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Feature Stories
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Tuesday, November 24
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Twenty years on Hawthorne Part 2
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Eclectic selection of gifts inside Uncommon Treasures
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Uncommon Treasures is a browser’s paradise. Wander in the door and your
world slows down a little. The walls are lined with recycled display cases, each
one full of delightful objects.
Here is a porcelain vase. There is a pin and over there, a music box. Look a
little farther and you see a print or a painting or a bronze helmet. Pretty soon
you have found something that is just right for that special gift or for your
own niche or tabletop. You’ll find sculpture, silk prints, earrings, cards and
more.
Peter Diehl opened Uncommon Treasures in November 1989 in a
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Twenty years on Hawthorne Part 1
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Seasons Sparks Koll keeps a Hawthorne tradition going
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It was 1989 and Cinnamon Chaser was tired of chasing around town. She
liked to buy gifts, and when she bought gifts she bought gift wrap and cards
to go with them. Every time she did so, she had to drive to several different
stores to buy all of the things she wanted—one place for the cards, several
for the different gifts, someplace else for the gift wrap. So she decided to
open her own store where she would sell all of the things she liked to buy, all
under one roof.
She found a space on SE Hawthorne, in a district that was just beginning to
change from gas stations
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The history of Washington High School
For thirty years, inner east Portland has dreamed of a metamorphosis for
Washington High School (WHS). Because of its small site, declining
enrollment, social and racial problems and a serious recession, the school
was closed in 1981. After closure, it was used for administrative functions,
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Local filmakers focus on regional foods
It was a Friday evening in September at Bagdad Theater and a capacity crowd
filled the seats, settling in with beer and pizza to watch a film. This was not
the latest Hollywood blockbuster, although this audience was streaming into
the neighborhood from miles around to watch the premiere of
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