What an absolute fucking waste of city time and resources: http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/06/daily39.html?ed=2009-07-08&ana=e_du_pub I will never understand this. Businesses and individuals who actually live and do business there didn't want it, by an overwhelming margin.
I'm so glad we solve race issues in this country by changing signs on streets rather then dealing with embedded racism and it's causes. This country should be renamed Band-aid-istan.
I'm not sure what the cost is to replace signage throughout the city, but even if it cost $5 it wouldn't be worth it. This change has absolutely no direct benefit, other to honor a segment of the population that has no history in that area of Portland and currently makes up less than 1% of the population in direct vicinity of the street itself. I've made no bones about the fact I'm ok with public investment in many areas, but only if it has some economic benefit attached to it. Even in my wildest imagination I cannot see any net gain by doing this.
I remember they've been trying to do this for years. I guess if you do it enough times, eventually it will pass.
why not just rename a street in hillsboro, that's where the migrant farmers are yah? well, maybe SCHOLLS.
Baseline Ave. in Hillsboro would be much more appropriate in terms of actual meaning to a community. The freaks who hang out at 39th and Hawthorne probably don't even know who Cesar Chavez was.
It's very lame. I'm in favor of honoring him, but a park or a bridge would have been much more appropriate and much less of a hassle. barfo
Maybe they can raid the schools budget to pay for the new street signs. Oh, wait....no money there either. Honestly, the people who promote these things should be the ones who have to fund them.
I think so. Personally if you have to do it, why not do Grand Av? Then you have MLK going one way, and Chavez going another. I think they tried several streets and ran into opposition everywhere before they decided to go after a numbered street. Well, at least the mayor can now finally say he did something besides an intern.
Actually, here's a better idea: The Cesar E. Chavez Urban Growth Boundary. That would actually make sense. barfo
I still tell people my childhood home is at Portland Blvd. and Denver Ave. Rosa Parks name should be on a park not a street, I mean 'park' is in the name. Downtown Phoenix every avenue is named after a former President. At least there is consistency to that and no rick of it being changed.
