The corner of SW Salmon Street and SW 3rd Avenue, looking northwest up Salmon Street, 1966. We saw this intersection from a different angle in a 1982 photograph just a couple weeks ago.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon: CU 48-66, A2011-013, 1966
SW Salmon Street, 1966
Vintage Portland 
I just heard that the building the Lotus is in is getting torn down.
Sadly, Laura you might be right. http://www.nextportland.com/2015/09/18/930-sw-3rd/
My great grandfather played cards at the Lotus in the in the 1920s
The giant Pacific Power neon sign could easily be seen from Mt Tabor and many other areas of Portland.
Dennis, that’s great about your grandfather playing cards at the Lotus. Some of my best memories of being young are going to the Lotus in the early 90’s….