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September 26, 2012 Minority & Small Business Week !YS3 This page IN S ID E Sponsored by: N ews M inority B usiness W eek H ealth pages 16-17 F ood pages 18, 33 An Oregon Historical Society photograph shows the displaced commercial district at North Russell Street and Williams Avenue that once served a large black population. An estimated 188 homes and businesses were condemned by Portland Urban Renewal in the early 1970s to accommodate the growth of nearby Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Community Still Hurts Soft«/ b u t Vow? KeAVTO VÄ/ HAZARDOUS , To OOP PR o F at S / pages 22-23 Emanuel looks back on displacement as it celebrates its centennial ? O pinions ? L ee P erlman T he P ortland O bserver C alendar F all F un G uide ENIEOTAINMENÎ pages 26-28 C lassifieds page 32-33 • » • » «.« _• » • • tio n s. T h e M o d e l C itie s P r o g ra m B o ard a p p ro v e d th e p ro je c t the fo llo w in g y e a r, b u t an a d h o c by m o lish e d 188 p ro p e rtie s fo r an E m a n u e l D isp la c e d P e rso n s A s so c ia tio n , a ssiste d b y L eg al A id L eg acy E m an u el H ospital is cel- e b ra tin g its 100th a n n iv ersa ry n ex t E m a n u e l H o sp ital e x p a n s io n , in- e lu d in g 171 h o u se h o ld s o f w h ic h 7 4 p e rc e n t w ere b lack , an d th e A m e ric a n F rien d s S e r w e ek b y p u b lic ly a c k n o w le d g in g V a c a n t p ro p e rtie s fro m th e ex - a g re e m e n t th a t c a lle d n o t o n ly fo r a p a in fu l c o m m u n ity e x p e rie n c e p a n sio n still e x ist as a c o m p le te 4 0 y e ars ag o , the d is p la c e m e n t o f b u ild -o u t w as n e v e r re a lize d , p ro p e r c o m p e n s a tio n fo r th o se d is p la c e d , b u t a lso the c re a tio n o f h u n d re d s o f A fric a n -A m e ric a n fa m ilie s fro m p ro p e rtie s a ro u n d W o o lle y a n d o th e rs w o rk e d w ith 10 o f th e se fo rm e r re sid e n ts 180 to 3 0 0 n e w h o u sin g u n its by its N o rth G an ten b ein A v en u e cam - o f th e n e ig h b o rh o o d , w h o m th ey “ c o o p e ra tio n b e tw e e n th e p a r tie s .” T h e s e te rm s w e re “ n e v e r p u s in th e A lb in a n e ig h b o rh o o d , c a lle d th e “ sto ry te lle rs ,” to c re a te fu lly s a tisfie d ,” W o o lle y said. D u rin g a b re a k fa st w ith lead - e rs fro m th e b la ck c o m m u n ity o n an o ral h isto ry . W o o lle y re le a se d an d c o m m e n te d o n h e r re p o rt at W o o lle y said th a t th e re c o rd s s h o w th a t th e re c o lle c tio n s o f F rid ay , W a y n e C la rk , L e g a c y ’s th e c o m m u n ity b re a k fa st, w h a t o c c u rre d , as re m e m b e re d v ice C o m m itte e , h e ld o u t fo r an v ice p re s id e n t fo r c o m m u n ity re- T h e re p o rt sh o w s th e E m a n u e l b y p a rtic ip a n ts an d p a sse d d o w n la tio n s , s a id , “ W h e n I c a m e an d th e P D C b e g a n to p la n fo r the to th e ir c h ild re n , w as n o t fully a b o a rd , it w as e v id e n t to m e th a t e a s tw a rd e x p a n sio n o f th e ir c am - a c c u ra te . w e h a d a p ro b le m in the A lb in a p u s as e arly as 1960. H o w ev e r, it “T h a t b a d th in g s h a p p e n e d is n e ig h b o rh o o d th a t h a d n ’t h e a le d w as n o t u n til 1967 th a t it b e g an a b so lu te ly tru e , she said . H o w y e t.” d is c u ssio n s w ith th e c o m m u n ity , e v er, she a d d ed , so m e h a v e m ix e d L e g a c y h ire d lo cal c o n tra c to r a n d th e n o n ly b e c a u se th e fe d e ral u p th e E m a n u e l e x p a n sio n p ro je c t J e a n a W o o lle y to re se a rc h h is- M o d el C itie s P ro g ra m , w h ic h in u p w ith th e d is lo c a tio n o f re s i to n e re c o rd s firom th e e a rly 1970s e lu d e d fu n d in g fo r c o m m u n ity d e n ts fro m th e c o n s tru c tio n o f w n e n th e P o rtla n d D e v e lo p m e n t C o m m is sio n p u rc h a se d a n d d e- re n e w a l p ro je c ts, re q u ire d c o m - m u n ity a p p ro v a l” fo r su c h ac- • « a a « « 4 4 4 4 4« continued a » « * a on page 31 « a a • a a
