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.

Author: Ray Bottenberg, Jeanna Bottenberg
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 06/16/2008
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.52w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780738558301


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 83

About the Author
Bottenberg, Ray: - 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.