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Self-gentrification: A South Bronx lesson for Portland

– development from within the community Majora Carter may not be a household name in Portland, but she is ... was across the street from a crack house, and her older brother survived fighting in Vietnam only to ... Point, and today she lives just two blocks from the house where she grew up. She has dedicated her ...

12 Dec 2016 - Emily Green
A sewer runs through it: The Willamette River in the 21st century

closed while in the water.” In 1885, the city of Portland formed a committee to find water less polluted ... of Portland and the city of Portland. In 2013 the group of 14 “potentially responsible parties” was ... stuck with a reduced fine of $125,000. EPA’s Proposed Cleanup Plan for the Portland Harbor Superfund ...

9 Jun 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Little Sue, shining in a whole new light

Bob Dylan’s people were looking for a female-fronted rock band from Portland. They wanted three ... been to in a long time. The band was awesome and a packed house full of love. I was watching her and ... The Portland singer, songwriter uses crowdsourcing to put a new album on the market, with proceeds ...

6 May 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar
Relief from post-traumatic stress, pain makes marijuana popular among veterans

Portland, where he had been born and raised. Soon after, he married his fiancé, had a baby and enrolled in ... playing a first-person-shooter video game at a friend’s house when the room began to close in on him. “It ... marijuana in North Portland. He’s created a new strain that helps vets like him cope with their PTSD. Photo ...

8 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
Planet Portland: Rebel heart

Moradpour, known as “Dela,” might have blended seamlessly into Portland’s 1980s punk scene or Seattle’s ... cigarettes and shared joints. Planet Portland series Years later, one of Moradpour’s longtime acquaintances, ... Brooklyn. Three were members of a punk-rock band called Yellow Dogs. They moved to the U.S. in their pursuit ...

21 Sep 2015 - Emily Green
Portland's mayoral candidates take Street Roots' pop quiz

available. The Portland Housing Bureau’s 11x13 program provides $4 for every $1 spent by the city from the ... do they smoke pot? And more. Street Roots asked Portland’s 2016 mayoral candidates 13 questions ... because rent increases mean they can’t place people into housing, creating a backlog of people waiting to ...

10 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
The endless journeyman: Portland icon Lewi Longmire

Band, Portland Country Underground, Michael Hurley and the Croakers, Lewi Longmire James Low Duo, ... a housing community of big public works project, it was called Vanport and it was in North Portland. It was ... called Vanport because of Vancouver and Portland. And it was a housing project set up primarily for ...

5 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
For Shakey Graves, dreams are becoming reality

Alejandro Rose Garcia, who performs under a stage name, is coming to Portland to rattle some bones ... Portland at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Saturday, Oct. 31. Sue Zalokar: How did you get your ... that could go on. Perception is so narrow. I can see the garbage in my house. And I can hear the sounds ...

29 Oct 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Extra! Extra!

on Friday morning. Here’s what you will be enjoying soon: Are we stimulated yet? What will Portland ... weight of it’s own past. Banding together: A profile of a few of the colorful buskers earning a buck with ... their music on Portland’s streets. And you’ll get to know Nathan Junkin- your vendor at Third and Alder. ...

5 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Mic Crenshaw: Talking music, race and getting results, the Portland artist and activist doesn’t mince words

relocated. He would rise to become the front man for the Portland live hip hop band, Hungry Mob. In 2001, ... When Mic Crenshaw came to Portland, it was sort of like shaking a personal Etch A Sketch. He ... says. He was ready for something new. In 1992, Crenshaw made his way to Portland where his mother had ...

10 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar