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• O regon C onvention Center:
Land acquisition and developm ent,
Broadw ay/W eidler infrastructure
to the Expo C enter. T he new area
could bring m uch needed revital
ization to the area and could help
site a proposed 5.6 m ile light rail
that w ould be linked to the rest of
im provem ents
South Park Blocks: New Park
B lo ck , H a m ilto n R e p la c e m e n t
the M AX system .
Other projects that will be funded
with tax increment funds in the next
H ousing II
PSU Urban Plaza
■ Downtown: Multi-family hous­
ing preservation and developm ent,
creative services industries center,
few years include:
• Airport Way: Airport Light Rail,
trail developm ent, business devel­
opm ent
• Central Eastside: EastbankPark
- MLK street im provements
• Lower Burnside area redevel­
job developm ent
■ Lents: Public im provem ents
(sidew alks, parks, parking, streets),
econ om ic and com m ercial d ev el­
opm ent and h ou sin g d evelopm ent
River District: H ousing, new
parks, new streets and Central City
Streetcar transit improvements and
retail redevelopm ent.
Martha R ichm onds is the Pub
lie Affairs M anager at PDC. PDC
holds public m eetin gs usually on
th e th ird W e d n e sd a y o f ea ch
m onth at 3 PM. T hey are located
Allen Frem ont
Plaza on Fre­
mont, an urban
renewal project,
offers safe alter­
native housing
for seniors.
at 1900 SW Fourth A venue,
Suite 100. For more infor­
m ation, call 5 0 3 /823-3200.
James DePreist, Music Director & Conductor
Historical Highlights On MLK Blvd.
By Carl Abbott
Contributing Writer from PSU’s
School of Urban Studies and Planning
• T he boulevard was originally
nam ed Union Avenue in honor of
the unification o f the separate cities
o f P ortland, East P ortland, and
A lbina into a single city in 1889.
T he nam e was chosen in
part because the street ran
th rou gh East P ortland
(now southeast Portland)
and A lbina (now north­
east and north Portland).
• T h e street was an
early focus of settlem ent
for
G erm a n
an d .
S c a n d a n a v ia n
im m i­
gran ts. T h e n e ig h b o r ­
hoods around the inter­
section o f MLK and Fre­
m ont had the city’s sec­
ond-largest concentration
m o v ie h o u se s (a lo n g w ith th e
Baghdad, the Hollyw ood, and de­
m olished Oriental).
- T he U nion Avenue streetcar
line was the longest north-south line
in Portland Streetcar riders sup
ported the developm ent of clusters
of businesses at major intersections
such as Russell, Alberta, and
Killingsworth.
■ Business on the street de­
clined rapidly in the 1960s, in
part because of racial distur­
bances. Business revival be­
gan slowly around 1990 and
has accelerated in recent years.
A F R IC A N A M E R IC A N M E N ’S C L U B
A Non-profit Organization
P R E S EN TS
1999-2000 Season Opening Gala
Thursday,September 9 at 7:00pm
James DePreist, conductor
Nadja Salemo-Sonnenberg, violin
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Khachaturian:
Adagio from Spartacus
Strauss: Overture to
Die Fledermaus
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Tzigane
fYulay tN^bt Out
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of im m igrants in a 1930
study.
■ T he m iddle section
of the avenue (R ussell to
Alberta) was lined with
G erm a n -o w n e d
b u s i­
nesses in the early part of
the cen tu ry. W eim er’s
hardware store (recently
closed and reopened un
der a new nam e) was the
last of these businesses.
• T he Egyptian T h e­
ater near the intersection
of Russell was one o f four
especially fancy eastside
Friday, August 27
9 PM - 2 AM
E lk ’ s L odge
6 N Tillamook St. • Portland
¿Music by: *DJ ’Papa
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AND DON’T MISS
THESE EVENTS:
Sept. 9, noon to 1pm:
Meet Nadja at Classical
Millennium,
3144 E. Burnside
Sept. 10-14: Northwest
Film Center (221-1156)
presents “Speaking in
Strings," the acclaimed
documentary of
Najda's struggles and
achievements.