This parade of pre-war cars is crossing the Burnside Bridge from the east side towards downtown. The Sandy Boulevard trolley line crossed the river here but from the looks of the traffic counter crossing the road, the line was not in use. The Bridgeport Hotel, fire-gutted and empty, was demolished in the early 1990s.
(City of Portland Archives)
Tags: Burnside Bridge, History, Par-T-Pak, Portland, Schenley, Vintage
August 3, 2010 at 6:40 am
Where’s the old Baloney Joe’s building? Is it hidden on the east side of the Hotel?
August 3, 2010 at 11:21 am
If the Bridgeport hotel wasn’t torn down until the 90s (and it is the bldg with the “Par-T-Pack” sign, then Bridgeport must be the Baloney Joes bldg?
And speaking of the Par-T-Pack sign, if I’m not mistaken you can make out “Royal Crown Cola” spelled out in neon(?) underneath.
August 3, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Baloney Joe’s closed shop in the 1990′s but the building wasn’t demolished until March 2005. I think it’s not visible in the photo above because it was behind the hotel, hence my previous question.
Great spotting on the Royal Crown portion of the sign though.
August 3, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Baloney Joe’s was in the building between MLK and 3rd and the hotel was between 3rd and 2nd, one block closer to the river. I might post an aerial photo of the area, showing both buildings, next week.
I seem to recall that the hotel had been converted into a cold storage building sometime in the 70s (?), and sometime in the 80s the sawdust insulation caught fire and smoldered in the walls for months. It was a hulk until demolished.