Vendor profile: The new face on the block By Kaisa McCrow, Contributing Writer The corner of NW Lovejoy and 11th Avenue where Starbucks is located doesn’t quite pick up foot traffic until noon, when the sun finally hits that side of the pavement. The tal ...
7 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Staying positive a rewarding role for vendor By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Brian Schmidt sells Street Roots like a corner newsman at the turn of the 20th century. “Great articles in today’s Street Roots, read all about it for a couple quart ...
1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Building real relationships with each sale By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer The morning rush hour traffic on Northeast Broadway is almost deafening. Automobiles accelerate toward the I-5 on-ramps at the Rose Quarter, cyclists commute to ...
23 May 2012 - Street Roots
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer The Starbucks at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Oak Street attracts all kinds. Teenage boys fooling around with a video camera; in the corner two men with thick glasses and slick hair discuss television; a man in a ...
27 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Michelle Sapp has bright eyes and an open face that smile easily. She is an adept conversationalist who speaks with a bouncy Texas lilt, who loves to talk to new people, who loves to read. Who loves to joke arou ...
14 Mar 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer If ever you walk past the OnPoint bank at Northeast Ninth Avenue and Broadway, you may notice a grinning woman set apart from the crowd by her sizeable, fluffy, blond mullet. That woman’s name is Sherri Banning ...
27 Mar 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer On any given day at the Red and Black Café, an anarchist, worker-owned vegan restaurant at the corner of Southeast 12th Avenue and Oak Street, you can find people from all walks of life enjoying good food and a ...
25 Apr 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Eileen Vizenor’s life changed completely last December when she lost her home and all of her possessions in the span of a few weeks. The experiences were devastating, but none more than losing her two beloved ca ...
6 May 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Glen Hansen sees himself as somewhat of a nomadic person, having lived all over the US, Canada and Europe (he is fluent in Danish) before settling in Portland last August. “I don’t grow roots well, so I migrate ...
22 May 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Two weeks ago, Michelle had asked somewhat timidly, if she could turn in a few pieces of her art to be published in Street Roots. Now, a week after her first artwork was published, I was waving to Michelle as she rode her bike up to the Street Roots’ offi ...
5 Jun 2013 - Kara Dimitruk