Monthly Archives: November 2008

Pay phones seem to me as though they’re left over from… a different century.

A t-shirt in the window at Alladat (5824 NE MLK). As banal as it is to remark, dramatic strides as obvious as Obama’s election to the Presidency this month don’t comprise all of what “makes history”. History proceeds primarily in … Continue reading →

Headline on the current Portland Observer, outside the Observer office at 4747 NE MLK.

Looking northwest on MLK, with the Graham Street Lofts next to the ASB building:

After a brief run on MLK, Pampur Mi Mor salon has closed up.

Wow! The American State Bank building has found a new use. ASB was bought by Albina Community Bank and eventually closed, but memories of ASB linger on. Here is a description of murals that adorned the building ; Karrin Ellertson … Continue reading →

At Portland Team Fitness, in the ‘Fremont Building.’

Art Williams and Jamaal Lane have opened Champions Barbershop, an upscale salon with wifi and coffee bar, at 3827 NE MLK. Williams told The Skanner, “[A]s much or as often as you can ride up and down Martin Luther King, … Continue reading →

Tiny’s, which always gives good signage, at 2031 NE MLK.

This cutout was up for a couple for a couple of days after the election at Tracey’s Un-4-getable Nails/Photography.