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Remembering Columbia Villa
continued
from Front
own story.”
Nearly three years after their
filming began, the Housing A u­
thority asked them to submit a
proposal for an exhibit, to be
housed in the n eighborhood's
c o m m u n ity c e n te r on N ew
C o lu m b ia’s "M ain S treet” o f
North Trenton Avenue, opening
this August.
T h is sp rin g , W ilh elm and
A rb u th n o t’s design w as ch o ­
sen o v er a num ber o f pro p o s­
als. T h e y ’ve com p iled a team
that in c lu d e s w rite r and re ­
se a rc h e r C h et O rlo ff o f th e
O regon H istorical Society, d e ­
sig n er Janice C olem an, audio
specialist M ichael G andsey, and
T am ara T urner, in charge o f
the p ro je c t's m usic.
The final design includes a
permanent exhibit and rotating
displays, beginning with a snap­
shot o f the neighborhood’s origi­
nal inhabitants, the Chinook Indi­
ans who were native to the lower
Columbia River 1(),(MX) years ago.
The display then fast-forwards
to the Lewis and Clark Expedi­
tion, W orld W ar II, the develop­
ment o f Colum bia Villa and mas­
sive disp lacem en t due to the
Vanport Flood, and the modern
era o f New Columbia.
“W e think it’s important to
show it’s not ju st people who
lived there a generation ago,”
W ilhelm said.
In a nutshell, the exhibit w on’t
speak directly to the viewer, but
will lend a symbolic feeling. Al­
though there are som e strong
visual relics, like the cedar boards
Sue Arbuthnot and
Richard Wilhelm hold a
historical sign from the
Columbia Villa housing
project era. Today,
McCoy Park sits in the
heart o f the New
Columbia neighborhood
along North Trenton
Street, which residents
now call Main Street.
routed with old street numbers
from hundreds o f houses, which
evoke sharp memories in the resi­
dents w ho lived a, those ad ­
dresses.
“The relocated families were
able to retrieve their num bers,”
Arbuthnot said. “That was very
meaningful for them .”
W ilhelm and A rbuthnot are
seeking additional video and film
footage, photographs and any­
thing dating back to the early
days o f the neighborhood and
Portland. If you have something
to lend or donate, call W ilhelm at
503-331-3960.
Luvenia Jackson, a
resident o f the old
Columbia Villa for
28 years, recently
returned to New
Columbia. She now
lives within two
blocks o f her
daughter.
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