Vanishing Portland, Oregon - Couverture souple

Bottenberg, Ray; Bottenberg, Jeanna Rosenbalm

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738558303 ISBN 13 : 9780738558301

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2008

Synopsis

Portland at the end of World War II was an international port and a powerhouse of the timber and shipbuilding industries. Oregon's largest city grew and changed in the decades that followed, adding new industries and population. It also endured reductions in shipbuilding capacity, a devastating flood, a declining timber industry, urban renewal, freeway construction, and social change. By the 1990s, a wave of globalization and big-box retail marketing swelled shipping at the city's port and swept away a surprising number of Portland's businesses, which remain in the fond memories of Portlanders. A few of these memorable icons include the stores Meier and Frank, J. K. Gill, Payless Drug, and Sprouse-Reitz; the restaurants Henry Theile, Jolly Joan, Tik Tok, Yaw's Top Notch, and Waddle's; the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park; the Portland Hotel; the Broadway, Fox, and Orpheum theaters; Henry Weinhard's brewery; the Ramblin' Rod television show; and Portland Wrestling.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Authors Ray and Jeanna Bottenberg are Oregon natives and students of Pacific Northwest history. In this volume, they tell the story of vanishing Portland icons through a collection of photographs gathered from such sources as the City of Portland, the Oregon State Archives, and numerous private collections--including their own.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738558303
• ISBN 13: 9780738558301
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible