NE Glisan Street at NE 28th Avenue looking west, 1956.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2005-001.231.
NE Glisan Street, 1956
Vintage Portland
NE Glisan Street at NE 28th Avenue looking west, 1956.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2005-001.231.
Vintage Portland 
Let’s continue an age old debate. Is it “Glisten” or “Gleason?”
The 2009 view best approximates – Pambiche on hard right, looking toward Dove Vivi on right and Missionary Chocolates on left – a tasty intersection:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/NE+Glisan+St+%26+NE+26th+Ave,+Portland,+OR+97232/@45.5264987,-122.6370035,3a,75y,274.92h,91.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCWCMeIs_Z5vO7BZgrAb7VA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x5495a0b889b54e2f:0xa89de8ca518e158d!8m2!3d45.5264691!4d-122.6392492
@Drew
I’ve never heard anything but the latter version in 40plus years of living here.
Brand new Fords belong to Hollywood Ford on Sandy Blvd. Soon to be Harlen Griffith Ford.
The man pronounced it “Glisten”. Everyone calls the street “Glisan”. /end
That Zenner’s van is a ’56 Chevy just like mine, however, it does not exactly look like it is brand new.
No left except buses! Buses on 28th. Difficult to see that happening now.
The sedan nearest the camera on the right, is a 1948 Buick Roadmaster; a very sweet riding automobile.
…and how about that Studebaker!
Re the pronunciation of Glisan Street: https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23160-dr-know-how-do-you-pronounce-glisan.html
Thank you, Jon.
The billboard advertises Pard dog food. It was fun looking through the items brought up via search engine for that. Lots of old print ads for sale, including one that says:
1952 PARD DOG FOOD vintage print advertisement “Tempt your dog”
— Tempt your dog with red raw meat … He’ll pass it up for PARD! (Your Money Back If He Doesn’t!) Better for him too — than meat alone! Pard Swifts Dog Food —
https://www.vintage-adventures.com/vintage-pet-pet-supply-animal-ads/1973-1952-pard-dog-food-ad-tempt-your-dog.html
and a few using cartoon characters from the 1950’s, such as this one from Kukla, Fran, and Ollie: http://kukla.tv/pard.html
At the intersection of 30th and Glisan (by the Laurelthirst tavern) the early sidewalk workers have Glisan spelled correctly on one corner and have it spelled Gleason a few feet away on the other corner.
“No left turn except busses”, busses replaced this Montavilla streetcar track turn to Ankeny ~
I am a native Portlander and I know it should be “Glisten,” but “Gleason” comes to my mouth automatically, and besides, if I said it right it would start a long conversation, every time.