Comments on: 82nd – avenue of the roses? i have other names http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:46:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ExtraMSG http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 ExtraMSG Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:48:28 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/#comment-1442 I think something like "International Avenue" might be appropriate. I think something like “International Avenue” might be appropriate.

]]> By: Banana Lee Fishbones http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Banana Lee Fishbones Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:40:23 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/#comment-1441 This is a load of crap. I live near 82nd, and changing the name is a stupid idea. Is it going to make the trashiest of the used car places move? Will meth dealers decide "The Avenue Of Roses" is not the best place to do business? Hardly. What they need to do is just exactly what has happened in other parts of town. Dieselboi hit it on the head, it's people who will make the difference here. There's a place at 88th and Stark, for example, that was Impound Wholesale when we first moved into our house. Then it was empty for a long time, and became something like "A-1 Restaurant Booth Supply" which it was for like 20 minutes and now is a deserted building again. I'm not their biggest fan, but I still hold out hope that someone will put a Starbucks there or something. And when the building at 80th and Stark burned down I wanted something different to show up in my hood since it isn't like getting Mall 205 all gussied seems to have done my hood any good. This isn't going to make a damned bit of difference, and the money spent on new signs and crap isn't going to help either. Where I come from they call this "putting lipstick on a pig". Maybe asking the people who live there what could be done would be a better use of their resources. This is a load of crap. I live near 82nd, and changing the name is a stupid idea. Is it going to make the trashiest of the used car places move? Will meth dealers decide “The Avenue Of Roses” is not the best place to do business? Hardly. What they need to do is just exactly what has happened in other parts of town. Dieselboi hit it on the head, it’s people who will make the difference here. There’s a place at 88th and Stark, for example, that was Impound Wholesale when we first moved into our house. Then it was empty for a long time, and became something like “A-1 Restaurant Booth Supply” which it was for like 20 minutes and now is a deserted building again.

I’m not their biggest fan, but I still hold out hope that someone will put a Starbucks there or something. And when the building at 80th and Stark burned down I wanted something different to show up in my hood since it isn’t like getting Mall 205 all gussied seems to have done my hood any good.

This isn’t going to make a damned bit of difference, and the money spent on new signs and crap isn’t going to help either. Where I come from they call this “putting lipstick on a pig”. Maybe asking the people who live there what could be done would be a better use of their resources.

]]> By: Marisa http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Marisa Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:31:34 +0000 http://portland.metblogs.com/2005/11/24/82nd-avenue-of-the-roses-i-have-other-names/#comment-1440 To me, 82nd was always the avenue of thriftstores, although since they ripped down Bargain Station to expand the Walmart complex and St. Vincent DePaul closed, it hasn't been the same. To me, 82nd was always the avenue of thriftstores, although since they ripped down Bargain Station to expand the Walmart complex and St. Vincent DePaul closed, it hasn’t been the same.

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