June 2014

On May 9, 1920 two Red Electric trains hit head-on near Hillsdale at what is now the Raz-Baack crossing on SW Bertha Boulevard.  For details and pictures see this site.

IMPORTANT RIEKE SOCCER LACROSSE FIELD DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ON THE BOND MEASURE PROJECT LIST As many of you know, the Rieke soccer/lacrosse field was condemned a year ago,

Success, our SWTrails Volunteers and neighbors wiped out the large blackberry patch on the SW 25th Right of Way north of SW Bertha Blvd, a safe route to school for

Agenda. FOCUS WILL BE ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE COST OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS in SW PORTLAND BES will present their plan for treating street stormwater

The Southern Pacific’s “Red Electrics” – A walker’s guide to its historic route through SW Portland A SHORT HISTORY — Electricity was the symbol of progress and a new modern