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Urban Renewal:
People, Politics and Planning, Part I
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P rof .M c K inley B i
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If there is anything in this world
as d iffic u lt as s e p a ra tin g
romance from finance, It is
making a distinction between
those important elements of the
urban infrastructure.
Don’t even try! 1 designed and
taught a related and highly regarded
course at Portland State University
for seven years and was never able to
completely disassociate those inte­
gral concepts.
Today’s article does not stand
alone, w hich becomes obvious if you
refer to may weekly ‘Perspectives’
column (8/24/94), “The Geography
O f Nowhere: Locating Minority
Business.” As the title indicated, I
make the case that economic devel­
opment (successful) greatly depends
upon the ownership, control and
manipulation o f the related real es­
tate. Since even a mental picture is
worth a thousand words, I tried might­
ily to plant in the reader’s mind a
clear image of that pervasive ghetto
icon, the MEDIAN BARRIER that
Sunbathin’ At The Festival - "Wilbur The Alligator" was a popular
attraction at last year's festival. This year, children can enjoy
many activities such as pony rides, a parade, The Children’s
Multicultural Center, facepainting, carnival rides, and much,
much more at the Third Annual Lake Oswego International
Festival, September 9, 10and 11. The three-day Festival
celebrates our global village and international cultures; food,
music, children's events, dance, art, entertainment, sports
events and fashion are just a few of the many activities as part of
the Festival’s attractions for the whole family. The festival is free
to the general public and is located throughout Lake Oswego's
business district.
“Red Wagon Brigade” To
Welcome Kindergartners
A “ Red Wagon Brigade” hits the streets Wednesday, A ug.31,1994,from
10 a.m. to noon welcoming some 80 new kindergartners to Kelly
Elementary School (9030 S.E. Cooper). Teachers travel in pairs w ith a
wagon fu llo f crayons and books, knocking on the doors o f neighborhood
homes where new students live.
Jammin’
Against
The
Darkness
“ J a m m in ’ A g a in s t T he
D arkness” is a unique and pow ­
erful o u treach to the lost. In
com bining the draw ing pow er
o f prem ier C h ristian ath letes
with an ev a n g elistic m in istry ,
som e o f the g re atest barriers to
evangelism fall with the force
o f an ex p losive jam !
The neg ativ e portrayal o f
C hristianity as being irrelevant
and out o f touch is sh attered in
the night or rem ark ab le hope.
Buck W illiam s, A .C. G reen,
David W ood, W ayman T isdale,
A v e ry J o h n s o n a n d S c o tt
H askins w ill team up S ep tem ­
ber 9-10, 1994 in the M em o­
rial C oliseum with p asto rs and
c h u r c h e s fro m a c r o s s th e
g reater P ortland area to im ­
pact the city o f C hrist.
Local Churches are invited to
come and join the team. Be a part
of making this ministry happen
Admission is free. For more infor­
mation, contact the Crusade O f­
fice by phoneor fax yourrequest to
(206) 693-9305.
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school factors, such as family in­
come and parental education in­
crease, so do test scores.
Females in Oregon and nation- 1
ally scored lower than males on both
tests, but they are closing the gap.
Oregon females scored 470 on the
math test, up 2 points, and 436 on the
verbal test, down 5 points. Oregon
males scored 515 on the math test,
down 3 points, and 437 on the verbal
test, down 5 points.
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point, and 425 on the verbal test,
down 3 points.
Females are a majority o f the
test takers (53 percent in Oregon)
and they are more likely to come
from families with less income and
education than males.
Students who take more and
tougher classes score higher on the
SAT. For years, females were under
represented in math and science
courses. They’ve closed that gap
except for calculus and physics
classes.
tion of relevant articles reports and
studies will give you an excellent
overview o f the earlier theories and
mistakes that brought about the cur­
rent state o f affairs. Particularly I
like some of the insights that the
editors themselves have gained.
"Does the notion o f citizen par­
ticipation (in urban planning) mean
that members o f the community will
have a chance to participate in the
construction o f these designs; have
the power to purpose revisions, and
have the power to approve or reject
the final plans?”
“ When the impl ications o f these
questions are considered, a funda­
mental difficulty becomes apparent...
there is an inarticulate majorpremise
upon which the notion o f citizen
participation rests — 'All individuals
within a community have the neces­
sary prerequisites or resources for
effective participation regardless of
their location within the structure of
the community.” P. 278,279.
‘Up jum ped the devil,’ as we
used to say. How real is that premise
for Northeast? Think about it until
we continue.
M E E T IN G N O TIC E
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Advisory Council for Special Education will meet at
Multnomah ESD, 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle (at Airport Way)
Auditorium East and West
Portland Oregon 97220
September 29, 1994, 3:00-7:00 p.m.
and September 30, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 Noon
Public Participation Is Important.
For map & agenda, call Vicky Wilbanks 378-3578
Nationally, females scored 460
on the math test, up 3 points, and 421
on the verbal test, up 1 point. Males
scored 501 on the math test, down 1
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place is like no place in particular,
where the cities are dead zones., the
future will require us to build better
places, or the future will belong to
other people in other societies.”
I am citing this book so early on
in this series, for while eclectic and
general in applications, it touches
intelligently on almost any element
o f urban development the layman
(or professional) might wish to ex­
plore. The public and university li­
braries can provide you with the
‘heavy,’ detailed views on urban
planning. Every minority can find
here a sudden insight into why cer­
tain things happened to his living
space, and gain a realization that
events happen for reasons different
from the explanations of the media,
or city bureau, or bank.
Evidently, two o f the books I
used in structuring these articles had
a pronounced effect on me (borrow­
ing titles). I wish to recommend the
following which I’ve used for years,
“Urban Renewal: People,Politicsand
Planning” edited by Bellush and
Hausknecht, Doubleday Anchor,
1967 (try the library). This collec-
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divides Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd!
(Completed in the fall o f 1981).
As I described it, “the medium,”
has been a deliberate and quite effec­
tive barrier to the commercial and
social development o f the African
American community,” and cited
implications o f devastating con­
straints which ensue. For the naive
who cannot bring themselves to be­
lieve such “evil lies in the hearts o f
men, I referred them to the more
recently installed "ghetto barrier”
controlling Northeast 14th Avenue
between Alberta and Killingsworth.
Why not arrest criminals rather than
invoke the “bantustan” methods that
South Africa just abandoned?
The title for my Perspectives
column is taken from the best-sell­
ing book by James Howard Kunstler,
“The Geography o f Nowhere: The
Rise and Decline o f America’s Man-
M ade L a n d sc a p e ,” T o u chtone
(Simon & Schuster) 1993. The dust
jacket hardly reveals the insightful
analyses o f the author, “ ...the book
traces America’s evolution from a
nation o f Main streets and coherent
communities to a land where every
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