September 26, 2012
Minority & Small Business Week
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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
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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
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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-
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