Comments on: Alameda Stories http://alamedahistory.org Connecting Past and Present in Northeast Portland's Historic Homes Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-1712 Doug Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:07:55 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-1712 Ted, I love this story and have heard a version of the same escapades from Alameda resident Steve Goodman, who may have blazed some of those trails you and the guys were crawling along (or may have been right there with you). Thanks for dropping by and sharing this gem. Ted, I love this story and have heard a version of the same escapades from Alameda resident Steve Goodman, who may have blazed some of those trails you and the guys were crawling along (or may have been right there with you). Thanks for dropping by and sharing this gem.

]]> By: ted h http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-1705 ted h Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:33:34 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-1705 hi doug love your web page i grew up on alameda st the long block that starts at 29th street to 26th or edge hill witch us kids called deadmans hill. any way my mother and father bought the house in 1968 my mother still lives there. i was 5 yr old then anyway me and some of the knot head kids growing up on the ridge we decided to make a trail all the way across the back yards on the ridge side from 29 to 26. this was quit the task it had bushes that we dug onderneath dug around trees had secret access to peoples back yards. we would cut out part of there wire fences anddelicately wire them back if they had wood slats we would loosen some slats to get through to there yard and so on almost every homeowner had some kind of fence of some sort but we always found a way to get through. that was a great escape for a young boy lots of fun and mischief. i can still remember the faces of some of the older lady faces seeing these little rug rats running through there yards. the funny thing is some of these sweet older ladies knew who we were and never scolded us kids when we would walk by there houses. i would like to think they got a kick out of banging on there windows win they saw the little cowboys @ indians running to are next safe spot. that was some good times. hi doug love your web page i grew up on alameda st the long block that starts at 29th street to 26th or edge hill witch us kids called deadmans hill. any way my mother and father bought the house in 1968 my mother still lives there. i was 5 yr old then anyway me and some of the knot head kids growing up on the ridge we decided to make a trail all the way across the back yards on the ridge side from 29 to 26. this was quit the task it had bushes that we dug onderneath dug around trees had secret access to peoples back yards. we would cut out part of there wire fences anddelicately wire them back if they had wood slats we would loosen some slats to get through to there yard and so on almost every homeowner had some kind of fence of some sort but we always found a way to get through. that was a great escape for a young boy lots of fun and mischief. i can still remember the faces of some of the older lady faces seeing these little rug rats running through there yards. the funny thing is some of these sweet older ladies knew who we were and never scolded us kids when we would walk by there houses. i would like to think they got a kick out of banging on there windows win they saw the little cowboys @ indians running to are next safe spot. that was some good times.

]]> By: Doug http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-1460 Doug Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:01:27 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-1460 Hi Olivia. Thanks for visiting. I have never heard anything about a haunted hospital in Alameda. I can pretty conclusively say there has never been an official hospital here in the boundaries of the neighborhood, which was set up and marketed 100 years ago as an exclusively residential area. Give me a little more context...what have you heard? Just checking to make sure you mean the Alameda neighborhood of NE Portland, and not the city of Alameda, California? -Doug Hi Olivia. Thanks for visiting. I have never heard anything about a haunted hospital in Alameda. I can pretty conclusively say there has never been an official hospital here in the boundaries of the neighborhood, which was set up and marketed 100 years ago as an exclusively residential area. Give me a little more context…what have you heard? Just checking to make sure you mean the Alameda neighborhood of NE Portland, and not the city of Alameda, California?
-Doug

]]> By: olivia kith http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-1459 olivia kith Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:07:51 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-1459 I wanted to know if there's such thing as haunted hospital in alameda and the history of what happened I wanted to know if there’s such thing as haunted hospital in alameda and the history of what happened

]]> By: Doug http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-1179 Doug Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:30:48 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-1179 Hi Doug. Thanks for your visits to the blog, and for sharing your comments and memories. Sounds like you are an "old house person" as well, having restored your own bungalow and now working on the theater project. Yes, I would be interested in meeting and learning more about your memories of Alameda. Based on your e- mail address, it looks like we have an Irish connection that we need to explore as well. Regarding historic district status: while there are several neighborhood houses on the National Register of Historic Places, we do not have historic district status. I have been studying the possibilities, and watching as other neighborhoods have gone through the process. -Doug Decker Hi Doug. Thanks for your visits to the blog, and for sharing your comments and memories. Sounds like you are an “old house person” as well, having restored your own bungalow and now working on the theater project.

Yes, I would be interested in meeting and learning more about your memories of Alameda. Based on your e- mail address, it looks like we have an Irish connection that we need to explore as well.

Regarding historic district status: while there are several neighborhood houses on the National Register of Historic Places, we do not have historic district status. I have been studying the possibilities, and watching as other neighborhoods have gone through the process.

-Doug Decker

]]> By: Doug Eaton http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-1173 Doug Eaton Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:56:43 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-1173 Doug, I am curious to know if any of the Alameda Park area has been designated as a National Historic District. It was so disheartening to see the recent alterations on the house I grew up at 2028 NE Alameda Drive. I wish there had been some protection for that lovely home. It has lost so much of its historic integrity. We moved from the house in 1964, a mistake my Dad still talks about today. The couple who bought it from us lived there for 40 years. He recently passed away and then the extreme makeover happened. I have lots of stories from growing up in that neighborhood. It was the perfect street for us boomer kids to play and create our own fun. Before there were soccer camps there were carnivals, parades and home made go carts. Be fun to come up and meet you sometime. Doug Eaton arancliffs@yahoo.com Doug, I am curious to know if any of the Alameda Park area has been designated as a National Historic District. It was so disheartening to see the recent alterations on the house I grew up at 2028 NE Alameda Drive. I wish there had been some protection for that lovely home. It has lost so much of its historic integrity.

We moved from the house in 1964, a mistake my Dad still talks about today. The couple who bought it from us lived there for 40 years. He recently passed away and then the extreme makeover happened.

I have lots of stories from growing up in that neighborhood. It was the perfect street for us boomer kids to play and create our own fun. Before there were soccer camps there were carnivals, parades and home made go carts.

Be fun to come up and meet you sometime.
Doug Eaton
arancliffs@yahoo.com

]]> By: Eva Lowen http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-938 Eva Lowen Sat, 02 May 2009 20:22:54 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-938 Doug, We exchanged info a long time ago and that brought me and Jean Pecore Weaver together on the net. If you want info on 3880 NE Wisteria Dr.(maybe not in Alameda) where the Herman Lowens lived after l937, and it is a fascinating story, contact my Sister in Law, Evelyn Lowen Apte, evelynapte@hotmail.com To refresh your memory I am a friend of Janet Mc's Doug, We exchanged info a long time ago and that brought me and Jean Pecore Weaver together on the net. If you want info on 3880 NE Wisteria Dr.(maybe not in Alameda) where the Herman Lowens lived after l937, and it is a fascinating story, contact my Sister in Law, Evelyn Lowen Apte, evelynapte@hotmail.com
To refresh your memory I am a friend of Janet Mc’s

]]> By: Doug http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-758 Doug Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:06:18 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-758 Great memories! Thanks for sharing your experience at Hunderups (Hunderips?), and the bus gauntlet on Skidmore. I've never heard that particular tale. What was it about that stretch of street? There must have been some extra adventurous young people who lived nearby. I welcome and invite you to continue sharing your memories of Alameda here on line, or drop me an e-mail at alamedahistory@hotmail.com Thanks! Great memories! Thanks for sharing your experience at Hunderups (Hunderips?), and the bus gauntlet on Skidmore. I’ve never heard that particular tale. What was it about that stretch of street? There must have been some extra adventurous young people who lived nearby. I welcome and invite you to continue sharing your memories of Alameda here on line, or drop me an e-mail at alamedahistory@hotmail.com Thanks!

]]> By: mrt48 http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-750 mrt48 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:12:06 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-750 One cannot begin to describe the Old Neighborhood without mentioning the bus route. Specifically from N.E.27th and Skidmore to N.E. 29th where the bus turned right. This two block run had to be terrifying for most of the Bus Drivers. Everything imaginable was heaved, thrown and shot toward every bus during every month of the year. It was snow balls in the winter, rocks, chestnuts, dirt clods, frisbees (pluto platters), water balloons, crayons shot with a Cross Bow. In fact, one time, one of the neighbor kids put a firecracker in an apple, lit the fuse and threw it in front of the bus. It exploded and apple shrapnel hit the windshield. The driver immediately stopped and tried to chase everyone away. I also remember a water balloon being thrown in an open window (summer time) and it got a passenger all wet. Another kid kicked a soccer ball so hard against the bus that it dented its side. I was later told by one of the adults that the bus company was seriously considering changing the bus route. That is how bad it was. I wonder if the Bus Drivers received hazardous duty pay? Another kid poured lighter fluid across the street at night and lit it on fire just before the bus approached. The bus drove through the flames. The bus drivers just never knew where or when they would be hit. What a great neighborhood to grow up in. Fun too! One cannot begin to describe the Old Neighborhood without mentioning the bus route. Specifically from N.E.27th and Skidmore to N.E. 29th where the bus turned right. This two block run had to be terrifying for most of the Bus Drivers.
Everything imaginable was heaved, thrown and shot toward every bus during every month of the year. It was snow balls in the winter, rocks, chestnuts, dirt clods, frisbees (pluto platters), water balloons, crayons shot with a Cross Bow. In fact, one time, one of the neighbor kids put a firecracker in an apple, lit the fuse and threw it in front of the bus. It exploded and apple shrapnel hit the windshield. The driver immediately stopped and tried to chase everyone away. I also remember a water balloon being thrown in an open window (summer time) and it got a passenger all wet. Another kid kicked a soccer ball so hard against the bus that it dented its side. I was later told by one of the adults that the bus company was seriously considering changing the bus route. That is how bad it was. I wonder if the Bus Drivers received hazardous duty pay?
Another kid poured lighter fluid across the street at night and lit it on fire just before the bus approached. The bus drove through the flames. The bus drivers just never knew where or when they would be hit.
What a great neighborhood to grow up in. Fun too!

]]> By: Doug http://alamedahistory.org/alameda-stories/#comment-78 Doug Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:20:28 +0000 http://alamedahistory.wordpress.com/alameda-stories/#comment-78 Hi G.B. I'll contact you off-line with some suggestions. Glad you like the site and hoping it inspires your own research. DD Hi G.B. I’ll contact you off-line with some suggestions. Glad you like the site and hoping it inspires your own research.

DD

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