We might as well finish this intersection since we’ve looked at two other corners this week and this one in 2010. Today we’re looking from west-to-east on SE Powell Blvd. at 82nd Avenue.
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SE 82nd & Powell, 1937
May 2, 2013SE 82nd & Powell, 1937
May 1, 2013Yesterday’s discussion raised the possibility that the Anderson’s Food Market building still stands. This photo, taken on the same day (if the Meadow-Land delivery truck is any indication) shows the same intersection looking west. Anderson’s is definitely on the northwest corner, roughly where the KFC/A&W sits today.
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SE 82nd & Powell, 1937
April 30, 2013It appears the Anderson’s Food Market staff is cleaning sidewalks and stocking produce for another business day at SE 82nd & Powell in 1939 1937. Parking a delivery truck at the curb in those days didn’t seem to be a traffic problem like it would today. We’re looking south on 82nd here.
NOTE: Other photos of this area indicate this dates to 1937, not 1939.
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SE 82nd & Foster, 1937
January 14, 2013The intersection of SE 82nd Avenue at Foster Road appears to be a quaint crossroads in 1937, far from the bustling city with all its traffic. This view is to the north.
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NE 82nd & Halsey, 1951
May 14, 2012This 1951 photos shows recently completed channelization work at NE 82nd and Halsey, islands to control traffic and improve lighting and safety at the intersection. At this time the overpass would have been over just the railroad tracks as the freeway had not yet been built. Rocky Butte can be seen in the distance to the northeast.
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NE 82nd & Glisan, 1939
November 7, 2011Traffic was not much of an issue along NE 82nd Avenue at Glisan Street in 1939. Those days are long gone, along with probably everything we see in this photo.
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Geo. C. Meyer Groceries, 1918
March 31, 2011The Geo. C. Meyer “Groceries-Notions and Light Hardware” may have been the one-stop shopping center of its day out at NE 82nd and Hancock.
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