Blanchet House is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year! The photos below show lines for meals served at the Blanchet House. The first meal served to 200 men were beans, bread, butter, and coffee. Located near Union Station in Old Town Portland, Blanchet House served an unemployed and underemployed mostly male population of transient workers and immigrants. There is an exhibit of Blanchet House history at the Oregon Historical Society until June 5.
Damage to the lighted archway at NW 3rd Avenue and NW Glisan Street, 1920. We saw this same damage from another angle in a previous post.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2001-059.185.
The Standard Oil Service Station located at NE 82nd Avenue and NE Glisan Street, circa 1925.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2004-002.10521.
Heating by Sandberg located on the corner of NE Glisan Street and NE Union Avenue (NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard), 1969.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2011-018.408.
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee (center) with group, including individuals from the Blind School, crossing at NE 82nd Avenue and NE Glisan Street, 1950. Traffic Engineer Fred Fowler is immediately behind the Mayor.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2005-001.1131.
NE Glisan Street at NE 28th Avenue looking west, 1956.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2005-001.231.
NE Glisan Street and NE 60th Avenue looking west, 1963.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, NE Glisan St and NE 60th Ave looking west, A2011-013, 1963.
Vintage Portland 