Tag: Trendy 23rd

  • Snow story street screen taken from a second story apartment. Theater marque -Esquire- and a streetacr-trolly car.

    Fun Fact #46 Did a cat once own a building on NW 23rd?

    Did a cat once own a building on NW 23rd? Answer: No.  Nina Churchman Larowe did not leave her building to a cat that is an urban myth. She bequeathed the theater building on NW 23rd valued at $25,000 to the Oregon Human Society in 1922. She was childless. Because her husband died young; Larowe […]

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  • Fun Fact #20: Where was the first headshop on NW 23rd?

    The first headshop on NW 23rd was at 1007 NW 23rd Avenue. As of Spring 2026, there are 348 active cannabis business licenses in the City of Portland. In the 1970s Portland was a very tolerant city, teeming with hippies, and in 1973 Oregon was the first state in the country to decriminalize marijuana.  I […]

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