THI PORTLAND OBSERVEJl • AUGUSl
Enjoy a walk on the "Sunny Side"
while you review a century of Port-
land history by anending the Bosco-
Milligan Foundation's slide show
and walking tour of the city's first
streetcar suburb-SUMyside.
Nei&hborhood historian Barbara
Grimala will give a fascinating slide
presentation on the history and evo-
lution of the Sunnyside neighbor-
hood. Then join her and assistant
tour-guides Jane Morrison and
Cathy Galbraith on a walking tour
of S.E. Belmont Street, where you
will learn more about the history
and architecture of the "Builders of
Belmont."
Developed by the Sunnyside
Land and Improvement Company
in 1887, Sunnyside is one of the
oldest urban neighborhoods locat-
ed on the east side of the Willamette
River. The suburb was advertised in
the Oregonian as being located on
the "SUMy Side" of the Willamette
River away from the shadows of the
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west hills.
SuMysidewas located only 2 I/
2 miles from downtown Portland
via the newly opened Morrison
Bridge.
The slide presentation will take '
place at the Portland Mennonite
Church at the comer of SE 33 rd and
Main Street (just off Hawthorne to
the north). The walking tour will
follow from the church through the
Sunnyside Neighborhood, with an
emphasis on S.E. Belmont Street
Pre-registration for the event is
required. Tickets are available by
mailing a check to the Bosco-
Milligan Foundation, PO Box
14157, Portland 97214, or calling
the foundation at 231-7264.
The Bosco-Milligan Foundation
is a non-profit organization whose
purpose is to open the regional ar-
chitectural heritage center at 707
SE Grand avenue in the historic '
West's Block Building, The oldest
building in Portland's eastside.
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Window air conditioners come in
a variety of sizes, shapes and effi-
ciency levels. The cooling capacity
is rated in British Thermal Units
(BTUs). Roomairconditionersfrom
5000 to over 20,000 BTU cooling
capacity are available for window
mounting.
Foranairconditionertooperateat
peak etTiciency it must be sized to fit
the area it's expected to cool. In
addition to the room size other fac-
tors to consider are the number of
people who will use the area and
Albina Community Bank
is jointly hosting a series of
p11blic meetings to share in-
formation about the Pub/it'
Offering of Common Stock.
The $250 minlmump11rchase
allows/or participation by In-
dividuals with varied income.
Available dates Include:
• Tuesday, August 13th 6:00
- 8:00pm; Lutheran lnnercity
Ministries, 4219 NE MLK Jr.
Rosemont neigh:bo,,s
'ca.utiouslv ,optim'istic'
Continued from Metro
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likes the senior housing component,
with its opportunity for aging
homeowners to remain in the neigh-
borhood when they can no longer
live independently.
She is concerned about the sheer
amount of housing on the site, as is
Russell. "We wanted to get owner-
occupied housing, and they've been
responsive to that," sh~ says.
"There's a lot more diversity now.
but if you look at the raw numbers,
the number of rental units has not
decreased much." She questions the
ability of the neighborhood to ab-
sorb the children the units will pro-
duce .
In presenting the new concept at a
Piedmont Association meeting last
month, McCarl said it was still sub-
ject to change based on continued
negotiations with neighborhood rep-
resentatives, design work and finan-
cial feasibility studies.
This helps to reassure Russell.
"The answers we couldn't get before
are coming now, but they're not suf-
ficient yet for me to give my stamp of
approval to this. I want to see as
much in writing as possible that
things have been thought through as
much as possible."
Blvd
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• Tuesday, September 10th
6:00 - 8:00pm: NE Communi-
ty Police Precinct, 449 NE
Emerson.
Albina Community Bank
currently resides at a tempo-
rary location of 1130 NE Al-
berta.
For questions contact F.M.
Burch & Associates at 281-
377 I.
whether or not it's located on the
south side of the building.
Obviously if the unit is undersized
it will not cool the room but if it is
oversized it will cool the area so
quickly that it won't run long enough
for t~e evaporator coil to properly
dehumidify the air.
Using a room airconditionerthat's
over capacity '5 inefficient and can
cause the unit to short cycle.
This constant on-and-off cycle may
prematurely wear out the compressor.
Units in the 5000 to 7000 BTU
range will usually cool an average
sized bedroom. Kitchens with heat
producing appliances like the oven
and busy family rooms with lots of
people activity require more cooling
power.
Before you purchase a unit check
your electrical power. Window units
under 12,000 BTU capacity require a
120 voh 20 amp electrical circuit.
SmallerunitsofSOOOBTUmayrunon
a I 5 amp circuit. In both cases neither
will work reliably if it has to share the
circuit with another high amperage
appliance like a refri&erator. Laraer
unit'I require a dedicated 240 voh cir-
cuit. Ask the salesperson about the
power requirements for any of the
room units under consideration.
In addition to proper sizina. buy an
energy efficient unit which will save
money in the long run. The Energy
Efficiency Ratio (EER), the ratio of
the amount of electricity the air condi-
tioner "ses to produce one BTIJ of
cooling, is the most readily available
gauge. This number is published on a
yellow label affixed to the unit.
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now, possibly at curb extensions.
Some committee members ques-
tioned whether a cross-walk at
Hancock would be safe, given that
the street curves at this point. Layden
said that there are adequate site dis-
tances to allow this. However, he
balked at a suggestion by business
owner Paul Knauls that an existing
pedestrian signal at Northeast
Tillamook Street be moved to
Hancock. "That's a problem," he said.
"You have to get the cars to stop, and
you have to get the cars behind them
to stop."
Layden said the project team is
checking to see if some existing drive•
ways, which now take up more than
25 percent of the boulevard's street
frontage, can be removed to provide
more parking. Architect Mike Dowd
said that his property contains three
driveways, all of which could be
removed without hardship.
OLS Asia signs China Housing
Hong-Kong based construction
group 0LS Asia Holdings Ltd said
on Monday it had signed a heads of
agreement to be the project manag-
er in a joint venture for the China
Housing for the People project.
"While details of the financial
returns to 0LS are still under nego-
tiation, it is expected that 0LS Asia
will receive a project management
fee based on the total construction
cost," the company said.
The other joint venture partners
in the agreement were the China
Housing Management Corp
(CHMC) and China Housing Asso-
ciates (CHA), 0LS Asia said.
"CHMC and CHA have already
signed up a housing reform project
in the old city centre ofSuzhou near
Shanghai and are currently negoti-
ating two similarprojects in Beijing
and Shanghai," 0LS Asia said.
The joint venture agreement cre-
ated !lignificant opportunity for 0LS
Asia to expand into China's middle
class housing sector with compa-
nies and government authorities
recognised as the most progressive
developers, it said.
"The future involvement of
0LS on these mass housing
projects will ... be under close
government scrutiny, but the
company is confident of sub-
stantial expansion of its opera-
tions in (China) through this new
joint venture arrangement."
OLS Asia' ssharcs were untraded
at 2.05 p.m. (0405 GMT) on Mon-
day, having closed up six cents at
98 cents on Friday.
It's not easy saving up to buy ah~
these da,,. But with the FHA. it
isn't as hard as you'd thin~. &cause
with an FHA loan, ,ou could get
into a h~ of your own with a down
payment as little as a few months
rent. And you don't need a perfect
credit record or a high-pa,ing job
House / Down Payment
to qualify. In
$30,000 ....... . $900
$60,000 ...... $2,500
$90,000 ...... $4,000
fact, depending
upon the howe
you buy, your monthly payments
may not bt muclt mort than your
rent. So a&~ any real estate agent
or lender for details . Or just call
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STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES
1·800-CALL FHA Wr'll .,how you
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