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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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An Essential Book of Portland History for Anyone!,
By Samuel John Klein "designer" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins (Paperback)
This, published in the late 1970s, is a gem. Local historian Eugene Snyder, who ought to be justly renowned for his approachable, "historian-for-the-rest-of-us" approach to Portland Oregon history, produced a genius book that is a friendly, chatty rundown of Portland street names, address system history, and where all those names really came from. Among the the things you'll know are:
* Why Ladd's Addition came about, and why it looks the way it does * Why Downtown's Ankeny Street is so remarkably narrow * Why Portland's address grid is the way it is (and why we needed a Great Renaming) * Why those streets in NW Portland run alphabetically * What game Lovejoy and Pettygrove played to choose the name of the new town This is a book that is lovingly done, as thoroughly researched as can be and despite its dating (copyright was 1979) still essential. Published by a small Portland press which as since passed into history, it's hard to find, so get it while you can! |
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Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins by Eugene E. Snyder (Hardcover - Dec. 1979)
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