CLINTON ST. QUARTERLY m in Hawthorne and Ross Island bridges, a bathing beach and brand-new Coney Island amusement park. One such as Tivoli in Copenhagen, with a borrowed mermaid. Where the children of Portland could sunbathe and swim in the clean green Willamette and cavort in future summers. Ala nude if need be. Don’t be paltry about it! The present Water Park Plan is meager and mundane. (A convention center, a marina, a restaurant, a jogging track. What boring bullshit!) Cram the Marriott Hotel with tourists, winning out over the wrath of St. Helens. We need a brand-spanking new design, done in a 19th century manner with nonflammable materials. A Glass Palace and swan lakes, 100- foot high fountains, heroic stone sculptures, romantic promenades, climbing rose trellises, fairy twinkling lights, all the din and joy of amusement scenes of yore. With a gigantic rollercoaster bustling in the rain. The Rose City Amusement park. No. Roseland. Or Fountain Rue? The Soft Rain And Pearly Rose Lahlah Amusement Scene. A memorial to the volcanic dead. Portland would become the tourist sensation of the West Coast! The Paris of the Pacific. Mayor Ivancie, put our unemployed artists and genius architects to work right now on the grand design. So the children of the future and other citizenry can be lulled into the bliss which is possible in a utopian landscape. All photos are courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society. (Special thanks to Arthur Spencer III for his help.) For research on Portland history, the following sources are invaluable: The Shaping o f A City by E. Kimbark MacColl. Impressions o f Portland by Frederick DeWolfe. Space, Style, and Structure by Vaughan and Ferriday. Nineteenth Street by Richard Marlitt. “ The New Eden: 150 Years of Selling Oregon” in Mar. ’77 Ore. Times mag. A visit to the L. & C. Expo in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Spring ’79. Don’t miss the Oregon folk art show, “ Webfoots and Bunchgrassers.” ADULT. KIDS AND SHORT FOLKS SIZES 242*1188 2ND TIME AROUND JEANS AND CLOTHES HOURS H O O D O O Safurdoy Yes, Portland, there is an alternative GREAT NORTHWEST BOOKSTORE 915 S. W. Ninth Portland, Or. 97205 ' (503) 223-8098 ll lll lll lll lll lll ll oFF w ith ad 415 NW 21 ST BETWEEN FLANDERS £ GLISAN HIGH QUALITY USED AND OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS .'.. REASONABLE PRICES OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY 11:^0-7:09 27
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