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  • CS02004. Demolition of Meier & Frank parking lot, SW Broadway & Morrison. February 1981
    CS02004.tif
  • 0011-06A. overview of Indian dwellings and shacks at Celilo Indian village before it's demolition and relocation in 1957.
    0011-06A.tif
  • 9119-2368-B20-9. Ahavai Achim Synagogue after being demolished August 23, 1962.
    9119-2368-B20-9.tif
  • Y-580131a.  “old building 1st & Madison being torn down to make way for Hawthorne Bridge approach. January 31, 1958.
    Y-580131a.tif
  • Y-560427-02. Vaughn St. Baseball stadium being torn down. April 27, 1956
    Y-560427-02.tif
  • Y-600222. demoliton of old Eliot School, last used as Knott St. Community Center, February 22, 1960. 2711 NE Rodney, corner of Knott.
    Y-600222.tif
  • Y-660512B-20A."Emanuel Hospital. Wide angle views of houses before being demolished. May 12, 1966" (looking south on N. Gantenbeim from the block between Stanton and Morris.)
    Y-660512B-20A.tif
  • 0001-E131-08. Razing of the Portland Hotel. Late October 1951. Photos by Gladys Smith. Taken from 14th floor of American Bank Building.
    0001-E131-08.tif
  • 0001-E130 Razing of the Portland Hotel. Late October 1951. Photo by Gladys Smith. Taken from 14th floor of American Bank Building.
    0001-E130.tif
  • 9119-2368-B18-5. Ahavai Achim Synagogue being demolished August 23, 1962.
    9119-2368-B18-5.tif
  • Y-600222-02. demoliton of the Knott Street Community Center, formerly the Eliot school (Elliot School), February 22, 1960. 2711 NE Rodney, corner of Knott St. and Williams Ave. was built in 1909. Photo not published.
    Y-600222-02.tif
  • Y-560427-01. Vaughn St. Baseball stadium being torn down. April 27, 1956
    Y-560427-01.tif
  • Y-750430B-20A. aerial of Williams Ave. district after Emanuel demolitions. April 30, 1975
    Y-750430B-20A.tif
  • Y-580502-B07. aerial view of future Memorial Coliseum site after removal of houses. Looking north east from top of Steel Bridge. May 2, 1958.
    Y-580502-B07.tif
  • 8609-A36. Looking east at the now-gone South Auditorium district. Most of this was cleared between 1960 and 1962. In the lower left is the Ahavai Achim Synagogue at the corner of SW 3rd & Sherman, an intersection that doesn't exist anymore. On the waterfront is the Alaska Junk Company and Zidell scrap yards, where two ships are being dismantled. On the right is the Sound Wrecking Co., 2617 SW 2nd. It was wrecked to make way for a Ross Island bridge approach.
    8609-A36.tif
  • 9969-7087. Kamm Building doorway. September 4, 1947. Southwest First and Stark Streets, as it was about to be torn down.
    9969-7087.tif
  • 0011-01B. Indian house in Celilo Indian Village before demolition by the Army  Corps of Engineers  in 1957.
    0011-01B.tif
  • Y-551005-04. Aerial of the future home of the Memorial Coliseum. Looking northeast from NW Portland. Northwest Natural Gas storage tank is in the foreground.  Coliseum site is between the Broadway & Steel Bridges beyond Interstate Ave, beyond the grain elevator. This was a predominantly Black neighborhood before demolition. October 5, 1955
    Y-551005-04.tif
  • CS00779-10. Oregon State Capitol building, Salem, from the corner of E. Summer St. and Center St. The building on the left is barricaded prior to demolition, to make way for the Transportation Building, built in 1951.
    CS00779-10.tif
  • Y-590304A-11.  North, NE & NW Portland. Memorial Coliseum site after demolition and clearing, before construction. Also rail yards in today’s Pearl District.
    Y-590304A-11.tif
  • Ackroyd 05048-1. Guilds Lake. aerials. March 14, 1954" "Convoy Co." (note: this is not where Convoy located at, rather it shows vacant land nearby.) (foreground intersection is NW St. Helens & NW 31st Ave. Center intersection is NW 31st Ave. & Industrial St. shows most of the wartime housing project land after demolition.)
    ackroyd-05048-1.tif
  • 0001-C45B Barto's grocery, 8088 SE 17th, corner of Tacoma (7-11 there now. Barto's stood until 1961 before demolition.) photo before 1956
    0001-C45b.tif
  • Y-750430B-18. aerial of Williams Ave. district after Emanuel demolitions. April 30, 1975
    Y-750430B-18.tif
  • Y-750430B-19. aerial of Williams Ave. district after Emanuel demolitions. April 30, 1975
    Y-750430B-19.tif
  • 750430D-01. Emanuel Hospital, land cleared. April 30, 1975 The PDC identified 209 houses and the core business section of the Black community to clear. Neighbors created an association which vigorously opposed the condemnations but was unsuccessful. Between 1950-1980, the number of homes in Albina fell from 5072 to 2169, which is over half gone. This is remarkable because the demolitions occurred before the funding was approved. The political machine behind the demolitions was unstoppable. The PDC refused all further community proposals to use the space. This oblique aerial photograph shows the scars of removed buildings. It is looking north and slightly east. The curved street on the left is Kerby. At the bottom is Russell. On the right is the twin streets of Williams and Vancouver. Many of these blocks today remain parking lots or vacant land.
    Y-750430D-01.tif
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