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Washington HS Saved! DeMuro buys Washington H.S. building On April 23 the Portland School Board voted unanimously to sell the Washington High School building to Venerable Properties for $2 million. Art DeMuro will pay $50,000 in earnest money and have nine months to perform “due diligence” before the sale becomes final. The fate of the old Washington High School building is not assured, but at least now it is in good hands. Portland School District has concluded an agreement to sell the long-vacant 112,000 square foot building at 531 SE 14th Ave. to developer and preservation... [Read full story]
The Big Look Targets Southeast Portland The Big Look is a joint effort between the City of Portland and Multnomah County to evaluate, update, and improve the local housing Limited Tax Exemption (LTE) programs under the direction of City Commissioner Fish and Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen. This should not to be confused with t... [Read full story]
Stark Street: the Northwest’s Mason-Dixon Line Writer Don MacGillivray at the Willamette Stone It is not well known that Stark Street is part of the dividing line between north and south within all of Oregon and Washington, but without the social or political significance. It is a small portion of the Willamette baseline that is used to define all property deeds. Originally known as Baseline Road the City of East Portland changed it to Stark Street as a continuation of one of the first streets in downtown Portland. If you went west from the Willamette River along the line of SE Stark for about four miles you would arrive at Willamette Stone Park. The park is about 400 fe... [Read full story]
SE Updates May 2012 Burnside Bridgehead gets tenant According to Steve Shain of Portland Development Commission, Brad Malsin and his Beam Development are close to signing a lease with a tenant who will occupy most of the Convention Plaza office building. Beam representatives could not be reached for confi... [Read full story]
Editorial
On the Streets Where We Live May 2012 Dear Readers; I recently purchased a CD from Music Millennium of one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Lucinda Williams. I first heard her twentysome years ago mainly because I liked her picture on the cover of “Passionate Kisses”. Over the years I’ve followed her s... [Read full story]
Community News
Community News May 2012 City offers ecoroof incentives On April 1, the City of Portland began accepting applications again for ecoroof incentives. The city offers the incentive through 2013 to spur ecoroof construction in Portland. The next application deadline is Friday, June 1. Another ecoroof incentive cy... [Read full story]
Feature Stories
Local participation in Civic Ecology When George Kyler started out in real estate 30 years ago, he never dreamed he’d be watering an eco-roof. Now he has three to tend at the newly-built branch of the Rivermark Credit Union on Hawthorne Blvd. “We need to trim regularly, and use organic fertilizer,” Kyler said o... [Read full story]
Expect the Worst and Plan for Resilience Cascadia Lecture Series on Disaster Preparedness Geologists estimate that there is a 10 percent chance of a magnitude 9 earthquake in Portland over the next 50 years, and a 37 percent chance of a magnitude 8 or less. On Tuesday, May 8, at 7 pm, special guests from the Tohoku region of Northern Japan will share recovery and preparedness ex... [Read full story]
Division/Clinton
Division/Clinton Business Association May 2012 DCBA Pres.: Darice Robinson email darice@himpress.com Meetings: 3rd Tuesday OHSU Family Medicine at Richmond 7:30 am 3930 SE Division www.divisionclinton.com How can anyone keep track of the changes pouring into our area? Don the Barber at 23rd and Division is gone. Another barber is ... [Read full story]
Restaurant Reviews
fizz 817 SE 34th Ave. 11 am - 9 pm daily 503.894.8980 Fizz, the cheery new soda fountain and candy store off SE Belmont St., is a great place to indulge a sugar craving. Owner Sarah Leonard has refashioned the traditional soda shop as a modern, bright and minimalist gathering place that is fun for kids and kids-at-heart. At the sit-down counter, you can enjoy ice cream sodas ($2.25-$2.25), floats ($3.50-$4), egg creams ($2.50) and milkshakes ($2.95/$3.95). For an extra .50, make it a malted... [Read full story]
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