Check out the Dead Memories in our 2012 calendar, and then share some of your own! This year’s memories include: Corno’s Food Market, Storybook Lane at Alpenrose Dairy, Hung Far Low’s “Stairway of Drunken Death,” The Big Bang’s rock, punk and new wave clothing store, and more!
January – The Pagoda – NE 39th & Broadway
February – Farrell’s & The Speck
on NW 21st and Burnside
March – Corno’s Food Market
on SE MLK Blvd.
April – Hamburger Mary’s on SW Park Ave.,
Rock n Roll Fashions, Crocodile Records, Wyland Mural
May – The Heck Harper Show
KGW 1961
June – Let’s Go Bowling
Grand Central Bowl’s Lost Mosaic
SE 8th & Morrison
July – American Legion Convention 1965
Old Bus Depot Sign, Western Airlines, Meier & Frank
SW 6th St. Looking North, Downtown Portland
August - Blitz Weinhard Beer Explosion
NW Burnside
September – The Big Bang Rock, Punk, New Wave Store
SW Park Ave., Downtown Portland
Oct – Hung Far Low’s “Stairway of Drunken Death”
Chinatown, NW Portland
Nov – The Carnival Drive-In Restaurant
SW Sam Jackson Parkway
December – Rusty Nails, Human Cannonball – G’ Bye Folks!
What an awesome idea!
Someone recently mentioned Van Calvin’s Mannequins and that reminded me of Import Plaza, Django’s Records, Escape From New York Pizza (across from the Galleria)…sigh.
When did I get so old?
Thanks for your all your work.