Zita Podany
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Wed., Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. 2016
Powell's City of Books
Pearl District (Portland)
Vanport author Zita Podany tells the story of the city that once lay nestled in the floodplain between North Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Originally built to help house World War II shipyard workers, Vanport was at one point the second-largest city in Oregon with a population of over 40,000 residents, before it was dramatically destroyed in a flood on May 30th, 1948.