2055 SW Park Avenue near SW Clifton Street, 1967.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, 2055 SW Park Avenue, A2012-005, 1967.
SW Park Avenue, 1967
Vintage Portland
2055 SW Park Avenue near SW Clifton Street, 1967.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, 2055 SW Park Avenue, A2012-005, 1967.
Vintage Portland 
I like the 60’s style lamp there in the window.
the clifton house apartments in the background looked waaaay nicer when built. poor decision to clad over the stone and remove all the mid-century-modern touches. kids pay big bucks for that kitschy stuff now. too late to fix it – now a bigger pomo structure.
There’s three VW Beetle’s in this photo which attests to their popularity at the time; and US sales for the bug didn’t peak until 1970.
The Oct 3, 1918 online issue Car & Driver shows a pristine black VW Bug like the one in the photo, that has only 23 original miles on it that is for sale on Hemmings for 1 million dollars.
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g15378761/volkswagen-beetle-models-by-year/
what is the pole in front of the darker mustang? white with a dark bottom… doesn’t look like a lamp post, unless hooligans have busted the top off.
If you look closely at the top of that pole there is a sign – it probably reads “diagonal parking only”
…just checked on the Street View link – “angle parking only” and still there!
My first new car, the 1960 Chev
thanks claudia – i was so fixated on the top of the post i completely missed the metal bit sticking out the side!
Those houses are CLOSE, the second house must have been built first about 1890, Note the TV antennae on both houses.
Lou Lorenzi-Prince, the million dollar Volkswagon you mention came out of a garage in the Portland area!
One of my favorite parking areas for PS Farmer’s Market. I’ve always wondered why the Park Ave. bridge over 405 was made wide enough for 4 lanes. Was there a plan to connect it to Broadway Drive? http://tinyurl.com/y8bunoan
One reason the viaduct is so wide is that it is technically part of the Park Blocks, and had to include park-like things, like grass and other greenery.
That 67 convertible Mustang must have been brand new at the time of this photo. Nice.
STILL LOOKS THE SAME NOW !!!!
Lovely day, beautiful house and cool car nicely situated. Robert Bechtle should have painted this scene! And Portland sure was a VW bug town in the 60’s and 70’s.