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NW Portland, Oregon slum area. 1951

Y-510222-07. slum area in NW. February 22, 1951 (published in Oregonian March 4, 1959 pg. 29. Caption: "Portland's city planning commission makes clear what is recognized by city planners everywhere – that most blighted areas of the average city once were the best residential districts. For this reason, they say, districts in which older homes like these pictured right , in Portland's southeast district, are ideal as sites for new development programs financed by private investors. Homes like these can be easily removed, thus lowering cost of acquiring sites.")

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Y-510222-07. slum area in NW. February 22, 1951 (published in Oregonian March 4, 1959 pg. 29. Caption: "Portland's city planning commission makes clear what is recognized by city planners everywhere – that most blighted areas of the average city once were the best residential districts. For this reason, they say, districts in which older homes like these pictured right , in Portland's southeast district, are ideal as sites for new development programs financed by private investors. Homes like these can be easily removed, thus lowering cost of acquiring sites.")