By: Doug
Rolf: I think you are looking for Eugene Snyder’s “Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins,” published in 1979 by Binford and Mort Publishing, Portland. Copies are in the Multnomah...
View ArticleBy: Mari Belsky
I finally opened this tab. Very cool, having grown up on 32nd Ave & Mason, I always wondered. Have lived away from Portland area over 30 yrs and am now in the know!
View ArticleBy: Matt
Love your site! Here’s a Google Books link to a scanned article in a 2010 print book (“Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik: A Word Lover’s Guide to the Weirdest, Wackiest and Wonkiest Lexical Gems” by Bill...
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Hey Doug Ladd,you probably don’t remember me , we lived around the Block from you, my Dad was always mowing the lawn,he thought you were a great guy!! Sally Ryan Zalunardo, just saying hello , looks...
View ArticleBy: Sally A Wittman
Hi Doug, I lived on 48th and Alameda Drive as a child. When did it get changed to Street? The Berkeley Hills, btw, are similar in many ways to the Alameda ridge area, with many public paths and lovely...
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Hi Sally. Thanks for your note. It’s a good question, and the change was a kind of watershed in the life of the neighborhood. There was the “The Alameda” years and the “Alameda” years. The change was...
View ArticleBy: Diana Micalson
If you are still answering questions on street names changes: my grandfather’s draft registration card clearly says he resided at 1199 Glenn Ave. No. in Portland. I saw Glenn was changed to 32nd PLACE,...
View ArticleBy: Diane Ericson
In reply to Diana Micalson. To: Whomever has the page explaining street name changes;I didn’t ask to join something or subscribe to recurring posts. I asked a question expecting an answer. Since “you”...
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In reply to <a href="https://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/alameda-street-names/#comment-241728">Diane Ericson</a>. Hi Diana. My name is Doug Decker, I run the Alameda History blog....
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