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| Activists (from left) Rick Michaelson, Ruth Roth, Joleen Jensen-Classen, Nancy Neswich, and Frank Dixon talk about what it took to save some good old houses in 1989. |
Add two more to the group of neighborhood associations endorsing the effort for fewer demolitions and more positive development citywide.
Last night's panel at the Architectural Heritage Center featuring activists from the "Overlook Miracle," when 23 people were arrested trying to save old homes in Northwest, proved inspiring and instructive. Portland has a long tradition of successful grassroots efforts big (Tom McCall Waterfront Park, saved from becoming a freeway) and small (most recently, the Markham home in Laurelhurst), and United Neighborhoods for Reform hopes to earn a place among them.
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| Antidemolition activist Sara Lord (right) from Eliot Neighborhood describes the current struggle. |
Thank you to all the neighborhood activists out there pressing for support of the resolution at their next neighborhood association meeting. For neighborhoods that haven't yet seen the type of development addressed by the resolution, there are many guinea-pig neighborhoods out there (14 have endorsed the resolution so far) saying you don't want to.
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