Comments on: SW 4th & Ankeny, 1928

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:11:19 +0000

For another ‘flapper girl’, zoom in on advertising signboard in front of ‘Union Gasoline’…she’s pumping her own gas!

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:26:30 +0000

I just happened upon your blog! Very interesting! Loving the old photos!

By: dan

dan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:58:02 +0000

devlyn: Oops, you are correct. I must have more coffee before proofreading content… Text has been corrected. Thanks!

By: devlyn

devlyn — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:50:39 +0000

Correction: this is a view looking *northeast*, not northwest, from the SW 4th & Ankeny & Ash intersection. This was confusing the heck out of me when trying to figure it out as looking NW.

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:14:32 +0000

We have lost many examples of graceful architecture in Portland, particularly on Front and the lower avenues, but it offers solace that we had the foresight to plant trees.

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&q=4tha+and+ankeny,+portland&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=4tha+and&hnear=SE+Ankeny,+Portland,+OR+97214&ll=45.522556,-122.674123&spn=0,359.988209&z=17&layer=c&cbll=45.522533,-122.674334&panoid=tFwyDbJbHfDessK160vYOQ&cbp=12,42.36,,0,9.26