlandmaps.com and found “BLUMENAUER EARL F ET AL”
on the line for the owner’s name. A further click
showed Blumenauer as the
primary owner, followed by
names of nine additional
owners.
It didn’t seem terribly
important at the time, but
after a stunning notice July
23 from the property manager that his lease would not
be renewed, it took on a new
light.
Until opening that letter,
Oslapas was confident he
could exercise two more
five-year options and run
the business long enough to
put his children, ages 14 and
11, through college.
The letter from Tim Gray of
Beloved mail
carrier gets
grand send-off
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
Willamette Heights is a plum assignment for mail carriers lucky enough
to get it. The waiting list is apparently quite long, given how reluctant carriers are to leave.
Those conclusions were unavoidable last month when Willamette
Heights residents honored Kevin
Wrede for his 25 years of service.
After his final shift Aug. 1, about
100 people gathered on Northwest
Franklin Court for perhaps the
grandest retirement send-off in Portland postal history.
Continued on page 22
After 10 years, Tauras Oslapas said Vivace Coffee House & Creperie was finally producing a good
income for him, enough to buy a home this summer. Photo by Julie Keefe
Square Deal
Community plans for a European-style public
square are constrained by space, competing goals
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
H
igh hopes are pinned on Slabtown Square, an old European concept imported to
enliven all-new development coming to Con-way Inc. holdings in the
shadow of I-405.
Through a six-year process, neigh-
borhood representatives, Con-way
officials and a private developer
have negotiated the key aspects
and dimensions of a public square
at Northwest 21st and Pettygrove,
the present site of a massive former
truck repair shop.
was the clear message from Portland
Design Commission members, who
have reviewed three stages of plans
this year.
But the product of all this attention may fall short of the vision. That
After reviewing designs for the
square and surrounding mixed-use
buildings on the western half of
Block 290 (bounded by Northwest
Pettygrove, Quimby, 20th and 21st),
Wark noted that there isn’t enough
space to accommodate a square
surrounded by economically feasible private buildings on a 200-by200-foot parcel.
In addition to a memory book
with photos and notes from many
households, neighbors chipped in
to present a $10,000 check.
As a result, neighborhood representatives have been drawn into a
bargain with project designers to
extend structures into Quimby Street
to the north and into the public park
proposed for the eastern half of the
block. Although Northwest District
Association representatives spoke in
favor of the latest plans at an Aug. 20
design advice hearing, the commissioners weren’t satisfied.
Portland Postmaster Shawneen L.
Betha came out on that Saturday
afternoon to issue an official commendation and exclaim that she
had never seen anything like it in
her career.
But five people in the audience
experienced déjà vu. They were
around in 1958 when the neighborhood honored another beloved mail
carrier, John Hinkel, upon his retirement. Neighbors gave Hinkel, who
had delivered to Willamette Heights
for most of his 37-year career, a $700
“I don’t see how it could work,”
Design Commission Chair David
Wark said.
“There’s not one thing that shines
like it should,” Wark said. “It’s just
so boxed in.”
“There’s no sense in compromisProposed design for Slabtown Square as seen from corner of Northwest 21st and
Pettygrove streets.
Courtesy YBA Architects
Continued on page 7
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Editor’s Turn
Business pipeline fouls
public participation process
BY ALLAN CLASSEN | EDITOR & PUBLISHER
S
ometime in modern history, the
city of Portland decided to create
a direct pipeline for local business
associations. They would get funds and
seats on official advisory bodies without
having to put up with the rules and
accountability put upon neighborhood
associations.
League has none.
Defining or rebranding the area
as the Stadium District creates
another complication by implying
that Providence Park represents the
primary purpose and function of the
neighborhood. If business promoters
define the neighborhood names and
boundaries of the city, the residential,
civic and historical elements become
secondary.
The Portland Office of Neighborhood
Involvement has an elaborate system
of requirements for neighborhood
associations. Their meetings and records
must be open to all, and they must
subject themselves to city oversight
in resolving disputes over boundaries,
among other terms listed on a 40-page
standards document.
Business associations are mentioned
more briefly in the standards, but since
no business associations have asked
the city to “acknowledge” them, ONI
considers them free to do as they please.
That’s an interesting concept: optional
rules.
What do business associations lose by
not playing the game?
Not a thing, in terms of the two things
they want most from the city—funding
and standing to advise on policy matters.
The city funds Venture Portland, a
nonprofit organization with 48 members,
which in turn gives project grants to
business associations. Venture Portland
received $311,000 last year through the
Portland Development Commission,
which acts as a “pass-through” agency,
providing minimal scrutiny of its
spending or activities.
Acknowledgement by the city may sound
nebulous, but it’s the doorway to seats on
advisory committees established by many
bureaus, and City Council traditionally
considers the perspective of both
business and neighborhood associations
in enacting policies affecting defined
areas of the city. When a bureau wants
to know how its programs affect a given
neighborhood, it asks ONI for the contact
person of the local neighborhood and
business associations.
ONI doesn’t maintain its own list of
business associations; it just refers to
the Venture Portland list. Handing this
 Readers Reply
Sue Lee thankful
Words alone will never express
my appreciation for the support,
encouragement and assistance you
have given beyond compare, not only
to me, but to all those who care about
me [“Sue Lee free at last,” August
2015]. Without your involvement and
sharing of my story, I don’t believe my
freedom would have gained reality.
Thank you for giving me my life back.
With deepest appreciation.
Sue Lee
NW Kearney St.
Go after conservator
The strategy seems to be working. The
guild gained a seat on the Portland
Bureau of Transportation Central
City Parking Stakeholders Advisory
Committee, while the Foothills
And to top it off, the president of the Goose
Hollow Business Association set precedent
by seeking recognition from ONI, which
must now decide whether that act of
cooperation means anything at all.
Many hours and much pain, from the
grass roots to City Hall, will be expended
before the matter is resolved as city
commissioners are being asked to make
the call. All owing to the notion that
the absence of rules would make things
easier. n
Letters can be sent to: [email protected] or 2825 NW Upshur St, Ste. C, Portland, OR 97210.
Letters should be 300 words or fewer; include a name and a street of residence.
Deadline third Saturday of the month.
into the horrible situation with Sue
Lee. Because her court-appointed
conservator seemed to be digging for
every dollar she could, I was not at all
surprised that the conservator gave up
her job so readily.
My question is this: Is anyone going
to go after [conservator Nancy L.
MacDonald] for the egregious way
she feathered her own nest to the
detriment of her client?
She doesn’t seem any better than a
good deal of the corporate folk that
have tanked the low- and middle-class
citizens. Thanks for any follow-up
and looking forward to the September
issue.
Just got back from Portland last week
and picked up the August issue of your
great paper. I remember your digging
authority over to Venture Portland is
a problem because Venture Portland
does not address boundary conflicts,
and there happens to be two business
associations in Goose Hollow at the
moment. The groups agree on nothing.
Furthermore, the newer one, the Stadium
District Business Guild, is dominated
by discontents from their neighborhood
association (Goose Hollow Foothills
League) who appear to be attenuating for
their losses in last year’s neighborhood
election by launching a new entity.
As a result of the city’s hands-off (but
here’s the money) approach to business
associations, the inner Westside citizen
participation system has short-circuited,
Venture Portland issued a cease and desist
ultimatum to the Foothills League over its
president’s protests, other neighborhood
leaders warned the league about triggering
legal liability for the entire coalition
of neighborhood associations, and the
GHFL president accused the coalition
president of conflict of interest because
he represents a business association
belonging to Venture Portland.
Tom Gilles
Los Angeles
More charity needed
I have enjoyed reading the NW
Examiner for more than 20 years
and have a high regard for the way
you have enabled “our” local paper
to survive in days when so much
print media has gone to the wall.
I was cheering when I read of the
recent “liberation” of Sue Lee, who
was being oppressed by her legal
custodian. You had a large share in that
success story and I applaud you for it.
However, I am uncomfortable at
the way you have targeted a few
individuals over the years, harshly
criticizing them and then going over
the top in defending your actions.
A good example is your coverage
of the sale of Robert Hoyt’s house.
AWARD-WINNING PUBLICATION
You were right in a subsequent
issue to balance your hatchet job by
interviewing the homeowner who
turned out to be “in his right mind”
and happy with the sale, and by also
publishing a letter defending your
target, the buyer. However, you were
wrong to add insult to injury and keep
on beating up on my neighbor (who
is personally unknown to me) in
the page right next to the interview. You should have graciously dropped
the matter, even if you do think you
still smell a rat. If the Oregon Real
Estate Agency is handling it, let that
process run. You need to realize that
your power to wound and shame is
considerably greater than that of your
law-abiding neighbors who do not
Continued on page 5
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 Obituaries
Wayne S. Mutchler
Donald D. Knispel
Wayne
S.
Mutchler, a resident of Northwest Penridge
Road in the West
Hills for 25 years,
died Aug. 8 at
age 65. He was
born July 13,
1950, in Englewood, N.J. In 1979, he
founded Mutchler Construction Co.,
which specialized in custom homes
and remodeling. He married Marisa
Oliver in 1981. He was an extreme
fitness athlete and member of the
Multnomah Athletic Club. He is survived by his wife; daughters, Kara
Danner, Alexis Mutchler and Justine
Mutchler; brothers, Glenn, Dwight
and Robert; sister, Sheryl Kelly; and
one grandchild.
Donald David Knispel, who was
born in his parents’ home on Northwest 23rd Avenue and lived most
of his life in the Cedar Mill area,
died June 13 at age 98. He was born
Dec 10, 1916, and graduated from
Commerce High School in 1936. He
served in the U.S. Navy 42 months
during World War II. He retired from
Bingham Willamette after working
there 40 years as a machinist. In
1971, he married Francis Carter; she
died in 1994. He lived in the same
house in Cedar Mill from 1971 until
his death. He was preceded in death
by two brothers and seven sisters.
Craig ‘Tom’ Potts
Craig
Thomas
“Tom” Potts, a
Northwest Skyline Boulevard
resident for more
than 20 years,
died Aug. 18 in
Rockaway Beach
at age 68. He was
born Nov. 29, 1946, in Iowa City and
grew up in Humbolt and Ames,
Iowa. He graduated from Ames High
School in 1965. He received a bachelor’s degree at Iowa State University. He worked in Chicago as a photojournalist, photo editor and public
relations manager. After moving to
Portland, he worked at Intel in media
relations. He volunteered at the
Audubon Society of Portland in the
Wildlife Care Center helping injured
animals. He was married to Jeanine
Coupe Ryding and to Marlene Bauer.
He is survived by his daughter, Zoe
Potts; brother, Tim; and father, Ray.
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Daniel D. Tomcheff
Daniel D. Tomcheff, a Northwest
Glisan resident and former proofreader for the NW Examiner, died
Aug. 4 of prostate cancer at age 82.
Mr. Tomcheff was born Nov. 16,
1932, and grew up in Chicago. He
wrote many essays and works of fiction and was employed as a copy editor. He was also a U.S. Postal carrier.
With his wife Erin, he wrote part of
the text for the George Anderson and
Andrew Barone book, “Lessons from
the Light: Extraordinary Messages of
Comfort” and “Hope from the Other
Side.” He is survived by his wife and
predeceased by their son, Theon.
Robert E. Cassidy
Robert Emmett Cassidy, part owner
and manager of Hennessey, Goetsch
and McGee Funeral Home for a
number of years, died Aug. 10 at age
85. He was born in Everett, Wash.,
Nov. 7, 1929, and graduated from
Everett High School in 1948. He
attended Gonzaga University and
graduated from the Los Angeles College of Mortuary Science. He served
in the U.S. Army during the Korean
War. He moved to Portland in 1967.
He is survived by his sons, Kevin
and Kyle; daughters, Karin Cassidy O’Harrow and Kristen Cassidy;
five grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Beverly, in 1998.
Roger D. Knutson
Roger Duane Knutson, a graduate
of Lincoln High School, died June
26 at age 81. He was born April
18, 1934 in Portland. He worked as
a computer programmer and was
employed by ESCO Steel. He was a
big-game hunter and loved to fish.
He is survived by his wife of 45
years, Donna; children, Scott Knutson, Debbie Lucht, Steve Ellison,
Mitch Ellison, Tina Boyd and Todd
Fauvelle; nine grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Nancy Goodell
Nancy Goodell, a
graduate of St.
Helen’s
Hall,
died Aug. 10 at
age 78. Nancy
Cannon was born
Nov. 20, 1936.
After graduating
from St. Helen’s
Hall in Northwest Portland, she
attended Mount Holyoke College in
Massachusetts, graduating in 1958
with a bachelor’s degree in music.
She worked at Jantzen Knitting
Mills. She married Stan Goodell in
1959. She was a member of the Portland Junior League, served on the
Northwest Outward Bound board of
directors and was president of the
Oregon Episcopal School board of
trustees. She was also a member of
the Multnomah Athletic Club. She
and her husband operated Ski Bluewood near Dayton, Wash., and was
its vice president for 26 years. She is
survived by her husband; son, Bruce;
daughter, Karin; sister, Anne Nixon;
and three grandchildren.
Death Notices
Del Brenneman, 65, Multnomah
Athletic Club member.
Marjorie (Beall) Briggs, 92, kindergarten principal at Oregon Episcopal
School.
Msgr. Frank M. Campbell, 89, pastor at St. Mary’s Cathedral from
1988-1991.
Colleen Cashin Harman, 90, worked
at Consolidated Freight.
Jacqueline M. (Babin) Hubel, 90,
Good Samaritan Hospital employee
1966-1979.
Anne (Rogers) Johnson, 100, member of the Multnomah Athletic Club.
William M. Holman, 80, attended
Lincoln High School.
Dorothy M. (Reynolds) Bishop
Smith, 93, social activities chairman
at Multnomah Athletic Club.
Norbert J. Wellman, 82, Multnomah
Athletic Club member.
The Northwest Examiner publishes
obituaries of people who lived,
worked or had other substantial
connections to our readership area,
which includes Northwest Portland,
Goose Hollow, Sauvie Island and
areas north of Highway 26. If you
have information about a death in
our area, please contact us at allan@
nwexaminer.com. Photographs are
also welcomed. There is no charge
for obituaries in the Examiner.
LETTERS
 Readers Reply
of our past are easy to erase and impossible to build
again. We recently completed a project in Anaheim,
Calif., with similar concept to what was proposed
for Centennial Mills, so we know for a fact that a
redevelopment project can serve the community at
large and become a magnet for locals and visitors
alike—and also commercially successful.
"Letters" continued from page 3
own, run and write for the paper all our neighbors
read. You are the public stocks of our day. I am all for
exposing criminals and bullies, but please—a little
more charity for anyone who doesn’t fall into that
category would be much appreciated.
Save Centennial Mills
As a case in point, the Anaheim Packing House,
built in 1919 in Anaheim, was abandoned and
neglected over the last 30 years. At the behest of
the community, the redevelopment agency invested
in this asset and sought out restoration and reuse
partners. After five years of a team effort, the complex
of historical buildings and empty lot has garnered
awards locally and nationally as a shining example
of repurpose and redevelopment, housing more than
30 local entrepreneurs, educational stage, exhibition
kitchen, weekly farmers market and vibrant park
[packingdistrict.com]. The project has recently been
listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Juliet Kane
NW 25th Ave.
As noted in your recent article [“Mayor favors
demolishing waterfront landmark,” August 2015],
our company, LAB Holding, was selected through
a public process to develop the Centennial Mills
site some years ago. Working closely with the
community and local stakeholders, we looked
forward to repurposing these buildings in celebration
of Portland’s agricultural history into a lively food
hall and marketplace with educational facilities,
riverside kiosks and related small business retailers.
New Portland Development Commission leadership
changed that vision and asked instead for an office
building, but that’s not the reason we’re writing.
To even consider that this historical site could
be wiped clean for another commodity office or Centennial Mills fire escape impresses one reader.
residential complex is alarming to us. These remnants Photo by Wesley Mahan
Centennial Mills has a similar footprint with multiple
buildings and open space. This is an important part of
Portland’s history, and it would be a shame to bulldoze
and forget. With best hopes that the community will
rise once again to save a piece of Portland’s legacy.
We cannot put a price on our history or the past.
Linda and Shaheen Sadeghi
LAB Holding
Tear it down
Steven R. SmuckeR
Attorney At LAw
The Jackson Tower
806 sw Broadway, suiTe 1200
PorTland, or 97205
I took one of the last public tours of the interior of
Centennial Mills. It’s a complete mess inside, lacking
any features worth saving. Most of the structures
are timber based and have to go anyhow. I’m all for
preservation, but only when it makes sense.
Donald Esterling
NW Overton St.
telephone: 503-224-5077
email: [email protected]
www.portlandlawyer.com
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LETTERS
LETTERS, cont'd from page 5
LED streetlights unsightly
Save fire escape
The fire escape adhering to Centennial Mills is a
work of art. Viewed from afar, the zigzag’s scale,
simplicity and utility suggest sculpture. One foresees
the fire escape as centerpiece of a square or a park.
May it adorn one. James Huddleston
NW Northrup St.
Editor’s note: Partial demolition of Centennial Mills
is underway and total demolition is under review.
Garden a good neighbor
News coverage of the Portland Japanese Garden’s
expansion has focused on some neighbors who
oppose it. There are also plenty of neighbors who
support the garden’s plans.
We are lucky to have lived near the Japanese Garden
for nearly 30 years and look forward to the expansion.
The garden is both a great asset for this community,
and a treasure enjoyed by visitors from all over the
world.
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SW Evergreen Lane
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Michael Zusman must have attended Whatsamatta
U. How he reviews any one place, such as Kung
Pow!, is subject to the usual reader cautions of
critic vs. a meal [Kung Pow! More Like Kung Pop,”
August 2015]. But now he has slammed the entire Old Town/
Chinatown group of Chinese restaurants within his
review. This is unfair and inaccurate. We’ve enjoyed
a great many excellent and authentic meals there
since 1970, and we continue to do so. He should try
the authentic dishes at Golden Horse or Good Taste
or the tea houses. If he seeks, he shall find. I applaud the city’s initiative to install LED street
lighting that will reduce costs and improve efficiency.
But care must be taken to preserve aesthetics—care
that I feel could be better employed. The LED lights
are extremely bright, they cast an unpleasant bluegreen spectrum for night vision and they’re often
an obnoxious, uninvited guest crashing into living
rooms and evening sidewalk conversations.
One example is the remodeled intersection at
Northwest 23rd and Raleigh. In addition to LED
streetlights, the city evidently thought that LED
lampposts were also needed here. The result has
transformed what was once a comfortable, mood-lit
sidewalk dinner at St. Jack or the New Old Lompoc
into what feels like a social outing in an IKEA
parking lot. The lighting here is much too bright and
grossly over-serving its purpose to simply provide
safe, efficient lighting.
And any visual aesthetic the lampposts may have
had is lost due to the impossibility of looking at them
with their blue-hot glowing suns inside. I worry
the city has similar plans to decorate the Northwest
corridors with LED lighting without thought for
aesthetics and environment. This endangers the
quaint and comfortable atmosphere the Northwest
neighborhood (and the rest of Portland) has worked
hard to establish and preserve.
But compromise and solutions can be found. LED
lighting can be easily modified to better integrate
with the environment by thoughtfully choosing
lower bulb wattages and appropriately angling
streetlight canopies, all the while preserving safe
and efficient lighting. Indeed, the city has been
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ing the square,” he added.
“It has to push out; the site
is not big enough.”
present, Don Vallaster, was
attending his first meeting since his appointment.
While not as emphatic as his
colleagues, he also reflected
on the inherent tradeoff.
Commissioner Julie Livingston agreed. “Everyone
loses” with the proposed
compromises, she said.
“Either the community
gets a bigger square or a bigger public park,” Vallaster
said. “You can’t have both.”
Commissioner Tad Savinar balked at cutting into the
60-foot public right of way
bisecting the block north and
south. The plan submitted
by YBA Architects reduces the pedestrian right of
way to 30 feet at the ground
level, with 12 feet of building extending out overhead.
Beyond square
"Square", continued from page 1
“I’m very concerned about
the amount of overhang,”
Savinar said.
It’s not just about the
square. Savinar sees a troubling pattern in the fourth
block being developed under
the Con-way Master Plan,
adopted in 2012 and covering 17 acres in the northeast
corner of the Northwest District.
Master plan language calls
for “pedestrian accessways
as mid-block linear greens
and pedestrian walkways
Upper left: The square and surrounding buildings will occupy the western half of Block 290, with a city
park on the eastern side. Controversy exists about extending buildings surrounding the square into a
60-foot walkway dividing the halves.
Above: Rendering shows retail frontages on Northwest 21st and Pettygrove streets. The plan also
assumes cafes and other retail facing the square, creating two-sided spaces that Design Commissioner Tad Savinar said are difficult to operate. Illustrations courtesy YBA Architects
that provide continuous
informal green open spaces
helping to reduce the scale
of the large blocks.”
“Every single project that
has come to us from the
Con-way project has reduced
the amount of open space
or compromised it,” Savinar
said.
The other three are the
“New
Seasons
block”
between 21st, 22nd, Quimby
and Raleigh and the two
blocks directly north.
badly with the first project
out of the chute,” agreed
Wark. “The New Seasons
space doesn’t work as public
space. That is totally compromised.”
Savinar said all three have
short shrifted the 60-foot
strips of public space, a condition of the master plan
“everyone spent all their
lives” providing for.
If he exaggerates, few would
quibble.
people—were held in 2010,
and the next year a task force
of neighbors and Con-way
officials began meeting to
forge the master plan. For
the past year, a three-person subcommittee has been
meeting with project architects almost weekly. Meanwhile, the Northwest District Association board and
its Planning Committee have
reviewed and debated the
issue repeatedly, with evergrowing intensity.
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Neighborhood
representatives
fully grasp the space conundrum.
The association divided between a
faction insisting on a 16,000-squarefoot square as set out in the master
plan and the prevailing side calling the proposed 15,165 square feet
close enough.
(Those calculations pertain to the
ground floor. Overhangs on upper
floors would reduce the air space
and solar access further—to less than
11,000 square feet in the latest version.)
The NWDA board voted 6-5 last
month to support the smaller square.
The next week, two committee members who were part of the former
master plan task force resigned their
current committee positions in frustration and discontent.
Go north
NWDA and the Design Commission have looked in the same direction to cope with the squeeze on
Block 290. Wark suggested that Conway sell the adjacent block to the
north to Guardian Real Estate Services, which is developing Block
290, so the parcels could be designed
as one entity, making it possible to
shift some of the building bulk surrounding the square to a block with
no such constraint.
“We need to impress upon Conway the need to develop these two
blocks together,” Wark said, a move
that would obviate the need for sunlight-blocking six-story buildings
around the square.
Con-way, however, will not budge.
“On some level, of course, it’s
quite logical,” said Craig Boretz,
Con-way’s vice president of corporate development.
“That being said, Con-way corporate is still not interested in letting 291 into the mix of projects,”
Boretz said. “They want to see all
the development under contract get
completed before they will consider
next phases, so that means 290 must
stand on its own.
“Corporate wants to see the completion of 290, the city park, Blocks
294/295, the jug handle [exit route
from I-405], and then they’ll be willing to entertain next steps, which
pushes the discussion out about
three years, I suspect.
“Not the answer people want to
hear, but I think we all have to
understand that this is not Conway’s core business by a long shot,
and as a result they move very cautiously,” he said.
Alex Yale, principal in YBA Architecture, said his team now knows it
must make Block 290 stand on its
own as it prepares to submit plans
for formal design review, perhaps in
two months.
The Design Commission also clarified that the underground garage
entry should be off Pettygrove Street,
overriding NWDA’s recommendation to honor its green street designation on which driveways and auto
orientation are to be discouraged. n
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BY ALLAN CLASSEN
T
o a cadre of Northwest District activists nursing the
concept along the past years,
a public square has a very specific
meaning.
It’s not a park. It’s not a plaza. It
may not be like anything seen in
Portland before.
The Northwest District Association is working with Suzanne Lennard, a Pearl District resident and
international expert on squares. She
founded and directs International
Making Cities Livable Conferences,
several of which have been held in
Portland. She has written extensively on urban design and planning,
including co-authoring “Genius of
the European Square” in 2008.
Lennard has been part of a threeperson NWDA team working with
YBA Architects on design of Slabtown Square, to occupy the western
half of the block bounded by Northwest Pettygrove, Quimby, 20th and
21st directly north of Joe’s Cellar.
Unlike Jamison Square in the
Pearl or Director Park downtown,
a square should not be open to
adjacent streets but surrounded
by buildings with cafes and other
active ground-floor uses, Lennard
insists.
Enclosure is important to provide
a sense of security, she said, that
fosters socializing and ensures parents don’t have to constantly keep
an eye on children lest they bolt
into the street.
The surrounding buildings should
not loom over the square. She cited
research by Danish architect Jan
Gehl, who established a formula
based on the principle that people
innately sense a need to see the sky
in all directions. By his calculation,
anything above about a 50 degree
angle is beyond the comfortable
range of vision and makes people
less comfortable, less able to relax
and socialize. Using this formula
sets the dimensions of an ideal
square and the height of surrounding buildings.
Lennard believes a square should
be at least 16,000 square feet (about
127 feet on each side)—large enough
for simultaneous and diverse activities but not so large that one cannot
recognize a person from the opposite side of the square.
At last month’s design advice
review hearing, Portland Design
Commissioner David Wark repeatedly pushed project architects and
neighborhood activists to define the
essential elements of a square.
When pushed to consolidate his
ideas into two points, project architect Alex Yale said “activity and
closure.”
Not satisfied, Wark asked, “How
do you know if the space is the right
size?”
“Why can’t a 15,000-square-foot
square work?”
Wark also wanted to know how
the enclosure by surrounding buildings made the square more active.
When Lennard took the stand,
Wark asked why a square has to
be walled off. She replied that it
needed protection from surrounding streets and vehicles.
Wark countered that he had
recently visited a number of successful squares in Italy without
those requisites.
“More times than not they were
lined with cars, motorcycles and
people zipping by,” he said. “I saw
dozens of exceptions to that rule
that were very successful, packed
with people.”
Despite the tough questions, Wark
came out in strong support of the
square and of allowing it enough
space to succeed.
Ron Walters, a former Northwest
District Association president, was
part of a subcommittee that began
working on a vision for the Slabtown
area in 2009 and held five wellattended public workshops in 2010.
Using this public input, he helped
negotiate a master plan agreement
Suzanne Lennard
with Con-way Inc. that specifies a
16,000-square-foot square.
Later compromises cut into that
space slightly at ground level and
more drastically on upper floors,
which would overhang the first
floors so that 10,920 square feet
would be exposed to the sky, 32
percent less than the standard. Walters found that unacceptable and
conducted his own opinion poll. He
reported only one of 72 respondents
supported the downsizing.
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32nd and Thurman beneath the Jap-
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was really impressive for the Chapman grade-schooler that I was.” Others at both 1958 and 2015
events were Jere Grimm, Karen
Chaivoe, Karen Sheppard and Ted
Kaye.
“Kevin carries on the tradition of
bonding with so many neighbors in
Willamette Heights,” Goforth said.
“Among other things, Kevin has
endeared himself to neighbors by
his friendship with all their dogs,”
said Val Aitchisson, who with Kaye
spearheaded the commemoration.
“A few years back, neighbors created a book picturing all the dogs for
Kevin. He reciprocated by writing a
song featuring all the dogs’ names,
and performing it at our annual
block party.”
Wrede was moved by the tribute.
“My heart soars like an eagle,” he
wrote in a thank you note later. “I’m
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BY ALLAN CLASSEN
D
iscontentment over
lawless,
disruptive and threatening behavior—often associated with but not necessarily linked to homelessness—around the North Park
Blocks has reached new levels this summer.
Thoughts that it represents the usual cycle of complaints heard every summer
are belied by photographs of
drug users, clusters of camp
sites and couples engaged
in sexual intercourse in full
public view during daylight
hours—the latter a shocking revelation even to jaded
Portlanders used to panhandling and camping on sidewalks.
“Our lovely park has
become home to vagrants
who openly do drugs, have
sex, fight and regularly urinate and defecate in public,”
said Michelle Cardinal, CEO
of R2C Group, an ad agency
in the Pearl employing 120
people.
“My employees and clients
are verbally harassed and
physically threatened when
walking to and from our
office,” Cardinal said. “Daily,
we remove belligerent people aggressively blocking
the entrance to our building
and sidestep groups of people
erecting makeshift cardboard
forts on our sidewalks. This
is affecting my business and,
more importantly, Portland’s
prosperity in the long run.”
Cardinal’s
views
are
posted on northparkblocks.
org., a new interactive blog
assembling
complaints,
photos, media reports and
actions taken to address the
problem.
In mid August, the website
posted two photos of public
sex.
“Last week, an intern was
walking to their office on Drug usage flourishes in the North Park Blocks. Photos of public sex, aggressive dogs, camping and
the North Park Blocks. On litter are posted on northparkblocks.org
Northwest Flanders they
“I have so much compas- tion in the Park Blocks will
encountered this couple. mittee. “Everyone I speak
sion
for the truly homeless be turned on at 9 a.m. and
to
is
talking
about
the
city
Mayor Hales and members of
people,”
he said, but they are midnight.
being
out
of
control.
Portland City Council don’t
not
the
problem.
get it,” a caption under one
“I lived through the dire
Penkin isn’t sure if those
stated.
Cardinal, Penkin and measures will help. He
conditions of New York City
“Let’s simplify the situ- in the ’70s and see the same other concerned Pearl resi- believes intense law enforceation for them—we don’t thing happening here to the dents and business opera- ment is needed immediately
know the housing status of city I have come to love,” tors have been meeting with while creative, long-range
Mayor Charlie Hales and
this couple, but we do know he said. “It’s just very scary
strategies are developed.
what’s happening in the city a team of city officials to
they are behaving badly.”
Another approach would
develop solutions. Immediright now.”
“I believe we’re close to a
ate steps included tempo- be to schedule public events
Penkin said never felt rarily fencing off the Park in the Park Blocks to keep
tipping point of anger and
intimidated
on the streets Block between Burnside and the area animated and less
frustration,” said Stan Penuntil
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BY ALLAN CLASSEN
at Northwest Ninth and Northrup.
I
mpact-hammer pile driving, until
a year ago the method used for all
major Pearl District buildings, has
fallen out of favor as developer after
developer has elected to use the quieter drilling method.
Williams & Dame principal Homer
Williams has not yet decided which
construction method will be used,
even as citizen complaints and pleas
fill his inbox and those at City Hall
and the media.
Builders still determined to pound
their footings into place face growing
resistance as citizens have become
more knowledgeable about construction technology, better organized and
more assertive in the political arena.
John H. Lee, a high-tech entrepreneur who lives in Waterfront Pearl,
which is across Naito Parkway and
railroad tracks from the proposed
building, has shared several wellresearched reports with neighbors.
City Council is considering an ordinance to limit the hours of impacthammer pile driving and to require
notification of nearby neighbors, but
a local citizens movement has higher
ambitions: the virtual end of noisy
pile driving in populated areas.
“Disruptive pile driving is a concern
for the nearly 400 Waterfront Pearl
residents,” Lee wrote.
Unless amended, the ordinance
will say nothing about construction
methods. Bonny McKnight, head
of the independent Citywide Land
Use Group, recommends a provision
to ban impact-hammer pile driving
unless approved by the city hearings
officer.
Regulation may soon set parameters,
but for now the developer feeling raw
public pressure is Williams & Dame
Three buildings are under construction in the north Pearl, all on foundations Development, which plans to erect a
drilled rather than pounded into place. Impact-hammer pile driving is still being
considered for an office building planned at Northwest Ninth and Northrup streets. nine-story office building on Block 5
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“As cities infill with residential
buildings, and as the Internet economy allows more home-based workers,
we find that construction noise has
a detrimental effect on the economy,
on work performance and on quality
of life.”
Brooks Hickerson, who lives in The
Pinnacle, another adjacent condominium building, wrote, “I feel like the
developers of Block 5 Station Place
are stuck in the 19th century with
very old technology.
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DeWitt Construction people [the
main impact-hammer pile driving
company] used at the hearings with
the city: costs more, disposal of contaminated soil, etc.
“When I suggested that four recent
building projects had successfully
used the quieter auger drill technology, he responded that they had
problems with the auger on the Cosmopolitan building.”
Hickerson suspects the developer
accepted DeWitt’s interpretation without talking to Pacific Foundation, a
Vancouver, Wash.,-based company
specializing in drilled foundations.
Mary Sipe, a Pearl resident for 15
years, was part of a resident awakening last year that caused developers
and city officials to reconsider the
assumption that the impact hammer
was the only way to go.
“I accepted the construction noise
as a ‘necessary evil’ of development
in my neighborhood,” she advised
Williams & Dame. “Last year, my
neighbors and I endured seven weeks
of the 110-plus-decibel pounding
from the impact-hammer pile driver
used on Block 17.
“However, after researching newer
technologies,” Sipe said, “I learned
that use of the impact hammer is not
necessary.”
The message got around.
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“Every society has evolutionary
processes they go through,” he said,
in the path toward improving livability and social harmony.
Besides, it wouldn’t be worth “saving a few bucks to have people
hate your guts,”
he said.
“I feel like the
developers of Block
5 Station Place are
stuck in the 19th
century with very
old technology."
“But the face of the area has
changed,” Hanson said. “There are
many more people and businesses,
and it doesn’t make sense to use
older technology when options are
readily available that take people
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concerns,” Lee wrote. “He also
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Let the Feasting Begin
Tell me about Smoked. How
was it inspired?
We wanted to do a couple things
with Smoked. We had always wanted to do something in Northwest
Portland in the Pearl District, and we
liked to engage public spaces. Last
year, I fell in love with Zidell Yards
when I first went down to the South
Waterfront and saw a view of the city
I’d never enjoyed before. Despite
the many complications—with a
new bridge under construction and
limited access without the streetcar
running or Uber having yet to come
to town— we did the Night Market
down there, and everyone loved it.
Feast Por tland is expected to
again to draw huge crowds
September 17-20.
Photo cour tesy Feast Por tland
An interview with
Feast Portland cofounder Mike Thelin
BY MICHAEL C. ZUSMAN
I
n 2012, Mike Thelin and Carrie Welch, a former Food Network executive who had recently
moved here from New York, conceived a uniquely Portland food festival, which they named Feast. It
was a huge hit, drawing local and
national chefs, plus hordes of media
and food lovers from near and far.
Of course, there were all manner of
consumption-centered events, from
sandwich sampling to elaborate dinners. With Feast Portland 4.0 right
around the corner, Thelin, 39 and
as amiable as ever, agreed to field
a few questions about himself and
the celebration he helped create,
including a new Feast event called
Smoked, which will debut in The
Fields, at the northeast flank of the
Pearl District.
Smoked, with its view from right
at the base of the Fremont Bridge in
The Fields Park, is the best view of
a bridge in a town of bridges. So, it’s
a beautiful site. And we also wanted
to do an event on Saturday night
that would match the energy of the
Night Market. As the name suggests,
we plan to have a lot of live fire and
cooking over fire that you can’t do
at an event inside a tent. This may
be the most ambitious event we’ve
done. And it won’t necessarily be
limited to smoked food or things
cooked over fire, but that’s the inspiration.
As far as the name goes, we wanted to call it something that people could easily wrap their heads
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“. . . I wake up in the middle of the night and
think, “Omigosh, we’ve got to build it again.”
"Feasting", cont'd from page 15
it is in a word or two or three.
You think about some of our
other events, like the Sandwich Invitational or Brunch
Village, and you know what
those are all about. Capacity
for the event will be around
1,500, maybe a little less,
but that includes everyone:
attendees, staff, sponsors
and vendors.
On a personal level, how
do you go from Scappoose High School to
organizing an event of
this magnitude?
I once heard someone say,
“You can’t trace your steps
forward, but you can always
trace them back.” For me,
I had an interest in a lot of
things early on, and I was
always able to figure things
out pretty quickly. When I
was in my 20s, I traveled
a lot and lived in several
places. I was involved in
everything from government
relations in Washington,
D.C., to technology writing
in San Francisco, to commercial real estate appraisals
in Portland. But I was always
really passionate about food.
The passion for food came
from my family. I had four
sisters along with my mom
and dad, including two sisters from my dad’s first marriage who were 20 years or
so older than me. They were
all married to others of different ethnicities, so from
an early age, I had family
who introduced me to foods
from Mexico and Japan, for
example. And my mom’s
best friend growing up was
Syrian, so I tried tabbouleh
and lamb. Our next door
neighbor was from South
Korea, and she taught my
mom how to pickle kimchee.
All this was pretty atypical
at the time for Scappoose,
but I grew up around all this
interesting food. I was telling
[local chef and Navarre restaurant owner] John Taboada
about all this and he said, “I
get it Mike, you’ve been trying to re-create all your family parties on a bigger scale.”
The other thing I learned
from an early age is that
we may not all agree about
politics or religion, but we
all pretty much agree on
delicious food. And there’s
a humanizing factor too.
Everyone can relate to one
another over a meal. I’ve
always loved that about
food. It’s a great equalizer.
How has Feast evolved
from year one to the
upcoming fourth edition?
I can definitely say year
one was a startup, all hands
on deck. It was all-life-consuming and it was really
hard. Not to say that it’s
not still challenging working year-round on a four-day
event, but we have a great
team in place. Year one, we
had Emily, a few contractors and whoever we could
find to help us out as volunteers. We now have three
other full-time employees
and a lot more people to
do things. It feels more like
a solid, well-curated team.
We’ve been able to attract
great talent. That’s made all
the difference in the world.
No longer are Carrie and I
and Emily emailing at two in
the morning.
Does Feast have a sunset?
Some things don’t change.
It’s always been well-pro- Delicacies concocted by Portland’s top chefs are displayed for
Photo courtesy Feast Portland
duced—knock on wood— tasting. and we feel pretty good about
… Food festivals right now nity, by an overwhelming
it. But two days after it’s
are a thing. A lot of them majority has been very supover, I wake up in the middle of the night and think, have popped up. Portland, portive of the event. As long
“Omigosh, we’ve got to build by virtue of the city and as we can keep that vibe
it again.” I’m already work- the destination, people want going and keep it interesting.
ing on 2016, engaging spon- to come here. We’ve been Like a restaurant, you want
sors, engaging participants. really lucky. The commu- to change the menu a little,
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“We are like the other great food regions of the world,
Piedmont, Gascony, Normandy, to name a few.”
but you don’t want to lose
the thing that’s made it great.
That’s our challenge. We
want to continue to evolve.
As long as we do that, as
long as we have something
that chefs want to participate
in, I think we have something that will stand the test
of time. But you have to
change. I feel confident that
five years from now, we’ll
still be talking about Feast.
What is it about the
Portland food scene that
makes it such a
big deal?
The first year of Feast,
we had Sean Brock in town
[a James Beard award winner and owner of Husk restaurant in Charleston, S.C.,
among others] and we were
at the Reel M Inn tavern. He
was so impressed that you
could order chicken by the
piece. And he said something to the effect of, “This
town reminds me of why I
started cooking.” And that’s
the magic of Portland: its
enthusiasm for food and lack
of pretense over it. There are
so many people here who
geek out over the details.
You look at Jerry [Huisinga]
at Bar Mingo and his passion
for pasta. You have Steve
Jones [Cheese Bar, Chizu]
and Cathy Whims [Nostrana,
Oven and Shaker, Hamlet].
You have so many personality-driven places.
During the week of Feast,
you could attend maybe one
event, but there are still so
many other places you could
go. It’s like a food festival
in Portland year-round. It’s
just an incredible thing.
Paraphrasing my friend Josh
Ozersky [a food writer and
2014 Portland transplant
who died suddenly earlier
this year], a restaurant town
isn’t judged by its fancy
places, but by the places you
go to on a Tuesday night. On
that level, people eat better
in Portland than anywhere
else in the country. I’ve never
been in a city where there
are so many good neighborhood restaurants.
All this is premised, of
course, on the great ingredients that grow here. When
I was living in New York,
my wife and I would go to
the markets, and they just
don’t have what we have
in Portland. Everything is
just so good—from lettuces
to peaches to truffles, Willamette Valley olive oil even.
We are like the other great
food regions of the world,
Piedmont, Gascony, Normandy, to name a few. All
those places are wonderful.
Their restaurants are wonderful because the chefs are
inspired by local products.
In general, I’ve never lived
anywhere more perfect than
Portland. It’s the scale. It’s
intimate, but expansive.
There are all these intimate
little neighborhoods. We
will continue to see a lot of
development, but I think the
neighborhoods will mostly
stay the same.
What are your five top
choices in Portland right
now?
Bora Bora, the food truck
on Southeast Division out
near Gresham, for its charcoal-grilled chicken. It’s
what I’ve been looking for.
If I’m just going to go eat a
crazy amount of food, I’m
going to Ox. It’s hard to
imagine a better meal. The
salads are great. They have
that skirt steak and halibut. Por Que No? on North
Mississippi, because it’s so
solid and consistent. I love
Navarre because it has such
an eccentric wine list and
I love the quirkiness of it.
On the eve of the fourth annual Feast this month, Mike Thelin is
already thinking ahead to 2016.
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It’s like an old weird friend.
It’s not really a restaurant,
but Pinolo, the new gelato
place on Southeast Division.
I literally walked out of there
and called five people. The
chocolate gelato is the best
chocolate I’ve ever had.
What do you do to relax
and shut out all the
noise?
I go to the parks. Washington Park and the Hoyt
Arboretum or Forest Park
or Tryon Creek. I go with
my wife and hike the trails.
Another great thing about
Portland is that you don’t
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Art in the Pearl
The 19th annual Art in the Pearl Fine
Arts & Crafts Festival will be held
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North Park Blocks. Admission is free.
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The annual Slabtown Festival, featuring history tours
and exhibits, a music stage
and children’s activities, will
be held Saturday, Sept. 19,
11 a.m.-6 p.m., in the Northwest Library parking lot and
McMenamins Tavern & Pool
on Northwest 23rd between
Savier and Thurman streets.
festivals in the nation. Artists from the
United States and Canada will display
works at 130 booths. Other attractions
are a world music stage, food vendors,
and art and craft projects for children
and adults.
Garden Tour
Portland Garden Tour West,
featuring five West Hills gardens, will be held Sunday,
Sept. 13. The event benefits
Ainsworth Elementary School.
Tickets are available at
Zupan’s, Strohecker’s, Cornell
Farms, Ainsworth office or
online at portlandgardentour.
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Oral health workshop
A free one-hour workshop for
older adults, “Get smart about
your mouth,” will be presented Wednesday, Sept. 23, 3:30
p.m., as part of Oral Health
America’s Wisdom Tooth
Project, at Friendly House in
the Pearl, 1542 NW 14th Ave.
Please call 503-228-4391 to
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Making Connections
Portland Pearl Rotary Club
meets every Tuesday at 7:25
a.m. in the Ecotrust Building,
721 NW Ninth Ave., second
floor. The public is invited. A
$10 charge includes breakfast.
For information, contact Randy
Vogt, [email protected] or
503-228-9858.
Lift Urban Portland will host
Making Connections, a benefit
celebrating stories from past
efforts to sustain low-income
residents in Northwest and
Downtown Portland. The
Oregonian columnist David
Sarasohn will emcee the Thursday, Oct. 8 event, which will
include silent and live auctions, catering from Simpatica
and speakers from Slabtown
New Seasons, Oregon Food
Bank and Friendly House. The
event will be held at Castaway
Portland, 1900 NW 18th Ave.,
5:30-8 p.m. For information or
to purchase tickets, visit LiftUrbanPortland.org or call
503-221-1224.
Sept. 8: “Update on Climate
Change,” Chris Robertson.
Sept. 15: “Not Without My
Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile
Walk of the Natchez Trace,”
Andra Watkins.
Sept. 22: “Helping Hands,”
Clay Cooper and others.
Sept. 29: “Saving the Mapuche
language,” Kelly Baur.
Natural resource
discussion
Community Events
Pearl Party
“Using and Preserving Oregon’s
Natural Resources,” a conversation led by Veronica Dujon,
will be presented Thursday,
Oct. 1, 7 p.m., at Friendly
House, 1737 NW 26th Ave. She
will explore Oregonians’ fierce
sense of individuality, associated with vocations such as
logging, fishing, farming and
ranching, in light of the state’s
progressive environmental
policies. A donation of $4 is
suggested.
The 24th annual Pearl Block
Party will be held Friday, Sept.
11, 5-9 p.m., on Northwest
13th Avenue between Hoyt and
Irving streets. There will be live
music, dancing, free food from
Pearl restaurants, beer and wine
and a raffle. Entrance is free,
with a suggested donation for
beer and wine. All donations
underwrite neighborhood programs, such as sidewalk trash
cans, pet waste stations, graffiti abatement, emergency preparedness, a citizen foot patrol
and communications.
Chronic conditions
A six-week workshop, “Living Well with Chronic Conditions,” is offered through
Friendly House Fridays, Sept.
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HIV/AIDS, high blood pressure, depression, heart disease,
chronic pain, anxiety, multiple
sclerosis and fibromyalgia. Preregistration is required.
Call 503-228-4391.
Special meeting on
Block 7 scheduled
A neighborhood input session
regarding potential development
on Block 7 in Goose Hollow will
be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 9, at First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room, 1838
SW Jefferson St.
Mill Creek Residential and the
Multnomah Athletic Club will
share alternatives to the original
proposal, which was withdrawn
in the wake of strong City Council criticism in January.
Kurt Krueger, development
review manager for Portland
Bureau of Transportation, will
explain the review process.
The meeting is co-sponsored
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Left: Aerial in 1935 shows plenty of open
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Above: Current photo from same direction at
Northwest 21st and Raleigh, where a parking lot now occupies the former site of the
Oregon Casket Company’s main building.
Photo by Donald R. Nelson
Slabtown once known for caskets
BY DONALD R. NELSON
Slabtown, as is recalled each September at the Slabtown Community
Festival, was named for the outer
slabs of logs sliced off in the making of lumber, a process repeated at
many sawmills and lumber companies in Northwest Portland.
Slabwood stacks in front of homes
lined the streets to dry and await a
sawyer. Once cut it into smaller sizes,
they were stored in the basements to
burn in fireplaces and stoves.
Another local wood products
business in Slabtown was the Oregon Casket Co., located on a double block between Northwest 21st,
22nd, Raleigh and Savier streets.
Built in 1919-20, the plant received
green lumber from a rail spur on
22nd Avenue. A kiln dried the lumber before it was made into highquality caskets.
Designed by architects Sutton
& Whitney and built by Dinwiddie Construction, it was known for
years as the “largest wooden casket
manufacturer west of the Mississippi,” according to Bill Radakovich,
son of an employee.
“The caskets were really works
of art, and some of them had fancy
nicknames bestowed upon them by
the factory workers,” wrote J. Richard Nokes in 1981. Nokes was editor
of The Oregonian and son of Oregon
Casket employee James A. Nokes.
One model with sculpted sides
was called the Mae West after the
sexy “whyncha come up and see me
sometime” actress of the 1930s.”
operated a rip saw.
Nokes always thought highly of
Oregon Casket Co. for keeping its
employees on the payroll throughout the Depression.
“A lot of the kids went to work
there young, 14 to 15 years old.
Maybe they went to one year of high
school. They had to work to help
out their families. Early on, Joe’s
wages were only $2 a day. There
were no coffee breaks. What they
would do is go in the bathroom and
grab a quick smoke.
“For long stretches, they would
work only three weeks out of four,”
he said, “but at least a paycheck was
coming in.”
Many of Slabtown Croatians
worked at the factory, including
Jack Flabetich, who unloaded wood
from railcars; Tony Paveskovich, a
stockman; Ben Sinovic, a machine
operator; and Joe Radakovich, who
Radakovich’s son Bill recently
told me about his father and the casket company:
“Vacations were one week a year.
Then he would work during his
vacation time for the extra paycheck. Your Christmas bonus was
a $5 bill. By WWII, wages were
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frozen. Joe then made $1.05 per hour. I
remember during the Depression years
people lined up around the block trying
to get a job there. Women worked at the
company in the cloth room cutting silk for
the caskets.”
The growing Consolidated Freightways
Co. purchased the property for $450,000
in 1950 after the casket company, a division of California Casket Co., announced
it was moving its milling operations to
Northern California to be closer its source
for redwood, which was going to be extensively used for their products.
“The move will involve 60 employees,
who will also be transferred,” reported
The Oregonian in 1951. “Employees of
the assembly, sales, distribution and hardwood departments will remain in Portland.”
Joe Radakovich could have taken a transfer in California, but he chose to remain
with his family in Portland and found a
job at Schmitt Steel on Northwest Nicolai
Street.
Consolidated Freightways was later
divided into several companies, including
Con-way, which remains on site. Consolidated Freightways reconfigured the largest
casket company structure into offices for
its executives and office personnel by 1951.
None of the Oregon Casket buildings
stand today. n
2015 Slabtown Community Festival
Saturday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: Northwest Library parking lot, Northwest 23rd and
Thurman, and McMenamins Tavern and Pool, 1716 NW 23rd Ave.
Live Entertainment Schedule
11:30 a.m. The Alphabeticians
12:30 p.m. Red Yarn Puppet Band
1:30 p.m. Steve Cooper
2:30 p.m. The Café Cowboys
3:30 p.m. Leapin’ Louie, the Roping Fool
4:30 p.m. JT Wise Band
History
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Historic Photo Exhibit
Northwest Library parking lot.
11 a.m.- noon Guided Walking Tour
Slabtown Tours’ Tanya Lyn March will take guests to former
site of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition. Tour leaves
from McMenamins Tavern and Pool, 1716 NW 23rd Ave.
Noon -1 p.m. Guided Walking Tour
Historical writer Don Nelson will take guests to Pesky’s
Portland. Leaves from McMenamins Tavern and Pool, 1716
NW 23rd Ave.
1-2 p.m. Slide Show
Richard Thompson presents highlights from his new book
“Slabtown Streetcars.” Show will be by the shuffleboard
tables at McMenamins Tavern and Pool, 1716 NW 23rd Ave.
2 p.m. Show and Tell
Slabtown Photos and Memories - bring yours to share or
just enjoy looking at some on display. Activity at the Library
Community Room, 2300 NW Thurman St.
more
Casket Company employees assembled in
wn. Oregon
this month’s story, is in the second row, fifth
3 p.m. History Presentation
1938. Joe Radakovich, a source for
from left, with his arms crossed.
Donald R. Nelson collection
McMenamins Historian Tim Hills presents a history of
McMenamins Tavern and Pool, 1716 NW 23rd Ave.
Make September
Count
Check out tastings, tours and more at
New Seasons Market Slabtown.
September 12-13, 11am-5pm
NUT BUTTER AND JAM TASTING
This school year, go way beyond PB&J.
We’ll be cracking open every nut
butter in stock.
September 16, 10-11am
NUTRITIONIST PICKS STORE TOUR
Join our nutritionists for this unique tour
highlighting some of our healthiest options. To
register, email [email protected].
September 19-20, 11am-5pm
CHILE FESTIVAL
Sample artisan hot sauces, house-made dishes
featuring local peppers, and a huge range of freshroasted chiles—from mild and sweet to crazy hot.
Come visit us at Slabtown
NW 21ST & RALEIGH
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BUSINESS
"Vivace", continued from page 1
Apartments Northwest LLC
told him his $3,500-a-month
lease was ending and his
rent would jump to $5,500 a
month Sept. 1.
“My jaw dropped to
the floor,” he recalled.
“I couldn’t believe it. …
My first reaction was just
terror.”
He still has trouble coping.
“I haven’t slept well since I
got that letter,” he said. “It’s
totally disrupted my life and
business.”
Oslapas and his then-wife
bought the business in 2005
from its founder, Alex McIntosh, for $140,000, and after
treading water for years, he
had finally reached a sufficient level of profitability
and personal security to buy
a home this summer.
The Southwest Portland
house was to be home for
his children and those of his
brother, who has terminal
cancer, plus his 82-year-old
mother. Now he’s not sure
of anything. Oslapas said
there’s no way he can provide for his extended family
if his rent goes up by $2,000
a month.
The son of Lithuanian
refugees who came to the
United States after World
War II with nothing saw his
American dream unravel
suddenly.
“I made a big mistake,” he
admits.
The lease provided for
two, five-year extensions at
the tenant’s discretion, with
rent increases capped at 2
percent annually. All he had
to do was notify the landlord
by registered mail of plans to
exercise the options.
“I didn’t think of registering the letter,” he said. “It
never crossed my mind.”
The letter had only to
travel nine blocks to Gray’s
office at 23rd and Hoyt, but
Gray said it never got there.
The pair had conversations
after the renewal deadline,
but extending the lease
never came up. Oslapas said
he didn’t bring it up because
he assumed his letter was
received and all was well.
He included a return address
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Tauras Oslapas believes the 1893 Victorian Pettygrove House
is an integral part of Vivace Coffee House’s appeal.
on the envelope, and the letter did not come back to him.
Gray, through his attorney,
said he assumed Oslapas
was closing his business.
That conclusion would
appear peculiar in light of
a number of Oslapas’ recent
business decisions, in which
he:
•A
greed to help pay for
exterior repairs on the
building;
•P
repaid a four-year sidewalk signboard permit;
•M
ade long-needed plumbing improvements in the
basement;
•B
ought space in next year’s
Chinook Book coupon
book.
•A
sked Gray for a list of
contractors to install new
awnings on the patio last
spring and got a $5,000
quote.
•M
ade plans for new sinks
and refrigerators.
Oslapas’ attorney, Phil
Querin, argues that these
actions gave clear signals to
the landlord that he did not
intend to close the business
or leave the location.
Gray says he never got the
letter, and that was that. The
notice of termination he sent
Oslapas later made no offer
to negotiate.
Oslapas knew it was time
to call a lawyer, so he called
Querin, an experienced real
estate attorney recommended by the real estate agent
who sold him his home.
Querin’s attempt to settle the
matter “quietly and amicably” was rebuffed.
That’s when Blumenauer’s
name re-entered the conversation. Over the years,
Oslapas took some comfort
in knowing a prominent
public figure with a good
reputation was—at least
indirectly—investing in his
business.
“I figured I was in a really
safe place having him for a
landlord,” he said.
It was now time to test that
connection. Ready to go public with his story, Oslapas
reached out to the Examiner.
In turn, the Examiner contacted Blumenauer’s office
in Washington, D.C., where
an aide directed all inquiries to Gray as the property
manager.
Blumenauer’s communications director, Nicole Lesperance, offered one comment on topic, saying the
congressman “is not the
majority or primary owner”
of the Vivace property.
In the last week of August,
when Gray did not return
messages from the Examiner, Rick Gustafson, another
investor in 1400 NW 23rd
Ave., also known as the Pettygrove House, talked to this
reporter.
Gustafson, executive vice
president of Shiels Obletz
Johnsen Inc., has vast experience in public and political
affairs. He is the former chief
operating officer and executive director of Portland
Streetcar and was the first
executive officer of Metro.
“It’s most important to
emphasize the congressman
is not the primary owner,”
he told the Examiner, noting
that his share of ownership
is less than 20 percent.
Gustafson surmised that
Blumenauer was mistakenly
listed as primary owner by
the city because his name
comes first on the title due
to alphabetical order.
As for Oslapas staying in
the building, Gustafson said,
“It appears he did not properly handle extension of his
current lease.
“We’re clearly willing to
have him continue there, but
it requires negotiation. But
if he wants to meet about
extending the existing lease,
there isn’t anything to discuss.”
A new lease for less than
$5,500 a month is possible,
but it also wouldn’t remain at
$3,500, said Gustafson, who
considers the lower amount
far below the market.
The longtime political
insider noted that Gray normally handles all management duties for the investment, which is only one of
many involving the pair over
the years.
When the congressman’s
name entered the picture,
however, damage control
apparently became a higher
priority.
“If there’s a legal dispute,
that’s one thing,” Gustafson
said. “If it’s a political dispute, that’s another thing.”
It also raises questions of
business ethics.
Did the landlords incur
extra expense or loss of
opportunity because they
assumed the coffee shop
would be vacating the premises?
What problem would have
been created for the landlords had they asked Oslapas
to supply the information
they expected to receive by
certified mail?
On the other hand, was the
failure to receive a registered
letter seen as an opportunity
for an unearned windfall by
escaping a disadvantageous
lease?
And if the Vivace lease
is truly under market, it
was known when Blumenauer and others bought the
property in 2007, and the
price they paid should have
reflected the obligation to
honor the lease until 2025.
These questions were put
to Gray, who finally responded, “This is a typical business negotiation that occurs
all over town throughout the
year so, respectfully, I’m not
sure why it is any of your
business.” n
Business
ANALYSIS
Food Front elections scheduled Sept. 26
Contested seats not possible
on official slate controlled
by current board
BY ALLAN CLASSEN
A
s in the old Soviet
Union, annual elections at the Food
Front Cooperative Grocery
entail the right to vote for the
official slate of candidates.
Should any member want
to nominate someone from
the floor or select a write-in
candidate for the board, the
answer is clear: nyet.
These democratic alternatives are not allowed at the
co-op, whose name suggests
its 1972 founding vision
of power to the people.
In recent decades, nearly
every mode of membership
accountability has been shed
in favor of central control.
This month, the board will
issue a slate of candidates,
all of whom will be elected because nothing else is
possible. The last contested
election was apparently in
the 1980s, if not earlier.
The annual meeting has
not been announced, and no
mention of it or the 2015
election is on the Food Front
website. After multiple
requests, the Examiner confirmed that it will be held
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2-4 p.m.,
in the parking lot at 2375
NW Thurman St. Ballots
must be mailed to members
at least seven days before the
annual meeting.
At least 200 ballots must
be turned in for a valid election, but even that may not
matter. Former board member Tom Mattox said that
when that threshold wasn’t
reached in 2013, the board
certified the results anyway and members agreed to
appoint each other to oneyear terms if anyone challenged their work-around.
For co-op members concerned about reports of six
straight years of operating
losses (a seventh-year report
has not been released),
widespread worker dissatisfaction leading to formation of a union and projections of unprecedented sales
declines owing to stronger
competition, an election is
the only official avenue for
redirecting the organization.
Given the sham of accountability, the remaining path
to power in the co-op is
by gaining a seat on the
board. Achieving that status
requires satisfying the existing board.
Board member Joy Orevik,
who chaired the 2015 election committee while not
revealing whether she was
running for re-election, was
charged by the NW Examiner
with a conflict of interest for
controlling a slate on which
she could be a candidate.
Board President Linda Jauron-Mills denied any conflict exists because the election committee exerted no
discretion over who would
be on the ballot, serving only
to help candidates complete
their paperwork and ballot
statements.
A recent board aspirant
said that is untrue.
Evan Khaleghi applied
for the board last spring but
received no acknowledgement. He said he was later
told his application had
been lost. Upon resubmitting, he was told his references were inappropriate in
that they weren’t from past
employment supervisors, a
stipulation not on the form
or other materials.
Khaleghi believed he
was getting the runaround
because that standard was
not applied to other accepted applicants.
He was also told his membership dues were in arrears
and he could not be considered until they were brought
up to date. It took another
month to clear up that matter, he said.
Khaleghi concluded that
the whole process was
rigged and nothing he could
do would make a difference.
“What’s the point?” he
asked. “They put up every
hurdle possible.”
As to the assertion that
the board exerts no influence
on candidates, he called that
“BS. They’re definitely turning people away.”
He suspects he was persona non grata because he has
been critical of Food Front
management and because
his wife works for the co-op.
The 2015 slate has not been
announced but was reported
in the Hillsdale News as
Orevik, Dave Hawkins, Jett
Maertz, Eamon Molloy and
Ted Coonfield. Two other
seats are held by people
whose terms expire in 2016
and 2017.
Do any of the five intend
to reform the organization?
Members can speculate, but
it’s no more reliable than the
old Soviet game of “reading
the Kremlin wall” to see who
is in power. n
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 New Businesses
Peddler & Pen
2327 NW Kearney St.
503-477-4380
thepeddlerandpen.com
Matt Freitas and Kim Parmon bring a
literary twist to their bar. They have a
lending library, a chalkboard for writing
poetry and a counter covered with
dictionary pages. Near the door is a
mailbox for anonymous love letters for
patrons to write or leave behind. The menu
continues the theme, with Bard’s Birdie
(sausage, egg, onion, fresh herbs and a
savory sauce in a baked pastry shell) and
Tequila Mockingbird.
Handcrafted cocktails are made with fresh berries and herbs from their garden.
Their best seller so far is fish and chips.
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 Business Briefs
ROBERT BALL of Astor Pacific
LLC has purchased the quarter block
at the corner of Northwest 21st and
Kearney, where he plans to build
a 27-unit apartment building with
ground floor retail. It will have a
classic brick exterior resembling
The American Apartments at 21st
and Johnson and the development
replacing The Gypsy at 21st and
Irving. Ling Garden’s home, 915 NW
21st Ave., will be demolished, and it
is not known if the restaurant will be
part of the new project. Construction
could begin by next spring.
GINA’S CATERING, which
began as Gina’s Café at 915 NW 21st
Ave. in 1984 before moving next
door, moved to the Eastside in May.
JAMISON, the upscale restaurant
by Jamison Square, closed last
month after three years in operation.
An explanation posted on its
Facebook page said, “Our costs
for operation in this space have
exceeded our ability to provide
quality dining at reasonable prices.”
B Squared Wine Bar and Bistro
at 1984 NW Pettygrove St. has
been renamed ABRA BAR AND
RESTAURANT and now serves
Italian food. The coffee shop in
the same building is now called
PIADA X.
ZOOM+, the national system of clinics and health insurance, has opened
its first performance lab, which will specialize in 60-minute annual
examinations to optimize health and fitness. The exams will measure
body composition, brain fitness, neuro-agility, memory, metabolic
performance, strength and response to stress. Nutrition and lifestyle
coaching are also provided. Baseline performance assessments are free to
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Altitude
Mountain
Lifestyle
1202 NW 17th Ave. • 971-373-8118
SkiHood.com/Altitude
Mt. Hood Meadows just opened this apparel
and accessories store. Altitude should not
be confused with being a ski or snowboard
shop, said Mt. Hood Meadows Vice
President of Resort Operations, Jeremy Riss.
“Altitude will carry lines of apparel and
accessories that you will wear and use every
day, not just on your trips to the mountain,”
he said. The store will also sell discounted
lift tickets and answer questions about ski
trips. Wine and beer will be available. The
grand opening is set for Oct. 8 in conjunction
with First Thursday.
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Pacific Wellness
Associates
1308 NW 20th Ave., Suite 111
503-741-9355 • pacwellpdx.com
James Nelson, who has a doctorate from the
Institute of Metaphysical Humanistic Science in
North Port, Fla., uses hypnosis to help patients
break habits, such as smoking and overeating, as
well as recovering from traumatic incidents. He
also has a master’s degree in parapsychology and
lectures on the benefits of hypnosis and guided
meditation. His colleague is Catie Rose, a certified
practitioner of Reiki, a Japanese technique for stress
reduction, relaxation and healing through touch.
She is also a lecturer.
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QUINTANA GALLERIES of
Native American Art, 124 NW
Ninth Ave., closed last month.
Founded in 1972, it was the longestrunning gallery in Portland.
Erik K. Peterson has purchased
PHIL’S UPTOWN MEAT
MARKET at 17 NW 23rd Place.
PORTLAND ARTS BED AND
BREAKFAST in Goose Hollow is
looking for a new location.
MUSE WINE BAR has opened in
the former Seams to Fit location at
2264 NW Raleigh St.
TASTE OF NOB HILL, a
Nob Hill Business Association
promotion, will be held Sept. 1217, featuring tastings from local
restaurants at participating stores
and three-course meals for under
$25 to benefit Friendly House.
The first PEARL DISTRICT
BUSINESS AWARDS will
be presented at a Benson Hotel
luncheon Nov. 2. Nominations for
outstanding businesses in the Pearl
are requested by Sept. 15. Visit
explorethepearl.com/pearl-districtbusiness-awards-nominations.
Demolition permits were granted
for adjacent 1898 houses at 2652
and 2658 NW Thurman St., both
owned by STEPHEN DIXON
and PRISCILLA GOODWIN of
Corbett.
NW PORTLAND
INTERNATIONAL HOSTEL
AND GUEST HOUSE gained
approval for a five-story hostel
building at the corner of Northwest
18th and Glisan from the Historical
Landmarks Commission. It will
have 15 dorms rooms, six private
rooms and a residence for the hostel
owners on the top floor.
MCMENAMINS TAVERN &
POOL, 1716 NW 23rd Ave., will
donate 50 percent of proceeds Sept.
22 after 5 p.m. to Friendly House.
PRESERVE THE PEARL, a
group of residents formed to oppose
the scale of development proposed
on Block 136, the former home
of Pacific Northwest College of
Art between Northwest 12th, 13th,
Irving and Johnson, is supporting an
appeal of the City Council-approved
design to the Oregon Land Use
Board of Appeals. A hearing will be
held Sept. 17 in Salem. Appellants
claim the city failed to meet design
guidelines for the area intended to
have buildings step down in height
closer to the river.
GLYPH CAFÉ & ART SPACE, which opened in early
2014 in ArtHouse, the Pacific Northwest College of Art student
housing building on the North Park Blocks, has closed.
September
NW Neighborhood Small Grants
The Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) and Neighbors
West-Northwest are excited to offer another year of the City of
Portland’s Neighborhood Small Grants Program. We invite neighborhood associations and community-based organizations in
Portland to apply. Applications will be available September 14,
2015 at www.nwnw.org/small-grants-program.
This grant program strives to increase the number and diversity
of people who are involved and engaged in their communities and
neighborhoods; strengthen neighborhood and community capacity; build leadership skills; foster partnerships; and increase community impact on public decisions and community life.
NWNW prefers to fund multiple projects in order to have the greatest community impact. Approximately $23,110 will be awarded
this year. Applications will be reviewed by a committee composed
of neighborhood and community-based organization representatives. Interested in participating on the selection committee? Conby Stan Penkin
Donning their colorful yellow tact [email protected] or 503.823.4265.
vests, nine Friends of the Pearl We look forward to working with organizations that share our
volunteers recently went out on goal of building livable, equitable, and sustainable neighborhoods
their first of regularly scheduled and communities for all.
patrols throughout the Pearl If you are interested in applying, we strongly encourage you to
District. This patrol focused on attend the grant information workshop hosted by NWNW. This
the north end of the district, but session will help answer questions about the application, the comwill be patrolling various areas mittee review process, fund eligibility, and unique priorities for
of the neighborhood on differ- this coalition area.
ent dates.
Launch of Pearl
Foot Patrol
Initiated by Friends of the
Pearl, a subcommittee of the
Pearl District Neighborhood
Association’s Livability and
Safety Committee, the group
has grown to over twenty volunteers.
Patrice Hanson, one
Photo by Dina Avila
of the groups initiators and
leaders, said, “We are thrilled
to get this program going and
are encouraged by the enthusiasm and dedication of the volunteers. This is one small way
in which we can help maintain
the quality and livability of our
neighborhood.”
Mark Wells, Crime Prevention
Coordinator from the City’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI), has led the training and will continue to help
train new volunteers. Mr. Wells
speaks about various criminal and suspicious activities,
reporting procedure and the
critical importance of non confrontation as personal safety is
paramount.
Grant Workshop:
Monday, September 28th, 2015, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Legacy Good Samaritan, Wilcox ACR 102, 2211 NW Marshall
If you can’t attend this workshop, please contact Jen,
[email protected] or 503.823.4265, for information about applying.
Vision Zero Safety Task Force
Mayor Charlie Hales and Transportation Commissioner Steve
Novick were joined by community members and city, state, county and Metro leaders to launch the Vision Zero Safety Task Force.
Task Force members represent a broad coalition of organizations
and agencies devoted to improved transportation infrastructure,
public safety, education and public health. The Vision Zero Task
Force is charged with developing a community action plan to dramatically reduce serious and fatal crashes in Portland.
Pearl
Block
Party
Friday, September 11th
5:00 - 9:00 pm
NW 13th between Hoyt and
Irving
All Pearl residents, workers,
businesspeople, and visitors
are invited to the 24th annual Pearl District Block Party
and Fundraiser. There will
be free food from the Pearl’s
great restaurants and shops,
beer from Rogue Distillery
and Public House, wine, soft
drinks, live music, dancing, a
great raffle, and more.
GHFL Annual Picnic
& Timbers Match
Saturday, September 12th
6:00 pm
Providence Park, entrance
by Sports Care Center, 909
SW 18th Ave
The first 100 GHFL members
to show up will receive a ticket to the game, food, and two
drink tickets. To become a
member go to NWNW.org/
get-involved/join-now/
Streetcar A/B Loops
open Sept 12th
This fall, the Portland Streetcar
expands service on both sides
of the river. The Central Loop
will become two new lines: the
A Loop (running clockwise)
and B Loop (running counter-closkwise). When the new
routes open on September 12th,
they will carry riders between
Portland’s East and West sides
and connect many popular destinations (Pearl District, PSU,
OMSI and the Lloyd District)
via the new Tilikum Crossing.
Along with other improvements
in service, the new routes are
making the Streetcar an even
better way to get around town.
More detailed information
about neighborhood safety can
be found at portlandoregon.
gov/oni/cp
About Vision Zero: an innovative transportation safety initiative
that sets the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries
from the transportation system. Vision Zero rejects the notion
that traffic crashes are simply “accidents” but instead preventable
Those interested in participat- incidents that can and must be systematically addressed. In July,
ing should email Livability@ the Portland City Council voted unanimously to adopt Vision
pearldistrict.org (must be at Zero’s goal that no loss of life is acceptable on city streets as official
City policy. www.visionzeroportland.com
least 18)
Neighborhood columns are the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Neighbors West-Northwest
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September
2015
Forest Park
Neighborhood
Association
www.arlingtonheightspdx.org
Goose Hollow
Foothills
League
www.forestparkneighbors.org
BOARD MEETING
Tues., Sept. 15th, 7:00 pm
Willis Community Center
360 NW Greenleaf
ANNUAL MEETING
Mon., Sept. 14th, 6:00 pm
Sylvan Fire Station
115 SW Skyline Blvd
northwestdistrictassociation.org
www.linnton.com
BOARD MEETING
Mon., Sept. 21st, 6:00 pm
(LGS) Northrup, 2282 NW
Northrup
TOWN MEETING &
BOARD MEETING
Weds., Nov. 4th
7:00 pm
Linnton Community Center,
10614 NW St. Helens Rd
Executive Committee
Weds., Sept. 9th & Oct. 7th
8:00 am
NWNW Office, 2257 NW Raleigh
Linnton Day of Stewardship
Sat., Oct. 17th, 9:00 am
NW St. Helens Rd at 105th
Air Quality Committee
Silver Cloud Inn, Breakfast Rm
NW 24th Place & Vaughn St
Planning Committee
Thurs., Sept. 10th, 17th, 24th, Oct.
1st, & 8th, 8:00 am
CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh
Call to confirm, 503.823.4212
Public Safety & Livability Comm.
LGS, Wilcox B, 2211 NW Marshall
www.nwindustrial.org
NINA MEETING
Tues., Sept. 8th, 7:00 am
Holiday Inn Express
2333 NW Vaughn
Transportation Committee
Weds., Oct. 7th, 6:00 pm
LGS, Wilcox A, 2211 NW Marshall
2nd Saturday Clean-up
Sat., Sept. 12th, 9:00 am
Food Front Co-op
2375 NW Thurman
3rd Saturday Clean-up
Elephants Deli, 115 NW 22nd
Slabtown Community Festival
NW Library, NW Thurman & 23rd
www.portlanddowntownna.com
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP &
BOARD MEETING
Tues., Sept. 22nd, 5:30 pm
Meals on Wheels Elm Court
1032 SW Main St
Land Use & Transport. Comm.
Mon., Sept. 21st, 5:30 pm
1900 Building, Room 2500 B
1900 SW 4th
Public Safety Action Committee
Weds., Sept. 9th, 12:00 pm
Portland Building, Room B
1120 SW 5th Ave
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
Thurs., Sept. 17th, 7:00 pm
Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon St
Public Safety, Parking,
and Transportation Committee
First United Methodist Church
1838 SW Jefferson
Ad hoc Duty of Loyalty
Committee
The Legends Condominiums
1132 SW 19th Ave
www.sylvanhighlands.org
MEMBERSHIP & BOARD
MEETING
Sylvan Fire Station
1715 SW Skyline Blvd
BOARD MEETING
Weds., Sept. 9th, 11:30 am
University of Oregon, Room 150
70 NW Couch
BOARD MEETING
PREM Group, 351 NW 12th Ave
Art History and Culture Comm.
Weds., Sept. 23rd, 11:30 am
Non Profit Center, 221 NW 2nd
Ave 2nd floor front conf room
Business Committee
Thurs., Sept. 24th, 10:00 am
Davis Street Tavern, 500 NW Davis
Land Use Design & Review
Comm.
Tues., Sept. 15th, 11:30 am
University of Oregon, Room 152
70 NW Couch
Hospitality Subcommittee
Location TBA
Executive Committee
Weds., Oct. 7th, 9:00 am
Urban Grind, 911 NW 14th
Livability & Safety Committee
Weds., Oct. 7th, 5:30 pm
Portland Center Stage
128 NW 11th Ave
Planning & Transportation
Comm.
Tues., Sept. 15th & Oct. 6th
6:00 pm
PREM Group, 351 NW 12th
Communications Committee
Tues., Sept. 22nd, 6:00 pm
LRS Architects
720 NW Davis, Ste 300
Emergency Preparedness Comm.
Ecotrust Bldg, 2nd Floor
907 NW Irving
Transportation & Mobility Comm.
Oct.
University of Oregon
70 NW Couch
Nob Hill
Business Association
[email protected]
Grant Workshop
LGS, Wilcox ACR 102
2211 NW Marshall
Find calendar updates at: nwnw.org/Calendar
BOARD MEETING
Tues., Oct. 5th, 12:30 pm
Forest Heights HOA Office
2033 NW Miller Rd
ANNUAL MEETING
Irving Street Kitchen
701 NW 13th
www.nwnw.org
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Contact: Charlie Clark, 503.459.3610
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MTG
Weds., Oct. 7th, 11:30 am
Central City Concern
232 NW 6th Ave
Livability & Public Safety Comm.
Oregon College of Oriental
Medicine, 75 NW Couch St
E-Prep Work Group
Weds., Sept 23rd, 5:00 pm
LGS, Northrup Building
2282 NW Northrup
BOARD MEETING
Hillside Community Center
653 NW Culpepper Terr
To cover the graffiti on the water tank atop Centennial Mills, neighborhood volunteers with Friendly Streets have made the city a challenge:
let a painting contractor with their organization take advantage of a
cranewww.oldtownchinatown.org
that will be onsite during partial demolitionwww.pearldistrict.org
of the mill complex.
Neighbors West-Northwest Coalition
BOARD MEETING
Weds., Sept. 9th, 5:30 pm
LGS, Northrup Building
2282 NW Northrup
www.hillsidena.org
Planning & Zoning Committee
First United Methodist Church
1838 SW Jefferson
Northwest
District
Association
Linnton
Neighborhood
Association
www.goosehollow.org
Hillside
Neighborhood
Association
GENERAL MEETING
Weds., Sept. 16th, 8:30 am
Holiday Inn Express
2333 NW Vaughn

Snapshots
NEWS
BUSINESS
No place for elephants
Continued from page 1
out his logic in a letter to Metro
and Interim Zoo Director Teri
Dresler.
“The Oregon Zoo’s elephants
have long been plagued with
chronic arthritis and infection of their feet, which has
often led to euthanasia. ... In
his chapter on foot disorders
in ‘The Biology, Medicine, and
at Lovejoy Clinic last month displays his allegiance to God,
Surgery of Anti-abortion
Elephants,’ Dr.protester
Murlife
and
guns.
Participants
in a national evangelism conference held at Beaverton
ray E. Fowler, the world authorGrace
Bible
Church
beefed
up
the
picket lines for four days. Photo by Wesley Mahan
ity on zoo and wildlife medicine, noted that a study of 379
zoo elephants found that 50
percent were affected with foot
disorders.
“To address this problem,
the Oregon Zoo hosted the First
North American Conference on
Elephant Foot Care and Pathology in March 1998. In the book I
edited based on the conference
proceedings (“The Elephant’s
Foot,” Iowa State University
Press), Dr. Fowler wrote:
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cope with the cascading disorders. Endless research on more
forgiving surfaces, including
one at the Oregon Zoo testing rubber, has been conducted
without finding the magic formula.
The answer is more exercise,
the thing that keeps wild elephants’ feet in form. Elephants
in the wild may walk 10 or 20
miles a day as they forage, typically for shrubs, grass, leaves
and twigs. While an elephant
in captivity could theoretically
pace around its enclosure nonstop
trackShawn
up mileage,
Linnton residents and volunteers Rob
Leeto(L-R),
Looneythey
tend
not
to
move
without
a purand Jane Hartline free the old St. Helens Highway bridge from
ivy.
pose,
and
in
the
wild
that
Photo: West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation Districtpurpose is finding enough to eat.
Oregon Zoo head elephant
keeper Bob Lee told the Examiner that space isn’t a problem for captive elephants, and
even when they have broader
expanses to roam they tend to
hang around in one spot.
Samubra, left to mingle with the female herd during the Examiner photo shoot last month mounted one
of them, raising a question about unrestricted sexual access and potential inbreeding. “We determine
when to put the animals together to promote social interactions. Regular access is not intended to
imply unrestricted access," said the zoo’s head elephant keeper, Bob Lee.
(A spot near their source of
food deliveries, no doubt.)
Recreating the natural elephant environment involves
not only hundreds or thou“It is the author’s opinion from standing in their own of pumping blood back to the walk enough suffers from a sands of acres but vast, replenthat irresolvable foot infection excreta are major contributors heart of a 6-ton, 10-foot-tall fluid build-up in its extremi- ishing plant life. Needless to
and arthritis are the major rea- to elephant foot problems.”
beast. Pushing blood upwards ties that leads to infections in say, no urban zoo can approach
sons for euthanizing elephants.
is a challenge, and for that pur- addition to overgrown nails these prerequisites. Expanding
Graffiti covers the water tank atop Centennial Mills, and Kendra Petersen-Morgan of Portland Parks & Recreationthe
is part
of aZoo
team
beginning
Oregon
elephant
facilpose elephants have thick pads and other serious maladies of
“The conference
concluded
Neighborhood
volunteers
with Friendly Streets have made the above
city the
ansoles
herbicide
program
to
control
English
ivy,
English
holly,
laurel
and
other
invasive
ity
fourfold
is
a
step
in
the
right
of their feet that the feet.
thata ‘lack
of
exercise,
long
hours
The
quandary
begins
with
direction,
but
only
a
small
one.
challenge: let a painting contractor with their organization take plant species in 155 acres in the Balch Creek watershed of Forest Park. The program
standing on hard substrates the anatomy of an elephant compress and expand to create
Elephants in zoos receive
advantage of a crane that will be onsite during partial demolition is supported by a grant from Metro Nature in Neighborhoods.
Physical removal
alone▶
“Elephants
really don’t
and contamination resulting and the particular challenge a pumping action. A standing almost daily foot treatments to
of the mill complex to cover the graffiti.
over
20doesn’t
years has proved inadequate, she said.
elephant
or the
onelast
that
Continued on page 8
Feet are pumps
personal injury
wrongful death
medical malpractice
product liability
fix
clean
restore
connect
apply now
Have an idea to make your Northwest Portland
neighborhood greener, cleaner, safer and
healthier? Apply now for a Metro grant. The
total award amount available this year is
approximately $100,000.
Application deadline
4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, 2014
For more information, contact Heather
Nelson Kent at 503-797-1739 or
[email protected]
www.oregonmetro.gov/grants
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Classic and Contemporary Tile & Stone
Retail Showroom, Factory & Outlet Store
1201 SE 3rd Ave, Portland
Monday - Friday 9 - 5
Saturday 10 - 2
503-231-9464
www.prattandlarson-or.com
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