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The plethora of hotels sprouting in Portland’s central city seemed excessive even before the coro-

navirus pandemic. The resultant col-lapse in travel puts the hospitality industry into a death spiral with no end in sight.

The audacious hotel build-up had been ramping up for years, and North-west Portland was in the front row.

Last July, four of the six projects high-lighted in the NW Examiner Develop-ment Map were proposed hotels. That was twice as many as were proposed in the Northwest District, Pearl District and Old Town combined in all of 2017 and 2018.

Headlines in Portland newspapers have documented the trend across the central city (which includes the inner Eastside) as far back as 2015.

“A hotel building boom,” announced the Portland Business Journal in Janu-ary 2015 as the Pearl District’s second hotel, Canopy by Hilton, prepared to break ground.

“Portland is in the midst of a hotel-building spree. Can visitors keep up?” asked Willamette Week in a 2018

story led by news on the 600-room Metro-subsidized Hyatt Regency under construction near the Oregon Conven-tion Center.

The San Francisco Chronicle’s web-site wrote of a 40 percent increase in room inventory downtown in 2018, under a “hotel boom in Portland” headline.

“Portland’s hotel boom continues to rumble,” affirmed the Business Journal last year. “Despite a seemingly endless supply of new hotel rooms over the past few years, there are still plenty more on the way.”

The boldest new entry mentioned in the Business Journal story was the Pearl District’s 23-story Hyatt Place and Lawson Residences. It received design approval from the city in Janu-ary, but neighbors have appealed that decision to City Council, which is scheduled to hear the case June 4.

The 280-unit project is described as half hotel rooms and half apartments, but those apartments may be 30-day rentals aimed at business travelers and tourists. Extended-stay rentals are a growth sector (see sidebar) not includ-

By TAnyA lyn MArCh

The first death in Port-land from the Spanish flu pandemic was a

discharged soldier, Arthur Zik, in October 1918.

Mayor George L. Baker issued a two-week clos-ing of Benson Polytechnic School after 70 students became ill. Three hundred student soldiers who were part of a U.S. Army train-ing detachment were quar-antined. The city banned larger gatherings.

The state of Oregon closed schools, churches and public amusements in the first week of Octo-ber 1918. Libraries closed.

BoomAs COVID-19 hits, Portland faces no shortage of overnight accommodations

Portland replays 1918 pandemicSchools, churches, streetcars closed, “no-sneezing allowed”

Grand park entrance now mostly a parking lot

The Sunday Oregonian of Jan. 12, 1919, had an answer to the pandemic of the time.

A nature center to be part of a new

entrance to Forest Park was nixed in

recently revised plans.

The proposed 23-story Hyatt

Place building, now in limbo awaiting an

appeal to City Council, faces another hurdle

—bad timing. Cont’d on page 8

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By AllAn ClAssen

Ambitious plans for a new entrance to Forest Park along Northwest St. Helens Road were quietly shelved by Port-land Parks & Recreation in late January.

Two years after applying for land-use approval to create a nature center, boardwalk and trail network, the bureau submitted a stripped-down alternative that will look like little more than a park-ing lot.

A 30-space lot will connect to a trailhead. There will also be a

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Not all about EudalyOver the last six years, the employees of the for-mer Office of Neighborhood Involvement assured me that their policy toward neighborhood associ-ations was “hands-off.”

Yet your article (“Eudaly skips interview, record speaks for itself,” March 2020) refers to a move from “the bureau’s function from supporting neighborhood associations.”

The difference in our perceptions of the role of ONI illustrates a lack of a shared objective real-ity, and what Seth Godin calls shared cultural reality—not the universal “we” but groups that

simply define themselves a certain way. This is what happens when “we” all agree that brides wear white or that squirrel isn’t worth eating and it is essential to create harmony within groups. But it can drift over time, sometimes erratically, because the compass can change.

I think too many neighborhoods have drifted. The compass changed with policies around the Climate Action Plan (2009) and the Healthy Con-nected City (2011). In the execution of strategies and plans, what is good for Portland is too good for the poorer neighborhoods, particularly in terms of climate justice.

Let’s count heads on boards and committees and analyze programs to see what we really have

in this network of neighborhoods and how the leadership matches up to the community demo-graphics and their needs.

Citizens deserve a much more objective analysis of neighborhoods. This is not all about Commis-sioner Chloe Eudaly. That assumption turns a complex systems and process issue into a people problem, diverting our attention from a system in need of change—codes or no codes.

We all need to pay attention to how the three candidates (Eudaly, Sam Adams and Mingus Mapps) propose to address the issues raised by Ms. Eudaly and other renters, particularly

A time to scrap failed ideas

For the first time ever, the NW Examiner does not have a Community Events section

this month. No one is holding pub-lic events or neighborhood meet-ings.

Our world has changed. Time from now may be denoted as “before the virus” or “after the virus.”

Realities we have relied upon for years on may be things of the past. What will happen to old norms that were fragile even before the pan-demic?

The neighborhoods of Northwest and inner Southwest Portland have been known for their walkability and livability, but those qualities are closely tied to vibrant restau-rants, shops and gathering places.

The decline of retailing is a nation-al phenomenon. Amazon and other online services are taking an ever-larger share of the market as brick-and-mortar shops struggle. Weeks or months of closure or dras-tically reduced activity due to the coronavirus will destroy many busi-nesses and discourage new ones from forming.

Before the virus hit, I was already collecting photos of vacant store-fronts on Northwest 23rd Avenue and other retail streets. As more closures of existing businesses are certainly coming, recently com-pleted buildings and others under construction add new spaces to compete for a dwindling number of commercial tenants.

That pattern threatens an assump-tion Portland has embraced in pol-

icy and code for most of our lives. Our zoning codes require commer-cial or “active uses” in new devel-opment in most of the central city. The city can’t work the way plan-ners, politicians and community members envisioned without suc-cessful shops on the ground level. That’s what makes possible the 15-minute neighborhood, in which one can carry out most daily chores, and necessities can be obtained within easy walking distance. It’s also what keeps streets safe and sociable day or evening.

Commercial trade has been the essential reason that cities have formed since the beginning of civi-lization. How will our city thrive as the community-building function of commerce wanes?

Poverty and income disparity can

only be heightened in the world the virus will leave behind. Lower-end jobs in businesses that fail will be lost. For years we’ve been aware that robotics and artificial intelli-gence are replacing employment opportunities, so even a bounced-back economy may produce fewer jobs than in the past.

Homelessness was Portland’s big-gest challenge at the beginning of the year, and it will only accelerate with the spike in unemployment brought on by the pandemic. Only government is big enough to pro-vide the income support and hous-ing facilities that will be needed. Still, I have no confidence in Met-ro’s ability to manage the 10-year, $3-billion homeless services mea-sure planned to go on the May bal-lot.

To hold expanded government pro-grams accountable, independent journalism is more essential than ever. However, newspapers and broadcasters suffer from dwindling advertising revenues from the pri-vate sector, which has found effi-ciencies in the targeted messaging made possible by the internet. And the internet is based on giving eco-nomic and political interests con-trol over the “news,” which leads to messages that factionalize voters, undermining political compromise and science-based solutions.

These trends were well-document-ed before the coronavirus hit. The downward spiral can only be has-tened by the crisis.

Our best hope is that the faulty assumptions and failed ideas we have been living under can more readily be diagnosed as our social norms come apart. Four of the five Portland City Council seats are in play, which suggests new thinking could be on the horizon. But few of the 50-plus candidates vying for those positions have demonstrated a capacity to question the path that got us here or promise to bring fresh thinking. That could be expect-ed. All decided to run “before the virus.”

Now is a perfect time for break-throughs and novel ideas we have not considered because we thought we had too much to lose. As I came to appreciate by watching Brit-ish documentarian James Burke’s 1985 series, “The Day the Universe Changed,” necessity is often the parent of our greatest advances. n

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Obituaries

Janet EdwardsJanet Edwards, a longtime Portland Heights resident, died Jan. 23 of brain cancer at age 66. Janet Wagner Cleary was born to Mitch and Jean Cleary on

Nov. 6, 1953, in Waco, Texas, and grew up in Eugene. The family moved to Lake Oswego, where she graduated from Lake Oswego High School in 1971. She graduated from Oregon State University in 1975 and studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. She worked as an interior designer for 45 years. She returned to Portland in 1981 to join Sandra Lamer Interiors and most recently LaNoue Edwards Interiors. She married Barry Edwards in 1985 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Par-ish in Northwest Portland. She was a member of Ascension Episcopal Parish, the Town Club and Mult-nomah Athletic Club. She is sur-vived by her husband, Barry; daugh-ters, Calleson and Cameron; stepson, Christopher; brothers, John and David; and two grandchildren.

James L. BreedloveJames Lewis Breed-love, owner of sev-eral apartment buildings in North-west Portland, died Feb. 22 at age 89. He was born in Kansas City, Mo.,

on Feb. 17, 1931. He attended Park University in Parkville, Mo., earned a master’s degree at the University of Kansas and, in 1962, a doctorate in social work at Case Western Reserve University. He married Marian Cron-heim in 1963 and they moved to Portland in 1964. He was a professor of social work at Portland State Uni-versity from 1964-1992. He also had a private practice for many years. He also developed multifamily and commercial real estate in the Port-land area. He is survived by his sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian, and broth-er, Jack.

Bruce N. DirectorBruce Nathan Director, who grew up on Northwest Culpepper Ter-race, died last month at age 72. He was born Dec. 20, 1947, in Portland and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1965.

He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and received an MBA from the Colum-bia Business School in 1972. He worked at Price Waterhouse 1972-75 before joining JP Morgan, where he held several positions, including controller of the Paris branch. He left the company in 1998 to form his own financial consulting firm, SCORE NYC, a not-for-profit orga-nization funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration. He mar-ried Minnie Johnson in 1980. He is survived by his wife, Minnie; sons, Justin and Nicholas; brother, Stuart; sister, Delores Kimmel; and two granddaughters.

Joseph A LabadieJoseph A. Labadie, a longtime resident of 2323 SW Park Place, died March 9 at age 90. He was born in Lima, Ohio, on March 22, 1929, and his family

moved in 1944 to Portland, where he graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1947. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1951 and Northwestern College of Law at Lewis & Clark College in 1956. In 1952, he began a 31-year career with the United States Nation-al Bank of Oregon, retiring as man-ager of the properties division in 1983. He served on the Multnomah County Tax Supervisory and Con-servation Commission and the Mult-nomah County Board of Equaliza-tion. In 1952, he married Mary Charlton. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Elizabeth; sons, Andrew and Peter; and four grand-children.

Harry L. ShaverHarry Lincoln Shaver, owner and CFO of Shaver Tug Co., died March 4 at age 86. He was born June 3, 1933, in Portland and grew up on Beuhla Vista

Terrace. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1951 and received a bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Miami. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1955-1957, he founded Intectra Technology Co. in Silicon Valley. He returned to Port-land in 1986 to work at his family’s tug and barge company, Shaver Transportation. The company recently named a tugboat Lincoln in his honor. In recent years, he lived in the Vista St. Clair Apartments. He is survived by his son, Steve; daugh-ter, Samantha Shaver; eight grand-children; and four great-grandchil-dren. His daughter Sommer died in 2002.

Death NoticesDale CoChran, 81, Lincoln High School class of 1956

Janet F. (ranDall) Cornell, 75, owned Cloe’s and Butterflies cloth-ing shops in Old Town.

robert e. MCFarlanD, 81, attend-ed Sauvie Island School.

betty J. SteenSon, 93, lived in Northwest uptown.

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Editor’s note: According to City Code Title 3.96.060 A., “It is the responsi-bility of the Office of Community & Civic Life to: Assist Neighborhood Associations, District Coalitions and others in planning and developing programs for public involvement, crime prevention, dispute resolution and budget review.” This language remains unchanged since the bureau was known as the Office of Neigh-borhood Involvement.

Wapato great ideaChanging Wapato jail into a home-less center is a genius idea, mostly because the public already had spent $58 million to build a jail that was never used for its intended purpose.

Demolishing it would be the big-gest waste of money badly needed for many public purposes, including caring for the homeless population. Everyone wants a place for them to go; why not use what we have?

Finally, the drawings of the renova-tion look wonderful. It’s a fabulous idea and I am glad that it is coming to fruition.

Marta Pustkowski NW 10th Ave.

No to homeless bondMetro proposes a $250 million home-less bond on the May ballot. The real cost will be $300 million including interest plus the extra costs that will

be imposed on all the government departments to administer the bond. The total cost will come to about $600 for each of the 500,000 taxpay-ers in the metro area.

More people will flee Portland and the area. More people will evade taxes. More businesses will disap-pear or move or not start in the first place because of the crushing tax bur-den. Opportunities for meaningful employment for the very people the bond is supposed to help will vanish.

It is bleeding the camel again and again in hopes of crossing the desert faster.

The federal government spends at least 63 percent of its staggering budget on entitlements, benefits and support of different kinds (from page 103 of the Internal Revenue Service tax instruction manual). I am sim-plifying here, but things need to be talked about. Now the city and its friends want to tack on another $300 million or so. The camel is not going to accept this forever.

The street people, the homeless peo-ple, the mentally devastated and the campers all deserve to be happy. I doubt if many Metro employees or anyone else stops and actually talks to them right there on the street. I don’t think spending all this money will help much, if at all. We all need to sit together—though at 6 feet—and talk openly and compas-sionately about what we can do for the homeless and all of us.

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A proposed boardwalk and pedestrian and bike trails were eliminated from plans for a new Forest Park entrance along Northwest St. Helens Road.

stormwater treatment system and wid-ening Fire Lane 1 but nothing resem-bling the 2018 plan.

While the original scheme was derived through months of public workshops, surveys, citizen engage-ment and design work, the down-scaled version was revealed in a nar-rowly distributed Bureau of Develop-ment Services notice written March 13, with an April 3 deadline for public comment.

“Thanks for sharing this information with us. We had no idea,” Catherine Thompson told the NW Examiner after seeing the document on March 30.

Thompson organized opposition to the earlier project, which she consid-ered excessive and wasteful of parks resources, so usual protocol should have called for notifying her directly as a person of interest.

Mark Sieber, director of Neighbors West/Northwest, the coalition serving inner Westside neighborhood associ-ations, said the Forest Park Neighbor-hood Association was the only one notified by the city.

If Portland Parks & Recreation hoped to skirt controversy by scaling back a controversial project, it stumbled into some fresh concerns.

State Rep. Mitch Greenlick champi-oned a state grant of $1.5 million to underwrite development of a plan for the entrance. The money went into consulting fees and public outreach efforts—all with the assumption of something grander than a parking lot.

“I was particularly concerned about what happened to the state investment in this,” Greenlick told the Examiner.

Greenlick learned of the city’s change of direction only because it triggered an environmental review.

Stacey Castleberry of the Bureau of Development Services concluded that the project failed to meet several envi-ronmental standards and should go through an additional review process.

“The Forest Park Trailhead plans depict approximately 35,720 square feet of disturbance area and removal of 49 trees,” Castleberry wrote.

“Construction activities will occur

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GOING OUT

Going Out

The Nob Hill Bar & Grill, 937 NW 23rd Ave., serves meals seven days a week, just as

it has without interruption since 1996.

“We’ll stay open all the way,” co-owner Greg Hermens said. “We have a 24-year streak and we can’t break it up for this.”

Service is takeout only in compli-ance with the city of Portland’s orders to address the coronavirus. If eating out is what it’s about, cus-tomers can probably find vacant benches down the street.

Although sales are only 25 percent of normal levels, “the people who are coming in are really nice,” Her-mens said. “They’re very support-ive.”

Operating at less than half speed has some benefits.

“You got time to lean, you got time to clean,” he quipped.

Hermens has taken advantage of the lull to clean carpets and install

a new range.

“This place will be pretty spiffy,” he said.

The outlook is not as bright for Nobby regulars who consider the place a second living room, how-ever.

“Their social life is gone,” he said.

The shutdown in 1996 was due to a storm that knocked out the build-ing’s electrical panel.

(Editor’s note: Despite all inten-tions, Hermens decided on April 1 to close for the interim on the advice of his accountant.

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and all conferences and school trips have been canceled, reservation can-cellations are coming in by the hun-dreds.”

In addition to the GoFundMe cam-paign, the hostel is selling gift cer-tificates without expiration dates for lodging, food or drinks.

To contribute or purchase gift cer-tificates, write to [email protected] The SKYLINE TAVERN Project, 8031 NW Skyline Blvd., is closed for the duration of the pan-demic.

“We care deeply for the health and security of our customers, our employees and the musicians and artists who are the heart of our proj-ect,” wrote co-owners Scott Ray Becker and Meg Thibodeaux, on their website.

Becker, a social activist and filmmak-er, bought the tavern in 2015, with a goal of supporting his Black Dog Art Ensemble, a nonprofit devoted to addressing environmental issues through art.

In the meantime, they are welcoming those who want to “spend time in close proximity to the trees of our beloved Forest Park” to hang out in their parking lot.

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CHIMAEK TOWN PDX, featuring Korean deep-fried chicken, opened in the former Wild Wasabe space at 2330 NW Thurman St. in late Janu-ary. During the pandemic, it is open noon-8 p.m. for takeout.

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RED ONION THAI CUISINE reopened in late March at 1037 NW 23rd Ave., a block south of its longtime home.

CLOSED

PICNIC PDX at 1305 NW 23rd Ave. is permanently closed

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ELEPHANTS DELICATESSEN, 115 NW 22nd Ave., received the National Restaurant Association Education-al Foundation Neighbor Award for charitable service and philan-thropy. The award comes with a $10,000 contribution to support the charitable organization of their choice, which will go to Lift Urban Portland, which provides food to low-income building residents in Northwest and Downtown Portland.

MEALS FOR KIDS

All LAUGHING PLANET restau-rants in the metro area are providing free meals to children who normally receive Meal Assistance Program food at their schools. The North-west Portland locations are 721 NW Ninth Ave., 909 NW 21st Ave. and 625 NW Saltzman Road. Parents need only enter a restaurant and request a meal for their child.

INDUSTRIAL CAFÉ & SALOON, 2572 NW Vaughn St., has closed after a few days of takeout service.

“We tried takeout,” said co-owner Russ Hubbard, “but no one was coming. We did one takeout meal for $35 on our last day and decided to close completely [until the emer-gency passes].

“We just threw away $2,000 of food,” he said.

Employees have been laid off so they can draw unemployment benefits, he said.

“We’re all in the same boat,” he philosophized. “We’ll just do the best we can. Everybody is going to eventually come through it.”

Owners of NORTHWEST PORT-LAND INTERNATIONAL HOSTEL and the HOSTEL CAFÉ are employ-ing a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of their 30-plus workers who were laid off.

“The coronavirus crisis is hitting our well-loved hostel hard,” Jim Kennett wrote in a message to potential con-tributors.

Kennett and his wife, Britta Diettrich, who co-founded the hostel in 2006, are now running the five-building operation with the help of one part-time employee.

“This is the time of year when many groups and travelers stay with us over spring break. … Since President Trump banned travel from Europe,

Nob Hill Bar & Grill regulars are keeping their distance these days.

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Along with the rest of us, the Nob Hill Bar & Grill carries on, or we

should say “carries out.”

Our full menu will be avail-able to be picked up inside or at our new walkup win-dow.

So far things are moving smoothly. There are a few disgruntled regulars.

“When will people start worrying about the ‘bar-less community?’ laments Ron.

Other tough it out.

As K. Man (photo) brags. “People have been social distancing with me for years! We will get through this.”

As we all isolate together, the staff of Nobbys stands vigilant, spatula in hand, grill at the ready.

“Nobbys has been serving the Northwest community for more than 30 years and will continue to do so.

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Andina 1314 NW Glisan St.Anna Bannanas 1214 NW 21st Ave. Arden 417 NW 10th Ave.August Moon 405 NW 23rd Ave.Bamboo Sushi 836 NW 23rd Ave.Beau Thai 730 NW 21st Ave.BHUNA 704 NW 21st Ave.Brix Tavern 1338 NW Hoyt St. Can Font 1015 NW Northrup St.Carina Lounge 410 NW 21st Ave.Carlita’s 1101 NW Northrup St.Cha Cha Cha 2390 NW Thurman St.Chimaek Town 2330 NW Thurman St.Chipotle Mexican Grill 1933 W. Burnside St.Choice of India 305 NW 21st Ave. Clearing Café 2772 NW Thurman St.Coffee Time 712 NW 21st Ave.Coffeehouse Northwest 1951 W. Burnside St.Daily Cafe 902 NW 13th Ave.Dragonfly Coffee House 2387 NW Thurman St.Elephant’s Deli 115 NW 22nd Ave.Escape From New York Pizza 622 NW 23rd Ave.Fields Bar & Grill 1139 NW 11th Ave.Fuller’s Coffee Shop 136 NW Ninth Ave.Grant’s Philly Cheesesteaks 1203 NW 23rd Ave.Grassa 1506 NW 23rd Ave.HOTLIPS Pizza 721 NW Ninth Ave.Khao Soy 2340 NW Westover RoadKung Pow! 500 NW 21st Ave.Laughing Planet 909 NW 21st Ave.Lela’s Bistro 1524 NW 23rd Ave.Ling Garden 931 NW 21st Ave.Little Big Burger 930 NW 23rd Ave. 122 NW 10th Ave.Lovejoy Bakers 939 NW 10th Ave.Maiphai Thai 2764 NW Thurman St.Marrakesh 1201 NW 21st Ave.Mazatlan Bar & Grill 2050 SW Morrison St.Mediterranean Exploration Co. 333 NW 13th Ave. McDonald’s 1835 W. Burnside St.Montesacro Pinseria Romana 1230 NW Hoyt St. Oven and Shaker 1134 NW Everett St.Papa Murphy’s 2021 W. Burnside St.Pepino’s 914 NW 23rd Ave.Phil’s Bento 17 NW 23rd PlacePiattino 1140 NW Everett St.Pizzicato 1265 NW 10th Ave. 1749 SW Skyline Blvd.Please Louise 1505 NW 21st Ave.Pine State Biscuits 1717 NW 23rd Ave.Red Onion Thai Cuisine 1037 NW 23rd Ave.SanSai Japanese Grill 539 NW 21st Ave.Santa Fe Taqueria 831 NW 23rd Ave.Schmizza Pub & Grub 320 NW 21st Ave.Serratto Restaurant and Bar 2112 Kearney St.SFNY-West Pizza 2241 W. Burnside St.Silver Dollar Pizza 501 NW 21st Ave.Siri -Indian Cuisine 1323 NW 23rd Ave.Southland Whiskey Kitchen 1422 NW 23rd Ave.Spielman Bagels & Coffee 2314 NW Lovejoy St.St. Jack 1610 NW 23rd Ave.St. Honoré Boulangerie 2335 NW Thurman St.Subway Sandwiches 2125 W. Burnside St.Sunny Day Coffee 2310 NW Everett St.Taco Bell 2079 W. Burnside St.Tap & Table 1620 NW 23rd Ave.Tara Thai Northwest 1310 NW 23rd Ave.Tea Social 806 NW 23rd Ave.Thai Bloom! 333 NW 23rd Ave.Top Burmese 413 NW 21st Ave.Vaux at Canopy by Hilton 425 NW Ninth Ave. West Coast Bento 2368 NW Thurman St.Whole Bowl 1515 NW 23rd Ave.Vivace 1400 NW 23rd Ave.

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ed in hotel room inventories.

STR Inc., which tracks supply and demand in the hotel indus-try, reports 762 new rooms in Portland’s central business dis-trict (which includes the entire Westside east of Interstate 405 plus the Northwest District east of Northwest 21st Avenue) in 2017. That rose to 966 additional rooms in 2018 and 620 in 2019. About 1,500 more rooms are in the pipe-line for completion within the next two years or so.

Year New rooms % increase

2017 762 9.7

2018 966 11.2

2019 620 6.5

Lest 2019 be taken as a tapering off, the data does not include the convention hotel because it is east of the river. If its 600 rooms were included, the increase would be 12.7 percent over the prior year.

STR analyst Alison Hoyt said national hotel “supply growth has averaged around 2 percent for the past few years,” though “much higher” in major cities.

“Supply growth has been out-pacing demand growth in Port-land, which has led to a decline in occupancy for each of the past three years,” Hoyt said.

Portland State University Econ-omist Joe Cortright has been baf-fled by the expansion. Two years ago, he told Willamette Week, “Portland has had a good growth spurt over the last couple of years, but from what I’ve seen, the mar-ket is getting saturated.

“It’s great for tourists. They’ll be discounting like mad.”

Last month, his predictions were more dire.

“We’re very much in the midst of a hotel building boom in Port-land,” Cortright told the NW Examiner just before the corona-virus pandemic brought cancella-tion of normal activity. “We were already over-hoteled starting late last year.”

Given the virus and resultant slowdown, “it will be an extreme-ly rough time for the rest of the year.”

As for the theory that a major convention center hotel will bring more con-ventions to the city, filling up not only the Hyatt Regen-cy but other hotels, Cortright said that expectation was never realistic.

“There is no evidence that conventions drive growth at all,” he said.

Cortright said a handful of major cities dominate the convention business while other cities struggle. Portland has never matched the num-ber of conventions held here before the recession of 2008, he said.

Displacing housing?If he is right about the

over-capacity, Portland will have empty hotel rooms for years to come.

How will that surplus impact the city’s critical housing/home-lessness crisis? Available build-ing sites that could have been used for permanent housing will instead be reserved for tourists and business travelers. That poses a conundrum in a city attempting to maximize housing supply to hold down housing costs.

Limiting the construction of apartments and condominiums is seen as breaking a chain reac-tion in which higher-income resi-dents move up the ladder to new homes, thereby releasing greater housing supply at all price lev-els right down to the lowest-cost apartments.

Julie Livingston chairs the Port-land Design Commission and is project manager for low-income housing for Home Forward, for-merly the Housing Authority of Portland. She also lives in the Pearl District.

Livingston has seen the hotel boom through a succession of building applications coming before the commission.

“Most conversations I have on this topic in the context of design review begin with surprise that hotel development isn’t tapering off and end with fascination that

hotel developers are able to make quarter blocks pencil out—some-thing housing developers struggle with.”

The Examiner posed the issue to her last summer: Is runaway hotel construction making hous-ing less affordable?

“I’m not sure anyone has quan-tified the economic impact new hotel rooms will have on the cost and availability of land and in turn the cost and availability of housing, whether luxury, market rate or income restricted,” she wrote last summer.

“The social impacts are dia-grammatically clear:

1) Less available land = fewer housing units = higher rents = increased homelessness; and

2) More hotels = greater small business opportunities = foster-ing clean and safe streets = pres-sure to relocate homelessness. It’s a double jeopardy for folks at the bottom of the economic spec-trum.”

Last August, Livingston bounced ideas off developers, affordable housing advocates and city officials.

“No one I’ve talked to about this topic … claims any expert knowl-edge. The response I’ve received has been consistent: ‘Well sure, Julie, it only makes sense that

“From what I’ve seen, the market is getting saturated ... we were already over-hoteled

starting late last year.” — Joe Cortright, PSU Economist

Julie Livingston, chair of the Portland Design Commission, has been asking about the hotel boom, but she’s getting few answers.

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“The policy folks at City Hall are likely focused on the Airbnb variety of short-term rentals rath-er than hotel rooms. Hotels have been historically viewed as an eco-nomic boon with no downside. And the mayor’s pitch to fund affordable housing development with a tax on the Airbnb-style short-term rentals correlates with the pressure short-term rental profitability places on long-term rental stability.”

Airbnb seen as villain In 2018, AirDNA.co, an inde-

pendent Airbnb analytics compa-ny, calculated 5,185 active rentals in Portland, 43 percent of which were available year round, violat-ing a city cap of 270 days per year. A year earlier, the city cracked down on owners of the Yard, a 21-story apartment building at the east end of the Burnside Bridge, for renting 18 of its units through Airbnb. In 2019, the city reached a settlement with Airbnb requiring the company to disclose data and pay lodging taxes on its Portland rentals.

Don Mazziotti, managing direc-tor of Oregon Harbor of Hope and the former director of the Port-land Development Commission,

has seen the housing issue from all sides.

“The problem is Airbnb, which is taking housing stock out of sup-ply in far greater numbers than hotels,” Mazziotti said. “Airbnb has enormous inventory—not regulated for incomes—that is gobbling up supply that is really needed.”

He and others pointed out that new hotels bring construction jobs and permanent employment.

Housing forces mumThe Examiner asked proponents

of the derisively called “build baby build” approach to hous-ing affordability to comment on the implications of building hotels instead of permanent homes.

We received no responses from the Portland Housing Trust Fund Project for Community Change; Iain MacKenzie, an associate at TVA Architects who is critical on local social media of oppo-sition to housing development; Sightline Institute, a Seattle-based affordable housing think tank; and Up for Growth, a national hous-ing development advocacy enti-ty chaired by Clyde Holland of Holland Partner Group, a nation-al development company with three major mixed-use projects in Northwest Portland; and the Port-land Housing Bureau.

These sources have produced exhaustive literature on the bless-ings of maximizing housing con-struction, but none we could find addressing the theoretical conun-drum of hotels. And we were unable to speak to anyone who might explain their thinking.

One exception was Mary Kyle McCurdy, deputy director of 1000 Friends of Oregon, the state’s origi-nal land-use watchdog group, who said the city’s planning process stays on top of the matter.

“The city does land-use plan-ning for all uses, including com-mercial uses … hotels, office buildings, residential uses of all densities, industrial uses and other uses based on projected needs,” McCurdy said. “So those respective needs should already be incorporated into the city’s land-use plan.

“One aspect of a hotel is that it is a use that can be converted in the future into housing fairly readily,” she added.

Chris Smith, a member of the Portland Planning and Sustain-ability Commission for 10 years who is running for the Metro Council District 5 seat, responded via emails last summer.

Smith, who also has neighbor-hood experience as a Northwest District Association board member

Hotels or apartments?Statistics compiled by STR Inc., the leading national source for hotel inventory and occupancy rates, do not keep track of extended-stay apart-ment units, which must be rented for at least 30 consecutive days.

The website for Oakwood Apart-ments, built in 2018 at 1155 NW Everett St., touts “serviced apart-ments for business or leisure travel. … Find short-term, temporary or extended-stay apartments.”

Extended Stay Properties NW Port-land subleases units in a half-dozen Pearl apartment and condominium buildings.

“We’re a corporate housing provider,” Rob Silva said of the company regis-tered to Heather Silva.

The weekend rental offers on its website are a mistake, he said, and do not apply to occupancies of fewer than 30 days.

The Oakwood Apartments at 1155 NW Everett St. are part of the “extended-stay” rental market aimed at business travelers and tourists. Occupancies of at least 30 days are required to avoid hotel taxes, and they are not counted in hotel room censuses.

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in the 1990s, was not ready to call hotel building a problem.

“I think that conjecture requires two assumptions:

1) That hotels are being overbuilt for the long-term demand.

2) That hotel properties are rea-sonably convertible to permanent housing over time, which requires the addition of kitchens and other infrastructure.

“I don’t think I have data in front of me to make an evaluation of either at the moment,” he conclud-ed.

Smith said he was not aware of anyone studying the issue.

His first point implied that hotel development is not a concern unless the rate exceeds long-term demand, a standard that cannot be applied in the present. He also implied that building for uses other than hous-ing in the central city is acceptable as long as there is a demand for them.

Candidates weigh inWe also asked 12 candidates for

City Council, including incumbent Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commis-sioner Chloe Eudaly, to comment on the policy concerns raised by Portland’s hotel building boom.

Only Sam Chase and Carmen

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Rubio, both running for open seats, complied.

“As we face a recession, hotels will bring much-needed construction and service jobs, as well as tourism and conventions that bring new, out-side dollars to Portland’s economy,” wrote Chase.

“There are limited housing benefits from hotels, like reducing demand for Airbnb units in favor of long-term rentals and providing emergency shelter in such cases as the corona-virus. However, we must be certain they are not removing existing or otherwise taking the place of needed housing.”

Rubio tipped her hand with a high-ly conditional opening line:

“I do not think the current hotel building boom is solely responsible for exacerbating affordable housing needs,” she wrote.

“Robust hotel development where tourism is playing a bigger role in the local economy is a good thing.

“That said one challenge that can certainly play out and affect both housing affordability and availabil-ity is the rise of short-term rentals. Development—with short-term rent-als and without affordable housing tools also at play—can exacerbate our housing crisis.”

Rubio said short-term rentals are

the problem.

“Robust hotel development that can be both competitive in amenities and price structure is a smart way to counteract what is happening in other international cities like Madrid and Barcelona, where you have hotel capacity but with close-in neighbor-hoods where no one lives anymore because they have all become short-term rentals.

“Likewise, if Portland doesn’t have hotel capacity, the likelihood of short-term rental usage will go up, which can also affect our housing crisis.”

ConclusionHaving identified Airbnb-types

rentals as a serious threat to the affordable housing supply, many local housing advocates see the com-petitor of Airbnb—hotels—as a solu-tion. Yet both forms of overnight accommodation serve the same mar-ket: travelers. And every unit used in this way cannot simultaneously provide permanent housing.

For the share of lower-income Port-landers who cannot afford to travel, the best hope that more hotels will benefit them is through the elitist economic process known as trickle down. n

“ ... if Portland doesn’t have

hotel capacity, the likelihood of short-term rental usage will go up, which

can also affect our housing crisis.”

— Carmen Rubio, Portland City

Council Candidate

The nine-story Portland Proper Hotel, 1202 NW Irving St., received design approval last month. It will have 227 rooms and a top-floor pool.



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2330 NW FLANDERS ST.Last month, this Development Map printed pre-liminary plans for demolition of the office com-plex at 2330 NW Flanders St. That report was based on the inquiry log of the Portland Bureau of Development Services, but a representative of the property owner, Flanders Partners LLC, said there are no demolition or redevelopment plans for the site.

For an interactive and continually updated

version of this map, visit: NextPortland.com

Also see the development map maintained by the Goose Hollow Foothills

League:goosehollow.org/images/

GooseHollowDevelop-mentMap.pdf

NW CHILDREN’S THEATERDesigns for a new Northwest Children’s Theater home at Northwest 29th and Nicolai streets were shared with the Northwest District Associ-ation in February. The structure would include a 300-seat main stage, a smaller theater, class-rooms, a costume and prop shop, and offices.

HOTEL PLANNEDHennebery Eddy Architects is seeking design ad-vice from the city for an approximately 11-story ho-tel on a quarter block at Northwest 10th and Hoyt streets. The property is owned by the Kalberer Co. and now contains a 1921 one-story commercial building. Preliminary plans call for 150-160 guest rooms, a restaurant and lounge and a roof terrace with a bar but no off-street parking.

SLABTOWN FOURA three-story structure including two townhous-es and two accessory dwelling units is almost completed at Northwest 24th and Savier streets. It is owned by a family partnership managed by Mike Stonebreaker, who will live in one of the units. Stonebreaker recently joined the board of the Northwest District Association.

HOUSE INTO HOTELOwners of a 1910 craftsman house at North-west 21st and Everett streets want to convert it into a hotel. Required modifications include removing a garage door, installation of egress windows, adding a door and reducing the set-back requirement between the building and the lot line. The property was purchased by Taylor Family Investments LLC of Northwest Portland in 2018.

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Still, it was not enough.

Some retailers were thinking of their bottom line. An ad in the Oct. 18, 1918, Oregon Journal states: “The influenza quarantine prevents our advertising all our opening specials as we want to avert big crowds. However, here are a few.”

Mayor Baker, disappointed in the cavalier attitude exhibited by many residents to less

stringent measures—such as not allowing public sneezing—ordered the quarantine of all house-holds where residents had contracted the virus.

He noted that flu sufferers were returning to work or barbershops as soon as they felt able rather than waiting out the required confine-ment period.

“For this reason, I have concluded that enact-ment of a law to enforce isolation by means of strict quarantine is necessary, and I will present such a measure to council for enactment on Wednesday,” he told The Oregonian in early December.

The placarding of 3,000 homes began Dec. 13. Flyers with information on how to care for the sick and directions to keep the quarantine were distributed.

But the city relaxed the campaign too soon. The ban on public meetings ended in December although the death total had reached 602. But

the spread continued. There were 327 new cases and 11 deaths on Jan. 8, 1919. The Jan. 19, 1919, Oregon Journal reported 1,847 new cases with 113 deaths over the prior six days.

The U.S. Army base in Camp Lewis, Wash-ington, sent 24 nurses to Portland to assist in the crisis that month. The military advised all people to wear masks, and local doctors plead-ed especially that masks be worn to worship services.

The flu was felt around the state. Corvallis closed schools, churches, theaters and public gatherings. Roseburg shuttered poolrooms and public officials were concerned about ice cream stands.

The La Grande newspaper listed the address-es of quarantined households. The quarantine included the city jail, where the “police warn everybody for goodness sake not to break into it.” n


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The Spanish flu triggered social distancing practices, such as ordering theater patrons who sneezed or coughed to leave the premises, according to the Oregon Daily Journal.

Above: A public service announcement advised against “worry, fear and fatigue.” Below: A chart in the Oregon Daily Journal tracked the rise and fall in Portland cases of Spanish flu in 1918-19.


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Meeting and ElectionsTENTATIVE! Tues., May 19, 6:00 pmLegacy Good SamaritanSee nwnw.org/calendar for updates.C a n d i d a t e s m u s t b e members of the Northwest D i s t r i c t A s s o c i a t i o n (NWDA). Membership is free and open to all residents, property owners, a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of businesses or non-profits in the district. To join: Go to northwestdistrictassociation.org and click on “Apply for Membership” at the bottom of the page.

To vote at the annual meeting, you must be registered as a member of the NWDA by noon on May 15th.

To be on the ballot, you must declare your candidacy for Director or President by 5:00pm, Thurs., April 16th.

Send declarations of candidacy or inquiries about membership to: [email protected] (Mark Sieber 503.823.4212) or NWDA Elections Committee, 2257 NW Raleigh Street, Portland, OR 97210

Old Town Community Association Annual Meeting & Elections

2020 Board Election originally scheduled for the April 1st Community Meeting is postponed until further notice. 7 board seats will be open for the 2020 Board Election once an Annual Community Meeting is rescheduled.To run for the OTCA Board send your declaration to [email protected] with the folloing information.

1. A short bio.

2. Why are you interested in serving on the OTCA board?

3. What will you bring to the OTCA board?

4. Serving on the board requires attendance at monthly board meetings, strongly encouraged attendance at monthly community meetings and commitment to at least one committee (that also meets monthly and carries out tasks that require additional time) for an average minimum of 5 hours a month. What committee interests you the most and why? F i n d c o m m i t t e e i n f o o n l i n e PDXoldtown.org/otca/otca-board/

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COVID-19 Resources & Information

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Visit the City’s guide to helping others during this crisis: portlandoregon.gov/article/757041

Donate to social service providers. Nonprofits such as Union Gospel Mission, Portland Rescue Mission, Blanchet House and Sisters of the Road are still serving meals to vulnerable community members and need your support to safely keep the doors open.

If you have favorite restaurants or shops that you hope to see make it through this, consider purchasing a gift card to use when they reopen. Visit pdxSOS.com/ for discounted gift certificates and products from local businesses.

Fill out your census form! Hard to reach populations will be even harder to reach during this pandemic, so do your part and fill out the brief online form.

Donate Supplies. Medical care providers are running low on supplies, if you have an emergency kit with unopened boxes of the following, consider donating them. Email [email protected] to coordinate delivery. Do not take donations directly to medical sites; they are too busy to receive donations and they need to keep contamination risks down. Wash your hands before placing donated supplies in clean paper (preferred) or plastic bags.

• latex free gloves • procedural masks and surgical masks • N95 respirators and N95 filters • Other respirators (P100’s, PAPR’s, and supplies / parts) • face shields and splash shields • hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes

-- HOUSING & UTILITIES --

Food pantries: oregonfoodbank.org/find-help/find-food/

Evictions: Multnomah County announced a moratorium on evictions for people who experience wage loss due to COVID-19. bit.ly/PDX-Evictions

Shelters: Some winter shelters are remaining open to accommodate social distancing and serve vulnerable populations. Find shelters and homelessness resources: multco.us/joint-office-homeless-services

Water, Electricity and Gas: Portland Water Bureau, PGE and NW Natural have all announced that they will not shut off service if a bill isn’t paid during the crisis. If you anticipate missing a payment, call to make arrangements and learn about your options. PGE - 503.228.6322, Water - 503.823.7770, Gas - 800.422.4012.

Oregon DMV: The DMV is now only open by appointment for commercial drivers. Oregon law enforcement agencies have agreed to exercise discretion in their enforcement of driver licenses, vehicle registrations and trip permits that expire during the COVID-19 emergency.

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Unemployment: Lots of people are filing for unemployment right now, which is overloading the website. If you’re having trouble, you can call the Oregon Employment Department at 877.345.3484 to start filing a claim.

Taxes: All individuals can now file federal and Oregon state taxes through July 15, 2020, a three month extension.

Currently Hiring: • Fred Meyer, jobs.kroger.com • Amazon (with added $2/ hour through April)

amazondelivers.jobs/about/warehouse-jobs • Safeway, albertsonscompanies.com/careers/

safeway-careers.html

-- FOR CHILDREN --

Meals: Portland Public Schools have been providing meals for minors of all ages. Visit pps.net/coronavirus for up to date info.

Childcare: Call 211 or text “children” or “ninos” to 898211 for free, customized referrals to child care providers and strategies for finding quality care.

-- FOR BUSINESSES & NON-PROFITS --

Many sites have compiled lists of resources for small businesses during this outbreak.

Prosper Portland: prosperportland.us/covid-19-business-resources

Portland Small Business Relief Fund: Will provide grants of $2-10k to impacted businesses. The application for grants is open on the Prosper Portland website. bit.ly/prosper-biz-relief-fund

Business for a Better Portland: bbpdx.switchboardhq.com

Portland Business Journal: bit.ly/bizjournal-guide

The Nonprofit Association of Oregon: nonprofitoregon.org/news/covid-19-resources

March 23, Governor Brown issued the Stay Home, Save Lives Executive Order to reduce person-to-person interaction with the goal of slowing transmission of COVID-19. We all need to stay home except for accessing essential services such as food or medical care, and when leaving your home for these needs, maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from all other people. Clean your hands regularly and disinfect surfaces!

This is a constantly changing situation, but we’ve compiled resources and information we anticipate will still be relevant at the time of printing.

Please check these two sites for the most current local health and safety information.

• Multnomah County: multco.us/novel-coronavirus-covid-19

• City of Portland: portland.gov/wheeler/covid-19-information

In Oregon, call 211 from a cell phone, 503.222.5555 from a landline, text your zip code to 898211, or email [email protected] to find services and answer your questions about COVID-19. An extensive list of Emergency Relief Resources: bit.ly/covid-resourcesPDX

To volunteer your services to somebody in need: bit.ly/Offer-Volunteer-Form

To request support from a volunteer: bit.ly/Co19-Request-Support


April 2020

Find up to date information at: nwnw.org/CalendarThe Neighborhood Activist has been made possible through funding by the City of Portland, Office of Community & Civic Life.

NOTE: ALL in person meetings are cancelled for the month of April due to COVID-19. Some groups are holding a virtual meeting instead and those meetings are listed here, see the online calendar for loggin information. As the situation is constantly evolving, we are not listing the expected next meetings at this time. Please see the online calendar for the most up to date information. Call 503.823.4288 if you don’t have internet access and would like to learn more.

NWNW.org/calendar

For all of the Zoom meetings you can access the meeting with audio only by calling +1 253.215.8782 and entering the meeting ID indicated for that meeting, or go to the link listed under each meeting to use video.

PDXoldtown.org

BOARD MEETINGWeds., Apr. 8, 11:30 am https://zoom.us/j/188441956Meeting ID: 188 441 956

Land Use & Transportation CmteWeds., Apr. 15, 3:30 pm https://zoom.us/j/468387699Meeting ID: 468 387 699

Art, History and Culture CmteThurs., Apr. 23, 4:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/147439889Meeting ID: 147 439 889

Fundraising CommitteeMon., Apr. 6, 3;30 pm https://zoom.us/j/719173543Meeting ID: 719 173 543

NorthwestDistrictAssociation.org

BOARD MEETINGMon., Apr. 20, 6:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/834425181Meeting ID: 834 425 181

Executive CommitteeMon., Apr. 6, 8:00 am https://zoom.us/j/234909097Meeting ID: 234 909 097

Planning CommitteeThurs., Apr. 9, 16, 23, 30 & May 7, 8:00 amhttps://zoom.us/j/606419132Meeting ID: 606 419 132

Parks CommitteeMon., Apr. 6, 5:00 pmhttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/899049910Meeting ID: 899 049 910

Northwest DistrictAssociation

HillsideNA.org

BOARD MEETINGPostponed to Tues., May 12, 7:30 pmDetails provided in May news and online calendar

ForestParkNeighbors.org

BOARD MEETINGTues., Apr. 21, 7:00 pm Details to follow, see online calendar for updates

Forest ParkNeighborhood Association

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taliSe GarDen, a plant nursery and home décor store, opened its second store recently at 412 NW 11th Ave.

FooD Front Cooperative GroCery Interim Gen-eral Manager Christina Nicholson, hired last November, has been replaced by Bob Farmer, who has been with the co-op for two years. John Folawn, a longtime Northwest resident, has also been added to the board of directors.

Food Front continues to seek owner loans to address debt “a lot of it—from a decade of tough times,” the board announced.

Business Briefscloser to wetland areas and creeks than allowed by standard, and more than 225 diameter-inches of trees will be removed.

“Environmental development standards 33.430.140 A, C and J are not met by the proposal. Therefore, the work must be approved through an Environmen-tal Review. The site is also within the Forest Park Subdistrict of the Northwest Hills Plan District and must meet the additional approval criteria for that subdistrict.”

Citizens wishing to weigh in on the loss of trees or disruption of wetlands have until Friday, April 3, the day before this edition of the Examiner is distributed to most of its readers. Comments may be submitted to [email protected].

Carol Chesarek, a Forest Park Neighborhood Association board member and member of the PP&R Budget Advisory Committee, does not think the scaled-back plan is the last word on the matter.

“The city is not giving up on the entrance facil-ity forever,” Chesarek wrote the Examiner, “but since they can’t afford to operate the new center in the current budget situation, they are dropping the building from the application to make the application for the parking lot and trails easier to complete.

“More work and investment would be required to complete an application that included the buildings: no reason to make that investment at this time.” n

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Vandalism, break-ins and looting of commercial locations did not wane after Portland Police Bureau announced in mid-March that officers would no longer respond to many crimes that do not threaten lives or physical safety. “We appreciate the public’s under-

standing of our need to limit face-to-face contacts for the benefit of all,” Police Chief Jami Resch said. The retail spaces in The Empress Condominiums at Northwest 16th and Burn-

side streets were painted over on March 23. The entrances to Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn and Bed + Bath on Northwest 23rd Avenue were boarded up in late March.

Friends of the South Park Blocks and its organizer, David Newman (right), were finalists for the 2020 U.S. Bank Parks Champion award for their work in keeping the

Parks Blocks clean and safe. The winner was to receive $1,500, but the selection and awards ceremony were post-

poned due to the coronavirus.


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Snapshots

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order on March 23 that all public playgrounds, outdoor sports courts and fields are closed and should be avoided. Two days earlier, neighbors complained on NextDoor.com about large numbers of people gathering in Wallace Park.

Jonathan Marshall brought his tape measure to a gathering of Old Forestry Condominiums residents last month to ensure that social distancing practices were taken literally.

“In Pursuit with John Walsh,” a weekly television series investigating unsolved crimes, aired a segment March 25 on Kyron Horman, who has been missing since 2010. He was a second grader at Skyline Ele-mentary School, where he was last seen, triggering what Walsh called “the largest effort to find a person in Oregon’s history.” Individuals with information are invited to contact InPursuitTips.com.


3,348 SF • Amazing Ocean Views & Access | ML# 20343615Dirk Hmura | Jessica Corcoran 503.740.0070

6,850 SF • 6 BD • 4 ½ BA | ML# 20605090Juan Zhai 翟娟 503.201.3251 | Brian Budke 503.310.5252

Cannon Beach $5,750,000 Mt. Tabor $1,850,000

1,078 SF • 1 BD • 2 BA | ML# 20430020Doug Kierulff 503.715.7317 | Shelley Lucas 503.989.9930

The Waterfront Pearl $450,000

3,530 SF • 3 BD + Bonus • 3 Full BA | ML# 20071284Call: Lee Davies | Megan | Jennifer | 503.468.3660

4,040 SF • 5 BD + Den • 2 BA | ML# 20173166Kevin Salisbury 503. 688.3454 | Brian Budke 503.310.5252

Cedar Mill $819,900

Laurelhurst $700,000

3,532 SF • 4 BD • 3 ½ BA | ML# 20419728Kristen Bier 503.734.7560 | Keri Geers 503.701.9851

4,692 SF • 5 BD • 4 ½ BA • .67 AC | ML# 20642651Call: Lee Davies | Megan | Jennifer | 503.468.3660

Forest Heights $1,090,000

Cedar Mill/Burton Area 1,650,000

2,424 SF • 3 BD • 2 ½ BA | ML# 20409917Call: Lee Davies | Megan | Jennifer | 503.468.3660


Forest Heights $599,900


4,111 SF • 3 BD + Den + Bonus + Guest Studio Apt | ML# 20060364Dirk Hmura | Jessica Corcoran 503.740.0070


1,292 SF • 4 BD • 2 BA | ML# 20637466Shelly Brown 971.221.2641 | Mendy Miller 503.706.5696

Terra Linda $480,000

1,816 SF • 2 BD + Den • 1 ½ BA | ML# 20070145Call: Lee Davies | Megan | Jennifer | 503.468.3660

Riverhouse $419,900

1,431 SF • 2 BD • 2 ½ BA | ML# 20072336Bob Harrington 503.913.1296 | Jason Cassell 503.953.5444

West Hills - The Quintet $399,900

1,604 SF • 3 BD (or 2 Den) • 2 ½ BA | ML# 20352975Renée Harper 503.314.7691 | Michelle Yoon 503.737.4940

Orenco - Stonewater $399,900

739 SF • 1 BD • 1 BA | ML# 20512712Ryan Garrick 971.506.6942 | Brian Budke 503.310.5252

NW Portland, Nob Hill $340,000

1,192 SF • 2 BD • 2 BA | ML# 20026641Wednesday Wild-Wilson 503.287.3869 | Julie Williams 503.705.5033

Summerplace $329,900

823 SF • 2 BD • 1 ½ BA | ML# 20562050Chris Kuehl 503.407.2414

Lake Oswego $199,900


6,454 SF • 4 Full BD • 2 Half BA | ML# 20653363Call: Lee Davies | Megan | Jennifer | 503.468.3660


1,841 SF • 2 BD • 2 ½ BA | ML# 20655296Rebecca Donaldson 503.269.0747 | Julie Spear 503.209.9470

3,224 SF • 3 BD + Den + Bonus | ML# 20687610Dirk Hmura | Jessica Corcoran 503.740.0070

2,322 SF • 3 BD • 2 Full BA | ML# 20626215Michele Shea-han 503.969.6147 | Jeff Koegler 503.816.3123

4,785 SF • 4 BD + Bonus + Guest Apt • 6.2 BA | ML# 20504739Dirk Hmura | Jessica Corcoran 503.740.0070

4,438 SF • 4 BD • 3 ½ BA • View & Level Yard | ML# 20159234Call: Lee Davies | Megan | Jennifer | 503.468.3660

Bethany $589,900



Sisters, OR $599,000Thompson Highlands $739,900 Concordia Neighborhood $640,000

Bonny Slope $1,350,000

Cedar Ridge $995,000

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REAL ESTATE SINCE COVID-19

At ELEETE, we strive always to support our own families and those of our clients. This rings especially true during this unprecedented time of shared anxiety around the health of our communities, our lifestyles, and the future of our homes and livelihoods. We are right there with you and hope to provide a measure of optimism that the residential real estate market here in Portland continues to see stable sales activity since March 12th, the beginning of closures and cancellations due to the virus.

This is not to say business continues as usual, of course. At ELEETE, all of our agents are working from home, and we have determined new and creative ways to serve our clients virtually as if they were sitting across the table from us, a handshake away. We recognize we are lucky in Oregon to continue showing homes, and we take very seriously the responsibility of doing this safely— limiting showings to the most serious buyers and taking every precaution to preserve physical distance and reduce the need to touch surfaces in homes.

We are grateful for those in our community who continue to serve during this vulnerable time. Never has your home been more important, and never have we been more committed to ensuring safe and smooth interactions. We strongly believe in our collective ability to flatten the curve via social distancing, and we promise to hold this responsibility in as high regard as helping those of you selling and buying during this unparalleled time. Thank you for the privilege.

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