Two years ago, Eric Meyer, a resident of Northeast Portland’s Roseway neighborhood, noticed an unwelcome change in the morning skies above his home near Alameda Ridge. The dull roar rattling his house and jarring his peace of mind wasn’t thunder, but the irritating drone of low-flying box hauler planes. “I just sit there and my […]
Rory Carroll
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Developers in the ‘Hood
Company Accused of Brokering Low-Income Neighborhoods
ON THE CORNER of SE Madison and Grand Avenue, a mustard-yellow sign belonging to Phoenix Redevelopment serves as the backdrop where droves of lower middle class people wait for a bus on a cold, clear evening. The sign’s simple message, “Phoenix buys houses. All cash–any condition” is delivered in blocked, bold capital letters and beams […]
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Paul Anthony
Music Bio
WHO: CEO Rumblefish Records, a record company exclusive to the internet and based in Portland. Do you do it for love or money? Right now I’m functioning more business than art, because I need to get the wheels turning, put gas in the car. Then I can drive it. I still write, personally. The reason […]
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Wheeled Warriors
Will Skating Become a Crime?
ZACH ZERFLU and Nancy Hartman don’t have much in common. Hartman is a 5′ 4” blonde mother of two who enjoys making soap and keeping in shape. Zerflu is a towering 6’3”, has a shaved head, a knack for Web design, and happily swills Pabst Blue Ribbon. They both, however, prefer riding skates to driving–Hartman […]
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Add It Up
Unique Math Program Succeeds Where Public Schools Fail
LANITA DUKE KNOWS the problems with the Portland Public School system first-hand. She’s seen it all. Twice. Born and raised in Northeast Portland, Duke claims that she was “miseducated” by the same public school system that she is now working to reform. Typically, according to Lew Frederickson, spokesperson for Portland Public Schools, African American and […]