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A fund drive to under-write a pedestrian bridge connecting

the Wildwood Trail above West Burnside Street is halfway to its $2.5 million goal.

Charlie Swindells, chair of the capital campaign for the Portland Parks Founda-tion, says the 180-foot-span with decorative elements

reminiscent of ferns along the Wildwood Trail, could become as iconic as the Benson bubblers.

Appearances aside, the bridge is critical to safety. City data show 51 crashes in the last decade, includ-ing 21 “lane departure” crashes, one fatality and two serious injuries, as runners and pedestrians attempt to cross three lanes of speeding traffic.

The problem is hardly a secret. A description of the trails between the Hoyt Arboretum and Pittock Mansion on the privately owned tourism website Ore-gon.com puts it like this: “the [Wildwood] path cross-es Burnside Street—a busy, frightening highway you’ll have to cross at a run.”

The campaign to mend the most significant break in the 30-mile Wildwood

Trail—the crown jewel of the city’s renowned 40-mile “Intertwine” trail system—is in its home stretch. Two decades after a 1996 city study yielded thoughtful plans but no funding, this fundraising campaign has emerged from its “quiet phase,” Swindells said.

More than 60 individuals and a dozen foundations, boosted by a half-million in city dollars, have gen-

erated $1.3 million for the project.

“We’re putting together a project team with the inten-tion of bringing the project to the 30 percent design completion stage by late this year or early 2017,” Parks Foundation Execu-tive Director Jeff Anderson said. “We feel like we’re about halfway there. This

Community resistance broadens, gains traction at City Hall

By allan claSSen

Many locals have strong feelings about the pro-posed homeless shelter

at Terminal 1. So far, the parti-sans have mostly talked past each other: one type of comments in private or online; another, at pub-lic events.

And the neighborhood asso-ciation that serves as the city’s official citizen input system has treated the whole matter as radio-active, unwilling to host a forum and putting off the broader ques-tion of whether a facility for the homeless here is a good idea.

The Northwest District Associ-ation turned down a request from Oregon Harbor of Hope origi-nator Homer Williams to host a forum in September. So Williams and his team of consultants and volunteers scheduled their own

Terminal 1 shelter stirs reactions, but making sense of them a harder task

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Developer holds firm to pile-driving decision

Neighbors and young students say no to pile driving between the Fields Park and kindergarten classes. Photo by Julie Keefe

Bridge over Burnside

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Wildwood Trail hikers wait for a break in traffic along West Burnside Street. Bruce Forster Photography

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Fish opposes shelterCommissioner Amanda Fritz and I voted against a proposed “mass shelter” for Terminal 1 North [“Terminal 1 a good place to start,” September].

Why? Because it’s a bad idea.

We should not warehouse vulner-able people in an active industri-al site. The shelter is flatly pro-hibited under the just-adopted Comprehensive Plan. Developer Homer Williams offered no plan and no funding to support his vision. And we were in the pro-

cess of selling T-1 to an industrial user for the benefit of our rate-payers.

In your story, “The Big Plan,” you quote Mr. Williams to the effect that if I have a “better plan,” I should share it.

Here goes:

First, continue to support a policy of “housing first.” We need more homes, not dead-end shelter beds.

Second, continue to site small-er, more humane shelters in our neighborhoods—not hidden in unsafe industrial districts.

Third, support the housing bond on the November ballot. I have been helping to lead this grass-roots campaign, which will improve the lives of thousands of vulnerable children and adults.

Opposition to a mass shelter at T-1 is broad and deep. At our council hearing, we heard a chorus of concern from homeless advocates, business leaders, environmental-ists, neighborhoods and utility watchdogs. Council’s action has also sparked at least two lawsuits, and the recent Land Use Board of Appeals decision blocking the

relocation of R2D2 to an industri-al district on the east side casts a big shadow over T-1.

It’s time to take T-1 off the table.

I applaud Mr. Williams for step-ping up to address the housing emergency. If he can raise the $40 million-$60 million dollars of pri-vate funds to support his vision, then the city should help him find an appropriate location.

Nick FishPortland City Commissioner

Hoyt Street Properties, in explaining its plans for impact-hammer pile driv-

ing on its next construction proj-ect, struck a jarring note. The developer advised neighbors that hammering piles was the only way it could erect high-rise condomini-ums rather than rental apartments.

Condominiums, the letter claimed, are “a better choice for the neighborhood,” even though they represent greater risk and lower profit margins for the developer.

In order to achieve this lofty social goal, neighbors of all income levels will have to endure “short-term noise and inconvenience for the long-term benefit of not having yet another for-rent project.”

That means nearby residents, many of them tenants in subsi-dized apartments, must put up with perhaps three months of ear-splitting noise to keep people of their ilk from moving into the neighborhood. Such are the sac-rifices expected of unwitting citi-zens in order to usher in this brave new world of luxury high-rises.

Will a 21-story condominium tower next to The Fields Park ben-efit the neighborhood?

With units selling for an average price approaching $1 million (prices for HSP’s last high rise ranged from $400,000 to $3.8 million), it will drive up property values, a boon to property owners and those who already own condos in the area.

But Portland’s soaring real estate prices are at the heart of the city’s

officially designated crisis and its No. 1 problem—housing inafford-ability. When land values go up, it becomes more difficult to build any kind of housing that aver-age-income people can afford. It also makes generation of subsi-dized housing more taxing and less likely to be built in adequate quantity.

Luxury housing also exacerbates income inequality. While condo owners gain unearned income through real estate appreciation, renters find it ever harder to keep up with rising rents, never mind making the leap into homeowner-ship. This may be an inevitable fact of economics, but one should hardly frame it as a social benefit.

So why did HSP make what it knew would be an unpopular deci-sion? Augering would cost more, the letter said, a difference so great the entire project might be infeasible.

Though the letter did not quan-tify the cost, an HSP construction manager said earlier that it cost the company $500,000 to auger the Cosmopolitan on the Park. Assum-ing similar costs, that would come to $3,333 for each of the 150 units in the Block 20 building, dubbed Vista Pearl. Even if that reflects the extra cost over hammered piles and not the total cost of setting foundations, it is a small matter in calculating the total cost per unit—adding a third of 1 percent. One Pearl condo owner estimated that

buyers typically spend three times that much on window shades. In other words; not a deal breaker.

Since HSP last used the ham-mer two years ago on Block 17, 12 consecutive Pearl developers have weighed the economic, technical and social factors and concluded that the quiet auger-cast method was preferable.

We now have the added fac-tor of kindergarten children who attend classes one block away in The Ramona Apartments and go to recess directly across the street from Block 20.

HSP needs to get with the times and accept the responsibility of being a good neighbor, for the chil-dren if no one else.

Look at it this way: The last homeowner on the block to use a noisy two-stroke leaf blower earns no respect. When that homeowner is also the richest person on the block, it’s unseemly.

Does Hoyt Street Properties want to be known as the last builder in the Pearl, the district it virtually created and still dominates, to get away with an obnoxious, outdated technology to save a few bucks?

They might need to reconsider their motto for the Pearl: “Icon of life well-lived.”

I might suggest: “Saving dimes for millionaires at the expense of children and common folk.”

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Petter J. MoePetter Johan Moe, a longtime West Hills resident and interior designer, died June 6 at age 82. He was born Aug. 22, 1933, in Ankenes, Nor-way, and received a master’s degree in

architecture in Denmark. He married Lise, and they moved to Portland, where he founded Petter Moe Interi-ors in 1968. He operated from his home in Portland Heights before dis-solving the business in 1997. He was a longtime member of Rotary Interna-tional and hosted many Rotary schol-arship recipients from around the

world. He donated nine gallons of blood to Red Cross over the years. He was president of Norse Hall/ Grieg Lodge. He is survived by his chil-dren, Anniken, Tine and Marcus; and one grandchild.

Susan HawkinsSusan Hawkins, a resident of North-west Pettygrove Street, died Sept 2 at age 69. She was born in Detroit Nov. 6, 1946, and grew up in Clacka-mas. She received a bachelor’s degree from Portland State University and a doctorate in English literature from the University of Oregon. She taught English for more than 25 years at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., serving as department chair her last five years. She retired in 2012 and moved to Portland to join her partner, Jay Margulies. She is survived by Margulies; stepchildren; and five grandchildren.

William A. WheelerWilliam Allen Wheeler, who lived in Northwest Port-land as a child and returned when he was an adult, died Aug. 30 at age 62 in Grants Pass after a

long illness. Wheeler was born March 2, 1954, and his family moved to Northwest Saltzman Road when he

was 3. He was in the first graduating class at Metropolitan Learning Cen-ter. He lived in Goose Hollow and the Northwest District as an adult. He his survived by his mother, Sylvia Wheeler; his sisters, Liza Rodenburg, Margaret Peters and Julia Yackley. The family asks that any donations be made to local charities helping the homeless and mentally ill.

Donald R. HolmanDonald Reid Hol-man, a member of the Multnomah Ath-letic Club and The Racquet Club, died Sept. 15 at age 86. He was born in Astoria Jan. 30, 1930, and the family

moved to Southeast Portland in the 1930s. He attended Franklin High School and graduated from the Uni-versity of Washington in 1951. He served on a destroyer during the Korean War. He attended the Univer-sity of Oregon and University of Washington law schools. In 1956, he married Sue Morris. In 1958, he joined what is now the Miller, Nash, Dunn & Graham law firm, where he became the firm’s first managing partner. He is survived by his sons, Donald Jr. and Doug; daughter, Laura O’Brien; brother, Bill; and 11 grand-children. His wife predeceased him in 2014.

Death NoticesBert R. “Dick” Brown, 92, attended Lincoln High School.

Ann C. (Ellis) Haman, 83, attended Couch Elementary School.

Florence Norris Later, 86, taught at Catlin Gabel School 1967-92.

Betty A. (Schild) Milbrant, 80, worked for Consolidated Freightways 35 years.

Elva D. (Rigney) Myers, 97, former resident of Guilds Lake area.

Catherine (Petrusich) Nollette, 96, docent at the Japanese Garden.

Eileen A. (Osko) Rosholt, 78, 1959 graduate of Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing.

Lynn Thompson Roy, 77, 1956 grad-uate of Lincoln High School.

Louise Klemperer Sather, 77, taught at Oregon School of Art and Craft.

Roger “Rip” Van Winkle, 83, mem-ber of the Multnomah Athletic Club.

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Alex Schay and his guide dog, Clifton, cross a bridge on Lower Macleay Trail on their way to their real mission—hiking the entire length of the Wildwood Trail. Photo by Wesley Mahan

Human services Please, let’s get these people off the streets and give them some human services, some place to go the bath-room, for God’s sake. Most of these people are in trouble because life has kicked them in the butt for unknown reasons.

How can people here on the water-front not notice that two blocks south of there are people existing like unwanted animals.? Termi-nal 1 would allow us to organize needs, services, etc.

Farralee FullerNW 16th Ave.

Jury is outRegarding the September 2016 col-umn on the Terminal 1, there is specific data contrary to some of your assertions:

1. “San Antonio and Salt Lake City are the two cities having some suc-cess in addressing rampant home-lessness.”

2. “A large centralized facility seems like the most humane and efficient way to meet the challenge.”

Let’s look at measurable outcomes in San Antonio. Haven for Hope is the large shelter/treatment facility that is the model proposed for a comprehensive campus at Termi-nal 1. (This data comes from Haven for Hope’s own publications and news articles.)

The San Antonio homeless count was 3,580 in 2010, the year Haven for Hope opened.

The homeless count was 2,904 in 2014, a drop of 19 percent over the span of five years. Nearly $200 million had been spent by this point. About 4,000 moved on from staying in the Courtyard to some form of housing and supportive services.

Yet in the same year, they count-ed only 2,000 as “transformation-al graduates,” “those who have exited to permanent housing and after one year stayed sober and not slipped back into homelessness.”

So what is their real success rate? Do we have solid information to show that San Antonio’s approach is more successful than some of the long-term projects here in Portland?

I have pored through their annu-al reports, noted the absence of peer reviewed publications on their project and read newspaper articles on the Haven for Hope. I have simply not been able to find published audited or unau-dited outcomes measurements or comparisons with other treatment approaches. In other words, the jury is out as to success and as to relative effectiveness of their experimental concept.

Jonathan BlattNW Riverscape St.

Dehumanizing planAs a longtime defender of the industrial sanctuary of Northwest Portland, I am surprised at your 180-degree turn regarding the pro-posed transformation of Terminal 1 into a homeless shelter.

The rationale for spending upward of $100 million on another Homer Williams concept seems impracti-cal and unfundable.

We do have a homeless problem,

but should it not be vetted by Port-land citizens who for a variety of reasons have been displaced? Our first obligation is to these individ-uals and families who I believe at one time or even now are or were taxpaying contributing members of our community. Whether through no fault of their own, abuse or addiction, they are our own, and we have an obligation to continue to serve them.

We also have a growing popula-tion of interlopers who have come into our city with the knowledge that this is the land of “milk and honey.” To them, a return bus ticket is the best we can do or should do, considering our limited resources should be for our citi-zens alone.

Now we have the fix-all in the form of T-1. How dehumanizing. To crate our citizens in a ware-house that has no existing capa-bilities to offer a refuge to families in need. I would suspect a strong majority would opt to camp out on the street.

I also challenge Salt Lake City and San Antonio as success stories. San Antonio’s Haven of Hope has very limited use and extremely high cost, even after a number of years on the books.

Wapato Jail is “doors open” ready today and is the effective option, especially after the closure of the Springwater Trail. We could run 24/7 bus service from there into the core area for existing and needed services within Portland for years at a fraction of the cost of the per-mits and the “grand plan.”

Jim PriceEmerson Hardwood Group

NW Front Ave.

No freedomSo far, the Harbor of Hope web-site says absolutely nothing about autonomy or freedom, and it seems to confuse accountability with sub-servience. There are many home-less who can abide by safety/respect rules who are currently being treat-ed like prisoners in missions or being criminalized outside because of the few bad apples or just because people don’t like their presence.

Being without property is not a crime, and natural rights super-sede constitutional based property rights.

If this place is going to be funda-mentally any different than chari-ty-based missions, it should charge rent, have secured access and prescreening. These things help assure autonomy and individual accountability are upheld. In mis-sions, anyone can enter with lim-ited accountability or screening. The end result is everyone pays the price of a few bad apples; full-grown adults are given 7 p.m. cur-fews, disrespected, told to shut up or lie still and wait until 6 a.m. to be kicked out. They are also kicked out if they cannot abide by this.

Missions also lack an incentive to respect individual autonomy and human dignity, as they sustain themselves off people who never have to endure their treatment.

There are hundreds of homeless day laborers in Portland. Many oth-ers get checks but will tell you that $800 is not enough to get their own place, transportation and food. Peo-

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The August NW Examin-er featured Alex Schay, a Southeast Portland resident

and business operator who regu-larly hikes in Forest Park. Schay explained why the introduction of mountain bikers to pedestrian-only paths such as the Wildwood Trail would create hardships for blind hikers, such as himself, who would be in danger of being struck or driven from the trail.

Last month, Schay accomplished a longtime goal of walking the entire length of the trail. This is his story:

“On Sept. 4 and 5, my guide dog, Clifton, and I made a suc-cessful independent hike of Forest Park’s Wildwood Trail. We began at the Vietnam War Memorial near the Oregon Zoo on Sunday morn-ing, and came out at Northwest Newberry Road near Sauvie Island Monday afternoon. At just over 30 miles in length, the Wildwood Trail is the longest contiguous urban trail in the United States, crossing numerous watersheds.

“Many tools and techniques enabled a successful hike. First, I used textual descriptions about

the Wildwood Trail, taken from Marcy Cottrell Houle’s book, “One City’s Wilderness,” to get a general understanding of the trail, as well as an understanding of some of the trail crossings and connections. Thank you to Marcy.

“Mike Yamada from the Ore-gon Commission for the Blind may also be gratified to learn that BlindSquare, a GPS-based app that helps blind people navigate and understand their surroundings, may be used to determine the prox-imity of various trail crossings in Forest Park. BlindSquare can also announce upcoming trail cross-ings, which can be quite helpful.

“I was also able to consult with other hikers to confirm that I was on the right track or to get back on track. And of course, Clifton did an amazing job focusing on details, like washed-out bridges or sections of trail, overhangs, and roots and rocks too numerous to mention.

“I am revising Marcy’s textual description of the Wildwood Trail so that it can be an even more effec-tive tool for blind hikers, giving more blind people access to Port-land’s remarkable Forest Park.”

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ple need options, not help. Three or four broke people can be housed in the same space as one well-off person, and the same money can be made by recognizing that for some, privacy is disposable, even if only on a transitional basis.

Wayne WignesSW Broadway

Pile driving puzzlingThe Pearl District community is rightfully dismayed by Hoyt Street Property’s announcement that they will utilize the intrusive impact-hammer pile driving meth-od, with a four-month timeline, for its upcoming project adjacent to The Fields Park.

It is well known that noise and vibration from the incessant ham-mering of pile driving is harmful to health and well being. In the past, people lived with this daily assault on everyday life because it was the commonly accepted method. Today, there are quieter, nonintru-sive methods to set piles, such as the auger cast, which was success-fully utilized after much citizen advocacy by the last 13 projects in the Pearl, including Hoyt Street’s own Cosmopolitan.

Decibel levels as high as a harmful 110, which was recorded two years ago during work on the nearby Block 17 project (the last to use the impact hammer), can have severe effects on hearing, especially chil-dren. With the Pearl’s growth, far more people are negatively impact-ed by this method, including the 100 Chapman Elementary students with classes nearby who recess daily at the park.

Last fall, Commissioner Aman-da Fritz convened a Noise Task Force to review the city’s noise ordinance. While a minor change was made, the board disappoint-ingly rejected the more significant changes ultimately proposed by the commissioner, most specifical-ly to limiting-impact hammer pile

driving across the city.

Members of the Pearl District community are puzzled and dis-appointed by Hoyt Street’s return to the antiquated impact hammer, which appears to be financially motivated at the expense of being a good neighbor. While the auger cast might create additional expense, it would represent a tiny percent-age of construction cost. This cost must be considered relative to the cost to the health and well being of all who live, learn, work and play in our neighborhood.

Stanley PenkinNW Northrup St.

Fears bikes on trailsFrank Selker stated in his letter [“Fear of bikes,” September] to this paper, “No pedestrian would have to encounter a bike on a trail.” Unless either bikes or pedestrians are using a trail exclusively, it is impossible that they not encounter one another. So, is Mr. Selker say-ing some trails would be exclusive to bikes, thereby removing pedes-trians from their use?

Further, single track usually means narrow trails, one bike wide, from which one can intuit “one way.” Now, how does a bike get back to where it entered the park, if a trail is one way? Is it by magic, or are more trails needed to complete loops? And what trail would pro-vide part of a long loop with Leif Erikson? Why, the Wildwood trail would, the jewel in the Forest Park crown. And a couple of side trails, of course, to complete the loop.

Bikes currently have access to Leif Erikson Drive and to some of the fire lanes. That’s a lot. Adding the Wildwood Trail and side trails leaves very little to pedestrians. I’m reminded of the history of the last century and am very afraid.

Kathryn MidsonNW 24th Place

Anti-bike biasHere we go again with a one-two punch at bikers and bikes in succes-sive editions. Last month, we had another installment of the seeming-ly endless arguments against bikers in Forest Park, and this month we have an editorial bemoaning the fact that the new bike share racks take up precious parking space in Northwest Portland.

Forest Park is 5,000 acres and there is plenty of room for both bikers and hikers in the park. I agree that bikers should stay off hiking-only trails, and the vast majority do.

Developing some bike-only trails would be one solution and would help discourage encroachment on the hiking trails.

Incidentally, I was recently bitten by an off-leash dog while riding on Saltzman in the park, but I don’t hear any groaning about all the dogs that run off leash in the park.

As far as the bike share, this is one example of the city actually trying to encourage people to use bikes and give those without a car the opportunity to get around town more quickly and healthily.

It seems to me that the editor clear-ly has an anti-bike bias and needs to remember that he lives in a city and has a readership with many avid bikers who are responsible riders.

Thilo WeissflogNW Marshall St.

Streetcar stops lostI enjoyed reading your story in the Examiner about BIKETOWN [“BIKETOWN stations bump bike corrals, auto parking,” September].

One thing that I did not see (read) was about how many of the Port-land Streetcar stops were taken off line to incorporate a BIKETOWN area. I have not seen the entire route, but it looks like at least three stops have been converted over to BIKETOWN holding areas that I have seen. Are there more? And what has the city or TriMet (Portland Streetcar) said about the conversion?

Love the NW Examiner.

Michael GannGann Bros. Printing

NW Johnson St.

Editor’s note: The Portland Street-car stops were closed last spring for a different reason: to reduce delays in streetcar service. BIKE-TOWN took advantage of these abandoned streetcar platforms, but it was not the impetus for clos-ing them.

A trail in Forest Park. Photo by Jon Roberts

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Each session drew about 50 peo-ple, fewer than most anticipated. The attendees were predominant-ly polite and supportive of the concept. One man spoke out of turn to ask how much the project might cost, but far more signed up as volunteers to help the facility succeed.

It was nothing like a forum on homeless issues sponsored by the coalition of 12 inner West-side neighborhood associations in April. That session broke down as angry citizens vented their frustra-tion with the homeless situation and railed against city hall and meeting organizers.

“They had tried to get us to lead the discussion, and I’m not sure it’s in our purview to fix the homelessness situation,” said past NWDA President Tavo Cruz. “They tried to put us in that spot, but we said no.”

“If we take a position, whatever it is, it will be unpopular,” NWDA board member Ron Walters said.

Williams and Don Mazziotti, director of Harbor of Hope, found their ideas unpopular in July, when they presented preliminary plans to the Northwest Industrial Neighborhood Association.

“I have absolute disdain for this project,” said Jim Tsoumas, who has several businesses on North-west 30th Avenue. “It’s the dumb-est thing I’ve seen the city do.”

The forums, however, went smoothly.

“We only heard three negative comments, which surprised us,” Mazziotti told the Examiner. “The comment we got most often was, ‘I want to volunteer.’

“The difference may be that when people really learn what this is about and learn there won’t be 600 renegades on the first day,” skepticism diminishes, he said.

Harbor of Hope plans to start with 100 beds, and all occupants must go through a screening pro-cess overseen by Union Gospel Mission and Right2DreamToo.

Food, showers, laundry facilities and transportation will be provid-ed, Mazziotti said.

If the shelter can serve 100 suc-cessfully without harming the surrounding neighborhood, it will expand in stages to about 400 beds, he said. Job training and treatment services will be added.

“Security staff will be on site 24/7,” he said, and the Central Pre-cinct commander is prepared to respond as necessary.

City support iffyCity Council support for the Ter-

minal 1 shelter is uncertain. Com-missioner Steve Novick and May-or-elect Ted Wheeler asked that their names be removed from a list of supporters on the Harbor of Hope website.

City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, speaking to the Northwest District Association last month, said she would be “astonished” if the facility could meet city zoning standards.

Fritz favors the joint city-coun-ty Home for Everyone program, which emphasizes construction of affordable housing. While that path requires a major infusion of unidentified funding, “at least we have a plan”—a dig at Harbor of Hope, which has been criticized for not offering sufficient details.

Fritz also opposes the loss of industrial use.

“We’re not making any more waterfront industrial marine land, so why would we take that off the market?” she asked.

Melissa Jaffe, an attorney practic-ing out of her home on Northwest Thurman Street, has been promot-ing conversion of the Wapato Jail as an alternative to the Terminal 1 shelter. Writing on a Willamette Heights online forum, she accused the city of “grossly mismanaging citizen interests or exploiting mas-sive numbers of homeless people for the direct financial benefit of developer Homer Williams.”

“I have a lot of questions for Mr. Williams regarding his ‘plan,’ and I will be attending this meeting,” she wrote, referring to the Sept. 14 forums.

Jaffe did not attend either of the two sessions that day, and none of the neighbors she asked to join her there carried out her line of inquiry.

Jonathan Blatt, who owns a con-dominium at Riverscape, the hous-ing complex nearest Terminal 1 along the river, called the Examin-er with several arguments against Harbor of Hope. He doesn’t believe Haven for Hope in San Antonio, on which the Portland program is modeled, has been as successful as claimed, while being extremely expensive.

“We should put more money into what we all know works,” said Blatt, referring to established

social agencies.

Blatt also worries about property values in the area. No condos in his complex were sold and there weren’t any offers in the five weeks after Williams’ plan for Terminal 1 was announced, he said. In addi-tion, one buyer in escrow backed out of a deal.

“We don’t know what our hous-ing value is anymore,” he said.

Michelle Cardinal was a prime mover in another grassroots public safety group, NorthParkBlocks.org, in 2015 that temporarily gained the ear of Mayor Charlie Hales.

Cardinal called for an end to the disorder and lawlessness that overtook the Park Blocks last year, and she sees no contradiction in supporting the Terminal 1 shelter.

“I do favor Terminal 1, and am disappointed to see opposition to it,” Cardinal wrote in an email to the Examiner.

“I find it incredibly frustrating that everyone agrees we have a critical homeless problem, but we can’t get on the same page with obvious solutions that have worked in other cities, as imperfect as they are.

“We have seen what has hap-pened with allowing public camp-ing in the Springwater Corridor this year and occupation of North Park Blocks last summer. Many of these people are suffering from illness, drug addiction and are victims of predators themselves. We need a solution as soon as possible.

“Why are we arguing over this? Solving our homeless prob-lem will take multiple strategies that include short-term shelters, social services and long-term affordable housing.”

Opinions on Terminal 1 are out there, but the process of separating raw reactions from thinking that can meld into a functioning con-sensus has only begun. n

Don Mazziotti, director of Harbor of Hope, answers questions at a forum held last month at Ecotrust. “It’s not a warehouse,” he said of the proposed facility at Terminal 1. “It will be clean, painted and sanitary.” Photo by Wesley Mahan

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is definitely one of the reasons that the Parks Foundation was created: to provide a way for the commu-nity to provide an extra margin of excellence for the parks.”

Excellence—and safety. Locals and Wildwood Trail users such as Portland State University’s cross country runners are familiar with the Navy SEAL-like challenge pre-sented by the trail’s crossing of a major arterial where cars frequent-ly travel 45 mph around a curve. Runners and pedestrians scramble down the embankment, watch for an opening, and then sprint for it..

One survivor of a Wild-wood-Burnside close call, Kathy Ragain, provided a narrative that was included in the Parks Founda-tion’s grant application to Metro:

“What I understand from observ-ers is that I was in a running motion, made contact with the car, was rolled back (the back of my head broke out the passenger side window) and then ... I was thrown to the ground. What I speculate happened is I looked to the west and then to the east. I apparently thought I had clearance if I ran but maybe I didn’t check back to the east. This is speculative because I have no memory of it.”

Portland Bureau of Transporta-tion accident data for the previ-ous decade (most recent figures available are for 2005 to 2014), said spokesman Dylan Rivera, include two instances in which a car stopped for a pedestrian, only to be rear-ended by another car.

In a letter of support for the Parks Foundation’s 2015 proposal to Metro, PBOT director Leah Treat wrote that West Burnside’s pedes-trian crash rate is “three times the citywide average.” Anderson said the most recent figures for the spot show 20,000 cars passing per day; meanwhile, 80,000 individuals use the trail each year.

“This is a safety issue for every-body,” Anderson said.

Safety vs. budget realitiesSafety challenges notwithstand-

ing, it’s tough to ask taxpayers to foot part of the bill for a “gorgeous” bridge in the West Hills, Swindells said, when there are parks-defi-cient neighborhoods in other parts of the city and a $500 million parks and roads maintenance deficit.

The bridge’s projected cost has grown to $2.5 million, the fig-ure Anderson quoted, significantly higher than the $1.5 million pro-jected cost used in the Examiner’s 2013 story, “A bridge over terrify-ing Burnside.”

The Parks Foundation’s Janu-ary 2015 application for a Metro Nature in Neighborhoods Capital Grant shows government contribu-tions as one-third of the project’s total, then listed at $2.335 million.

So Swindells is hosting fund-raisers, talking to foundations and hopes to find a major corporate sponsor to match contributions from the city and Metro. The final

dollars for the bridge will come from crowdfunding, Anderson and Swindells say.

“I’m calling it an icon of Port-land’s built and natural environ-ments,” Swindells said.

While noting that it took decades for the bridge to rise through the city’s long capital project prior-ity list, Anderson said, “We’re getting the wheels rolling on the actual implementation … The steering committee feels confi-

dent that there’s great momen-tum, feedback and response from the community.”

The Parks Foundation hopes to fully fund the bridge during this, its 15th anniversary celebration year. The construction timeline is under two years, a clock that will start ticking when the fabrication of the bridge’s metalwork begins, Anderson said. n

To contribute to the building of the bridge, call 503-445-0994 or visit portlandpf.org/footbridge-over-burnside/.

The Wildwood Trail pedestrian bridge, designed by Northwest Portland resident Ed Carpenter, an internationally known bridge designer, includes the imagery of sword ferns and vine maples along its length.

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Forgotten cemeteries tell story of ultimate exclusionBy Tanya lyn march

We live amid unknown ceme-teries, places where outcasts, immigrant workers, the impov-

erished, criminals and victims of hor-rible diseases were buried without cer-emony or the faintest sign that they existed. Their names are not even etched on markers.

How and why have they been forgotten?

I am not the first to wonder.

Popular historian Stewart Holbrook, often drawn to the eccentricities of the Pacific Northwest, wrote in his 1936 narrative: “small boys once discovered some sort of unofficial burying in ground in the wilds around the site of the pres-ent Montgomery Ward store. There were a dozen or so graves there in the bushes, all unmarked, and the place was man-tled with mystery and horror.”

We still don’t know why those human remains were buried under what is now a Montgomery Park parking lot. One could speculate that they were victims of smallpox, a disease known to be trans-mittable after death and hence warrant-ing extreme distancing. But no specific evidence has come to light.

Explanations for some unmarked buri-al grounds exist in the City Archives. An 1892 map shows the locations of graveyards associated with the County Poor Farm, a 230-acre facility operated by Multnomah County on land now occupied by the Oregon Zoo and Hoyt Arboretum. Burials on the Poor Farm continued until 1911.

Construction related to the zoo’s Pred-ators of the Serengeti exhibit in 2008 uncovered human remains. Again in

2013, remains were unearthed. In each case, the zoo employed archaeologists to assist, and zoo officials announced intent to rebury these “unidentified peo-ple of western descent.”

Death certificate information on inter-ments between 1889 and 1911 includes records on 668 individuals. The inter-ments included western Europeans, Chi-nese, Japanese and Blacks.

According to the Genealogical Forum of Oregon, these “pauper burials usually included unknown victims of drowning and suicide, those exposed to unhealthy living conditions, premature infants or stillborns, those who had no relatives to claim them, and those who could not afford the usual undertaker and burial costs. In a number of cases, the deceased may have been known by an alias name.”

These were pauper’s graves and possibly graves of smallpox victims from the Pest House Hospital for Infec-

A 1902 double hanging in front of the County Courthouse was such a spectacle the Oregon Legislature stepped in. Photo from a Salem newspaper

Grisly details of the hangings were front page news in the Daily Journal.

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Wong Luey’s resting place is marked by a deodar cedar tree. Luey was a leper who lived in a cabin on the County Farm. In 1903, he was banished to the outskirts of the city. Unlike those undergoing treatment for smallpox at the Pest House, there was no hope of over-coming his illness.

According to The Oregonian, “food was brought to him three times a day and handed to him on a long paddle. Wong’s friends

visited him on weekends, shouting news from a nearby knoll.”

He became an oddity, an attrac-tion for picnickers, until he died in 1907. His substandard dwelling was burned with his corpse inside. The site was marked with a wood-en stake until 1931, when the cedar tree was planted in his honor.

Fourteen other Chinese men were interred there; three are nameless because their bodies were found in the Willamette River in 1893, 1897 and 1909.

Many of the pauper burials were infants, who could legally be interred on private property. Such was the case in the Johnson Street gravesite of the infant child of Walter Scott Hall and Sedate

E. Hall. Out-of-wedlock children, orphans and babies of families in poverty were placed in the county graveyard. The body of “Mark S.” was moved to the Portland Crema-torium in 1920.

That 1920 reburial is curious because there are limited records from the City Garbage Crematory, located on what was once the south shore of Guild’s Lake. It is unlikely that the site listed existed in the early 1900s.

Some notable criminals also took their places at the Multnomah County Poor Farm Cemetery, including two men hanged in 1902 for robbing and murdering a man on the streets of Southeast Portland three months earlier.

The double hanging of William H. Strickland and W.H. Dalton, both in their early 20s, took place in front of the County Courthouse. Invitations were issued to 400 wit-nesses, and a crowd of 1,000 men, women and children gathered just beyond an enclosure. About 10,000 people viewed the corpses prior to burial.

The spectacle motivated the Oregon Legislature to pass a law requiring future executions to be conducted in the more civil atmo-sphere of the Oregon State Peniten-tiary in Salem.

Today, Metro has jurisdiction over historic cemeteries. The agen-cy is working on an educational project about Multnomah County’s Poor House and Farm. n

An 1892 map shows two of the three historic graveyards associated with the Poor Farm/Hillside Farm and Pest House. The “old graveyard” is now the Africa Savanna section of the Oregon Zoo, and the “new graveyard” is approximately in the space of the current bear exhibit. Another known grave location is in the Hoyt Arboretum.

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Mitchell in a Mitchell through Mitchell

By donald r. nelSon

Mitchell Point is a tunnel not far from Hood River on the historic Columbia

River Highway, which celebrates its centennial this year.

A magnificent view of the Columbia River Gorge was visi-ble through its five portals, cut through solid rock.

A 1915 news article told the story behind the tunnel’s name.

“In the early days, the story goes, Mitchell Point got its name from the fact that a man by the name of Mitchell, chased by the Indians, ran out at this point and jumped into the river to elude his pursuers. Since then it has borne his name.”

H. W. Mitchell, no relation to the above mentioned Mitchell, was president-manager of the Port-land branch of Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., an agricultural imple-ment and wagon company that also sold autos. His marketing plan was to be the first to drive a Mitchell automobile through the Mitchell Point Tunnel. “Mitchell in a Mitchell though Mitchell” was how the writer described it. The road builders liked the idea and gave him permission. He made this trip before the highway was complete.

The tunnel became obsolete as autos got wider. It closed in the 1950s and was removed in the mid-1960s.

So what does this have to do with Northwest Portland?

In 1920, Mitchell, Lewis & Staver built a four-story build-ing on Northwest Broadway and Everett for their auto dealership. Next door to the south was the William M. Hughson Ford deal-

ership.

“The lower floor will be used for sales rooms and quick service; on the second floor will be the gen-eral offices of the company, parts department, advertising depart-ment and used car salesrooms,” stated a 1920 Morning Oregonian article. “The third floor will be used for stock storage, and the fourth floor will be entirely occu-pied by the shop.”

The company sold Mitchell and Jordan automobiles and Jumbo trucks at the time.

The grand plans faded fast. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver closed its automotive division by mid-1923.

The building, however, has endured. The Roy Burnett auto dealership occupied the building for many years. Pendleton Wool-en Mills now has its corporate headquarters, 220 NW Broadway, in the former Mitchell, Lewis & Staver building. The adjacent two-story former Hughson Ford building is occupied in part by the Pendleton Home Store. n

Top photo: H.W. Mitchell drives one of his company’s cars through the Mitchell Point Tunnel in 1902, inspiring the quip repeated in this month’s headline.

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Hoyt Street Properties bucked the trend by announcing last

month it would employ the controversial impact ham-mer to set piles on Block 20 next to The Fields Park.

Although impact-hammer pile driving is still legal in the city of Portland, all 12 major construction projects in the Pearl in the past two years have used the quiet auger-cast method.

Construction practic-es changed in 2014 due to HSP’s clamorous pile driv-ing on Block 17 next to the Sitka Apartments, whose residents organized and sensitized the community to both the harmful effects of pile driving on human health and the existence of alternative technologies. Since then, 12 different develop-ers decided drilling, also known as auger-cast, was preferable, in no small part due to public opinion. Even HSP drilled the foundations on its last building, the 28-story Cosmopolitan on the Park, the dis-trict’s tallest building.

But when HSP decided it would hammer piles for Vista Pearl, on Block 20 between Northwest 11th, 12th, Pettygrove and Quimby streets, it learned that the earth—figuratively speaking—had moved in the past two years.

Banging steel against steel in the central city is seemingly no longer the Portland way.

It might take a while before reg-ulation catches up with current practices, however. As late as last spring, the Portland Noise Review Board would not support an amend-

ment to the city noise code to dis-courage pile driving. But even a meager measure requiring devel-opers to notify neighbors of plans to hammer pilings gave opponents time to organize resistance against HSP’s latest project.

Before an audience dominated by Pearl activists Sept. 14, the Noise Review Board passed a motion asking City Commissioner Aman-da Fritz to introduce amendments to remove the city’s noise limit exemption for pile driving. It also recommended that impact-hammer pile driving be allowed only after obtaining a variance and submit-ting to customized noise mitigation measures.

The introduction of about 85 kin-dergarten students at the Ramona Apartments a block west of the construction site this fall has com-pounded HSP’s public opinion pre-dicament. Due to overcrowding at

Chapman Elementary School, four kindergarten classes now meet a block from the coming construction site, and their playground is Fields Park directly east of Block 20.

Chapman administrators and PTA leaders have weighed in, writing letters of protest and getting Port-land Public Schools administrators involved.

“As an adult, I can tune it out, use earplugs, etc., but a squirmy 5-year-old? This will largely make recess in The Fields Park impossible and will also be a noisy classroom dis-traction,” wrote Chapman parent Kari Carney in an email.

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“In addition, there are many stu-dents with sensory and audito-ry issues, and subjecting them to this kind of noise for four months seems excessively cruel,” Carney concluded.

An email sent by Hoyt Street Properties did little to dampen dis-content.

“Susan Miller at Hoyt Properties suggests that the pile driving is a ‘nuisance’ and an ‘annoyance.’ This is insulting, and their deci-sion to use pile driving versus the much more neighborhood friendly auger drilling completely ignores the fact that 100 kindergarteners will be subjected to decibel levels that can cause long-term hearing damage,” wrote Chapman Elemen-tary School PTA Ramona Liaison Molly Porter.

Noise board turns“We’ve never seen anything like

this,” said van Orden, referring to a school so immediately impacted by a construction zone.

Van Orden visited the school, talked to school district officials and the developer.

Noise Review Board member Kerrie Standlee, who last year rejected similar reforms as unlike-ly to make a difference, moved to give the Bureau of Development Services discretion to determine when quieter methods are not tech-nically feasible, and in such cases to require that specific measures be crafted to reduce the noise of impact-hammer pile driving.

“I was pleasantly surprised when Paul encouraged the board to rec-ommend the changes to Title 18,” said Mary Sipe, a Sitka Apartments resident who has spearheaded grassroots resistance the past two years. “I did not expect to hear that last night.

“I nearly fell out of my chair when Kerrie Standlee suggested that the exemption for pile driving be removed, a noise variance permit be required and noise mitigation devices be required,” she added.

Pearl resident Kurt Sorensen was among the citizens who testified before the Noise Review Board last month.

“If it is the policy of the city of Portland ‘to minimize the exposure of citizens to the potential negative physiological and psychological effects of excessive noise,’ then it is both reckless and improper under the ordinance to treat all pile driving the same,” his statement read. “The unmitigated imposition of extreme noise by one upon thou-sands is textbook nuisance.”

Another Pearl resident, Dave Mitchell, provided the most vivid description of the impact of pile driving on livability.

“If any of you have not experi-enced this type of pile driving,” Mitchell wrote in an email to neigh-bors, “you can not grasp how much it will disrupt your lives. Based on personal experience, I can tell you that anyone within 700 or so feet of impact-hammer pile driving will want to leave his or her apartment or home and move to another part of Portland during the hours it is being conducted.

“The noise and shock waves it generates are far beyond any-thing you have experienced in an urban setting. Forget living any semblance of a normal life while pile driving is occurring. It is sim-ply beyond description, and why it is tolerated in an urban setting without a compelling geological or seismic basis is beyond my com-prehension.”

Tiffany Sweitzer, president of Hoyt Street Properties, has heard the complaints, as well as the pile driving from her own and other projects, from her Pearl office. The decision to hammer the piles on Block 20 is final, though she wrote, “We are working with the city of Portland and Portland Public Schools to find solutions for the relatively short timeframe when pile driving will occur.”

HSP plans to drive piles between Oct. 4 and Jan. 27.

Commissioner Fritz told the NW Examiner she still supports stricter control of construction noise, but she will not introduce an amend-ment on pile driving until recon-vening a stakeholders advisory committee to get its recommenda-tion on the changes requested by the Noise Review Board. n


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PRESS BLOCKSArchitects with Seattle-based Mithun Inc. presented images of three buildings to replace The Oregonian printing plant between Southwest 16th, 18th, Yamhill and Taylor streets. An apartment building of 20-30 stories would accompany mixed-use buildings of four-six floors. At a design review hearing in August, represen-tatives of the Goose Hollow Foothills League testified against the 30-floor option, saying “we have no interest in South Water-front-style height.

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The Design Commission approved the Modera Davis, a 12-story mixed-use building by Mill Creek Residential Trust. It will have 204 apartments and 7,600-feet of ground-floor retail space. An underground garage will have spaces for 145 cars and 308 bikes.

Four buildings on the site erected between 1919 and 1941, two of them on the city’s 1984 Historic Resource Inventory, were demolished.

1331 NW 17TH AVEGBD Architects has scheduled a preapplication conference with the city regarding a three-quarters-block mixed-use building on the block east of Parr Lumber. Plans include 200 residential units—20 percent of them affordable—in seven floors with surface and underground parking for about 120 vehicles. The ground floor will be devoted primarily to office use and perhaps a coffee shop.

404 NW 23RD AVE A preapplication conference will be held for a four-story apartment

building at 404 NW 23rd Ave. on the parking lot east of Kitchen Kaboo-dle. Designed by Works Partnership Architecture, it will have basement

and surface parking, and mechanical storage on the roof

1902 NW 24TH Marty Kehoe of Kehoe Northwest Properties has notified the city of

plans to build a 29-unit, four-story apartment building at 1902 NW 24th Ave. (between Thurman and Vaughn streets) An existing house

leased by two businesses would be razed.

MODERA PEARL Mill Creek Residential Trust is erecting a nine-story apartment building on the former site of Cash & Carry. There will be 290 rental units, including live/work units at the ground level. Two levels of underground parking will provide 220 vehicle spaces. A rooftop terrace will include a fire pit, barbecue and spa.

NW 21ST & IRVING APARTMENTS Construction has begun on a 57-unit apartment building on the site

of the old Gypsy Restaurant & Velvet Lounge. There will be more than 10,000 square feet of retail space and underground parking for 21 vehicles. The project cleared historic design review, in part

because it appears to be separate buildings, thereby reducing the impression of its size.

Goose Hollow area

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LOVEJOY SQUAREKillian Pacific is moving rapidly to make an application to redevelop the Lovejoy Square block before new city affordable housing mandates are enforced, perhaps in February. Prelim-inary plans involve twin towers of 175 feet and 14 stories. Be-cause OfficeMax and other tenants on the north side of the block have long-term leases, the project may be built in two phases, beginning with the south half of the block.

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Nob Hill Bar & Grill937 NW 23rd Avenue • 503-274-9616

SUPER SECRET NOBBY’S MENU EXPOSED

NOBBY NEWSA taunting photo, a mysterious

duo, and the Nob Hill Bar & Grill knew its secret menu

had been exposed. Double exposed if you will.An ingeniously disguised man

holding a menu up to an unknown female holding her coat open to expose herself to the menu. A mean joke. The Super Secret Menu code and its lingo were now out there for all to see. Now when the waitress hollered,

“Holly and Jen—pad ‘em,” patrons knew it was ham and cheese on a bun.A bartender calling for a “Gerry”

let the world know it was a turkey burger. A service call for “Moran up! “

would tell the world a Big Mouth Double Cheeseburger was waiting.A waitress plating a “Blushing

Bride” was openly serving a Juliet Salad.And so it goes, but Nobby’s is on

the track of the devious duo and is already concocting a new secret code and will not rest until the culprits are brought to justice or “86ed.”

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THE FIELDS BAR & GRILLThe walls of The Fields are papered with TVs—including a high-def 90-incher—which flicker to life with Ducks, Beavers and pro con-tests. The menu is more ambitious than your usual eggs and toast. Why settle for buttermilk pancakes when you can top those flapjacks with whiskey maple syrup, pulled pork and bacon? And if you did overdo it the night before, nurse a classic Bloody Mary while you dig leisurely into a poutine mountain capped with gravy, bacon, scal-lions and a pair of yolky sunny side up eggs.

1139 NW 11th Ave., 503-841.6601 thefieldspdx.com

RIVER PIG SALOONAt River Pig, you can pre-game on Sundays mornings by order-ing waffles, which come with your choice of seasonal berries, or homemade fried chicken. The biscuits and gravy are accompa-nied by eggs or a sausage patty sandwich with jojos. The 22-ounce Bloody Marys have a shot of fro-zen horseradish vodka, courtesy of eastside Russian restaurant Kach-ka. Brunches are only on Sundays, when everything on the menu is under $10 from 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. The saloon opens at 11 a.m. on Saturdays and serves lunch. There are five TVs, including a 170-inch HD projection screen that’s deeply tucked inside the space. River Pig is a Timbers bar first, which means that as long as the Timbers are on the field, fútbol trumps football. A

Where to Watch Football

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alone and on an empty stomach, here are five

neighborhood restaurants that screen pro

and college football games while serving both

breakfast and lunch on the weekends.By Chad Walsh

Seahawks or 49ers game might be an exception, depending on which team’s fans are most legion.

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River Pig Saloon, where Timbers fans go to root, celebrate or commiserate.

Photo by Chad Walsh


NOB HILL BAR & GRILLNobby’s isn’t technically a sports bar, but it is a Ducks and Beavers bar, and on any given Saturday you can catch either team’s latest match-up while counting down the days to when they go head-to-head for their annual Civil War bout. With just five HD TVs, Nob-by’s is the perfect place for quieter types to enjoy traditional Ameri-can breakfast classics (eggs, pan-cakes, hash browns, biscuits and omelets), all of which cost well less than a Hamilton.

937 NW 23rd Ave., 503-274-9616

KINGSTON SPORTS BAR & GRILLDuring lunch and dinner hours, the Kingston serves sports pub fare like burgers, nachos and chicken wings, while every game under the sun play on its 25 TVs. It also serves breakfast every day, starting at 7 a.m. That means you swing by in time to watch the Patriots kick off the ball at 1 p.m. EST while enjoying some PST chicken-fried steak or the Hells Canyon Bene-dict, served with bacon in lieu of ham and potato pancakes in lieu of English muffins.

2021 SW Morrison St., 503-224-2115 • kingstonsportsbar.com

SOUTHLAND WHISKEY KITCHENYou don’t have to bleed the colors of your favorite Big 12 or SEC team or be brave enough to publicly root for the Cowboys to enjoy regional down home breakfasts. You can even zone out while enjoying the cuisine from the heart of football country. And where else in the neighborhood can you order Kentucky Hot Browns or fortify yourself with a pork belly biscuit sandwich with cajun fries while pondering the restaurant’s novella-length menu of bourbons and whiskeys.

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Gastro Mania adds alcoholAlex Nanchev’s Gastro Mania, the wildly affordable Mediterranean restaurant that serves lamb gyros, salmon sliders, bacon-wrapped dolmas, foie gras burgers and swordfish salads, is now serving beer and wine. Restaurant hours now extend to 9:30 p.m.

1986 NW Pettygrove St., 503-689-3794 gastromaniapdx.com

Speaking of drinking…Vegan “cheese” shop Vtopia is now under the ownership of Mathew Gauvin, who will be soon selling beer and wine to pair with the deli’s salads, panini and cheddar, peppercorn-brie and chive and dill handcrafted “cheeses.”

Vtopia Cheese shop & Deli: 1628 SW Jefferson St., 503-686-3839 vtopiancheeses.com

The biggest piece of news in September was the quiet shuttering of The Parish, the

Cajun-Creole restaurant at the corner of Northwest Everett and 11th Avenue. Howev-

er, with the coming of October, there are a pair of boozy events to attend and, if the per-mitting i’s and t’s get dotted and crossed, the neighborhood might soon be home to a wine

bar run by Portland rock and roll legends. By Chad Walsh

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PETTY GRIPE: It’s not really in Northwest Portland. Whatever. Close enough.

Caffe Umbria303 NW 12th Ave.caffeumbria.com

A gleaming contemporary design with high ceilings, light stone floors and abundant stainless steel make this Seattle import a perfect fit for its heart-of-the-Pearl District environs. They roast their own up north for use here. The resulting drinks offer an assertive flavor less like the smooth medium roasts common among Portland micro-roasters and more like Starbucks, though without the latter’s burnt, sour notes. This is a large space, so seating isn’t usually a problem, though patrons can enjoy a quick morning shot stand-ing at the counter or one of the small high-top tables in the front of the room.

HOT TIP: Beer, wine and sandwich-es provide an alternative to the usual limited coffee shop fare.

PETTY GRIPE: Not a fan of the shiny, happy part-time Portlander crowd? Do all things Seattle bum you out? Best move along.

Coffeehouse Northwest1951 W. Burnside St.

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This venerable institution (by mod-ern coffee joint standards anyway) has been around since 2006. The walls are exposed brick. Weathered wood floors and counter plus a handful of tables commonly occupied by near-by apartment dwellers round out the cozy scene. Coffeehouse Northwest is owned by Adam McGovern, a latte art champion, so be assured of a care-fully- crafted macchiato, or whatever your favorite happens to be. The cof-fee is from Sterling, which McGovern also owns, and scrumptious pastries are brought in from a citywide favorite, Bakeshop.

HOT TIP: If you can’t find a seat (or even if you can), enjoy the rotating art exhibits that fill the walls.

PETTY GRIPE: You can’t escape the sound and fury of Burnside traffic whizzing by.

Courier Coffee923 SW Oak St.

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Haunted Pub TourBeer Quest’s Haunted Pub Tour is in full swing now through Oct. 31. The tour, which starts at Kells Pub, 112 SW Second Ave., costs $45 per person (or $40 if you skip the beer), and starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 3:30 p.m. on Sun-days. The 2.5-mile walking tour includes the Merchant Hotel, plen-ty of ghost stories to get your hair standing on end and beer samples from a pair of breweries to assuage those fears.beerquestpdx.com

The Great American Spirits Festival Looking for the next big thing in craft distilling? The Great Ameri-can Spirits Festival comes to Port-land’s Tiffany Center Saturday, Oct. 22, and will feature spirits—and their makers—from across the country. Samples, naturally, will be available to all attendees. The event lasts from 2 to 10 p.m., and tickets are $20.

The Tiffany Center: 1410 SW Mor-rison St.

WHAT’S COMING

Old Portland to bring new life to old warehouseNothing’s set in stone yet, but the word on the street is that Court-ney Taylor-Taylor, the singer and co-founder of the rock band The Dandy Warhols, may be opening a wine shop in an old Slabtown warehouse. Taylor-Taylor told us that if the OLCC signs off on his permit to sell alcoholic beverages, The Old Portland will be selling

wine to drink on- and off-premis-es. He also hopes to sell vintage clothes and antiquarian books.

Old Portland: 1433 NW Quimby St.

WHAT’S CLOSED

The Parish closesFor the last few years, The Par-ish has been Northwest Portland’s go-to for Creole and Cajun fare. But in early September, owners Ethan Powell and Tobias Hogan quietly

went out of business. In the past, The Parish offered brunch and fea-tured regular live Sunday morning musical performances by the Pete Krebs Trio, but the business suf-fered growing pains. Brunch was scrapped and then in mid-2015, the place split in two, with one side dedicated to The Parish, and the other side dedicated to The Palmet-to Cafe, a daytime sister spot. There are no concrete plans on what the place will become, but another restaurant seems a good bet.

WHO’S HAPPY?

Rae’s Lakeview Lounge’s Thunder Bowls made the cover of Willa-mette Week last month, as well as the front page of its annual happy hour guide, which praised Rae’s $1 brunch mimosas and $1 pints of Rainier beer. The Willamette Week coverage capped a “sudden flurry of attention” from magazines and online sites for the restaurant at Northwest 27th and Upshur. “We couldn’t be more psyched,” said Rae’s owner Todd Morey.

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Arboretum classRoger Nibler, who has led tours at Hoyt Arboretum since 1987, will teach a class on identifying often-ignored North American plants Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1-4 p.m., at the arboretum Visitor Center, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd. The cost is $20 ($15 for Hoyt Arboretum Friends) and registration is required. Visit hoytarboretum.org/hoytevents or call 503-823-1649.

Wings to SoarThe second annual Wings to Soar, a benefit dinner supporting scholarships for an Oregon State University airway science program, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m., at NW Natural, 220 NW Second Ave. The scholarships are aimed toward socially and economically disadvantaged teens. For tickets ($50), visit impactflow.com/event/481.

Great PumpkinNorthwest Library, 2300 NW Thurman St., hosts a family event to design and create jack-o’-lanterns. It will be held Saturday, Oct. 29, 3-4 p.m.

Clear the airThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will hold a Cleaner Air Oregon public forum Wednesday, Oct. 5, 6-8:30 p.m., at Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Ballroom. Before that event, the Northwest Portland-based Neighbors for Clean Air will hold a 5 p.m. rally at the Convention Center. For information on the rally, contact [email protected].

Knitting Group

The Northwest Knitting Group, open to beginning or experienced knitters, meets Monday, Oct. 10, 3-4 p.m., at Northwest Library, 2300 NW Thurman St. Bring your own supplies.

Slabtown ghostsLocal historian Tanya Lyn March will lead “Slabtown’s Ghosts and Murders,” a class revealing where

ghosts have been sighted, unusual murders occurred and unexplained encounters involving “the other side,” Monday, Oct. 24, 6:30-7:45 p.m., at Northwest Library, 2300 NW Thurman St. Registration is required. Go online, visit the library or call 503-988-5234.

Lead poisoningA Lead Poisoning Prevention Workshop will be held Monday, Oct. 17, 6-7:30 p.m., at Northwest Library, 2300 NW Thurman St. The workshop will help participants locate lead sources in homes and work sites, reduce hazards and connect with agencies and organizations. Participants will receive a booklet and kit with lead testing materials. Registration is required; register online, in the library or by calling 503-988-5234.

American Musical TheaterPart two of a three-part series on American Musical Theater, covering burlesque and Gershwin, will be offered Wednesday, Oct 19, 1-2 p.m., at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave. The cost is $10, $9 for Friendly House members and free to SNAP-eligible individuals. The presenter is Gordon Neal Herman.

‘A River Between Us’A screening of “A River Between Us,” documenting the largest river restoration project in American history, will be held Monday, Oct. 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave. The communities of the 300-mile-long Klamath River have been feuding over its waters for generations. There will be a post-film discussion.

Pumpkin carvingNorthwest Hostel, 425 NW 18th Ave., will host a free pumpkin carving and hot spiced cider event Saturday, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. It will include pumpkin carving contest. Reservations are required; [email protected].

Rotary meetingsPortland Pearl Rotary Club meets Tuesdays 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.Oct. 4: “Katey’s Year in Denmark,” Katey Zich, Youth Exchange Outbound.

Oct. 11: District 5100 Governor Tom Markos.Oct. 18: “A Home for Everyone,” Marc Jolin, director, Joint Office of Homeless Services.Oct. 25: “Why People Get Addicted to Drugs,” John Bitnas.

Healing through artsLegacy Cancer Institute will host “Healing through the Arts,” Thursday, Oct. 6, 4-7 p.m. at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Building 3, Lower Level Lobby. There will be an art exhibit by Dawn Nielson, a local visual artist and breast cancer survivor, and a book reading by Natalie Serber, author of “Community Chest” and also a breast cancer survivor. The reading will be at 6 p.m., followed by a conversation with the artists at 6:30.

‘Vision and Vigilance’“Vision and Vigilance,” a dramatic reading featuring the story of a Japanese-American lawyer who spent nine months in solitary confinement for challenging the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, will be held Sunday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m.-noon, at Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave. The free program is presented by Oregon Nikkei Endowment and co-sponsored by the Minoru Yasui Tribute Committee and Portland Center Stage. Holly Yasui, the daughter of the lawyer, Minoru Yasui, will appear and answer questions.

Karate classesKarate for Kids & Teens classes meet Mondays, 6-7 p.m., at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th Ave. Classes are taught by experienced black belt instructors through Shotokan Karate of America (portlandska.org). The cost is $20, $15 for Friendly House members and free to SNAP eligible families. This class is designed for ages 9-14. To register, email [email protected] or visit Friendly House.

Bobby Garland, an eighth grader at Martin Luther King School in Northeast Portland, built this RV7 aluminum model plane at an Airway Science for Kids workshop for youth. Photo courtesy ASK


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The Portland Development Commission voted last month to spend $1 million

to demolish the Feed Mill at Cen-tennial Mills, accepting advice from its staff and consultants that the 88-year-old concrete building was slumping toward the river and beyond saving.

In July, PDC had requested devel-opment proposals for the Feed Mill and Flour Mill, the only two his-toric structures remaining on the 5-acre site. Only one of the three respondents intended to make use of the Feed Mill, but staff discount-ed that proposal as insignificant and tied to further expenditures by the agency.

PDC acquired the property in 2000 with intent to create a public space and has spent about $30 million on the site since then. With consid-erable fanfare, the agency selected developers to create schemes for the property in 2011 and 2015, but then rejected their plans.

This year’s bidding was more modest and included none of the earlier goals for the site, summa-rized in the 2006 Framework Plan:

• Provide open space• Capture history• Define community focal points• Strengthen connections• Embrace sustainability

Developer Michael Tevis had never heard of the Framework Plan, but he turned in an offer that hit most of its themes. He wanted to turn both remaining buildings into affordable art studios and “makers spaces” with a public amphitheater and courtyard between them.

Tevis has been turning old build-ings into community spaces and stu-dios for artists and creatives in the Bay Area for years. Five years ago, he reclaimed the 1914 Ford Build-ing on Southeast Division Street, where Model T Fords were once assembled. Now crowds of Port-landers assemble for events in its 6,000-square-foot lobby, and start-up entrepreneurs test their dreams.

He has repurposed five indus-trial and commercial buildings in Southeast Portland and one in Salem, with more in the pipeline.

He also recently co-founded the nonprofit ArtFusion.io to pro-mote art, small business and urban enrichment.

But Tevis will be the first to tell you he is not politically savvy and was not prepared for what it would take to persuade PDC to let him take a low-cost run at saving the 1928 Feed Mill, if not both buildings.

Tevis offered to pay $1,000 for each mill building and promised to create “display space, art studios, performance space and small mak-ers studios.” He expected PDC to

remove lead paint and old equip-ment inside the structures before acquisition, tasks he estimated could cost the agency a total of $500,000-$1 million for both build-ings.

PDC staff wasn’t impressed with his bid, calling it a “de minimis (too trivial to consider) land offer and requiring that PDC invest sig-nificantly in the buildings in order

Michael Tevis, founder and president of Intrinsic Ventures, has built or redeveloped about 40 projects in the western states in his career. He also co-founded Artfusion.io to promote urban revitalization through art. He could not get to first base with Portland Development Commission, however, on his ideas to save the Feed Mill at Centennial Mills. Photo courtesy Intrinsic Ventures

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Above: A small figure on Henry Ford stands by the Ford Building, where Model T Fords were once assembled. Photo by Allan Classen

Right: The Troy Laundry Building remodel reflects the kind of interior finish-ing developer Michael Tevis considers appropriate for creative businesses without driving rents too high.

to provide them free of all struc-tural and environmental issues. … This proposal required a PDC sub-sidy that was substantially greater than available PDC resources and was based on cost assumptions that were generated prior to newly discovered conditions.”

Removal of a wharf this year uncovered sketchy foundations under the Feed Mill, causing it to sink 4-6 inches in one corner.

Tevis told the Examiner later he considered that amount of settling trivial in an 88-year-old building and nothing he hasn’t overcome in other projects, such as the Dairy Building he is rehabilitating on Southeast Eighth Avenue. It sits on old sawdust fill, he said.

“These buildings are in terrible condition when you start out,” he said. “I’m not afraid of that.”

Tevis said he also doesn’t aim to create Class A, like-new spaces.

“We’ve done many differ-ent buildings in different ways to economize on costs,” he said. “They don’t need to be finished to a high standard.”

That often means gritty spaces air conditioned by operable win-dows and Cadet heaters. But spac-es where creative ventures can thrive.

Tevis planned to rehabilitate the Feed Mill by generating donations and grants through his nonprofit organization. He hoped to create small spaces affordable to artists

and small businesses. At his other Portland buildings, he charges about $1 per square foot a month for nonprofits and $1.75 for prof-it-making tenants.

Tevis appeared before the com-mission Sept. 14 to persuade the body to give his proposal another chance. He explained that his pro-posal is based on broad estimates, and if selected he could get firm numbers.

Commissioner Mark Edlen was interested, confirming that Tevis was willing to take on the Feed Mill alone without the Flour Mill. Edlen also asked how much time he would need to provide a firm estimate.

Tevis said three to six months.

While Edlen and Commission-er Alisha Moreland-Capuia voted against the motion to demolish the Feed Mill, they were one short of a majority.

Tavo Cruz, a commission mem-ber living in Northwest Port-land and the past president of the Northwest District Associa-tion, told the Examiner Tevis’ idea “sounds great” but Cruz consid-ered his numbers hypothetical and unrealistic.

If it were a serious offer, Cruz wondered, why had he not talked to PDC staff so he could better flesh out his proposal. Tevis assumed that process should begin after he, the only party interested in the Feed Mill, was chosen to pursue a

binding agreement.

Tevis can’t understand why PDC was in such a hurry to dispose of the Feed Mill. The charge that he was asking too much of the agency also baffled him because the $1 million it will spend to demolish the Feed Mill is two to four times as much as it would pay under his plan to save it.

He may not have connected with members of the Portland Develop-ment Commission, but the next speaker at the witness table shared his perspective.

David Dysert, representing the Pearl District Neighborhood Asso-ciation, which has long champi-oned turning Centennial Mills into a public attraction, said, “Portland central city planning and vision-ing has for decades declared the importance of celebrating the river and creating landmarks dedicated to showcasing the history of this river, so it is all the more inexcus-able to be tearing down this one remaining historic site along our waterfront.

“This is a complete failure of stewardship of a significant public asset through willful neglect.”

The commission vote for dem-olition was 3-2. Edlen and More-land-Capuia did not explain their no votes. Chairman Tom Kelly, William Myers and Cruz voted yes. n

“These buildings are in terrible condition when you start out. I’m not afraid of that.

… We’ve done many differ-ent buildings in different ways to economize on costs. They don’t need to be finished to a high standard.”

– Michael Tevis


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Branden Blount and Marty Caballero, who both come from families in the barbering profession, are partners in the recently opened Slabtown Barber-shop. They offer the full range of hair cuts and styles, plus shaves with a hot towel and straight razor. They also consider themselves beard specialists. To help create a neighborhood gather-ing space, they serve customers a glass of beer or whisky.

Image Comics, the nation’s third-largest comic book publish-er, is moving its offices and 20 employees from Berkeley, Calif., to Montgomery Park.

After less than a year in business, Jack and Jan Bothwell are closing Black Pearl Haven, a wine bar and coffee shop at 1264 NW Naito Parkway in the Waterfront Pearl condominiums building. The last day will be Oct. 9.

The new Cosmopolitan on the Park has leased two retail spaces. Shohreh Goebel is opening Omid Salon at 1022 NW Overton St., and Erica Swanson will open Tea Bar Cosmopolitan at 1075 NW Northrup St. There are two other Tea Bars in Portland’s Eastside.

A group of Slabtown galleries and other businesses has launched Slabtown Art Saturday. Partici-pating businesses extend their eve-ning hours and extend promotional offers on the second Saturday of each month.

Vespa Portland is looking to buy a building before the lease on its home at Northwest 23rd and Vaughn expires next March. Own-ers Paul and Maggy Henry are looking for a location in or near the central city, but Northwest is only one of the possibilities.

Food Front held its annual meet-ing and election last month, the first time voting was conducted

online. The president is Joy Ore-vik, and the other board members are David Hawkins, Ted Coonfield, Jennifer Olsen and Daniel LoFaro.

Wiscarson Law, a firm founded by Diane Wiscarson, and advocating for the educational needs of spe-cial-needs children, has moved to 3330 NW Yeon Ave. in the indus-trial district.

Northwest Portland native Riley Wimminger has launched Bridge-town Nutrition, a consulting prac-tice specializing in digestive disor-ders at 1902 NW 24th Ave. Le Cook-ie Monkey occupies the ground floor of the building.

Marty Kehoe of Kehoe Northwest Properties has requested early assistance from the city for plans to build a four-story apartment build-ing at the above address, involving demolition of an “existing resi-dence,” the home of Le Cookie Monkey and Bridgetown Nutri-tion. “It is a shame, but seems to be happening left and right in the neighborhood,” said Wimminger.

Two masked men robbed Papa Haydn restaurant, 701 NW 23rd Ave., at gunpoint at midnight, Sept. 18, according to a Portland Police report. The suspects fled the area, and police are looking for a 5-foot-5-inch male and 5-foot-8-inch white male, both of medium build. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call robbery detectives at 503-823-0405.

Protesters disrupt Old Town Chinatown Community Meeting

By Joleen JenSen-claSSen

About 150 protesters car-rying “Stop Rebranding, Save Chinatown” signs

brought a hasty end to a meeting of the Old Town Chinatown Com-munity Association last month.

Raymond Wong, president of the Chinese Consolidated Benev-olent Association and an orga-nizer of the protest, said renaming Old Town Chinatown as New Chinatown/Japantown diminish-es the area’s “cultural footprint.”

Wong also objects to the new logo, a white circle, which he considers an insult to Chinese culture as a symbol of death only used at funerals.

To the Chinese community, the latest ‘rebranding’ project is a veiled attempt to whitewash the multi-decade contributions to the city of Portland,” read a statement by Hongchen Zhao, another orga-nizer of the protest.

“OTCTCA’s move is insensitive to Chinatown’s cultural heritage. The latest rebranding, rings famil-iar to the 2006 Wok and Dragon sculpture debacle, when the city spent tens of thousands of dollars to erect a sculpture that total-ly missed the mark, depicting a dragon (a sacred animal), dan-gling over an upside-down wok.

“We viewed these steps as cos-metic, superficial changes that do not address the crux of the vagrancy issue.”

Wong also objected to diverting funds to the rebranding project when the area needs help combat-ing litter, drugs and safety problems.

During the meeting, OTCT member Jessie Burke defended the rebranding process as an effort to make the area more inviting to businesses, residents and visitors. As a business owner burdened by the district’s negative image, Burke favors the rebranding cam-paign, which includes a new logo, street banners, webpage and repainting of lamp posts.

“These businesses need this,” she said.

Stephen Ying, a past presi-dent of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, said the negative connotations of white asserted by the protesters are not universal throughout China.

OTCT chair Helen Ying attempt-ed vainly to hold off the rebrand-ing discussion and to prevent news photographers from cover-ing the event. Less than an hour into a meeting scheduled to last 90 minutes, she adjourned with-out completing the agenda. n

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By Thacher Schmid

A fund drive to under-write a pedestrian bridge connecting the Wildwood Trail above West Burnside Road is halfway to its $2.5 million goal.

Charlie Swindells, chair of the capital campaign for the Portland Parks Founda-tion, says the 180-foot-span with decorative elements

reminiscent of ferns along the Wildwood Trail, could become as iconic as the Benson bubblers.

Appearances aside, the bridge is critical to safety. City data show 51 crashes in the last decade, includ-ing 21 “lane departure” crashes, one fatality and two serious injuries, as runners and pedestrians attempt to cross three lanes of speeding traffic.

The problem is hardly a secret. A description of the trails between the Hoyt Arboretum and Pittock Mansion on the privately owned tourism website Ore-gon.com puts it like this: “the [Wildwood] path cross-es Burnside Street—a busy, frightening highway you’ll have to cross at a run.”The campaign to mend

the most significant break in the 30-mile Wildwood

Trail—the crown jewel of the city’s renowned 40-mile “Intertwine” trail system—is in its home stretch. Two

decades after a 1996 city study yielded thoughtful plans but no funding, this fundraising campaign has emerged from its “quiet phase,” Swindells said.More than 60 individuals

and a dozen foundations, boosted by a half-million in city dollars, have gen-

erated $1.3 million for the project.

“We’re putting together a project team with the inten-tion of bringing the project to the 30 percent design completion stage by late this year or early 2017,” Parks Foundation Execu-tive Director Jeff Anderson said. “We feel like we’re about halfway there. This

Bridge over Burnside

Campaign to fund walking span halfway to goal

Community resistance broadens, gains traction at City Hall

By allan claSSen

Many locals have strong feelings about the pro-posed homeless shelter at Terminal 1. So far, the parti-sans have mostly talked past each other: one type of comments in private or online; another, at pub-lic events.

And the neighborhood asso-ciation that serves as the city’s official citizen input system has treated the whole matter as radio-active, unwilling to host a forum and putting off the broader ques-tion of whether a facility for the homeless here is a good idea.The Northwest District Asso-

ciation turned down a request from Oregon Harbor of Hope orig-inator Homer Williams to host a forum in September. So Williams and his team of consultants and volunteers scheduled their own

Terminal 1 shelter stirs reactions, but making sense of them a harder task

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By allan claSSen

Wildwood Trail hikers wait for a break in traffic along West Burnside Street.

Bruce Forster Photography

Neighbors and young students say no to pile driving between the Fields Park and kindergarten classes. Photo by Julie Keefe

Members of the Chinese community protested indoors and out to “stop the rebranding” of Chinatown. Photo by Joleen Jensen-Classen

Brandon Bount (left) and Marty Caballero.


Photo by Dina Avila

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NW Heights Emergency

Preparedness FairSunday, October 2nd

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Forest Park Elementary School 9935 NW Durret

Northwest HeightsNeighborhood Association is hosting an earthquake preparedness event to help you and your family get ready for the big one. The event will introduce neighbors to the resources available for survival in small emergencies and large disasters. First responders, resource providers and emergency planners will be there to share what they know.

Looking to Build Community?A Neighborhood Small Grant might help! The Office of Neighborhood Involvement and Neighbors West-North-west are excited to offer funds for 2017. This grant program can bring new and different people together, strengthen community bonds, build leadership skills, foster new partnerships, and increase your community impact. It provides funds for events, communications, and more! Show us your best idea!

Due Date: November 3rd, 4:00 pm

Application & more: nwnw.org/about-us/what-we-do/grants/

Applications are evaluated by a volunteer review committee. NWNW prefers to fund multiple projects in order to have the greatest impact.Applicants can request from $100 to $2,500. We look forward to working with non-profit organizations or sponsored individuals that share our goal of building livable, equitable, and sustainable neighborhoods and communities for all.Interested in applying or have questions? Contact [email protected] or 503.823.4265. In-person grant confer-ences are available Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm or 4:00 - 7:30 pm on October 3rd & 4th. RSVP required.

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Friends of the Pearl Foot Patrol: One Year Later

by Stan Penkin

“Thank you so much,” said a toothless homeless woman sitting on a North Park Block bench as the Friends of the Pearl Foot Patrol walked through the area picking up litter along the way. Initiated more than a year ago, the Patrol was established through a collaboration between the PDNA Livability Committee and the Crime Prevention Program at the Office of Neighborhood Involvement.

The group now has 30 members with as many as eight to ten volunteers showing up in their colorful vests or tee shirts for three weekly patrols. The Patrol randomly walks the district and acts as eyes and ears observing inappropriate or criminal behavior, and to also act as ambassadors for the neighborhood. The Foot Patrol is trained to be non-confrontational and instead to report illegal behavior. Members are heartened by the warm reception and appreciation expressed by many people as its presence becomes more and more visible and comforting to the neighborhood. Any one over 18 is welcome to join.

For more information contact [email protected]

Downtown Emergency

Preparedness FairSaturday, October 22nd

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

University Place Hotel 310 SW Lincoln Street

L e a r n h o w t o p r e p a r e yourself, your family, and your community for the “Big One”! Join with emergency preparedness groups, local agencies , and our retai l partners to find out what you can do to be prepared in case of an earthquake. Everyone is welcome! Sponsored in part by NWNW & ONI Neighborhood Small Grants.

GHFL Annual Meeting & Elections!

This year’s Goose Hollow Foothills League (GHFL) Annual Meeting and election of directors will be held on Thursday November 17th, 2016, 7:00 pm at the Multnomah Athletic Club.

Candidates for the six (6) open director positions this year should submit their personal statement of intent to the GHFL elections committee by Thursday, November 10th, to ensure their names appear on the printed ballots. Nominations by GHFL members may also be taken from the floor during the annual meeting. Candidates and attendees casting votes must be registered members satisfying GHFL’s criteria for eligibility.Personal statements are to include:1. Intent to run as a candidate

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2. Legal name (and preferredname if different)

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4. Declaration that the candidateis a registered GHFL member

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GHFL Membership Application: goosehollow.org/get-involved/become-a-member or contact NWNW at 503.823.4288.

Questions: [email protected] or contact NWNW.

Flanders Crossing FundedCongratulations to the coalition of neighborhoods, business associations, employers and residents for their success in improving active transportation through three NW neighborhoods!

An outpouring of support from the Pearl District Neighborhood Association, Northwest District Association, Old Town Chinatown Community Association, Pearl District Business Association, PNCA and more helped secure funding for the Flanders Crossing bridge, a pedestrian and bike only bridge over the I-405 freeway, from the Oregon Transportation Commission. Construction could begin as soon as April 2018. The Portland Bureau of Transportation is providing $3 million of the $5.9 million cost; $2,877,000 is coming from the state’s ConnectOregon program.

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TOWN MEETING & BOARD MEETINGWeds., Nov. 2, 7:00 pm Linnton Community Center 10614 NW St. Helens Rd.

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MEMBERSHIP & BOARD MEETINGTues., Oct. 11 & Nov. 8, 7:00 pm Sylvan Fire Station 1715 SW Skyline Blvd.

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BOARD MEETING & ELECTIONSTues., Oct. 11, 7:30 pm Hillside Community Center 653 NW Culpepper Terr.

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NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGThurs., Oct. 20, 7:00 pmMultnomah Athletic Club1849 SW Salmon St.

Planning & Zoning CommitteeTues., Oct. 4 & Nov. 1, 7:00 pmFirst United Methodist Church1838 SW Jefferson St.

Public Safety, Parking, and Transportation CommitteeTues., Oct. 18, 6:30 pmFirst United Methodist Church1838 SW Jefferson St.

Ad hoc Bylaws CommitteeWeds., Oct. 26, 7:00 pmThe Legends Condominiums1132 SW 19th Ave.

Ad hoc Membership Registry CmteWeds., Oct. 19, 7:00 pm The Legends Condominiums1132 SW 19th Ave.

Elections CommitteeOct. 13, 7:00 pmThe Legends Condominiums1132 SW 19th Ave.

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BOARD MEETINGTues., Oct. 18, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Willis Community Building 360 NW Greenleaf Rd.

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BOARD MEETING & ELECTIONSMon., Oct. 17, 6:00 pmHoyt Arboretum, Visitors Center4000 SW Fairview Blvd.

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BOARD MEETINGTues., Oct. 11 & Nov. 8, 7:30 amHoliday Inn Express, 2333 NW Vaughn St. portlanddowntownna.com

GENERAL & BOARD MEETINGSTues., Oct. 255:30 pm (Gen.) 6:30 (Board) Meals on Wheels Elm Court 1032 SW Main St.

Land Use & Transportation CmteMon., Oct. 17, 5:30 pm 1900 Building, Room 2500 B 1900 SW 4th Ave.

Public Safety Action CommitteeWeds., Nov. 9, 12:00 pmPortland Building, Room B 1120 SW 5th Ave.

Emergency Preparedness CmteMon., Oct. 10, 5:30 pmCentral Library, 801 SW 10th Ave.

Emergency Preparedness FairSat., Oct. 22, 10:00 amUniversity Place Hotel, 310 SW Lincoln St.

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BOARD MEETINGThurs., Oct. 13 & Nov. 10, 6:00 pmPNCA, Hammer Board Room 237, 511 NW Broadway

Executive CommitteeWeds., Oct. 5 & Nov. 2, 9:00 amUrban Grind, 911 NW 14th Ave.

Livability & Safety CommitteeWeds., Oct. 5 & Nov. 2, 5:30 pmPortland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave.

Planning & Transportation CmteTues., Oct. 4, 18 & Nov. 1, 6:00 pmPNCA, Room 237, 511 NW Broadway

Communications CommitteeTues., Oct. 25, 6:00 pmWe Work, 220 NW 8th Ave

Emergency Preparedness CmteMon., Oct. 10, 6:00 pmEcotrust Bldg, 907 NW Irving St.

[email protected]

BOARD MEETINGMon., Oct. 3 & Nov. 7, 12:30 pm FH HOA Office 2061 NW Miller Rd

Emergency Preparedness Fair Sun., Oct. 2, 12:00 pm Forest Park Elementary School 9935 NW Durrett

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COMMUNITY MEETINGWeds., Oct. 5 , 11:30 amU of O, 70 NW Couch St.

Weds., Nov. 2, 11:30 am NW Health Foundation 221 NW 2nd Ave. #300

BOARD MEETING Weds., Oct. 12 & Nov. 9, 11:30 amU of O, 70 NW Couch St.

Art History and Culture CmteWeds., Oct. 26, 11:30 am Non Profit Center, 221 NW 2nd Ave.

Business CommitteeThurs., Oct. 27, 10:00 am Society Hotel, 203 NW 3rd Ave.

Hospitality CommitteeThurs., Oct. 20, 6:00 pmLocation TBA

Land Use Design & Review CmteTues., Oct. 18, 11:30 amU of O, 70 NW Couch St.

Livability & Public Safety CmteTues., Oct. 18, 3:30 pmOCOM, 75 NW Couch St.

Transportation & Mobility CmteTues., Oct. 4 & Nov. 1, 4:00 pmU of O, 70 NW Couch St.

October 2016

Find calendar updates at: nwnw.org/Calendar

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BOARD MEETINGMon., Oct. 17, 6:00 pm Legacy Good Samaritan (LGS) Wilcox ACR 102, 1015 NW 22nd Ave.

Executive CommitteeWeds., Oct. 5, 8:00 am NWNW Office, 2257 NW Raleigh St.

Air Quality CommitteeMon., Oct. 10, 7:00 pmSilver Cloud Inn, Breakfast RmNW 24th Place & Vaughn St.

Parks CommitteeFri., Oct. 14 & Nov. 11, 9:00 amCoffee Time, 712 NW 21st Ave.

Planning CommitteeThurs., Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, & 10, 8:00 amCoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh St.Call to confirm, 503.823.4212

Public Safety & Livability CmteTues., Oct. 11 & Nov. 8, 6:00 pmLGS, Wilcox B, 2211 NW Marshall St.

Transportation CommitteeWeds., Oct. 5 & Nov. 2, 6:00pmLGS, Wilcox B 2211 NW Marshall St.

1st Saturday Clean-upSat., Oct. 1 & Nov. 5, 9:00 amNew Seasons Market2170 NW Raleigh St

2nd Saturday Clean-upSat., Oct. 8 & Nov. 12, 9:00 amFood Front Co-op2375 NW Thurman St.

3rd Saturday Clean-upSat., Oct. 15, 9:00 amElephants Deli, 115 NW 22nd Ave.

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BOARD MEETINGWeds., Oct. 12 & Nov. 9 5:30 pmLGS, Northrup Building 2282 NW Northrup St.

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SnapshotsThe 10th annual Slabtown Festival Sept. 10

Dan Volkmer was given the 2016 Homer Award for his support of the festival and community.

Festival Grand Marshall Bud Clark (left) and son Nic (right) hung out with Matt Erseg at the festival, which was held in the Food Front parking lot and Northwest 23rd Place.

Slabtown Photos by Guy Bodin

Food and face painting kept these youngsters engaged at the festival.

Crews removing trees around the decommissioned Washington Park reservoirs use a wood chipper (blue machine). In order to create access for construction equipment, 209 trees—four more than initially intended—had to be removed, according to the Portland Water Bureau. The park entrance at Southwest Park Place is closed to vehicles until 2018. Photo by Wesley Mahan

Lincoln senior Sheila Panyam has a passion “to make books accessible to more who are less fortunate.” She start-ed a Lincoln service club in association with Children’s Book Bank and collected about 1,000 books for students in need. Panyam is also on the school’s Constitution team. Portland Pearl Rotary honored her as student of the month for September.

“Stirring Embers: A Workbook for a Life of Making,” a book high-lighting the contributions of Wil-lamette Heights artist Ray Grimm (1924-2012) to Portland’s maker culture, was released last month. The 80-page book includes essays by former students of Grimm’s, who created the Portland State University ceramics department after arriving in Portland in 1956. The books can be ordered through raygrimmlegacy.org.

Darius Pierre Tarver, 25, was arrested Sept. 4 after a fight in the Entertainment District involving 10-12 gang associates, according to the Portland Police Bureau. After brandishing a gun, the suspect ran from officers and discarded the weapon

near Northwest Third and Burnside.

Children were invited to play on the PlayForm 7 during the Extraordinary Playscape Exhibition at Northwest Park and Glisan streets last month. The playground equipment is being considered for installation in the North Park Blocks next year under a parks bond project approved by voters.


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