Sekkle
Dec 10, 2007, 11:56 PM
Hosford-Abernethy is a southeast Portland neighborhood that lies between the Willamette River (on the west), Hawthorne St (north), ~29th Ave (east) and Powell Blvd (south).
The neighborhood is largely residential (the housing stock includes late 19th century single-family detached houses, duplexes, low-rise apartment buildings, etc) with retail mixed in at several locations and light industrial areas between the river and 11th Ave. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, a popular Portland attraction, is located here along the east bank of the Willamette.
Most of the neighborhood has short, walkable blocks, with a straight grid of streets. The exception to this is the Ladd’s Addition area (about ½ mile x ½ mile), which has streets diagonal to the grid, intersecting at a traffic circle in its center. This concept was apparently an homage to the layout of Washington, DC, albeit on a much smaller, much less complicated scale. Homes on some Ladd’s Addition streets are particularly impressive (some very large Victorian and craftsman-style houses), and that part of the neighborhood seems a bit quieter than the rest since there is less through-traffic and it’s almost entirely residential.
As is typical in much of SE Portland, there are very few national chain stores in the neighborhood, probably due to a concerted effort by residents to keep things local. This sentiment seems particularly strong in Hosford-Abernethy (but maybe that’s just the feeling I got). For example, a Starbucks in this neighborhood was vehemently opposed by locals before it was built, and was actually fire-bombed with a molotov cocktail just before it opened in 2004.
**A quick note to Portland locals – for these “neighborhood tour” threads, I’m using the neighborhood boundaries given in the City of Portland map of Neighborhood Associations. That makes it a bit awkward at times, as in this thread when I only show the south side of Hawthorne, which, for those that aren’t familiar with the city, is a main thoroughfare and the center of the “Hawthorne District” which runs for dozens of blocks through SE Portland. In other words, there is a north side of Hawthorne as well, but I’ll handle that in another thread.
Ok, I’ll shut up now and get to the pics…
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1126/img2685shpq4.jpg
Streets between the Willamette River and SE 11th Ave
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7295/img2768shtn2.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8283/img2762shou8.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9639/img2738shzh2.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6084/img2744shcq4.jpg
Fear does not exist in this dojo!
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1672/img2773shhb0.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5121/img2775shds4.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3253/img2780shyy4.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9520/img2771shhp1.jpg
Oregon Museum of Science & Industry
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7406/img2757shqp5.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5821/img2749shar0.jpg
The submarine (USS Blueback) is part of OMSI. The bridge in the background is I-5.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/899/img2750shgo9.jpg
Darn tootin’!
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6930/img2686shug0.jpg
11th & 12th Avenues
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4531/img2806shrt1.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1420/img2507shjx8.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/125/img2787shuv3.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6219/img2791shvp1.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/797/img2788shfb0.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3079/img2805shir4.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9429/img2801shrh0.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3006/img2506shma4.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4334/img2799shmd3.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5851/img2795shqn5.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/325/img2804shgn9.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4262/img2803shjk6.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9749/img2727shzv6.jpg
I’ve heard of a 4-door car, but…
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6106/img2730shcf1.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3617/img2732shrp7.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3976/img2718shkz9.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9366/img2716shno3.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7831/img2725shjh0.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5834/img2719shqx6.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5337/img2723shso4.jpg
Ladd’s Addition…
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4299/img2504shzn5.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/9519/img2508shcx1.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4500/img2509shei1.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8153/img2488shal8.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1381/img2490shzu8.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6121/img2491shyg3.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3830/img2734shru0.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1259/img2697shbl8.jpg
The “Seven Corners” area (intersection of Division St and Ladd/19th/20th/21st)
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4548/img2485shdc4.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1886/img2809shwx4.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9824/img2815shyj1.jpg
There’s the Starbucks I mentioned
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9206/img2825shlk1.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5575/img2495shjg5.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6794/img2494shch6.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2108/img2487sheo2.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5005/img2493shqh6.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/560/img2496shqb5.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4093/img2820shvq2.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8763/img2817shti4.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5827/img2536shec6.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1974/img2500shax1.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7329/img2501shob2.jpg
People’s Co-op
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4862/img2823shyu8.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4300/img2502shfr4.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7329/img2501shob2.jpg
Cleveland High School
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9075/img2864shrh3.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9861/img2510shux3.jpg
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4460/img2522shkm9.jpg
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/9635/img2526shtk0.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4782/img2527shcx9.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/992/img2831shmh0.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4645/img2534shpj1.jpg
I’m convinced that if Portland were ever abandoned, the moss would take over
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/83/img2531shtf3.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5466/img2829shwl9.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/7434/img2532shtx4.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2672/img2533shab9.jpg
Some infill
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/9742/img2828shzn7.jpg
Apartments on Hawthorne
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6562/img2841shqc6.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4670/img2700shkd5.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/3873/img2707shtz2.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7417/img2708shes7.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2757/img2710shtx0.jpg
Shops & restaurants along Hawthorne
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6403/img2687shfj1.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/6820/img2693shqf7.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9123/img2690shbi5.jpg
“I swear – it’s really good!”
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5584/img2699shre8.jpg
The entrance to this shop is tha bomb, yo!
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8099/img2696shqg0.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5672/img2860shth3.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/687/img2847shop0.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9831/img2853shwb3.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7018/img2855shqs3.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8640/img2837shyg8.jpg
Downtown Portland in the distance
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4453/img2857shpe0.jpg
My camera can’t do justice to this really cool neighborhood, but I hope you enjoyed the tour.
The neighborhood is largely residential (the housing stock includes late 19th century single-family detached houses, duplexes, low-rise apartment buildings, etc) with retail mixed in at several locations and light industrial areas between the river and 11th Ave. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, a popular Portland attraction, is located here along the east bank of the Willamette.
Most of the neighborhood has short, walkable blocks, with a straight grid of streets. The exception to this is the Ladd’s Addition area (about ½ mile x ½ mile), which has streets diagonal to the grid, intersecting at a traffic circle in its center. This concept was apparently an homage to the layout of Washington, DC, albeit on a much smaller, much less complicated scale. Homes on some Ladd’s Addition streets are particularly impressive (some very large Victorian and craftsman-style houses), and that part of the neighborhood seems a bit quieter than the rest since there is less through-traffic and it’s almost entirely residential.
As is typical in much of SE Portland, there are very few national chain stores in the neighborhood, probably due to a concerted effort by residents to keep things local. This sentiment seems particularly strong in Hosford-Abernethy (but maybe that’s just the feeling I got). For example, a Starbucks in this neighborhood was vehemently opposed by locals before it was built, and was actually fire-bombed with a molotov cocktail just before it opened in 2004.
**A quick note to Portland locals – for these “neighborhood tour” threads, I’m using the neighborhood boundaries given in the City of Portland map of Neighborhood Associations. That makes it a bit awkward at times, as in this thread when I only show the south side of Hawthorne, which, for those that aren’t familiar with the city, is a main thoroughfare and the center of the “Hawthorne District” which runs for dozens of blocks through SE Portland. In other words, there is a north side of Hawthorne as well, but I’ll handle that in another thread.
Ok, I’ll shut up now and get to the pics…
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1126/img2685shpq4.jpg
Streets between the Willamette River and SE 11th Ave
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7295/img2768shtn2.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8283/img2762shou8.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9639/img2738shzh2.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6084/img2744shcq4.jpg
Fear does not exist in this dojo!
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1672/img2773shhb0.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5121/img2775shds4.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3253/img2780shyy4.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9520/img2771shhp1.jpg
Oregon Museum of Science & Industry
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7406/img2757shqp5.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5821/img2749shar0.jpg
The submarine (USS Blueback) is part of OMSI. The bridge in the background is I-5.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/899/img2750shgo9.jpg
Darn tootin’!
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6930/img2686shug0.jpg
11th & 12th Avenues
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4531/img2806shrt1.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1420/img2507shjx8.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/125/img2787shuv3.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6219/img2791shvp1.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/797/img2788shfb0.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3079/img2805shir4.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9429/img2801shrh0.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3006/img2506shma4.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4334/img2799shmd3.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5851/img2795shqn5.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/325/img2804shgn9.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4262/img2803shjk6.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9749/img2727shzv6.jpg
I’ve heard of a 4-door car, but…
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6106/img2730shcf1.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3617/img2732shrp7.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3976/img2718shkz9.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/9366/img2716shno3.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7831/img2725shjh0.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5834/img2719shqx6.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5337/img2723shso4.jpg
Ladd’s Addition…
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4299/img2504shzn5.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/9519/img2508shcx1.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4500/img2509shei1.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8153/img2488shal8.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1381/img2490shzu8.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6121/img2491shyg3.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3830/img2734shru0.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1259/img2697shbl8.jpg
The “Seven Corners” area (intersection of Division St and Ladd/19th/20th/21st)
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4548/img2485shdc4.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1886/img2809shwx4.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9824/img2815shyj1.jpg
There’s the Starbucks I mentioned
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9206/img2825shlk1.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5575/img2495shjg5.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6794/img2494shch6.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2108/img2487sheo2.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5005/img2493shqh6.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/560/img2496shqb5.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4093/img2820shvq2.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8763/img2817shti4.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5827/img2536shec6.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1974/img2500shax1.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7329/img2501shob2.jpg
People’s Co-op
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4862/img2823shyu8.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4300/img2502shfr4.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7329/img2501shob2.jpg
Cleveland High School
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9075/img2864shrh3.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9861/img2510shux3.jpg
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4460/img2522shkm9.jpg
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/9635/img2526shtk0.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4782/img2527shcx9.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/992/img2831shmh0.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4645/img2534shpj1.jpg
I’m convinced that if Portland were ever abandoned, the moss would take over
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/83/img2531shtf3.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5466/img2829shwl9.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/7434/img2532shtx4.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2672/img2533shab9.jpg
Some infill
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/9742/img2828shzn7.jpg
Apartments on Hawthorne
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6562/img2841shqc6.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4670/img2700shkd5.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/3873/img2707shtz2.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7417/img2708shes7.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2757/img2710shtx0.jpg
Shops & restaurants along Hawthorne
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6403/img2687shfj1.jpg
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/6820/img2693shqf7.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9123/img2690shbi5.jpg
“I swear – it’s really good!”
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5584/img2699shre8.jpg
The entrance to this shop is tha bomb, yo!
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8099/img2696shqg0.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5672/img2860shth3.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/687/img2847shop0.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9831/img2853shwb3.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7018/img2855shqs3.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8640/img2837shyg8.jpg
Downtown Portland in the distance
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4453/img2857shpe0.jpg
My camera can’t do justice to this really cool neighborhood, but I hope you enjoyed the tour.