GABRIEL GREEN We’ve written about resisting Trump by donating to crucial organizations, and things you can do now to not feel powerless in these tough times, but if you want to get to work, in person, and make your voice heard, check out the following protests, rallies, and community discussions happening around Portland in the […]
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New Map Conveniently Shows Entire Metropolitan Area Where You Can No Longer Afford to Live
Mike Sellinger via Open: Housing This post—it’s by Michael Andersen, of housing advocacy coalition Portland for Everyone—starts with a pretty effective lede: Every month, Portland’s most beloved neighborhoods are moving further beyond the reach of typical homebuyers. Property tax records show the alarming spread, over the last four years, of homes valued at $400,000 or […]
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Tender Loving Empire Is Raising Funds for Employees of NW 23rd Businesses
Doug Brown In the immediate aftermath of the horrible explosion at NW 23rd and Glisan, the news was mostly good: no fatalities, and firefighters had done a commendable job in clearing the area. But as the smoke clears, several businesses are now facing big trouble. Tender Loving Empire, the Portland boutique show and record label, […]
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How Portland and Oregon Have Historically Dealt with Mental Illness
HAWTHORNE ASYLUM PHOTO COURTESY OREG. HIST. SOC. RESEARCH LIBRARY, 38379 One of the oldest mental hospitals in the US is the still-standing Friends Hospital in Philadelphia. Founded in 1813 by Quakers, the institution did not always have such a brief name. It was originally the Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, […]
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Today in Portland Daredevilry: Skiing the Burnside Bridge Stairs
GUYS! It’s not easy being a skiier during Portland summers. That’s probably why this creative Portland daredevil (known as freedthestreets) decided to hone his skills on the Burnside Bridge’s towering staircase. Spoiler alert: HE DOES NOT DIE. And yet? He still seems disappointed with his run! Via Newsflare: Man skis down stairs in downtown Portland […]
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This Week on Blogtown
Your week in review for Mon Aug 29 to Sat Sept 3! LEVI HASTINGS TOP STORY: The killer of a black teen in Gresham was a documented member of an Oregon white supremacist gang for the last 12 years. It’s a truly terrible story. Doug Brown’s reporting was picked up by People Magazine and the […]
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Portland = Big in Japan
The interior of Paddlers Coffee, a Portland-themed coffee shop in Tokyo. (Records + wood paneling = Portland, apparently?) Photo by Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino, via Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura just published a new article called “Why Portland-Themed Businesses Are Big in Japan,” which documents the slightly strange phenomenon of Portland branding and esoterica in Japan and […]
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Image Comics Reportedly Moving to Portland
FROM SAGA VOLUME 3, ART BY FIONA STAPLES According to reliable comics industry site The Beat, Image Comics is planning a move to Portland. …At San Diego I started to hear a few whispers that Image Comics might be leaving its Bay Area headquarters for the cheaper and even more comics friendly environs of Portland, […]
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Get Out, Eat, and Support Black-Owned Restaurants
Deadstock Coffee Jeremy Okai Davis LAST SUMMER, Southeast Portlander Bertha Pearl saw an article about a day celebrating black-owned restaurants in the Bay Area and decided to see what she could do locally. She created a Facebook event page, expecting those in her social network to join in. Instead, thousands of residents confirmed attendance and […]
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Portland’s Last Pay Phones
Doom Town? More like Boom Town. The old, gloomy nickname for Portland seems positively antiquated in these current condo-crazy days, with the influx of new residents, the continual buzz of new construction, and the evolution of our city’s straining infrastructure. And it’s come at a cost, according to many longtime residents: the disappearance of local […]
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Hey, Where’s Portland’s Horrifying Trump Statue?
Oh, look. There’s a new horrifying addition to Seattle’s Capitol Hill… **SCREAMS IN TERROR, COVERS CHILDREN’S EYES** From The Stranger: A statue of a certain veiny, mayonnaise-colored Republican presidential nominee is standing on the corner of 11th Avenue and Pike Street. A plaque at his feet reads: “The emperor has no balls.” The life-size figure […]
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The Atlantic Digs Deeper into Portland Gentrification
From The Atlantic Last month when The Atlantic‘s Alana Semuels wrote her piece The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America, it caught the attention of a lot of people around town—especially those who aren’t exactly comfortable with the subjects of gentrification and racism. (While we may pride ourselves on our progressive attitudes, […]