Tag: Slabtown PDX

  • Image of theater. The building is a one-story brick structure. The front facade has an attractive set of three rounded windows framed by a rounded roof line. The side facade had a few windows and a fading ghost sign text "Ideal Theater" This historic theater had five name the first/original name is painted on the brick side wall.

    #16: Can you name all five historic names for this former Thurman St. movie theater?

    Can you name all five historic names for this former Thurman Street movie theater? Test your skill… The Architect: Emil Schacht Emil Schacht practiced architecture in Oregon for decades and is attributed for introducing the residential English Arts & Crafts style to Portland (Ritz p. 347). His fifteen residential buildings in Willamette Heights neighborhood (1905-1909) […]

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  • Myrtle Casper Playing Pool she looks like a story book tiny grandmother taking a shot at Tavern and Pool

    Fun Fact #11: Who was Myrtle Casper?

    Every Thing She Needed was on the Block The late Myrtle Casper was a longtime resident of the Slabtown neighborhood in Northwest Portland. Her husband, Ben Casper, owned the Saw Shop, which is now the site of the former Northwest Portland Library (2001-20025) parking lot of 2300 NW Thurman. Myrtle enjoyed spending her time shooting […]

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