Hawthorne, Portland, Oregon
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The Hawthorne District in Portland, Oregon, is an area of Southeast Portland on SE Hawthorne Blvd. that runs from 12th to 60th Avenues,[1] with the primary core of businesses between 30th and 50th Avenues. The area has numerous retail stores, including clothing shops, restaurants, bars, brewpubs, and microbreweries.[2]
History
Hawthorne Boulevard was named after J.C. Hawthorne, the cofounder of Oregon's first mental hospital. Originally named "U" Street, the road was renamed Asylum Avenue in 1862. The current Oregon State Hospital was built in Salem in 1883 to take the place of the privately operated Oregon Hospital for the Insane. East Portland residents considered the continued use of the street name Asylum Avenue after the closure of the hospital "distasteful." The name was abandoned in April 1888 when the street was renamed Hawthorne Avenue by city ordinance in honor of Hawthorne.[3] It was renamed again in March 1933 to Hawthorne Boulevard.[4]
Neighbors organized and prevented a McDonald's restaurant from being built at the site of a former Arby's restaurant.[5] The vacant building was replaced with condominiums and retail shops on the first floor.
Area business association
The Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association serves local businesses on the boulevard from SE 12th Ave. through SE 60th Ave.[6] While many Business Districts are intrinsically involved with their Neighborhood associations, this stretch of SE Hawthorne Blvd. is tangent to or a boundary of four neighborhoods: Buckman, Hosford-Abernethy, Sunnyside, Richmond, and passes into a fifth, Mount Tabor.
Landmarks and recreation
- Mt. Tabor Park[7] has exceptional views of Portland, and is built on an extinct volcano.
- The Bagdad Theater and Pub
- Powell's City of Books, Hawthorne Branch
- Western Seminary
Culture
A website that describes itself as "[L]ong-time Portland locals on a mission: to promote our Portland neighborhoods and the independent businesses and artists that thrive in them" said that Hawthorne is popular with different social groups, such as Generation X, hippies, and more recently, hipsters.[8] The Hawthorne area has vintage homes,[8] apartments, and locally owned shops and restaurants.
See also
References
- ^ "About HBBA". Hawthorne PDX. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ "Hawthorne District, Portland, Oregon." Viamagazine, American Automobile Association. Accessed June 2011.
- ^ ""Historic Context: Hawthorne Boulevard from SE 20th to SE 55th Ave." (PDF), Hawthorne Boulevard Transport Improvements Project, February 2003. p.9 of the PDF, numbered as p.7 in the document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2006.
- ^ "BPS: Portland Street Name Changes" Archived 2013-04-09 at the Wayback Machine "line 1709: Ord. #63819 MAR 1, 1933 - Filename: PDXstrname_changes.xls dtd 3/1/2007"
- ^ Hallman, Tom (January 10, 2019). "Southeast Portland: Times are changing as old relic on Hawthorne Boulevard coming down". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Think Hawthorne." Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association. Accessed June 2011.
- ^ "Hawthorne District." Fodors Travel Guide. Accessed June 2011.
- ^ a b "Hawthorne District Neighborhood Guide." Portlandneighborhood.com. Accessed June 2011.
External links
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- Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association - Includes map of area and business information.
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- 5 MLK
- Alfred Webb Investment Properties
- Auto Freight Transport
- Barber Block
- Blake McFall Co.
- Bossanova Ballroom
- Central Catholic High School
- Cinemagic Theater
- East Portland Branch, Public Library of Multnomah County
- Enterprise Planing Mill
- Eugenia Apartments
- Frigidaire
- Grand Central Public Market
- Griesel Fruit Co.
- Henry Kuehle Investment Property
- Hotel Grand Stark
- International Harvester Co.
- Italian Gardeners and Ranchers Association Market
- John Deere Plow Co.
- Jones Cash Store
- Martin Parelius Fourplex
- Melody Event Center
- Nathaniel West
- Nettie Krouse Fourplex
- New Logus Block
- Olympic Cereal Mill
- Oregon Portland Cement
- Oriental Theatre
- Osborn Hotel
- Portland Fire Station No. 7
- Redd on Salmon Street
- Rex Arms Apartments
- Tree Farm
- Troy Laundry
- Washington High School
- Weatherly
- West's Block
- Yale Union Laundry
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- Afuri
- Ate-Oh-Ate
- Berlu
- Canard
- Cartopia
- Chicken and Guns
- City Liquidators
- Clarklewis
- Coffin Club
- Coopers Hall
- Crush Bar
- Delicious Donuts
- Doc Marie's
- Doug Fir Lounge
- EastBurn
- Fifty Licks
- Grassa
- Hair of the Dog Brewing
- Hat Yai
- Hawthorne Asylum
- Hey Love
- Hippo Hardware and Trading
- Holman's
- Holocene
- Jam on Hawthorne
- Jupiter Hotel
- Kachka
- Kann
- Kinboshi Ramen
- La Calaca Comelona
- Le Pigeon
- Lucky Labrador Brewing
- Mad Greek Deli
- Maruti
- My Father's Place
- Nemo Design
- Nicholas
- Nong's Khao Man Gai
- Nostrana
- Pizza Jerk
- Prism Health
- Produce Row Café
- Revolution Hall
- Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
- Rontoms
- Rukdiew Cafe
- Rum Club
- Shalom Y'all
- Sissy Bar
- Sousòl
- Tusk
- Water Avenue Coffee
- White Owl Social Club
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- Alluvial Wall
- Echo Gate
- Ghost Ship
- Inversion: Plus Minus
- Nash
- Stack Stalk
- Statue of Vera Katz
- The Rippling Wall
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45°30′45″N 122°37′15″W / 45.51245°N 122.62081°W / 45.51245; -122.62081