Michael Earl’s personal response to the black lives matter protests has been to plant flowers and MLK Boulevard median strip. It’s his way to improve the community and honor Martin Luther King Jr, Earl. Photo credit John Barker
For many years, The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been planning to do a major widening of I-5 through the “Rose Quarter” (underneath the Flint, Broadway, Weidler, Williams, and Vancouver bridges). This project will be at least $800 Million and cause severe disruption to the southern Eliot Neighborhood if built. Recently,
This is the Third of FOUR(4) events this summer/fall. UPcoming: October 7
Bring your family and friends and enjoy an evening at Dawson Park. Food available for purchase on-site or pack a picnic and snacks, don’t forget a blanket or low lawn chairs.
We can’t wait to see you at the event!
A new corner market and deli have opened in Eliot at the corner of MLK Jr. Blvd and Morris Street. The Jerusalem Rose Market sells staples from Southwest Asia and North Africa, focusing on Palestinian products and hoping to celebrate Palestinian culture through the lens of the country’s food.
This is the SECOND of FOUR(4) events this summer/fall. UPcoming event dates: September 16 (Harmony Four performing) , October 7
Bring your family and friends and enjoy an evening at Dawson Park. Food available for purchase on-site or pack a picnic and snacks, don’t forget a blanket or low lawn chairs.
We can’t wait to see you at the event!
A few different businesses have occupied the bar under the Wonder Ballroom on NE Russell Street. Since I have been in the neighborhood, it has been Trigger and Bunk Sandwiches. Cliff’s PDX is the newest tenant, but Josh Luebke has been around for all three of the recent iterations of this space.
By Jody Guth
It’s a beautiful day in our neighborhood – the skies are blue, the sun is shining, and the streets are looking better all the time. Many thanks and kudos to all involved with Eliot’s adopt-a-block team. While they may not take credit for the blue skies and sunshine, they most certainly can for the improved look to our streets and avenues.
We’ve had quite a few people sign-up this past quarter, and the ranks of trash-ridders are reflected in things looking as good as they are….mostly. And, because we’re greedy and can always use more volunteers, we’re seeking out more. Maybe yourself? You know you want to be a part of helping Eliot look its best, and I can show you how it’s done.
All you do is contact me, Jody, at jodyguth@gmail.com or call 971-320-8594, and I’ll get you set up with trash bags and gloves – plus, I have just a few more picker-uppers as well. If you’re one of the first two lucky winners to contact me, they’re yours. We’ll decide what block you’d like to “adopt,” you care for it like the adoptee it is, and then you’ll even be entered into a contest every three months where you could win a $100.00 gift certificate to your friendly New Season’s market.
What?!….crazy simple, right?….and prizes to boot! So what are you waiting for?…..
But before you do, let me announce the current winner of this quarter’s New Season’s gift certificate. Come on down, Laura and Michael Livingston! Laura and Michael take care of parts of Williams near Tillamook and around other areas as they walk their dogs. It can’t be overstated how grateful we are for all those critters who get their humans out for cleaning. Thanks, Dot and Pipa..
Please consider joining Laura and Michael, and the 6(!) other exemplary volunteers who joined this quarter….. big shout out to Richard DeWolf, Moses Wrosen, Laura Atkinson, Pamela Sery, Linda Kading, and Tyler Brunhart. You do Eliot proud.
This is the first of 4 events this summer/fall. (Other event dates: August 26, September 16, October 7)
Bring your family and friends and enjoy an evening at Dawson Park. Food available for purchase on-site or pack a picnic and snacks, don’t forget a blanket or low lawn chairs.
We can’t wait to see you all at the event!
By Anonymous
You wake up to the boom of a car stereo or the smell of cigarette smoke wafting through the back bedroom window. Aggressive drivers rev their engines and honk their horns. It sounds like rush hour, but it’s 6 AM, and this is the destination.
All-day long, looking outside is like playing bingo. Across, the headings are categories like violence, drugs, sex, vandalism, and driving.
Join us at Dawson Park Thursday, July 22 from 5-8pm for a free jazz concert and family-friendly event. See the flier below for more details and also visit the website CONCERTS page here for more details and to sign up to be a sponsor, vendor, volunteer or just to donate.
We hope to have 3 more events this summer and fall.
By Julie Doumbia and Sue Stringer
It’s been a while since we have had a Within and Beyond the Borders of Eliot column. For this issue, we think it’s time for a sequel to the piece the Eliot News did three years ago. There’s a proliferation of new murals and street art in and around our neighborhood. You can also find the map online with links to larger color photos than we could publish in the print version. See the FAQs below the map legend for more information about murals and street art. Photo credits Julie Doumbia and Sue Stringer.
So put on some walking shoes and enjoy a day of wandering through the neighborhood and enjoy the free art show accessible to all. We’re still waiting to get an update on the new mural/art on the building at NE Russell and MLK Blvd., so check back with us in the fall for that one. Also, a mural was approved to be painted on PICA’s and RH Brown’s buildings. Installation starts sometime this summer or fall.
Click the link HERE to navigate to the Google map with all the murals and art and their locations. For a preview of what is on the map see the information below:
1. Women Making History: N Harding Ave and N Interstate Ave sponsored by In Other Words Women’s Books and Resources (closed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Making_History_in_Portland Artist Robin Corbo
2. Mural plus lots of street art: Ecliptic Brewing Warehouse 2410 N Interstate Artist Pablos Murals https://pablosmurals.com
3. MLK Jr. Mural 627 N Tillamook St: Artist Shane Grammer @shanegrammerarts, https://shanegrammer.com
4. Night Stars, Camping & street art: 2410 N Interstate Ave Ecliptic Brewing warehouse
5. Geometric patterns and scenes: N Mississippi and N Fremont (NE corner)
6. Salmon along a fence: Boise-Eliot-Humboldt Elementary N Borthwick at N Cook St
7. Michelle Obama: residential front door 329 N Fremont St. Artist Dianne Bocci
8. People and aliens: Grains of Wrath 3901 N Williams
9. Tropical fruits and desert-scape: MF Tasty food truck 3925 N Williams Ave
10. Geometric shapes: Parallax apartments 4030 N Williams Ave
11. Urbanscapes: Cook St apartments parking lot access via N Ivy between Williams and Vancouver
12. North Portland Jazz Scene “Unite Us”: Above The Waypost 3120 N Williams Ave
13. Honey in the Bee Ball—I Can’t See Y’all – Medallions: Dawson Park fence N Williams Ave at N Stanton St. Artist Isaka Shamsud-Din
14. Geometric design: Breadwinner Cycles 2323 N Williams Ave
15. Frogs: Port City Gallery (closed) 2170 N Williams
16. Birds: Pacific North Press 16 NE Tillamook St
17. Flowers: Tillamook Row 22 NE Tillamook St
18. “MIKE” (Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education Program) Mural: 1914 NE 7th Ave. Artist Robin Corbo
19. “In My Skin”: PDX RedWall, Oregon First Realty 2106 NE MLK Jr.- Rotating art -current artist Jason Hill
20. “Together” Rotating Mural: Open Signal 2766 NE MLK Jr. Artist: Limei Lai
21. Mural (by students?): Growing Seeds Child Development Center: 2808 NE MLK Jr.
22. “In My America” Flag mural: 2915 NE MLK Jr.
23. Mural and Tiles and Sculpture: Cascadia/Garlington Center NE MLK Jr and NE Morris St. Artists south side bldg. mural –Arvie Smith, panels at the front door on MLK –Jeremy Davis, sculpture by the parking lot –Hillary Pfiefer
24. “Jumptown Video Wall”: The Magnolia apartments 3262 NE MLK Jr. Artist Pamela Chipman. Thomas Robinson and Portland City Archive contributed photos and videos
25. Residential garage mural: 435 NE Cook St. Artist Ryan Bubnis
26. Waves of color: Mothership Music 3611 NE MLK Jr. Artist Pablos Murals
27. “Peace in the Hood”: mural on residential wall 3792 NE MLK Jr.
28. Women and shapes: Luna Wellness 3801 NE MLK Jr
29. Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and BLM Protestors mural: North side of Sengatera Ethiopian Restaurant 3833 NE MLK Jr.
30. MESO murals, plant/art piece, garage mural -4008 NE MLK Jr. Artists: Southside -Adia Gibbs, Latoya Lovely, Kyra Watkins, Alex Chiu, Emmanuel Dempsey. Panels/plants -Peg Butler. Northside Isaka Shamsud-Din, Garage – Emmanuel Dempsey
What is street art?
Why is street art important? What’s the big deal?
What is the difference between street art and graffiti?
Where can I go to learn more about street art?
I’m interested in commissioning a mural for my property, where can I go to get information?
Portland Street Art Alliance has a long history of supporting community connections and they can help you scope your project and connect with an artist: http://www.pdxstreetart.org/commissions
With the tough last year we’ve had, I’m trying to find ways to stay hopeful and find things that bring me joy. Something that I’m excited about in Eliot is that it looks like we may be welcoming many new neighbors soon.
By Sue Stringer and Mike Warwick
Do you recognize this building? In the past years the ENA Board has talked about getting a mural or some art installed on this wall. It is where NE Russell Street ends on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Baileywick Properties is working on a new art installation on the building. Stay tuned for more details in the next issue.
Also, in our next issue, we will have a map of all the art and murals in the neighborhood. If you have a favorite mural, we’d like it if you could email a photo and location or just the intersection to news@eliotneighborhood.org and we’ll add it to the map.
Chris Cha, the owner of Smokin’ Fire Fish was almost put out of business because of COVID-19, but the king of collaboration and kindness, Jaime Soltero of Tamale Boy offered his take on a ghost kitchen at the 668 N Russell location.
Continue reading Smokin’ Fire Fish Saved by Collaboration with Tamale Boy in their Ghost Kitchen
By Andrine and Howard de la Rocha
After our snowy and icy February, it looks as if spring is coming our way! We’ve used some of our Patron funding to acquire wood chips from ChipDrop, which were in abundance after the ice storm knocked so many branches and trees down. Thanks to New Seasons for donating cardboard for the sheet mulching.
Continue reading Boise Eliot Native Grove Update: Happy Sunny Day!
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