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C ooper /T he P ortland O bserver
Neighbors and political leaders gather Monday to celebrate the completion of the Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard Gateway and Heritage Markers Project, which honors the cultural heritage of inner
north and northeast Portland.
F ood
MLK Gateway Unveiled
page 10 & 20
Plaza honors
civil rights,
cultural heritage
by M indy C ooper
T he P ortland O bserver
A com pleted M artin L uther King
Jr. B oulevard G atew ay and H eritage
M arkers Project plaza was unveiled
at a celebration M onday at N o rth
east H ancock Street w here G rand
A venue m erges into M artin L uther
K in g Jr. Blvd.
First co nceived nearly tw o de-
S ummer
F un G uide
c a d e s ag o , th e site h o n o rs the sioner C harles W ilhoite served as
m ulticultural populations and h is the m aster o f cerem onies. “T his is
tory o f inner north and northeast e v ery o n e’s project, but p articularly
Portland.
a project that belongs to the c o m
“W e are com pleting a project that m un ity ,” he said.
has been years and years in the
Project m anager Irene B ow ers
m aking,” said A nne M angan, w ho w as also excited to celebrate the
w orks for the Portland D evelopm ent unveiling.
C om m ission, the lead agency for
“T he heart and soul o f this w hole
the $ 650,000 construction process. project is the four heritage m arkers,
“T he point o f the space is to m ake a w hich have 12 interpretive p an els,”
m ore official gatew ay into n o rth she said. “W e had over 100 different
east neighborhoods and to honor stories, and o f that, certain them es
the n eighborhood and cultural h eri cam e o u t.”
ta g e.”
continued
on page 5
Portland D evelopm ent C om m is-
Mom Saves Child from Abductor
page 12
Woman hits man with stick;
neighbors tackle suspect
C lassifieds
page 18
C alendar
page 19
A m other took quick action to save her ch ild from an
abduction Sunday in southeast Portland.
P ortland p olice respopded to the attem pted k id n ap
ping w ith neighbors holding the suspect dow n ju s t a few
blocks from w here the incident occurred in the 16900
block o f S outheast L afayette Street.
W hen A ntoinette R obinson heard a m uffled scream
from the area w here h er kids w ere playing, she w ent
outside to see a m ale w ith his arm around h er child's neck
an d his hand on the girl's m outh. T he m an w as trying to
pull the seven-year-old girl into the bushes.
Police said R obinson ran to help her daughter Xavieria,
and yelled at the suspect and hit him w ith a stick to m ake
continued
on page 5
Antoinette Robinson and her daughter Xavieria.
(KATU photo)