AARP MAP 2016AARP St. Johns Walk 2016

Saturday, September 10th, 10 AM

Walk Coordinator – Ruth Lane Other AARP Volunteers – Chris B, Ray & Nancy, Inna

 

Partners – St Johns Main Street, St Johns Farmers’ Market

Route Description:
1. MEET at corner of N Richmond and N Ivanhoe (at benches) across from McMenamins St Johns Pub and Theatre – domed building was from 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition. Freight movement on Route 30 Bypass – newly redone intersection, PBOT and ODOT working together. St Johns is revitalizing its business district plus new construction investment.

St Johns Richmond street with Central school in NE corner lo resOur meeting point can almost be seen in this circa 1907 photo.  We are just out of view on the right.  

Scan0131Here is how the National Cash Register Building looked in 1905 when it was part of the Lewis and Clark Exposition.  More information about the fair can be found  here.

 

 

2. START left (west) along Ivanhoe half-block; CROSS N Ivanhoe at N Charleston.

 

3. LEFT (west) along N Ivanhoe two blocks to N Leavitt. Note Farmers’ Market in the Plaza to our left; we’ll end there.

 

Today called the Town Plaza the intersection of Philadelphia, Burlington, and Lombard was previously known as Liberty Square.   ( Our History Quiz can be found here. )

 

4. RIGHT (north) along east side of N Leavitt one block to N Lombard. Note The Man’s Shop, from 1940, and Pattie’s Home Plate Café, soda fountain with Pattie’s Cruise-In in August.

v5 photo 35The current location for the Man's Shop had been a Safeway store.

1950 Grabateria next to Peninsula Bank12003914_894967590540265_983882753498062827_nPattie’s Home Plate Café had previously been home to St. Johns Drugs and The St. Johns Rexall Drug.

McCamey Motor Co 116 S Jersey Sep 1925Going back further - September 1925.  Future location of Patties Home Plate Cafe.

 

 

5. RIGHT (east) on N Lombard – Salty Teacup, Sabi & Friends, and Tulip Pastry, from 1950.

 

6. STOP at west side of N Charleston (Signal Station Pizza) – Meet Lindsay Jensen, Executive Director of St Johns Main Street.

New St Johns Dental Clinic 8250 N Jersey to open Mar 1951 (1) St Johns Dental Clinic 8250 N Jersey (Lombard) March 1951.  Later home to St. Johns Main Street.

 

a. Cater-corner (NE) is latest construction project, “The Union at St Johns” (100 units)

14183756_10154112655923423_8328523962438257272_nWhat had been here before?  See below.

12346472_924697017567322_505720375925936759_nLocated next to the library on Charleston - Dr. Carlton Mast's office circa 1940.  This building later acquired a second floor and was remodeled into a church. 

Scan0052sH.F. Clark was "The Furniture Man". This photo was taken prior to the completion of the St. Johns Bridge in 1931. By that time H. F. Clark's furniture business had been in St. Johns for 25 years. The address was 402 South Jersey Street. The City of Portland later changed the name of this street to North Lombard. Although not visible from this angle it is the point where Jersey and Lombard merge into one.

 

At the time the building was torn down it was over 100 years old.  Learn more about H.F. Clark here.

 

b. Plan changes the “slip lane” at Gateway to St Johns (one block east at corner of N Richmond and N Lombard) to a “T”; developer, PBOT & ODOT working together

 

c. North on N Charleston are Multnomah County Library (LEED-certified Green Building) and James John Elementary School (total 3 elementaries, one middle, Roosevelt HS).

 

Learn about the history of St. Johns schools  here here.

 

7. Continue east on N Lombard one block to N Richmond; CROSS N Richmond, continue east on N Jersey for 6 blocks through residential area.

Fred Bauer Chevrolet photo 2aAt the intersection where Lombard, Jersey, and Richmond streets merge was located Fred Bauer Chevrolet for many years. Fred Bauer took over the dealership from Raymond Fisher.  Photo circa 1958.  This history of Chevrolet dealerships in St. Johns can be found here.

12961536_989709391066084_549506861948308942_nCorner of Jersey and Tyler 1920. Stack of wood on lawn is spare slabs of wood from the lumber mill used as firewood. Many home owners used this type of wood in their fireplaces prior to WWII.  

Jersey & Polk 1941Corner of Jersey and Polk 1941.

 

8. LEFT (north) on N Burr one block; LEFT (west) on N Lombard. STOP at Kruger’s Farm Market and food cart pod with St Johns Beer Porch, firepit and many food choices.

 

9. Continue west on N Lombard half block to N Buchanan.

 

10. RIGHT on N Buchanan two blocks to N Central.

 

11. LEFT (west) on N Central for 10 blocks to N Chicago through residential area. Pass St Johns Community Center and St Johns Park on right, across from Matthew Frank Condominiums, first LEED-certified Green Building in St Johns, replaced the old Safeway in ~2000.

12119156_903012813069076_3982263207421190283_n12072768_903039256399765_7413488751017343515_nMystery building from the St Johns review of December 4, 1914. This is what the Wilderness building at 8325 N Central looked like when it dedicated in Dec of 1914 as a Seventh Day Adventist Church.

 

12. LEFT (SW) on N Chicago 3 blocks to N Lombard.

 

13. LEFT (SE) on N Lombard 3 blocks to N Burlington; pass old Jower’s & BOA buildings, new “2/3 Development” mixed use. Pass Proper Eats vegan café & grocery, Santa Cruz tacqueria & grocery.

 

14. END at Plaza (on right) at N Philadelphia, Farmers Market, near base of the St Johns Bridge.

 

For those who want to continue to Cathedral Park, continue on N Philadelphia, down the right side of the bridge ramp 3 more blocks to entrance.

 

 St Johns Farmers’ Market – closes N Philadelphia on Saturdays 9-2 May-October

 

 St Johns Parade & Bizarre – 2nd Sat. in May, closes N Lombard – N Burr to N New York

 

 NoFest – music in the streets, closes N Philadelphia one Saturday in summer

 

 Cathedral Park Jazz Festival – third weekend in July

 

 Pattie’s Cruise-In – old cars, one Saturday every August, closes N Lombard 3 blocks

 

 South on Baltimore is the old PO, now Baha’i temple, with WPA murals inside.Four blocks down are Cathedral Park Boat Ramp with parking, Cathedral Park Place (formerly Columbia Knitting Mills, now divided into small commercial spaces), Occidental Brewing and Moonstruck Chocolate

1024px-St_Johns_Station_North_ViewFormer St. Johns Post Office - Wikipedia Link

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