Comments on: SE 12th at Burnside & Sandy, 1963 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/ A photo blog exploring Portland's past through historical images. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NativePDX http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3067 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:52:03 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3067 If you look at this older post, just down the street.

http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/category/streets/sandy-blvd-streets/

I think the problem was caused as the traffic increased beyond the capasity of the roads.

]]> By: Roxanne http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3023 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:03:31 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3023 This has never been a great intersection, and I went thru’ it for the first time the other day to make that eb to nb turn and had trouble figuring out where I was supposed to go and what light I was supposed to obey, so it really hasn’t improved much…..
I assume the object is attached to whatever the photographer was in (I think it looks like the handle of a little red wagon), but other than that, I have no intelligent guesses. Was there any kind of pedestrian island there then?

]]> By: Jim http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3015 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:18:04 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3015 Michael,

My guesses are…an early dash-cam? A lost Parade Major’s baton? E.T.? The epoxy-affixed hula dancer dashboard bobble that the driver’s wife made him cover up?

Anybody else have any guesses?

]]> By: michael http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3013 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:51:05 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3013 Well, let me be the first to ask the question,
what is that odd wrapped object in the foreground?

I remember riding the electric buses in Portland,
and the crackling sparks that flew off the connection.

]]> By: Dave Brunker (@dbrunker) http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3011 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:57:17 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3011 Pictures like this remind me of my child hood when my mother came back to Portland, where she grew up, and brought my sister and I with her. Although, this picture was probably taken before I was born. http://g.co/maps/jc46

]]> By: Elliott http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3010 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:09:59 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3010 You definitely don’t have to wait as long for a green light on some legs of the new intersection. Plus you can make some turns you couldn’t before – left from NB Sandy to NB 12th for instance.

]]> By: Mike Slama http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/se-12th-at-burnside-sandy-1963/#comment-3009 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:51:37 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=2862#comment-3009 I would have pitied the poor out of town driver that stumbled onto this intersection back then. I have to admit, while I was skeptical at first, I am getting used to, and somewhat liking the new configuration of this intersection.

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