From the cool Vintage Portland site (https://vintageportland.wordpress.com/)
“N Killingsworth Street at N Missouri Avenue looking east, with Chickadee restaurant and Piedmont Cycle Shop in view, circa 1942.”
Here’s that same intersection today:
From the cool Vintage Portland site (https://vintageportland.wordpress.com/)
“N Killingsworth Street at N Missouri Avenue looking east, with Chickadee restaurant and Piedmont Cycle Shop in view, circa 1942.”
Here’s that same intersection today:
link to the big pic!
I wonder why part of that image was censored out?
Interestingly, the vintage “Elk Cleaners & Laundry” wall sign is still in place on Killingsworth. You can see a bit of their sign behind the “Piedmont Cycle Shop” sign. Elk shows shows up on Yelp, but I don’t know whether they remain open. Looks like the cycle shop building was torn down and a parking lot is all that remains.