Vanishing Portland, Oregon

by Bottenberg, Ray

• ISBN13: 9780738558301
• ISBN10: 0738558303
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-11
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub

Summary

Portland at the end of World War II was an international port and a powerhouse of the timber and shipbuilding industries. Oregon’s largest city grew and changed in the decades that followed, adding new industries and population. It also endured reductions in shipbuilding capacity, a devastating flood, a declining timber industry, urban renewal, freeway construction, and social change. By the 1990s, a wave of globalization and big-box retail marketing swelled shipping at the city’s port and swept away a surprising number of Portland’s businesses, which remain in the fond memories of Portlanders. A few of these memorable icons include the stores Meier and Frank, J. K. Gill, Payless Drug, and Sprouse-Reitz; the restaurants Henry Theile, Jolly Joan, Tik Tok, Yaw’s Top Notch, and Waddle’s; the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park; the Portland Hotel; the Broadway, Fox, and Orpheum theaters; Henry Weinhard’s brewery; the Ramblin’ Rod television show; and Portland Wrestling.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
Stores	p. 11
Restaurants, Bars, and Nightclubs	p. 27
Buildings and Streetscapes	p. 53
Transportation	p. 69
Products and Companies	p. 79
Sports, Arts, Entertainment, and Media	p. 103
Oregon Centennial Exposition	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 126
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