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Remembering Mid-County places, faces & with photos worth thousands of words
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Although a pleasant thoroughfare now, construction work to upgrade Sandy Boulevard in Parkrose took months. Readers of the Memo may remember that it also took literally years for business owners and the city of Portland to agree on just what needed to be done to Sandy Boulevard to improve it. This photo was taken during the summer of 1998.
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In our story in February 1998, Eds House of Gems, just a stones throw away, we featured Eds House of Gems at 7712 N.E. Sandy Blvd. The interesting retail store has everything for the rock hound, as the establishment promotes itself.
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It was a cold and windy day in February 1991 when demolition crews began the sad task of razing the symbol of the Gateway area, the huge arches heralding Fred Meyers Gateway Complete Shopping Center. Memo photographer and then Managing Editor Rich Riegel spent the entire afternoon watching and capturing the scene for posterity. By the way, the Gateway Complete Shopping Center was Oregons first shopping center, predating the Lloyd Center.
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This look back at photographs in the Mid-county Memo is dedicated to the
founders of the newspaper, Tom and Marcia Pry. |
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MEMO PHOTOS: RICH RIEGEL |
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