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Street roots 11 äÄääJ )ÏÎÜiU5‘7 Aug. 5 2011 I bought an eighth of smoke Author unknown I bought an eighth of smoke from a neighbor A six-pack and some chocolate from the store on the corner. I am an old gypsy now One who looks at maps and smiles Happy with where I’ve been and not been. My thumb is no longer a ticket I no longer fall in love with waitresses in sad cafes, Or shave in service-station bathroom mirrors. I no longer cook fish on beaches by campfire, Or rise out of the tall grass from a sleeping bag cocoon. I no longer wait out rainstorms in Laundromats, Or write letters from strange libraries. I remember a sign in a window that said: NO BEATNICKS. Fifteen years later it said: NO HIPPIES. Time passes. Each day we are older. West crumbles under wrecking ball I smoked the last roach from the abalone shell ashtray on the bureau. I ate the last piece of chocolate from the cupboard. I drank the last Corona from the fridge, And waited for the world Like one pig waits for another. BY AM ANDA WALDROUPE S TAFF W R IT E R Abe West Hotel, a single resident occupany (SRO) hotel built in 1905 arid which provided -B. housing to 27 low-income people, is officially no more. A seven-story building with 42 studio apartments affordable for people with incomes at or below 45 percent of median family income will replace i t The building will be owned and operated by the Macdonald Center, a Catholic-inspired assisted living facility and social-service agency located directly next to the construction site (on the other side of the construction site is SisteFs of the Road Cafe)? The first floor of the building will house the Macdonald I Center’s expanded outreach and support services. The project cost is just over $10 million dollars, funded by state tax credits, the Oregon Housing Trust Fund and private money raised by the Macdonald Center. The Macdonald Center has owned the property that was the West Hotel since October 2008. Originally, the Macdonald Center planned to simply renovate the West, but it would have need extensive, and costly, repairs.. The West was originally scheduled to be demolished in January. It’s.low-income residents- many of whom are elderly, disabled, mentally ill, felons, or registered sex offenders* were relocated over the period of several months. Can You See Me Now? fort 1) Reflections on Ihlestine Sarah Farahat Il July 16 th-August 13th, 2011 M ir a d o r . COMMUNITY Organic cotton sheets, towels, & blankets N atural Kitchen & Home Food dryers Opening Reception: July 16th 6-9pm 2 1 0 6 SE D iv isio n All Events are FREE& OPEN to the Public (Doors at 6:30pm and events begin promptly at 7pm) July 20th Jou rnalism an d N ew M edia in the M iddle Fast: Lecture and Discussion with Stanford Fellow Jenka Soderburg and Palestinian Journalist Saed Bannoura 5 0 3 « 2 3 1 -5 1 7 5 m iradorcom m onitystore.com M on-S at 10-6 * Sun 11-5 Juicers Books on meat-free cooking, gardening & sustainability August 2nd SltngsAof //ïp Hop: A Free Film Screening for Youth with discussion following August 3rd From South Africa to Palestine: The Shaping o f a M ovem ent through Boycott, D ivestm ent and Sanctions: Portland Activists discuss their past arid present work July 30th First Hand: A Night o f Storytelling from the Wes t Bank and Gaza Canning jars & equipment, cookware, kitchen tools & appliances August 11th To the Land o fO z* and Back Again: a conversation with the artist H ie Settlement @ Pioneer Place Mall 700 SW 5th Ave, PDX, OR 97204 ¿ s h o p lo c a l ( e a t fre sh
