january ’13
VOLUME 26, ISSUe 5
Serving Portland’s Northwest Neighborhoods since 1986
City passes
amended
parking plan
Commissioner Amanda
Fritz’s eleventh-hour
rewrite sows confusion
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Faith
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Northwest gyms offer endless options for serious exercise
By Allan Classen
Mayor Sam Adams shepherded the
Northwest Parking Plan, assumed dead
for much of the year, to passage in his last
month in office.
But the plan passed by City Council
3-1 wasn’t his plan. In an apparent deal to
gain her vote necessary for passage, Adams
supported comprehensive amendments by
City Commissioner Amanda Fritz that
changed basic assumptions about how
parking controls should be instituted and
who will manage the implementation.
Fritz hatched her massive rewrite in
coordination with retail and development
interests long opposed to both parking
meters and permits. Representatives of
the Northwest District Association, who
participated in more than a year of citizen
advisory meetings regarding the Adams
plan, became aware of the Fritz amendments only days before a Dec. 6 City
Council hearing on the issue.
Speaking for NWDA, Tavo Cruz testified against the Fritz amendments, noting
there had been no time for the organization to study or deliberate on them. On the
other hand, two business representatives
thanked Fritz for her amendments.
The thrust of Fritz’s approach is to
move sequentially with parking controls,
stopping at six-month intervals to review
the impacts of new regulations before considering additional measures.
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Elms fall after all
Developer cuts 2 of 4 trees
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Kenneth Aaron
Devotees get a Full-Tilt workout as they sway to and fro on their “unstationary” cycles at Firebrand Sports.
By Allan Classen
Fitness and exercise have become a Portland passion,
nowhere more so than in inner Northwest. After compiling a list of more than 20 gyms, yoga studios and fitness
facilities in the Pearl and Northwest District, we learned
the trend is still taking off.
Last month, Bay Area-based Planet Granite
announced plans to erect a full-block facility in the Pearl
tailor-made for climbing devotees.
Planet Granite founder and owner Micky Lloyd told
neighborhood representatives that the 30,500-squarefoot facility with a 60-foot climbing wall—targeted to
open in mid-2014—will be the best climbing facility in
the country.
Not only will climbers have heights to scale, they can
test their mettle on “incredible overhangs … and unbelievable climbing structures,” said Lloyd.
It will introduce walls with hydraulically adjustable
angles and crevices of changeable widths, both industry
firsts, according to company spokesperson Stephanie
Pound.
Planet Granite will also offer yoga, weights, crosstraining equipment, classes and personal trainers. Annual
membership costs $803.
The company was founded in 1994 and has three
gyms. This will be the largest and the first one outside
the Bay Area.
Why in Portland?
“We looked for a long time to find the right place,”
said Pound, “and we chose Portland because it’s filled
with like-minded people to those in the Bay.”
By that, she means active, outdoor people who value
health, environmental sustainability and who take pride
in their community.
“Portland has large a climbing community already,”
she said, adding that she was taken with how many
Portlanders also walk and cycle.
Planet Granite may raise the bar locally in terms
of building size and equipment technology, but it will
hardly stand out in terms of the cost and commitment
expected of members. Other gyms in the Pearl already
charge higher fees ($20 per workout is common) and
encompass a wider swath of their members’ lifestyles.
Firebrand Sports, launched this fall at Northwest 14th
and Glisan, has two large workout rooms, each with
unique, high-end equipment not available elsewhere in
Oregon. A room full of Megaformers, an apparatus built
for a muscle-building, aerobic Pilates workout, provides
the benefits of exercising in a group, with music and
trainers adding energy and direction.
In another part of the quarter-block building, 30
unique stationary bikes are arrayed for a different type of
communal workout. The bikes tilt left and right to make
a more authentic bicycling experience. The soaring ceiling and colorful, lighted panels with bikes surrounding
a stage remind one of a church. Sometimes the class is
even done by candlelight.
After getting religion, one can unwind in the lounge
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Sign should stay
I wonder if anyone other than I missed seeing this headline in your December
2012 edition: “Former lessee of 23rd Avenue retail store seeks to tear down historic
sign.”
Unless I misunderstood the content of your story apropos the Music Millennium marquee, that could have (and should have) been the headline you ran. After
all, Allan, you have gone to great lengths to cast yourself as the chief defender of
cultural correctness and historic preservation for Northwest Portland.
Why the sudden reversal? Do you really want a bunch of guys with the crowbars and wrecking balls to descend on the corner of 23rd and Johnson (where I’ve
lived for the better part of 25 years) and rip that weathered but sturdy blue sign
off the building?
I wonder: If the landlord who’s trying to preserve this landmark had a name
other than “Richard Singer,” would Northwest Portland’s own Inspector Javert be
so consumed with outrage? Tell us, Allan, will this feeble parody of Les Misérables
(played out on the Northwest Examiner’s tiny stage) never find its end?
Ted Thomas
NW 23rd Ave.
Editor’s note: The owner of Music Millennium intends to move the sign—built in
the 1990s—to his East Burnside store, not destroy it.
Against meters in park
Are you guys serious? Parking meters in the Hoyt Arboretum? So when you’re
out for a beautiful hike and refuge away from urban craziness, you’ll need to
constantly be watching the time, ready for a fight (that you’ll lose) with the meter
reader mobiles if you’re five minutes over? Do you realize what a crappy experience it is getting a ticket on a beautiful sunny afternoon? It eventually happens
to everyone downtown, if even just by accident. It’d take away so much from a
beautiful experience enjoying our parks. That area is also so wild, peaceful and
unique. Installing meters is intrusive and obnoxious.
Come on guys, isn’t there something better to focus on? I’d gladly pay an extra
$20 a year in property taxes instead of all that money sent abroad for the actual
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Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Going Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Community Events. . . . . . . . . . 20
Business & Real Estate. . . . . . . 22
Editor’s Turn
By Allan Classen
Editor & Publisher
Disturbing process,
surprising result
City Council passed the Northwest
Parking Plan last month, ending the
20-year “parking wars.”
There will be squabbles during the
implementation stages over the next two
years, but the main question has been
settled: On-street parking will be priced
and regulated.
The backroom process by which a plan
was suddenly cobbled together after a year
of inaction from City Hall left everyone
wondering what kind of creature has been
birthed. Strange as it may seem to Northwest District Association representatives,
who worked dutifully with the mayor
for two years toward a rationale, equitable plan—only to be left in the dark as
Commissioner Amanda Fritz dropped in
drastic amendments in the final week after
meeting privately with business interests—the neighborhood association may
have come out on top.
Most have forgotten that the modern
era of parking wars began in 1993, when
NWDA sought permit parking to restrict
long-term visitor parking. Residents and
employees would be eligible for permits,
while others would be limited to perhaps
two hours.
The city refused to enact a permit
district without considering business
interests, who saw permits as a plague on
shoppers, discouraging them from bringing their money to the district. Their solution was adding new parking structures,
though the unrealistic assumption was
always that someone else would pay for
them.
The city was willing to referee the
dispute if it could install meters, which
at the time were still those traditional
silver stands that took dimes and quarters.
Metering would provide the revenues
necessary to manage a parking system and
underwrite other city overhead.
The neighborhood association never
asked for meters or garages; those were
the add-ons demanded by the other players who had to be brought in. Neighborhood leaders bitterly opposed garages in
residential zones, especially if it meant
demolishing houses.
After all the studying, negotiating and
politicking, we’re back at NWDA’s start-
ing position. The plan calls for an initial
six-month stage of permits in the southern half of the district. After that, council
can decide whether to advance to Stage
II, extending the permit program to the
entire district. After another six months,
council could again reevaluate and decide
whether to proceed to Phase III, metering
commercial streets.
We may not get there. Permit parking alone will benefit both residents and
businesses. Downtown and Pearl workers
will no longer be able to park free here
and then walk or take transit to their jobs.
No one has counted how many people
do this, but some have estimated it in the
hundreds.
The spaces freed by removing commuters will become available to shoppers,
employees and residents. For businesses,
this benefit must be weighed against a
generally three-hour time limit on visitor
parking. A city-sanctioned 2011 survey
found that only 12 percent of visitors stay
longer than three hours. But limiting the
longest-term visitors may be a net plus. It
would open spots for new shoppers, and
the rate of purchasing per hour of parking
should rise.
After permits are in place, businesses
may find parking congestion is down a
bit, their sales are up a bit and they have
no desire to upset the new balance with
meters. Almost to a person, business people today oppose them.
Yet accepting meters is the only feasible
path to new private garages. Two reasons:
Visitors will not pay $5 or so an hour
to use a garage when on-street parking
remains free, and meter revenues are the
only imaginable source of subsidies to
make building a parking structure close to
economically feasible.
There’s one other option, but it’s been
too unseemly to mention in public. The
city could build or subsidize garages.
There is zero political support for this
idea, and even Richard Singer, the only
known garage developer in the picture,
announced in 2011 that he will not accept
public subsidizes.
You want garages? Learn to live with
meters. And ask nicely.
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obituaries
Leonard E. Dolson
Leonard “Lennie” Eugene Dolson, a
Northwest Portland resident, died Nov.
5 at age 82. Lennie was born Oct. 29,
1930, and grew up in Southwest Portland.
He served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air
Force. He worked as a bartender at the
Danmore Hotel and Aero Club in downtown Portland and The Gypsy. He lived in the Roselyn
Apartments on Northwest 21st Avenue since 1993.
William Cook
William “Bill” Cook, who retired from US Steel Supply
after 30 years, died Nov. 22 at age 81. He was born March
22, 1931, in Oakland, Calif. He graduated from Claremont Men’s College in 1953 and earned a master’s degree
in industrial relations from the University of California,
Berkeley. After retiring from US Steel in 1989, he became a
steel consultant in India. He was an officer in the Northwest
Industrial Neighborhood Association. He is survived by his
wife, Beatrice; sons, William B. III and Thomas; daughter, Jennifer Loney; sisters Barbara Wormser and Nancy
Aldrich; and eight grandchildren.
Lesandra C. Joyner
Lesandra Carolyn Joyner, a lifetime resident of Northwest
Portland and member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, died
Nov. 28 at age 96. Lesandra was born March 14, 1916. She
graduated in 1934 from Commerce High School, where
she was the first female senior class president. She attended
Oregon State College and worked as a private secretary for
M. Trumbo Co., which eventually became Sequoia Supply.
Her daughter, Lynn (Rocky Harris); and six grandchildren
survive her. Her husband William predeceased her. The
funeral Mass was held Tuesday, December 4 at St. Patrick
Catholic Church.
Charles ‘Chad’ Hindman
Charles “Chad” C. Hindman, grandson of Honeyman
Hardware founder Thomas Honeyman, died Nov. 27 at
age 92. Mr. Hindman was born May 21, 1920. He attended
Ainsworth Elementary and Oregon State University. He
owned Wagstaff Battery Co. with his brother Tom until
retiring in 1983. He was a member of the Multnomah Ath-
letic Club, where he served on the property committee and
was a recipient of the President’s Award. He is survived by
his wife, Marjorie; daughters, Marta Burwell and Elizabeth
Donaldson; and two grandchildren.
Rose McDonald
Rose McDonald, a Northwest Portland resident, died
Oct. 26 at age 89. She was born June 23, 1923, and lived
in Hiroshima, Japan, with her grandparents until she was
13. After moving to the United States when she was 14,
she was sent to the Minidoka internment center in Idaho.
She married Collyer McDonald. In later years, she lived in
the Pearl District and at Northwest Place on Northwest
Marshall Street. She is survived by her stepson and two
grandchildren.
Evelyn Hahn
Evelyn Hahn (Kammerzell), a Northwest Portland resident, died Nov. 24 at
age 100. She was born Jan. 3, 1912, in
Ritzville, Wash. She married John Hahn
Dec. 10, 1932, and the family farmed in
Northwest Portland for 52 years. She is
survived by her son, Jerry; daughter, Kris;
two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Carolyn S. Holtz
Carolyn Sigourney Holtz, who lived in the Cornell Mountain area of Northwest Portland, died Dec. 13 at age 89. She
was born July 28, 1923, in Princeton, Mass., and studied art
at Colby Junior College in New Hampshire. She is survived
by her husband, Merriman; sons, Andres and Peter; daughter, Andrea Clyner; and four grandchildren.
John P. Young
John Prior Young, who grew up in the Hillside neighborhood, died Dec. 14 at age 70. John was born in 1942 in
Portland and attended Lincoln High School, the University
of Portland and the University of Louisville. He is survived
by his daughter, Holly; and sister, Ginger Hausler.
Ina Kingsley
Ina Kingsley, a longtime neighborhood resident, died Nov.
30 at age 96. Ms. Kingsley lived in the St. Claire Apart-
ments and most recently at Marshall Union Manor. She
was born Oct. 14, 1916, in Lemoore, Calif., and graduated
from Lemoore High School. She worked as a caregiver.
For approximately the past 15 years, she had been a client
of the Friendly House Senior Program. She is survived
by her son, Bill Kingsley. Another son, Larry Caldwell,
predeceased her.
Death Notices
Ron Selis, 72, worked at Quimby Welding for 42 years.
Loren R “Blackie” Clark, 88, member of the Multnomah
Athletic Club.
Anita G. Reinhorn, 91, member of Temple Beth Israel.
John Stanley Harlan, 75, member of the Multnomah
Athletic Club.
Susan Diane Dick Dougherty, 81, daughter of Harvey F.
Dick, who owned the Hoyt Hotel.
Harold L. Johnson, 88, graduate of Lincoln High School.
Alice D. Kampfer, 96, grew up on Sauvie Island.
Louis “Pat” Eugene Patitucci, 93, employee of Centennial Flour Mill.
Janice Wilson, 70, member of the Multnomah Athletic
Club.
Marjorie Phyllis Hurd Fuscus, 91, nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Ronald Leyden Spencer, 78, officer of the Audubon
Society of Portland.
Charles W Kuust, 72, former Skyline School teacher.
Correction: In an obituary for Eric Michael Bowman in May 2012, his nephew, Gabriel, was incorrectly
identified as his son.
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Parking plan continued from page 1
F IN A L D R
AFT
entire process.
“I see this as a very clever way to delay
The plan is to begin with a parking enforcement virtually indefinitely. Instead
permit district between West Burnside and of a comprehensive plan where all the parts
Northwest Lovejoy west of 18th Avenue. work together, you get Part A.”
A new tack at the eleventh-hour struck
In this area, visitor parking would be limited to three hours (with a small 90-min- Cruz as unfair to those who methodically
ute zone near Burnside). Residents and deliberated all options around the table
employees would be entitled to buy permits as part of Adam’s Stakeholders Advisory
PARKING M
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T PLAN
(at an annual cost of $60) exempting them Committee.
“We spent three years developing this
from time limits.
After six months, the permit zone would plan, and never once was phasing disexpand to encompass the entire Northwest cussed,” he said. “Not one time.”
Others in NWDA are more open to
District. Again, the amendments call for
a review of Phase II before moving to the breaking the plan into separate parts.
next step: parking meters.
“I have no huge personal problem with
At each interval, council could hold a phasing,” said NWDA President Ron Walpublic hearing if requested by two of its ters, noting that it would be unlikely that
any broad plan could be enacted at once.
five members.
Another board member, Steve Pinger,
In pursuing a more flexible approach to
this divisive issue, Fritz made a point of said, “It seems to me that perhaps you can
“accepting” the parking plan rather than put permits in place and see where that
“adopting” it. In her mind, this makes takes us.”
the parking plan more “aspirational” than
If Fritz’s phase-in approach wasn’t what
absolute.
NWDA ordered, neither does it answer the
City Commissioner Randy Leonard was
To Cruz, “It’s a backdoor way to kill the No. 1 goal of business interests: creating
reluctant about providing the decisive third
more off-street parking. Nothing in the
plan.”
vote for passage.
He believes each reevaluation period plan would inevitably lead to construction
Leonard faulted the plan as “unbalwill become an opportunity to derail the of parking structures, and for this absence,
anced” because it did not specifically
address garages as a way to build out of the
parking congestion problem.
Christe White is the attorney for SingThe Portland Bureau of Transportation is seeking interested individuals to serve
er Properties, the leading developers of
on a Transportation Management Association to implement the recently adopted
Northwest 23rd Avenue commercial propNorthwest Parking Plan.
erty, including an approved but unbuilt
parking structure at 23rd and Irving streets.
Responsibilities of the TMA include advising on priorities for funding projects
and programs, implementing travel demand and parking management programs,
“We need more parking supply,” White
monitoring and reporting on transportation and parking issues in the district,
testified, “and there are methods for adding
facilitating the shared use of off-street parking, and evaluating and advising on the
more parking in this district.”
implementation of each phase of the parking plan.
White recommended putting the plan
The TMA will have 18 voting members with representation from the following
on hold until “at least 500 spaces” of offgroups:
street parking are created.
chair (1), residents (6), accessibility advocate (1), bike/pedestrian advocate (1),
The plan does nothing to eliminate six
businesses (4), public school (1), private school (1), hospital (1), non-profit
sites for commercial garages specifically
organization (1) and Hillside neighborhood (1).
approved by City Council in 2003, and
makes it possible for those garages to be
Application forms and more information are available at portlandoregon.gov/
subsidized should a Transportation Mantransportation/60560. Applications must be received no later than Friday, Jan. 25.
agement Association (TMA) choose to
do so with revenues derived from parking
NW DISTR
ICT
Volunteers needed to manage parking 2012
meters in the
district.
The
composition of the
TMA is another
point of contention. The TMA
in Adams’ plan
was only added in
November and was
therefore not vetted
by the broad-based
stakeholders group
that hammered out
all other elements
of the plan. Fritz
dropped in her vision
of a TMA after that
in an unfiltered form
that raised many questions.
The biggest problem with the amended
parking plan in Walters’
mind is the makeup of
the TMA.
For instance, “The Hillside Neighborhood Association gets one representative
while NWDA has no designated representatives,” said Walters.
The body would have 18 voting members, including eight residents, four business people and four representatives of
institutions.
Leonard was asked later what he meant
by the plan needing to do more for offstreet parking. The commissioner said
community opposition reaching a “near
hysteria” level is making it “virtually impossible” to build a garage even though it was
fully approved in 2009.
When asked what more the city could
do other than a direct subsidy, Leonard
replied, “I do not support public money
being used to build garages.”
Leonard also said the Examiner should
ask Singer why he has not gone ahead with
construction of the Irving Street Garage.
That inquiry was made Dec. 27, but no
response was received by press time.
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Tom Leach Roofing
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meters and the overhead for maintenance—
without much economic benefit for the area.
Brian Krejcarek
SW Taylor St.
Live with train horns
I’m writing in response to M. Leigh’s
December letter regarding “excessive train
noise.”
Those annoying horns are safety features.
They are not necessarily being blown to
alert pedestrians or motorists of the presence of 100,000-plus tons of rolling steel.
The conductor may be alerting yard workers
or other trains, perhaps they are getting an
order from the yard master.
One regulation for trains is that, in turning a corner, they have to blow their horn
until they have cleared the bend. They blow
their horn twice when they’re leaving. They
blow their horns if another train is sided for
them so the sided conductor knows where
they are and what they’re doing.
In a city, conductors aren’t blowing their
horns willy-nilly because it sounds cool
(they do that in the middle of nowhere
sometimes, though) or because they have
some secret vendetta against the tenants in
nearby buildings. It’s a sometimes annoying,
but necessary, part of trains and living in a
city that’s a major hub of trade. The fact is, trains are an integral to our
delivery of all kinds of goods. Our TVs,
our cars, our radios, cell phones, juices and
foods, oil and gas for our cars, our clothes
and shoes, all kinds of things are delivered
via freight. Our international trade is often
shipped over seas after inter-modal containers are brought from the middle of the
country to the coast via train. Trains haul
one ton of freight 410 miles on one gallon
of diesel and take around 200 trucks off the
road. So, in a green city like ours, they have
the added bonus of being more environmentally friendly than semi-trucks.
Trains are amazing things. They aren’t
going anywhere, so learn to love the noise,
since you love the things they haul.
Cassady Vaughn-Carr
NW Glisan St.
Sounds are part of district
I have lived in Northwest Portland for 22
years, and frankly, part of what sets it apart
from other neighborhoods in the city are its
sights and sounds.
I have lived in various dwellings, the last
15 years on Northwest Thurman Street. I
hear buses, boats, ships and trains. Those
items were passing through this area long
before I set up residence. I can’t understand
from a homeowner’s/renter’s standpoint
how one could be upset with a practice
and behavior that preceeded their home
purchase and was likely a reason that some
purchase homes in Northwest Portland.
Frankly it seems similar to residents who
become enraged when they see wildlife
in the neighborhood. The animals living
in Forest Park and its surrounding area
were residents long before we were, we just
temporarily pushed them further into the
woods. Where does it stop?
Shannon Weise
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Preservation plan fails in part, 2 of 4 elms removed
Vernon Vinciguerra
That fate may still await the remaining
trees, but the other two didn’t make it past
the assessment phase.
To mitigate the loss of the four elms,
Rodriguez initially offered to donate
$150,000 to plant street trees in other parts
of the neighborhood. That was to be in
addition to planting new trees on-site of an
equivalent total diameter of those removed
as required by city ordinance.
The Northwest District Association put
the matter to a vote five times before deciding to take a chance, forgoing the $150,000
offer in hopes that the elms could withstand
the damage to their roots and canopy associated with construction.
As the first step in saving the trees, workers dug around their roots and found the
building’s basement would have interfered
with their support system, putting the towering trees at risk of toppling over.
“The issue now is liability,” Rodriguez
told neighbors. “If they fall, it’s our liability.
... It’s not an expense issue.”
Although a staunch advocate for saving the elms, NWDA board member Bill
Welch thanked Rodriguez for his efforts.
Vernon Vinciguerra
A crew hired by developer Sam Rodriguez cut down the two western-most giant elm trees at
Northwest 19th and Johnson early last month.
By Allan Classen
Efforts to save four giant elm trees at
Northwest 19th and Johnson hit an early
snag and two were removed last month.
Sam Rodriguez of Mill Creek Residential Trust told neighborhood representatives
that the root systems of the western-most
trees made it impossible to retain them
while building the five-story apartment
building approved by the city last fall.
Rodriguez originally proposed cutting all
four trees, but immediate neighbors protested, and the Northwest District Association
negotiated a plan that all parties agreed was
less than sure-fire. The developer’s arborist
and officials with the city Urban Forestry
division recommended against trying to save
the trees, estimated to be about 100 years
old, predicting that construction work would
weaken them and likely lead to their death The 100-plus-year-old elm trees were found to have inadequate roots to withstand the excain a few years.
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1000 NW Marshall St.
Barre 3, part of a small national chain,
features “a unique combination of dynamic
movement and isometric holds” involving
elements of ballet, yoga and Pilates. While
it builds strength and aerobic capacity, perhaps its most fundamental benefit is posture
improvement. Some people actually claim
they are taller after a regimen of Barre 3
classes. Child care is offered in a lovely area
at the front of the studio, which probably
is why it attracts so many young mothers.
Older residents of the Pearl (usually, though
not always, women) come too. There are two
studios, both with wood floors, mirrors and
a barre. Classes are small enough to allow
for personal attention from the well-trained
instructors. New clients can start for as little
as $99 a month, but the price soon jumps to
more than $200. -WG
in front of a fireplace, have a few drinks
from the juice bar and get to know fellow
(stationary) travelers. Firebrand also has
rooms for self-improvement and business
networking classes. Other than work and
sleep, one could virtually live at Firebrand.
That may be why people are willing to
pay up to $259 a month for membership.
Of course, that doesn’t approach the limits of what one can spend on fitness. Hiring
a personal trainer—an option at many of
these facilities—costs about $75 an hour.
These numbers may stagger others, but
this is Northwest Portland, where “people
pay any price, bear any burden, endure any
hardship” to be really fit.
Northwest Examiner contributors
Michaela Bancud, Karen Harter, Wendy
Gordon, Vanessa Van Edwards and Carol
Wells checked out every gym in the NorthCircle Studio
west and Pearl districts.
1231 NW 11th Ave.
Read their reviews and pick your poison.
Kari Neigebauer-Koch, co-owner and
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and hard, flat surfaces. One of them is
Christine Wilborn and Andrea Mans- actually called a “Reformer.” But hunkering
field aim to motivate fitness in a minimalist, down into a Gyrotonic machine produces
supportive environment. Athletes can propel an immediate attitude adjustment. Even the
a bike or a rowing machine (no plug-ins ungainly are guided into performing a series
here). There are free weights and a turf mat of flowing moves that look elegant and
for balancing and aligning posture, correct- make the body feel liberated.
ing asymmetries. Annual memberships are
The motions of Gyrotonic work well
$2,268. -KH
with Pilates, said Neigebauer-Koch, because
they focus on different strengths. Gyrotonic
begins with gentle stretching and is about
Climbing walls at Planet Granite, like this one in their Bay Area facility, are designed to
challenge elite as well as novice climbers.
strengthening with movements that are
circling and curling. Pilates begins lying flat
and is more about connecting to the core.
Machines aside, Circle Studio has a yoga
studio feel. The floor is natural wood; Japanese lantern-style lighting fixtures blossom
from the ceiling. Soft music plays.
There is an emphasis on individual coaching. A recent class featured three students
and two instructors who went about gently
improving posture and straightening shoulders. The students were women (though the
studio draws its share of men) in their 20s
to 40s. One was lying on the reformer, her
legs raised to a 45-degree angle, while she
pulled elastic bands back and forth with her
arms. It was exhausting just to watch her
and put to rest any notion that Pilates is for
lightweights.
Two women were using the gyro
machines. One went through her sequences
with her eyes closed, as if in meditation.
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“They’re very thoughtful exercises,” said
Neigebauer-Koch. “Each body has a history
in terms of things that have happened to us.
When you leave here, you feel like you’ve
taken off a few layers.”
Private lessons in Pilates or Gyrotonic are
$70 each; group lessons are $30 per person.
Mat classes are $18. All are discounted if
bought in packs of 10. -MB
CorePower Yoga
2277 NW Quimby St.
CorePower Yoga, with locations in more
than 10 states and two in Portland, offers
“dogma-free classes that feature popular
music and promote physical and mental
benefits,” said company Marketing Director
Karen Harter
Holly Georgelos.
In addition to more typical classes, such
as Power Yoga and Restorative Yoga, the
studio offers CorePower Vinyasa, Hot Yoga
and Hot Power Fusion.
“Power and hot yoga are invigorating and
light us to a deeper path of awakening,” said
Georgelos.
CorePower Yoga’s hot classes are
extremely popular in the winter and appeal
to students looking for a more challenging
yoga workout. As a lover of Bikram yoga,
which is a type of hatha yoga that is done in
a room heated to 105 degrees, I accepted the
standard introductory offer of a free week of
unlimited classes.
My Hot Yoga class was both challenging
and satisfying. However, since the class is so
Vanessa Van Edwards
CrossFit Pearl, part of a national chain, is a hard-edged gym built around free weights.
Fit4ever owner J. Michael Manning, whose clients include elite athletes as well as people
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popular, finding a space for my mat and then
working so close to other hot and sweaty
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the Intro to Power Yoga and found that the
teacher was attentive and helpful during the
more difficult poses.
CorePower Yoga aims to offer an individualized experience for every student, regardless of their fitness level or familiarity with
yoga. The studio also offers yoga teacher
trainings and lifestyle programs, such as
boot camps and cleanses to complement
yoga practice.
The Northwest Quimby location has two
large studios, a small boutique and a spacious locker room. The high studio ceilings
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feature The workout is considered aerobic, but no
weights are used. Some of the exercises are
performed at a barre, but this is not a dance
class. The workout promises to reshape
the body, giving it angle and definition.
While it may not actually make you taller,
students say that they feel longer and leaner
as a result. While men are welcome, the Bar
Method appeals especially to young women,
who place a premium on looking good in a
swimsuit. The cost is $24 for one class, and
$175 for monthly membership. -MB
CrossFit Pearl
1425 NW Flanders St.
CrossFit is a national fitness program
using movements from Olympic lifting,
gymnastics and endurance sports to develop movement mechanics, consistency and
intensity.
While exercises are “universally applicable and scalable, meaning they apply to
everyone regardless of condition or experience,” pay attention to the website statement: “We are driven towards the pursuit of
elite fitness.”
The gym has rings, weights and step-ups,
but definitely no perfume, lace or gentle
background music.
Jeff Duncan, who runs CrossFit Pearl
District, draws exercises on a whiteboard
and fits each client with an ever-changing
set of tasks for the day’s workouts.
A $175 monthly membership includes
unlimited access to group classes, open gym
times and one-on-one coaching for no additional cost. -VVE
Firebrand Sports
late actual bike riding, building core muscles
and balance in the process. A pumping
500 NW 14 Ave.
Firebrand Sports intends to torch the sound system keeps legs churning.
One Full-Tilt class is $27 ($219 per
dull and impersonal business of going to the
month)
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“You don’t need more time, you need
more intensity,” reads a quote on the wall
inside the spacious, 10,000-square-foot
facility. These are the words of Sebastien
Legree, creator of the Megaformer exercise
machine used in Pyrolates classes.
Legree designed the Megaformer after
his clients, L.A.-based actors and athletes,
asked for more cardio exercise along with
their traditional Pilates-style workouts.
Firebrand founder Sara Simac is introducing the first Megaformers in Oregon.
“People are already addicted to it,” said
Simac. “Some are doing it a few times a day.
But really, a few times a week is the way to
see the best results.”
The Megaformer is a 9-foot-long device
that lies flat on the floor. Like a Pilates
machine, it has straps, resistance bands,
handles and tracks on either side along
which portions of the machine slide back
and forth. A series of color-coded coils
offers levels of resistance.
“We just call it Pyrolates,” said my
instructor. “It’s not really like Pilates, but
you will probably be sore.”
During class, she urged me to stick with
the routine as we went through a series of
seated and standing poses that, while very
compact and requiring very little actual
movement, left me trembling all over.
The cycling room has 30 RealRyder stationary bikes that tilt left and right to simu-
Fit4ever Wellness
2600 NW Vaughn St.
J. Michael Manning, a member of the
Oregon Governor’s Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports Foundation, has been
developing fitness programs since 1974. He
offers one-on-one training services ($75)
and classes of no more than four. His goal is
to help ordinary people improve daily functionality, and his clients include a neighbor
seeking to improve balance to compensate for blindness, an octogenarian who
recently had hip replacement surgery and
an 11-year-old skier. He also helps people
prepare for cycling competition using an
Erg Video Power Cycling device on which
cyclists watch videos of multi-rider road
trips. His Cross Core apparatus uses body
weight resistance in a series of turns and
diagonal movements. -KH
Fitness Creators Studio
1420 NW Lovejoy St., Ste. 421
Husband and wife owners David and
Cindy Dentel offer a high-class facility
with personalized services for training and
wellness.
“Our method caters to those who need
fitness accountability, a private place to
workout and want help developing
and implementing a fitness program,” said
David Dentel, who specializes in joint
rehabilitation, post-therapy treatment and
sports-specific training.
Workouts are by appointment only, and
there is no waiting to use equipment.
“Our training facility does not have
crowds and loud music like the larger gym
facilities, plus our equipment is maintained
personally to ensure cleanliness and safety
and a client never needs to wait for others,”
he said.
The former loft space has ellipticals,
treadmills and spinning bikes, with mats
and a free weight area.
During my first consultation, I got a barrage of tests on fitness, body composition
and nutrition counseling. Services include
cooking consultations and customized fitness programs, such as ergonomic and functional training.
I was most excited to meet Fitness Creator Studio’s motivational expert—an adorable pug dog named Pete.
Training sessions are $70 per hour, with
the majority of clients purchasing a package
of eight sessions for $60 per hour. -VVE
Friendly House
1737 NW 26th Ave.
A popular neighborhood community
center, Friendly House offers members a
fitness room, full-court basketball and discounts on classes like yoga and tai chi.
This is the place for serious dodgeball
competition. The cost is $230 a year and
$6 for drop-ins, with discounts for seniors,
students and the disabled. -CW
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Fulcrum Fitness
2065 NW Miller Rd.
This local chain has four Portland gyms,
including one in Forest Heights. There are
yoga classes, “the most intense and effective boot camp Portland has to offer,” plus
personal training. Monthly packages for
$199 and $310 are available. The drop-in
fee is $20.
Geometry Pilates
821 NW Flanders St., Suite 225
Owner and certified Pilates instructor
Alicia Buoni specializes in Gyrotonics, a
series of circular movements incorporating
principles of gymnastics, dance, yoga, swimming and tai chi. Drop-in classes are $15
and a package of four classes is $50.
Kim Reiss Pilates
821 NW Flanders St.
Reiss spent 20 years in New York and
San Francisco as a modern dancer and
Pilates instructor after learning from a protégé of Joseph Pilate. Her pupils include
Broadway performers, an Olympic triathlete
and a NBA star. Private sessions are $75 and
classes of two cost $45.
LA Fitness
1400 NW Northrup St.
Think of LA Fitness as the big box store
of fitness clubs. It’s large, comprehensive,
inexpensive, clean, convenient and open
long hours. Class offerings are standardized,
and even the temperature of the rooms is
determined by the national corporate office.
Plus, there’s child care and free parking.
If you’re dedicated, you can whip yourself
into shape here. The three-story facility
includes a full floor of treadmills and elliptical trainers, and another floor of weight
equipment. There’s a lovely saltwater pool,
basketball and racquetball courts, large clean
locker rooms, showers and a sauna.
The extensive range of classes includes
body sculpting, Pilates, yoga, Zumba, cycling,
kickbox cardio, aqua fit and Boot Camp.
Karen Harter
While instructors come
and go with regularity, most
of them are qualified and
some do a superlative job,
with a degree of personal
attention not always found
in such a large facility.
LA Fitness attracts a
broad cross-section of
neighborhood residents,
ranging from young mothers, waitstaff from nearby
restaurants and energetic
octogenarians. Many workout regularly, and LA Fitness is a friendly, supportive community without the
“meat market” vibe of 24
Hour Fitness a few blocks
away.
Hours are 5 a.m.-11 p.m.
Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.-8
p.m. weekends. The basic
cost is $39.99 per month.
Tami Sousa of Studio Blue demonstrates the Pilates
Court time and (bizarrely)
Reformer.
towels, entail additional fees.
Beware of the aggressively
marketed personal trainers who will tell you Revocycle
that paying for one-on-one time is the way 1218 NW Marshall St.
to go. -WG
Revocycle is exclusively dedicated to
group indoor bicycling. The gym consists
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bike with precise adjustments for fit and
Instructor Michelle Glass uses a Reform- resistance control, arranged in a theater tier
er, stability chair, foam roller, stability ball, setup. It’s a simple affair, just a waiting room
fitness circle and a domed device called a with cubbies and towels, and the room of
Both Sides Up to build balance, stability and bikes. Revocycle’s new “spin on spin” focuses
core strength. Sessions are $70, or $63 in a on “mind, body, and brain health,” drawing
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In a switch from standard weight- to “be kind, come showered and in clean
machine workouts, Recreate Fitness clients gym clothes, and stay focused” (i.e. no
strive for strength and conditioning by mobile devices allowed in class).
Those mobile devices might come in
climbing ropes, swinging kettle bells or scaling hurdles. Classes are $18, with drop-ins handy before you get on the bike, though.
welcome. A one-hour session of personal You’re encouraged to reserve a seat online,
and you can submit music requests via
training is $75. -CW
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Artisan indoor bicycling does not come
cheap. A drop-in class costs $21; longer
term options are less, but never under $10
per 50-minute class. Classes are held three
times a day Monday-Friday, with two
morning options (one at 6 a.m.) and a 5:45
p.m. class. Saturday and Sunday classes are
also at 5:45. -WG
Studio Blue
512 NW 17th Ave.
Don Walton’s vision was to “create not
only a place where clients could get fit and
eliminate chronic pain, but also a place
where clients would be coached and cared
for as though they were family.” While some
clients are medical referrals, Studio Blue
serves mainly younger, healthy people—
most of them women. A Reformer machine
uses a horizontal slide mechanism strengthens core muscles ($30 per session). Mat
classes ($15 drop-in rate) taught by several
instructors may incorporate dance, yoga and
Pilates. -KH
Yoga Northwest
1901 NW 26th Ave.
Yoga Northwest is a sweet little find,
tucked in an unassuming 1904 building.
“We offer traditional, slow, thoughtful yoga
with a focus on the inner alignment of
breath and mind,” said owner/instructor
Sheila Schmid, a neighborhood resident.
“We opened specifically for the urban yogi
who has a life and who wants to have a refuge for an hour to sit and practice in peace,
not to become better at yoga but to become
better at being human.”
The attractive studio is immaculately
clean, with exposed brick walls and wood
floors. While many participants bring their
own equipment, mats, blocks, blankets and
straps are available for use. Yoga Northwest
is open 365 days a year and offers 23 classes
a week in both daytime and evenings. While
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poses held for longer times; some incorporate meditation. There’s even a class for
parents of infants, and a class for children.
Prices are surprisingly reasonable: an
“unlimited yoga” plan averages out at $6.75
per class, assuming one attends class three
times a week. On Wednesdays, drop-in
classes cost only $5. Classes are an hour long
but sometimes run over. -WG
ed ceilings, skylights and a gurgling water
fountain. There is even a popular vegan
restaurant, Prasad, inside the lobby. There
are open cubbies located at one end of the
room to store belongings and lockers in the
changing rooms. These rooms are spacious
and clean, and the women’s changing room
has three showers. Sinks and showers are
stocked with lavender-scented soap for that
squeaky clean, just-did-yoga feeling.
People get hooked on yoga for many
reasons,
but mainly because it satisfies both
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body
and
soul. It’s about self-acceptance.
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Yoga
Pearl
offers the full spectrum of yoga:
Yoga Pearl—the Taj Mahal of yoga studios—resides in a brick building with vault- hatha, ashtanga and Detox Flow, as well as
Vanessa Van Edwards
workshops with visiting teachers. There are
classes for beginning and advanced students,
and staff is glad to help pick the right one
for first-timers. Drop-in rates average $17
per class. Class cards bring costs down.
Bring a mat, towel and water along, but if
you forget, these items are available for a fee.
The Power Ashtanga class meets in the
larger of the two studios. The room is heated to a delightful 90-95 degrees: all the better to stretch and angle one’s limbs into tree,
crow or full lotus. The atmosphere is serene
and instructors offer individual adjustments
with genuine kindness. Sometimes the class
ends with a spritz of lavender-scented mist
and a small dose of transcendental life
advice, such as: “Bring to the world not what
you think the world needs, but what makes
the light inside you glow.” -MB
YoYoYogi
1306 NW Hoyt St., Suite 101
Even though YoYoYogi has been open for
fewer than three years, it has been awarded
Best Yoga Studio by Portland Monthly
Magazine and Readers Choice by Portland
Mercury. Co-owner Terri Cole believes the
YoYoYogi attitude sets it apart.
“We believe that yoga is for everyone—
every age, every ability, every size and shape.
But it is important for each student to
understand their own limitations,” said Cole.
A witty website welcomes every kind of
Portlander from tattoo sportin’ to happyhour hammerin’.
YoYoYogi provides a variety of classes
with intriguing names, including Bad Ass
Yoga, Hour O’ Power, Mojo Flow, MyoYasa,
Soul Shakin’ Yoga, Yoga Virgins and Sanctuary Yoga.
Membership rates are $48 for five classes
per month, $78 for 10 classes per month,
or $98 for an unlimited month of yoga. In
addition, there is a discounted “heroes”
membership for non-profit or social service
workers. -VVE
David Dentel does machine work with a client at Fitness Creators Studio.
24 Hour Fitness
1210 NW Johnson St.
This is one of the largest of the 400 gyms
in the national chain and features a basketball court, indoor lap pool, juice bar, sauna,
steam room and whirlpool.
There are also two floors of fitness
equipment, free weights, stretching mats
and a wide variety of cardio and strength
machines, such as ellipticals, treadmills, rowing machines and Stairmasters. Other amenities are a large retail area that sells fitness
products, accessories, apparel and nutrition
supplements, and the Kids’ Club that offers
babysitting for children ages 6 months to 12
years while parents workout.
Although I do not love the corporate
gym mentality, 24 Hour Fitness’ unlimited free group exercise classes and personal
training services sold me on membership. It
has a cycling room and a dedicated group
exercise room stocked with free weights,
mats, step-ups and barbells. They offer a
range of classes from Zumba to hip hop
to Turbokick. They also offer yoga, Pilates,
senior fitness and tai chi classes.
All classes are free, and only popular
classes like cycle and body pump require
members to sign-up ahead of time at the
front desk. Although some of the classes in
the early evening are packed, I have never
had to leave a class for lack of space.
Club manager Jill Case warns: “Unless
you pay for personal training, you only
get what you put in. Don’t expect anyone
to remind you about your fitness goals or
encourage you to come in more often.”
Despite the hard sell, I have also been
impressed by the cost and flexibility of the
personal training services. I bought a package of personal training sessions with my
boot camp teacher for $60 a session.
Small group trainings for only $20 give
you close contact with a trainer and two to
six other members. The social accountability
to get to the gym and see my fellow small
group members helps.
Basic memberships range from $29.99 to
$59.99 per month. -VVE
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the pearl
Pearl Diver
By Michaela Bancud
A new chapter in
Pearl development
The Pearl District is awakening from
its nap. The familiar boom of pile driving at Northwest Ninth and Marshall for
a Marriott Residence Inn has returned.
The hotel project, courtesy of the Portland
Development Commission and Williams/
Dame Development, looks about how a
milquetoast Marriott ought to.
This one, scheduled to be presented to
the Pearl District Neighborhood Association Jan. 15 and the Portland Design Commission Jan. 24, has educed more complaints from neighbors than any planned
Pearl project in some time.
Meanwhile, a second hotel, an eightstory 220-room building, will rise at the
site of the former Peter’s Office Supply on
Northwest Ninth Avenue near the highly
anticipated Local Choice produce market,
which opens Jan. 9. Until recently, owners
Don and Georganne Sader lived at Marshall Wells Lofts.
Pass the carrot sticks, there’s more. Hoyt
Street Properties plans to break ground on
a luxury condominium building on a paved
parcel of land at Northwest 11th, between
Overton and Northrup across from the
Streetcar Bistro. It’s a dicey move given
that 21 units remain for sale at Hoyt’s
Michaela Bancud
Carry will be demolished to make way for
two apartment buildings. Local builder
Robert Ball’s 177-unit The Parker and
The Overton, a 24-story, 270-unit building proposed by GBD architects, are in the
pipeline.
And coming in 2014 to Northwest
Pettygrove between 14th and 15th: Planet
Granite, a 30,500-square-foot three-story
climbing gym with yoga studios and complete fitness areas. It will be Planet Granite’s largest climbing gym. The company,
founded in 1994, has three facilities in the
Bay Area.
It just looked wrong. I was attracted and
repulsed.
No more reading by dying flashlight in
bed, yes, but it’s also so small and light that
I would fear losing it, if only in the bottom of my bag for a few panicky moments.
Another gadget to fret over, another surface to keep clean of dust and smudges. I
couldn’t take Kobo into the bath, where I
sometimes attempt the risky business of
reading and bathing while keeping just my
fingertips above water.
Also, what about trading books around
with my book club?
This reminds me that I have to return
my
loaned copy of “Wild,” by Portland’s
Read and weep
Cheryl Strayed, a book that stays with you
While we’re talking about chapters, I
a long time no matter how you read it.
squirmed a bit when I entered Powell’s on
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A Marriott Residence Inn, touted as the first
hotel in the Pearl District, will soon have
company.
nearby 177-unit Encore Condominiums,
completed four years ago.
A billboard near the Encore, featuring
an eager dog, has trumpeted the arrival of
The Fields Neighborhood Park for three
years or so. The park will finally be completed this month.
Residents of the Ramona Apartments
will soon have neighbors. Two empty ware- Planet Granite plans to break ground this summer on a three-story, full-block building in the
houses on Northwest 13th near Cash & Pearl District. The view is from Northwest 14th and Pettygrove looking northwest.
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by Donald R. Nelson
American Red Cross Canteen
The year was 1918. Trains moved
through Portland taking soldiers to training camps, where they would prepare to
fight Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany in The
Great War.
An American Red Cross Canteen was
established in Portland to routinely greet
the trains in 1918, though Red Cross volunteers occasionally served the troops at
Union Station beginning in 1917.
A ring of the telephone would set the
wheels in motion for the women volunteers
of the canteen to be summoned to the sta-
at American Lake, Wash.
After the war, the trains carried soldiers
from all branches of service back home or
to base camps. As before, provisions were
supplied, including magazines, sandwiches,
postcards of the canteen workers and of
Portland, postage, and, of course, cigarettes.
“In the month of February the local
canteen handled 21,288 men of the service,
according to Mrs. Ferdinand E. Reed, captain and commandant of the unit. Of these
3072 were sailors, 749 marines, 498 officers
and 16,769 soldiers,” reported a Morning
Oregonian article on March 3, 1919.
Some returning soldiers had little or no
money when discharged and no place to
tion in Northwest Portland. A day or night
shift was on duty from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
A reference to a Red Cross Canteen in
the Sept. 21, 1917, Morning Oregonian
told about boxes containing small apple
pies and other snacks for the soldiers.
“Packed in about the pie in each box
were a cupcake, a couple of big cookies
of the kind grandmother used to make,
a piece of Tillamook cheese, one Oregon
peach, a handful of candy ‘chews’ and a
package of cigarettes,” read the article.
The men were on their way for training
A photo from Sept. 22, 1918, shows members of the canteen seated in cars, with a row of their coworkers in-between, on the Northwest Sixth
Avenue side of the station.
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“If the war camp community service
persists in charging 25 cents for beds in the
dormitory of the Atkinson School, we shall
issue tickets to the men stopping there and
pay the charge,” said Mrs. Reed.
The Atkinson School was located on the
block between Northwest 11th, 12th, Couch
and Davis streets, where the Art Institute
of Portland is today.
Theater tickets were also given out. No
matter what state the soldiers were from,
they were treated like they were from
Oregon.
Mrs. Reed received many complimentary letters from the soldiers she served.
The canteen closed Sept. 30, 1919.
During World War II, a Red Cross
Canteen and Traveler’s Aid-USO Lounge
was built at Union Station near today’s
Wilf ’s Restaurant. The structure was later
removed.
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Restaurants & Theater
New brew pub builds on Irish tradition
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Paula Strom (left) passes a
bottle of ketchup to Lucinda
Klicker at Kells. Others at
the table are Finley Taylor
(L-R), Britton Taylor and
Alison Strom.
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By the Examiner staff
Kells Brew Pub is the newest outpost of
the venerable Kells downtown, but what it
lacks in grubby authenticity is compensated
in family-friendly atmosphere, beautiful
décor and woodwork, and a wide-appeal
menu.
Kells bills itself as a brewpub, but the
brewing facilities are not yet operational.
They do offer an excellent selection of
beers and hard ciders, including the obvious
Guinness and a special Kells Irish Lager
currently produced by Rogue Ales.
Among appetizers, the Cured Salmon
Plate ($12) was pleasing, with house-cured
salmon, Irish brown bread, herb cream
cheese and some very tasty pickled red
onions.
The Caesar salad ($7) was also good,
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if unremarkable: romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, a glaze of house-made
lemon garlic dressing, and croutons.
The boneless chicken Whiskey Wings
($8.50) benefited from a tangy barbeque sauce and moist tender meat. In
reality, they are chicken breast molded
to resemble wings.
Thin-cut fries with buttermilk
sauce, though a tad on the salty side,
got high marks from everyone at the
table. The variety fried in truffle oil,
had a sharper flavor preferred by
most of our tasters.
The fish and chips ($10.75) featured
three pieces of flaky, nicely battered Alaskan cod and thicker fries. While some
suggested that the fish was too greasy, that
observation was drowned out by a chorus
of “just right.”
Kells manager Garrett McAleese (left) and
bartender Gerard Fleming chat with customer Jordan Moore.
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Garrett McAleese, son of the owner, gives
Zach Taylor, 5, a tour of the Kells Brewery.
The BLTC ($8.50), a couple of slices of
excellent meaty bacon, lettuce, tomato and
a slice of cheddar cheese on whole wheat
sourdough bread, was a winner. Hefty and
flavorful rye bread enhanced the Reuben as
well, and stood up to a gooey filling that
tasted more of cheese and sauerkraut than
corned beef.
A homemade focaccia bun lent character to the cheddar burger ($9.50), which
drew a “really good” from our resident
burger expert. The homemade pickles were
delicious. The fresh green salad with buttermilk dressing was a good choice for the
side.
Kells tries very hard to offer healthy
low-calorie options, with selections such
as a “vegan and raw” organic kale salad
and a bowl of barley, roasted yams and kale
baked with cheese and toasted almonds.
We weren’t feeling quite that virtuous,
but did order a Niçoise salad. The seared
ahi tuna was fresh and correctly cooked,
and the other key elements—green beans,
potatoes, olives, hard-boiled egg, greens—
were in fine form. One of our three tasters thought the “salad never quite came
together,” while the other two expressed no
such reservations. The dressing was mild.
The waitstaff were relaxed, charming
and competent. Service was prompt. On
one visit, owner Gerard McAleese, serving
as maître d’, came by our table and held the
door as we left. Very nice touch.
At two weekday lunches, less than half
of the tables were full. Even at 6 p.m. on a
Friday, the dining area was empty, the calm
before the Friday night partying began.
The restaurant has several compartments that could be called rooms if the
walls were more than 6 feet tall. They can
accommodate up to about 10 people and
are a wonderful option for business meetings or gatherings when a full banquet
room isn’t necessary. If you need a private
luncheon on short notice, this is the place.
Kells is one of the few restaurants on the
busy end of Northwest 21st Avenue with its
own parking lot.
The menu is more ambitious than typical brewpub fare, and it’s not exclusively
Irish food. If you want a fuller Irish
pub experience, visit the original Kells
on Southwest Second Avenue, where you
can hear live Irish bands every night (they
play at the brew pub every Monday and
first Thursdays), or take the Kells doubledecker bus to a Timbers game.
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By Vanessa Van Edwards
Ben Bui opened Fish Sauce to bring
his mother and aunt’s favorite Vietnamese
recipes to Portlanders. Since opening in
August, Fish Sauce has quietly attracted
fans who come for the authentic menu and
exotic drinks.
Bui, who also owns Skinnidip frozen
yogurt on West Burnside Street, remodeled the former Saint Cupcake place at
Northwest 17th and Flanders. He personally redecorated the inside, sanding
down recycled wood pallets and hanging
lit mason jars.
“I wanted the interior to be raw. Modern, but warm. That’s why we have a long
communal table,” he said.
His first act of business was bringing
in head chefs: mother Lauren Huynh and
aunt Cathy Pham.
“My aunt has a background in restaurants and my mom has a background
in great food, so we set out to create an
authentic delicious menu,” said Bui.
Bui mentioned that most Vietnamese
dishes, including those on the menu, contain fish sauce, which inspired the name of
the restaurant. We endeavored to sample
their exotic selection by ordering happy
hour portions of most of the menu items
starting with bap nuong ($2)—grilled corn
on the cob drizzled with scallion oil, fish
sauce and chili powder on the side.
Salad rolls, goi cuon, ($2.50) were packed
with the crisp flavors of fresh produce. The
rolls were wrapped in traditional rice paper
and filled with vermicelli noodles, lettuce,
mint, bean sprouts and our filler of tofu,
but they also come with shrimp or pork.
Banh mi sandwiches ($5) are available
in several varieties. Ours contained Kalbi
BBQ beef, carrots and lettuce. The small
happy hour portion was a perfect appetizer
and came with a delicious side salad that
almost stole the show—its sweet and peppery dressing was to die for.
The impressive side salad inspired us
to try one of their full salad options called
Korean Style Romaine, which comes with
a mild house-made Gochujang vinaigrette
and grilled tofu. Gochujang is a bright
red, Korean savory condiment made from
pungent fermented red chili, glutinous rice,
soybeans and salt. It was paired perfectly
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two Korean dishes on the menu.
“My fiancée is Korean, and I had to have
two dishes on the menu in her honor,” said
Bui.
I was grateful to her as the other Korean
dish, the Kalbi BBQ beef short ribs ($6),
were so tender they almost fell off the bone.
Chao tom ($3), sugarcane shrimp, is a
cross between a lamb chop and a crab cake.
Grilled minced shrimp surrounds the tip of
a sugarcane stick in the shape of a popsicle
served with vermicelli noodles and pickled
daikon. Amazingly, the chao tom is also
gluten-free even though the crunch gives
it a breaded feel. The menu has marked
Fried banana with tapioca sauce, a “signature” dish at Fish Sauce.
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gluten-free and vegetarian items for those
with food allergies.
The traditional Vietnamese pho ($7), a
beef noodle soup, was easily the best I have
ever tasted, with succulent filet mignon and
a squeeze of lime to top it off.
Vietnamese wings, or canh ga chien ($6),
made with Draper Valley Farms chicken
wings, are marinated in fish sauce, palm
sugar and served with a tamarind and a
caramelized fish sauce that makes the outside of the chicken taste like the top of a
crème brûlée.
Steamed rice cakes, banh beo ($6), is the
most traditional item on the menu. Four
small bowls are lined with a soft tortillalike base and filled with either shrimp,
chicken or mushroom, mung bean paste or
fried pork belly.
“The banh beo are popular in Vietnam
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hooked,” said Bui.
Although the presentation was beautiful, I think my westernized mouth needs a
little more training on this exotic dish.
Bui worked with bartender Tommy Klus
of Cask Bar to create a list of remarkably
complex concoctions. I tried the Eastern
Seaboard ($8). While containing ingredients I have never heard of, such as Novo
Fogo aged cachaca, Carpano Antica sweet
vermouth, Cynar and allspice dram, I was
delighted by the smooth flavor.
For dessert, chuoi chien ($5), fried
bananas served with coconut tapioca sauce,
and banh me ($2), sesame balls filled with
mung bean paste, coconut and honey, were
unexpected combinations that produced
fantastic results.
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Community
Events
Rabbi to speak Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner will speak at
a special Shabbat service at Congregation Beth Israel, 1972 NW Flanders St.,
Friday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. Rabbi Dresner
is sometimes referred to as “the most
arrested Rabbi in America” for his protests during the Civil Rights era.
‘Polluting Paradise’
Oregon Encyclopedia History Night
presents “Polluting Paradise: The Formative Years of Willamette River Pollution
Abatement, 1920s-1960s,” by James V.
Hillegas-Elting, at McMenamins Mission
Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., Monday,
Jan. 14, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. and
admission is free. Fifty years ago, KGWTV aired a gripping documentary, “Pollution in Paradise,” that summarized the
degrading of Oregon’s air and water. Tom
McCall produced and narrated the hourlong color film. For more information, visit
oregonencyclopedia.org.
Jan. 15: ‘Fiscal Cliff? Who Cares! A
Business Roundtable,” moderated by Matt
Mahaffy, Mahaffy Group at Realty Trust.
Jan. 22: “Cry, the Beloved Country and
More Encouraging News from South
Africa,” Alex Gano, Ambassadorial Scholar
in Economics, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jan. 29: “It’s Up to Us to Help Undocumented Children,” Anne Ciesielski, Immigration Counseling Services.
Rotary speakers
Portland Pearl Rotary Club, which
meets every Tuesday in the Ecotrust Building, 721 NW Ninth Ave., at 7:25 a.m.,
announced its schedule of speakers for
January. The public is invited. A $10 charge
includes breakfast. For information, contact: George Wright, georgec3pub@comcast.net or 503-223-0268.
Jan. 8: “Bees: How Can They Do That?”
Joel Swink, Beekeeper, owner, Mt. Hood
Honey.
Parenting with Purpose
Parents of children under age 12 are
invited to attend a Friendly House workshop focusing on strengthening family
relationships. Parents will learn about use
of encouragement, active listening and
problem solving.
The free class meets Tuesdays, Feb.
Senior Trips
Friendly House Senior Recreational 5-26, from 6-8 pm. Childcare is proTrips, with transportation by Ride Con- vided. Register by calling 503-278-3572.
nection, go to Cascade Station ( Jan. 9);
Belmont Firehouse/Hawthorne Fish Musical Puppets
House ( Jan. 16); Audubon Sanctuary ( Jan.
Students in kindergarten through third
23) and Lafayette Antique Shops ( Jan. 30). grade are invited to a Musical Puppets
To sign up for a trip, call Alberta or Carol course at Friendly House Mondays, Jan.
at Friendly House at 503-224-2640.
14-March 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m. (There will
Handwriting workshop
Rabbi
Israel “Si” Dresner.
strengths and learned skills. The workshop
will be at Friendly House, 1737 NW 26th
Ave., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1:30 p.m. To register, call Peter Walsh at 503-261-6181.
be no class Jan. 21 or Feb. 18.) Students
will adapt American folktales with folk
songs and original music, concluding with
a performance for family and friends. The
class will be led by Andy Furgeson. For
information, call Friendly House at 503228 4391.
A free handwriting workshop by Willamette Heights resident Inga Dubay and
Barbara Getty will be offered Saturday, Jan.
26, at Trinity Cathedral, Kempton Hall,
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Finance & Real Estate Slabtown getting new business association
Local business people, gathering at The Bent Brick last month, made plans to launch a Slabtown business association. Identifiable in the photo are Allan Classen (far left), Ed Carpenter
(second from right) and Duncan McDonnell (far right).
By Joseph Gallivan
A preliminary meeting of the proposed
Slabtown business association at the Bent
Brick restaurant Dec. 11 attracted 17 local
business people.
The informal gathering was held to air
broad goals for the association and affirm
interest in moving forward.
The new association will target the area
north of Northwest Lovejoy Street, which
has been represented by the Nob Hill Business Association, though that group gets
most of its support between Burnside and
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Lovejoy.
In an upstairs room donated by Scott
Dolich, owner of the Bent Brick on Northwest Marshall Street, the mood was one of
cautious excitement.
“We need to ignore the naysayers,” said
Brian Bressler, co-owner of clothing and
accessories store Oxalis, in kicking off the
meeting. “We want to have fun.”
Dolich introduced himself as a Slabtown resident who has two children at
Chapman Elementary. He’s keenly interested in development coming to the blocks
near Con-way.
Others noted that the Slabtown neighborhood is more attuned to its residential
sector than Northwest 23rd, and some
classed it as more lively.
Dave Giulietti of Giulietti Schouten
Architects at Northwest 28th and Thurman has been in the area since 1981. He
described Slabtown as a cool and growing
neighborhood.
“The idea of welcoming people and
making it more vibrant is essential,” said
Giulietti.
There are plans for 1,100 to 1,500 housing units in the Con-way Master Plan area
centered at Northwest 21st and Raleigh and
the possibility of perhaps a similar number
of new units in the blocks surrounding the
plan area.
“There’s a lot of change coming, and it’s
adapt-or-die-time,” said Duncan McDonnell of Rainier Pacific, a builder and developer on Northwest 23rd Place.
“It’s scary, exciting and inevitable,”
McDonnell told the room, noting that
Slabtowners should hold on to what’s special about the neighborhood—some of the
architecture, and its reputation as a landing
spot for young new arrivals in Portland—
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but also embrace the change.
McDonnell hopes to profit from the
boom and sees the SBA as a way of managing change.
Many of those in attendance have
worked on the Slabtown Festival, a familyoriented celebration in its sixth year.
Local historian and former Northwest
Examiner salesman Mike Ryerson, a cofounding member of the NHBA, said
the awakening Slabtown area needs “an
organization that would stand up for us”
regarding city plans and programs in the
north end of the district.
Ed Carpenter, a neighborhood resident
since the 1970s and landlord of Dragonfly
coffee shop, does not want to divide the
community.
“We don’t want to be perceived as having different interests from the residents,”
he cautioned. “It’s a neighborhood that
depends on this type of balance.”
He added that the original intention
of the Nob Hill Business Association was
“to build a bridge between residents and
neighbors, and that didn’t happen.”
Three people associated with the Examiner—Publisher Allan Classen, marketing
specialist Denny Shleifer and Ryerson—
reiterated that Slabtown is an up-andcoming community with its own identity.
In an April 2010 cover story, Classen
described the Nob Hill Business Association as undemocratic in its decision-making and too closely aligned with the goals
of its co-founder, developer Richard Singer.
Despite those past criticisms, acting
NHBA president Kay Wolfe told this
reporter, “We’re excited to have any kind
of group people can join in that area. I see
nothing but positive. I think it’s wonderful.”
While remaining highly visible as an
opponent of parking regulations in Northwest Portland, the Nob Hill Business Association has suffered declining membership
over the years. For the first time in many
years, NHBA did not sponsor a holiday promotion. The organization’s website
identifies 44 affiliated businesses, institutions and non-profits.
Others not present at the meeting also
embraced the idea of the new association.
Heather Hoell is executive director at
Venture Portland (formerly Alliance of
Portland Neighborhood Business Associations). It is a nonprofit that provides
training, technical support and grants to
business associations.
If there’s a street fair or a holiday shopping event, Venture Portland probably supports it, said Hoell.
“All the business associations in Portland
are different, and they’re all pretty outstanding,” she said.
Brian Hoop at the Portland Office of
Neighborhood Involvement had not heard
about the proposed Slabtown association,
but was not surprised. He said it is up to
the individuals to identify their own goals.
“I live in Linnton, and I’ve been
impressed with Slabtown and its festival.
It’s impressive how they’ve been slowly
building a brand.”
— business briefs —
Super Jet Wine & Cheese shop, the
latest tenant of the corner restaurant
space previously occupied by Cloud 7
and Sip & Kranz cafés at Northwest
10th and Kearney, won’t reopen after a
plumbing failure last fall flooded the
shop and destroyed inventory. Two
years ago, Sip & Kranz also suffered
flooding in that space. ... Jonathan
Woods is opening Portland Urban
Bistro in the Civic Condominiums
building at 1914 W. Burnside St. in the
space vacated by the former Soi9 Thai
Restaurant. ... Planet Granite, a San
Francisco Bay Area-based company,
plans to build a full block climbing
facility between Northwest 14th, 15th,
Pettygrove and Quimby streets. See
story on Page 1. Construction could
begin in mid-year and be completed
in mid-2014. ... Room by Room, 735
NW 16th Ave., a remodeling supply
store, will be closing in about two
months. ... After two years in business, Love Via Crepe, which served
Japanese-style ice cream crepes at 1019
NW 23rd Ave., has closed. ... The Sylvan Steak House, 5515 SW Canyon
Ct., has been renamed the Sylvan Zoo
House and Saloon. ... San Franciscobased BRIDGE Housing, a 30-yearold nonprofit, is planning to build a
mixed-use project at Northwest 13th
and Naito Parkway. According to a
pre-application notice from the city,
the six-story structure could include
as many as 185 units and 115 belowgrade parking spaces. ... KEEN Footwear celebrated its new headquarters
and retail store at Northwest 13th and
Glisan with an open house last month.
The expansive space was remodeled to
preserve its original character and using
eco-friendly methods. The space was
formerly occupied by French Quarter
Linens, which moved to 530 NW 11th
Ave. ... Kiva Tea Bar & Spa at 1533
NW 24th Ave. has applied for a license
to serve alcohol beer and wine. ... After
three years in business at 908 NW 14th
Ave., Salt Grotto has closed. ... Park
Lane Mattresses has leased the former Bravado space at Northwest 14th
and Hoyt streets. After remodeling, a
February opening is planned. It will
be the ninth store for the 92-year-old
Oregon company.
Mike Ryerson resigned his position at the Northwest Examiner
last month after 20 years of service, primarily in advertising sales.
His history column was also a
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New
Businesses
the community.” He and his wife and cofounder, Georganne Sader, will buy only
from local suppliers. The market opens Jan.
9 and will offer farm-fresh produce, meat
and seafood, cheese and dairy, a delicatessen with in-house seating, a smoothie bar,
and a beer and wine bar.
Story and photos
by Karen Harter
Olivewood and Brass
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Joseph Magliaro and Shu Hung are
graphic designers who met in New York Shu Hung (center) and Joseph Magliaro
and then traveled to Berlin and Beijing. (right) at Table of Contents.
Experiences and connections with international artists inform their presentations.
“TOC is shaped by Hung and Magliaro’s
love of publications, and their approach to
the process of developing a retail environment is similar to that of editing a magazine: selecting stories that resonate with
personal interests, researching them, and
presenting them to an audience,” states
their website. They sell objects and clothing “for inside and out.”
Jeff Owen at Olivewood and Brass.
Local Roasting Company
1932 NW Lovejoy St., 541-543-5939
His Dietrich Roaster, says Jay Hull, is
state-of-the-art, using an infrared process
producing less pollution and using less
energy. Inspired by travels in the Basque
country of Spain, where coffee and hard
cider bars flourish, Hull was moved to
create a bar culture here. Hull’s friend,
Rick Pauley, repurposes oak wine barrels
into bar stools, benches and tables, making comfortably curved, beautiful furniture.
Located in the historical Film Exchange
building, the space is sky lit. The coffee bar
opened Jan. 2.
Jay Hull at Local Roasting Company.
Kingston, after the Kingston Saloon in
Goose Hollow, the first place she visited
when she moved to Northwest Portland a
few years ago. Now she’s returning to the
neighborhood as manager of a boutique
pet care store opening Jan. 24 in the former
Gap location in Thiele Square. She will
carry leashes by Portland’s Cycle Dog and
locally made healthy biscuits. The Paw Bar,
a” “barkery-deli,” will sell frozen yogurt;
Wet Nose, a Pacific Northwest made,
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Amanda Penny’s own pug is named found pets. She will sponsor fundraising
Don and Georganne Seder at Local Choice
Produce.
Jeff Owen worked for the Peace Corps
in Romania, where he met his wife. That
experience and having worked in Northern
Virginia and Washington, D.C., at fair
trade businesses lead Owen to open this
fair trade business in the former Moontess
shop. Brightly clothed toy African figures
on wire bicycles invite toddlers to push
them along. Jamtown musical instruments
crafted in Africa rattle and vibrate. See
how artists use sanitized elephant dung for
unique paper and stationary to support the
elephant protection effort. Tropical Salvage
furniture, bamboo wall fixtures, rods and
hooks show colorful hand-woven scarves,
aprons and felted-wool oven mitts. Bicycle
parts are converted into picture frames,
earrings and bottle openers. They also
make sturdy, water-resistant bags for men
and women.
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An eclectic art shop has opened in the
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Kiwan Café Rio. It features gifts for men
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and women, such as air plants perched
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“Local Choice is a daily market for real Christine Shelton, a salvaged wood artisan;
food,” said co-founder Don Sader. “But Devin Mense, a glassblowing plant enthumore than being a place that sells great siast; and his partner, Jenelle Olson. They
local food, Local Choice also encourages offer DIY classes and workshops featuring
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A 2-month-old black bear cub
taken from the woods near
Medford received around-theclock care at Oregon Zoo while
zoo and wildlife officials located
a permanent home for him.
Snapshots
When Northwest Library computers went down temporarily last month, staff resorted to timehonored methods to keep services flowing. Children’s librarian Susan Smallsreed smiles as she
writes the barcode number for each book and a piece of paper corresponding to the user’s card.
Neighbor Gabrielle Ackerman, who took the photo, was impressed with the diligent, cheery service.
Nationally known handwriting experts Inga Dubay (left) and Barbara Getty lead a
free workshop on legible writing at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Saturday, Jan. 26.
See Page 20 for details.
Michaela Bancud
Sophie Woolfrey and her sister Nanna unwind after
performing in “Peter Pan” at the Northwest Children’s
Theater last month.
Juliet Hyams
Four-year-old Allie Landis draws a lottery card for seniors selecting free clothing at the Irving
Street Meals on Wheels lunch site last month. Chef Kathy Buss holds the basket. The site is staffed by
Lift Urban Portland volunteers and housed by First Immanuel Lutheran church.
Crews complete landscaping and final amenities for The Fields park in the Pearl, scheduled to open
this month.
An 82nd birthday party for Darcelle XV at Linnton Community
Center last month drew a crowd of about 150, including Marilyn
Parker. Walter Cole, who became an institution as Portland’s leading female impersonator, grew up “on the wrong side of the tracks” in
Linnton. Portland Police Officer Sgt. Willie Halliburton, wearing
combat boots and a bright orange dress, presented the cake and the
Albina Community Church choir sang the happy birthday song.
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