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Robert Ham is a resident of the St. Johns neighborhood where he indulges in coffee from James John Cafe and tacos from Panaderia Taqueria Santa Cruz on a far too regular basis. His writing has been featured in The Oregonian, Willamette Week, PDX Magazine, City Arts, Relevant, Alternative Press, and Paste. You can follow his adventures on his blog, The Voice of Energy.
For the past 22 years since she has lived across the street from it, Marci Macfarlane has watched the property tucked into a corner along N Going Court and N Concord Avenue go from bad to worse. "It's been a green space ever since I've lived here, but sadly, it wasn't very well taken care of,” says Macfarlane. “They never watered or mowed ... They'd come literally twice in the summer to mow and the more...
Immigrants entering the United States from a less developed country often have a difficult time adjusting to their new environs. This is especially true for young people, and perhaps even more arduous for those coming to North America from Africa. According to Jamal Dar, co-founder and executive director of the African Youth and Community Organization (AYCO), many of the AYCO kids from Africa grew up in refugee camps and didn't more...
A consortium of volunteers from throughout Portland and beyond wrapped up the initial phase renovation work that is turning the once all-blacktop expanse at James John Elementary into a natural play area with a mini-soccer field. The site is intended for use by students at the school and families in St. Johns. Working under a clear blue sky on Saturday, July 30, as many as 80 volunteers put the finishing touches on the 3,725 more...
Initial work has already begun on Going To The River, a project that combines the efforts of the Swan Island Transportation Management Association (SITMA) and the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to help increase access for pedestrians and bicyclists from north Portland neighborhoods to Swan Island. Using a $2 million grant from the Oregon Transportation Commission, PBOT and SITMA are planning a number of key changes that will more...
Baltimore Woods in North Portland will soon be teeming with volunteers and workers as the Bureau of Environmental Services and SOLV get ready to dive into a restoration project that will turn six acres into a sustainable and beautiful oak savanna. BES Environmental Specialist Mary Bushman and SOLV representative Alex Roem joined last night's Friends of Cathedral Park Neighborhood Association meeting to introduce the project, which more...
UPDATED 5/18/2011 The discussion of possible changes to traffic flow for vehicles, bikes, pedestrians, and buses on North Williams Avenue continued on Tuesday with a meeting of the N Williams Traffic Operations and Safety Project's Stakeholder Advisory Committee. The afternoon meeting was held to present the findings of last month's Portland Bureau Of Transportation open house that invited cyclists, residents of the more...
Drivers coming across the St. Johns bridge heading towards Willamette Boulevard are faced with two options: Wait at the stop light on N Ivanhoe and face the traffic on that street from both the St. Johns Post Office and Safeway. Take a quick right before that light onto N Syracuse and drive through a nearby residential area to avoid all of the above. While the second option is a legal move, the number of people choosing it, and more...
One of the busiest stretches of road in North Portland, the nearly two mile section of North Williams Avenue that runs between NE Broadway and N Killingsworth Street, was the subject of a public open house held by Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) on Saturday afternoon to discuss potential safety improvements that would benefit both pedestrians and cyclists. Designated as a major city bikeway by the Portland Bicycle Plan for more...
