Archive for May 2009
A neighbor speaks out.
It was good to hear from an Old Town neighbor, even one who is understandably distressed. But public urination is distressing, and especially now that we have toilets at more or less at 1000 foot intervals throughout the hood. There is a concern we have that I would like to address. We have…
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For decades the lack of public restrooms had been a problem for business owners, employees, residents, and visitors in Portland’s Old Town Chinatown district. Located at the heart of the city, this is the place where Portland began. It was home to the historic skid road of a timber-dominated economy driven by workers from Oregon…
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