There is a lot of good detail to pick out of this 1937 photo, especially if you’re an automobile fan. This view looks northwest on Foster where it curves to meet 50th Avenue at Powell Blvd. Fast food restaurants dominate most of the intersection today.
(City of Portland Archives)
The 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.
(City of Portland Archives)
This image is labeled as looking south on SE 52nd Avenue towards Powell Blvd. Can anyone confirm that? The area between Powell and Foster in the photo looks like it’s awfully build up for the way it is today.
(City of Portland Archives)
Bart’s Drive-In dominated the triangle at SE Powell Blvd., Foster Rd. and 50th Avenue in this 1948 aerial photo. The “George, Don & Buford – Meet Us & Wear Clothes” at upper-left is an oddity. Post-war army surplus maybe?
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Portland’s Lents neighborhood was originally the town of Lent, platted in 1892. Hard to say exactly where this site is today, but the original town was bounded by SE Foster Rd. and Duke Street between SE 92nd and 97th Avenues.
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Last year we looked at the intersection of SE Foster Road and 72nd Avenue in 1937. The photographer probably snapped this photo, looking west this time, during the same shoot. Traffic and parking didn’t seem to be big issues back then.
(City of Portland Archives)
One notable feature of this photo looking south on SE 82nd Avenue at Foster Road is the lack of traffic on 82nd. The little “Coney Island Sandwiches” building on the southwest corner was only recently removed.
(City of Portland Archives)
