The 2012 “Dead Memories Portland” calendar is now available—it’s a great, nostalgic photo collection of now-gone Portland landmarks. My dad got one for Christmas last year. He’s probably going to get another one this year.
There’s also a release party for the calendar on Monday at the Boiler Room, if you want to pick one up in person; Kevin Michael Moore, the calendar’s creator, is a local comedian who will be hosting a standup open mic at 9 pm followed by karaoke at 11. Details here; and for further reading, here’s a piece I wrote about the Dead Memories Portland project last year, with a great comment thread full of real and fake local history facts.
While poking around the site, I ran across a reference to Alpenrose Dairy’s Storybook Lane, which prompted some surprisingly fruitful Googling—apparently Christmas in Dairyville is back this year, after a six-year hiatus, in partnership with Multnomah County 4-H. All you people who have produced smaller people: It’s a fun, free thing to do—Dairyville is a fake Western town that gets all decorated, and they set up fairytale tableaux with real farm animals in ’em, and uh… it’s pretty neat if you’re 5. Also, did you know that Alpenrose has a go-kart track? It DOES.
Oh, man! I miss the hell out of Farrell’s!
What about the Waddles I-5 duck sign, now replaced by (ugh) Hooters? GLARING OMISSION.
I was pretty damn amazed by Farrell’s as a kid. I also miss the hell out of the Pagoda. The food wasn’t great, but it was a pretty neat landmark.
Is the old 7-Up sign on Sandy and NE39th in there?
Is the old 7-Up sign on Sandy and NE39th in there?
frankie, click through to the home page and you can see what’s in the calendar.
I can’t believe I’d forgotten that mural above the old Hamburger Mary’s.
I wonder how many kids swallowed tiny plastic animals at Farrell’s. If you ever had a “Noah’s Ark” there you’ll know what I’m talking about. Unless I dreamed it all.
I took my mother-in-law fresh from Japan to eat at the Pagoda on a lark some years ago.
Big Mistake. Awful. The inside had great potential though. Now we got a bank there.
Hadn’t seen those Hung Far Low stairs in quite along time.
That 7-Up sign was pointed out to me long ago as one of the treasures of Portland, along with the Wonder Bread sign. I miss it.
I want to play Street Fighter 2 and eat ice cream…oh Farrell’s….
They have goats? Tiny Goats?
I may have swallowed a tiny goat.
If they have goats and french fries I can stay all day just staring.
If they have goats then I’m pretty sure they have french fries.