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Guide to Southeast Portland Neighborhoods
Eastmoreland
- Hosford-Abernethy -
Mt. Tabor
Sellwood-Moreland -
Sunnyside
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Cross
over the Willamette River from downtown and you're in the Southeast's Central
Eastside Industrial District, home to the industrial plants that provide
thousands of jobs for Portlanders. It's also home to the Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry.
Many eastside residents take the Hawthorne Bridge (photo
on the left) to enter the downtown area or leave it. This beautiful
photograph of the bridge was taken by Adrienne Cleveland of Portland.
You can view more of her work at
Natural Sights.
Travel east from the Central Industrial District a mile
or so and you'll run into the Hawthorne area. The Hawthorne and nearby
Belmont districts are filled with single-family homes and apartment buildings.
Bakeries, coffeehouses, boutiques, music and bookstores, micro-pubs, and
restaurants line the two streets.
Southeast Portland's Hawthorne Boulevard supports a thriving
district that is full of activity. Here, high-density housing meshes
with retail activity, creating one of the city's more interesting shopping
areas -- pedestrian friendly, lined with gift stores, period clothing shops,
eateries, and espresso shops.
Killing the Eastside Freeway and Preserving Urban Living
One event defines Portland in the past 25 years! It was
killing the Mount Hood Freeway - a 6-mile, eight-lane asphalt highway that
would have vaulted across the Willamette River from Johns Landing to Interstate
205.
The story of the freeway's demise is a lesson in what distinguishes
Portland from other West Coast cities. Whereas most cities were building
freeways after WWII, Portland was preserving neighborhoods. It gave
us strong neighborhoods, proud schools and MAX (light rail). It cemented
the region's commitment to ecology and the reputation of a brilliant political
leader, Neil Goldschmidt. Stopping the freeway not only saved 1,750 households
in Southeast Portland from the wrecking ball, it also established Portland's
philosophy of urban livability-the idea that cities are for people, not
just for commerce and cars.
In 1975 Portland took the $500 million in federal highway
aid and built the transit mall, eastside MAX and a host of neighborhood
and suburban transportation projects, such as Eastman Parkway in Gresham
and Cornell Road in Hillsboro. Most of the money went to the light
rail system.
Vintage Neighborhood Theaters
Portland's east side is dotted with vintage movie theaters.
Here's the list:
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Academy
Theater Address: 7818 S.E. Stark Street. Opened in 1948,
the Montavilla neighborhood theater closed in the 1970s and fell into
disrepair. After an extensive renovation, it reopened in 2006.
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Avalon Theatre Located at 3451
S.E. Belmont Street. The Avalon opened in the 1920s as the Sunnyside
Theatre. It was renamed the Avalon in 1935.
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Bagdad Theater and
Pub Address: 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. Universal Pictures
built the Bagdad, now part of the local McMenamins chain, in 1927 for
$100,000. In 1975, it hosted the Oregon premiere of "One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest" with Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Michael Douglas.
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CineMagic Address: 2021 S.E. Hawthorne
Blvd. CineMagic opened in 1914 as the Palm Theater.
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Clinton Street
Theater Address: 2522 S.E Clinton Street.
The Clinton, opened in 1915, is the city's oldest operating theater.
It's best known for showing cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
every Saturday at midnight since 1978. The theater says it's the longest-running
"Rocky Horror" in the world.
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Hollywood
Theatre Address: 4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd. The Hollywood
was built in 1926 as both a vaudeville house and cinema and it is one
of the Northwest's most ornate theaters. The surrounding neighborhood
was named after it. It was a single-screen theater until 1975, when
the upper balcony was converted into two small theaters. Film Action
Oregon, a nonprofit, bought the theater in 1997 and began restorations.
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Laurelhurst
Theater Address: 2735 E. Burnside Street. The
Art Deco theater was built in 1923 and almost met its dimise during
the multiplex-dominated 1980s. In 2000, the theater was renovated
into a theater/pub and now features four theaters.
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Moreland Theatre Address: 6712 S.E. Milwaukie
Avenue. The Moorish-style theater opened in 1926. The theater shows
first-run movies and retains a devoted neighborhood following.
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Oregon Theater Address: 3530 S.E.
Division Street. The Oregon opened in 1926 as a traditional neighborhood
theater. Since the 1970s, it's shown only porn movies.
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Roseway Theatre Address: 7229 N.E.
Sandy Blvd. The Roseway opened in 1925 as a single-screen theater with
a balcony. The balcony was closed during remodeling in the 1950s. The
theater closed in the 1990s but was bought and reopened in 1999. It
close again and the new owner says it will reopen after it's refurbished.
Sources: Shawn Granton, creator
of a self-guided eastside vintage theater tour - see
www.urbanadventureleague.blogspot.com. Also Cinema
Treasures.org and The Oregonian.
Walking in Southeast Portland
Walk Score ranks 2,508 neighborhoods in the largest 40
U.S. cities to help you find a walkable place to live. The top 7 neighborhoods
in Portland are Walkers' Paradises. 45% of Portland residents have a Walk
Score of 70 or above. 83% have a Walk Score of at least 50—and 17% live
in Car-Dependent neighborhoods. We have created
a Walk Score for each of the neighborhood profiles below. Please note
that we use an address in the center of each neighborhood to determine
the Walk Score. Scores will vary in a neighborhood depending upon
the address.
Here are some walking tours in the southeast
neighborhoods of Portland:
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Southeast Portland Creeks and Bridges On this 4.6-mile walk,
ponder life at the convergence of two free-flowing streams and traverse
three bridges on the Springwater Corridor Trails. It ends in Sellwood
where you can shop and eat.
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Historic
Brooklyn On this 3.2-mile walk through historic Brooklyn
are sites from the neighborhood's close ties to industry, from small
workers' cottages to the Brooklyn rail yards where trains have run since
1868, to Bullseye Glass, a manufacturer of art and architectural glass.
Portland Monthly Neighborhood Guide
The
Portland Monthly
magazine in their April issue every year features neighborhoods. It has
a ton of information about neighborhoods to include their pick of the 20
best neighborhoods for the year.
To help those in the housing market, the magazine combines
all the data from 120 neighborhoods and communities in one easy-to-read
document. Include in the document are housing prices, school ratings,
demographics, crime statistics, parks, commuting information, and services.
Click
here (PDF format) to download the document.
Southeast News
The
Southeast Examiner
keeps track of the happenings and events in Southeast Portland. It
reports on activities of the various Southeast Portland Neighborhoods.
Search for Homes in Southeast Portland
To
search for homes in Southeast Portland, go to
Search Southeast Portland. You can use over 100 search parameters
and then select a specific area off a neighborhood map by drawing a box
around that area. Alternatively, you can just specify the criteria
and obtain all the current listings in Southeast Portland.
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Eastmoreland
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Eastmoreland
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Eastmoreland Boundaries
Bounded on
the north by lots fronting on Southeast Woodstock or streets connecting
to Woodstock between 39th and 28th, and the northern boundary of the Reed
College campus, on the east by Southeast 39th Avenue, on the south by the
southerly boundaries of lots fronting on Southeast Crystal Springs Boulevard,
and on the west by the western boundary of Eastmoreland Golf Course.
Maps of
Eastmoreland Neighborhood

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Eastmoreland
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Eastmoreland

To learn more about the
Eastmoreland neighborhood
visit Portland Maps.
It will provide you with demographic data,
crime stats, parks, schools, aerial photos,
elevation, etc.
All you need is a property address - use
"3333 SE Rex Street"
Learn More About
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Eastmoreland Neighborhood


The
Eastmoreland Golf Course is a public 18 hole course on 140 acres.
It is the second oldest course in Oregon
and the first public course in Portland.

The Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden is is available
for weddings, memorials, anniversaries, and other special events.
Eastmoreland Walk Score
Eastmoreland residents closer to the
eastern neighborhood border
(SE 39th Avenue) have higher Walk Scores.
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Two
comfortable Portland neighborhoods near each other in southeast Portland,
are Westmoreland (part of the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood) and Eastmoreland.
If you like wide tree-lined streets (lots of elms), quiet neighbors, and
a variety of house styles, move to Eastmoreland. Take a drive on
SE Reed - it's a boulevard with a median - and soon you'll be looking at
the "Houses for Sale in Eastmoreland" ads in the paper.
Eastmoreland homes show a wide range of architectural
styles popular in the 1920's and 1930's, including Tudor, Colonial, stone,
and stucco. Today the neighborhood is well established and stable.
Of the 1,500 lots in the neighborhood, only a few remain empty.
Reed College
Eastmoreland is the home of
Reed College, a well-regarded
liberal arts college founded in 1908.
Eastmoreland is probably the only Portland neighborhood
with an operating nuclear reactor. It's located on the campus of Reed College.
Reed is the only liberal arts college in the world with a nuclear reactor.
Since the reactor only produces 250 kilowatts of heat (about 10 times as
much as a home heating furnace), a meltdown or other serious event is not
likely since the reactor doesn't produce enough heat to melt down.
Gardens
The seven-acre
Eastmoreland Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden was started in 1950
by the Portland Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society with the support
of Portland Parks & Recreation. The
Eastmoreland Garden, a project five years in the making, was dedicated
late 2004. Pushed forward by a dedicated core committee and scores of volunteers,
donors and sponsors, the garden project transformed an unsightly, gravel
parking lot into an area that is both graceful and historically meaningful
to residents.
History
Both Westmoreland and Eastmoreland, like the Ladd and
Laurelhurst subdivisions, were part of the real estate holdings of the Ladd
Estate Company. The Ladds had lots to suit most pocketbooks. Over
in the southwest part of the greater Portland area were Ladd properties
that became part of Dunthorpe, an aristocratic suburb of manor houses and
country estates. To the north of Westmoreland and Eastmoreland is
another Ladd property, Brooklyn. The center of Brooklyn is the Southern
Pacific's railroad yards. When it was first developed and for some
years thereafter, Brooklyn was home for hundreds of European immigrants,
many of whom worked in the railroad yards.
The only sour note in Eastmoreland's peaceful setting
was the battle between the Southern Pacific Railroad (S.P.) which owned
vacant land alongside its tracks between Eastmoreland and Westmoreland.
The S.P. hoped to use those 15 acres to extend its Brooklyn yards.
When that plan was proposed, in the early 1950s, the Eastmorelanders took
the matter to court, claiming that such railroad expansion would cause damage
to Eastmoreland property values, In 1956, a federal judge upheld the
plaintiffs and enjoined the S.P. from expanding its yards.
Walking Tour of the Eastmoreland
This link is to a walking tour of historical homes in
the Eastmoreland and Sellwood neighborhoods:
Eastmoreland/Sellwood Historical
Home Tour (PDF format). The document provides a map, brief description
of each home, and the address of each home. Courtesy of
Timber Press.
How Eastmoreland Was Named
Eastmoreland got its name from Julius Caesar Moreland,
a successful real estate developer and also a prominent county judge.
More About Eastmoreland
Neighborhood Association Web Site Eastmoreland
Neighborhood Association.
Location From downtown cross over the Willamette River on the
Burnside Bridge and take a right on S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
or Highway 99. Proceed for four miles and you'll see the Eastmoreland
Golf Course.
Topography Flat to very moderate rolling hills. Mature trees
on most properties. Parks are wooded.
Sidewalks and Streets The street pattern is a pleasing combination
of grid and winding. The neighborhood has sidewalks for walking.
2005 Livability Study 97.7% of Eastmoreland residents rated their
neighborhood "good" or "very good." The data for Eastmoreland was
combined with their next door neighborhood, Ardenwald. See
Livability Study.
1Drive
Time to Downtown 16-18 minutes.
Public Transportation There are four bus routes in the neighborhood
- see bus schedule and routes at the
TriMet Web site.
Residents are working with TriMet on its proposal to site a light rail station
at the Bybee overpass dividing Eastmoreland and Westmoreland.
22000
Demographics Population: 5,017. Area: 729 acres. Population
density (people per acre): 6. Households: 1,630. Homeowners:
86%. Renters: 14%. Diversity: 7.6% non-Caucasian.
3Crime
Stats for 2007 Three violent crime, 18 residential burglaries,
and 86 auto thefts. Total crimes per 1,000 people was 39.
Sex Offenders
State of Oregon
Sex Offender Inquiry System. Scroll to the heading entitled "Location
Information" and key "Portland" for the "City." Insert the following
zip codes for the Eastmoreland neighborhood in the "Zip" field: 97202
and 97206.
4Shopping
and Services Eastmoreland has a small grocery market at 3616
SE Knapp Street. Along the east border of Eastmoreland, SE 39th Avenue
has a number of stores like Trader Joe's and neighboring Sellwood-Moreland
has a New Seasons
Market and a
QFC.
Also a hardware store along with numerous other retail establishments.
Eating Out No eating places (other than Reed College and the
Eastmoreland Club Course) are located in Eastmoreland. But you are
close to Sellwood-Moreland, and they have it all.
Parks The neighborhood has three parks, four if you count the
140-acre Eastmoreland Golf Club. Even more if part of the Springwater
Corridor is considered. See above explanation for the two gardens.
Berkeley Park (6.45 acres) includes a baseball field, softball field,
soccer field, park play area, walking paths, picnic tables, playground,
tennis court, and an outdoor wading pool. At the south end of the
neighborhood, lies part of the
Springwater Corridor. This corridor is the major southeast
segment of the 40-Mile Loop which was inspired by the 1903 Olmsted plan
of a parkway and boulevard loop to connect park sites. The eventual developed
trail will be over 21 miles long.
Public Library The closest branch library of the Multnomah
County Library system is the
Sellwood-Moreland
on SE 13th Avenue.
Who Lives in Eastmoreland Doctors, lawyers, m erchants,
and professors from Reed College. Residents make certain their children
receive a good education - the average daily attendance at Duniway Elementary
is over 95%. Dr. Warren Bland, the author of
Retire
in Style: 60 Outstanding Places Across the USA and Canada retired
to Eastmoreland in the Spring of 2006.
Cars in the Neighborhood The UN of Vehicles. If
they make it, you'll see it on the streets of Eastmoreland. Remember
this is a college neighborhood.
Schools Elementary school:
Duniway. Middle school:
Sellwood Middle School. High school:
Cleveland High School.
School Report Card Grades Elementary schools: A/C. Middle schools:
B/C. High school: B. Click
here for report card details.
Housing Styles Detached single-family homes. Eastmoreland homes
show a wide range of architectural styles: Tudors, Colonials, stone, and
stucco. Many are traditional style homes built in the 1920's and 1930's.
Lovely and gracious.
5Eastmoreland
2007 Home Prices
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Average price for homes sold in the Eastmoreland
neighborhood in 2007: $619,729.
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Median price for homes sold in the Eastmoreland neighborhood
in 2007: $592,000.
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2007 price appreciation in the Eastmoreland neighborhood:
9%.
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5-year price appreciation in the Eastmoreland neighborhood:
53%.
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2007 metro area home prices:
The average price was $342,900 (6.3% appreciation from 2006) and the
median price was $290,000 (7.2% appreciation from 2006).
Please be aware that the above figures are subject
to error and are intended as guidelines only.
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Hosford-Abernethy
(aka Ladd's
Addition and Clinton)
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Boundaries
North - SE Hawthorne Blvd.
South - SE Powell Blvd.
East - SE 29th Avenue.
West - Willamette River.
Maps of
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood

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Hosford-Abernethy

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Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood
visit Portland Maps.
It will provide you with demographic data,
crime stats, parks, schools, aerial photos,
elevation, etc.
All you need is a property address - use
"1501 SE Holly Street"
Learn More About
the
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood


Today, over 3,000 roses of sixty varieties are cared for by
Portland Parks & Recreation staff and a devoted team
of volunteers, the
Friends of
Ladd's Addition Gardens.
Visit the
Clinton
Street Weblog
and
Ladd's Addition Weblog
to learn more about the
Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood.

Brian Rohter,
the president of
New Seasons Market,
commutes from his Mount Tabor
home to New Seasons
store support offices in the
Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood
on his bike.
Ladd's Addition Walking Tour
This 2.3-mile loop travels through historic inner Southeast
neighborhoods with plenty of places to eat and drink along the way.
The Ladd's Addition neighborhood has one of the most unusual street
layouts in the nation: a diagonal pattern surrounding five rose gardens.
Getting lost on its elm-lined streets is a Portland tradition.
Click
here to download
the guide.
Hosford-Abernethy Walk Score
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How
would you like to live in a neighborhood where you can shop at two food
markets, walk to see a movie, and have an expanding choice of restaurants?
And all within just minutes of downtown Portland. If so, you may want
to consider living in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood of Southeast Portland.
Entrance to the neighborhood
from the west can be via the Hawthorne bridge on the north boundary and
the Ross Island bridge on the south boundary. Coming into the neighborhood
from the west, the first few blocks are all industrial that slowly turns
into a mix of residential, including apartments, and industrial as you drive
further east. Finally, about SE 13th Avenue you’re in mainly a residential
area with detached single-family homes.
A few years ago you would
have been an “urban pioneer” if you decided to buy a home in Hosford-Abernethy,
but this neighborhood has changed so much (for the better) that you can
still catch the trend and find an affordable home. It may require
some TLC, but you will have company as many of your neighbors will be doing
the same thing.
Neighborhood Center
The heart of the neighborhood
is located at SE 26th and SE Clinton which is a couple blocks
south of SE Division. This is where a retail area has gradually grown
so that it now contains 15 or so establishments to include restaurants,
a food market, coffee shops, a record shop, movie theatre, a video store,
and a gallery along with others. The businesses are spread over a
5-6 block area. All it needs is a bookstore to make it a real Portland
neighborhood.
A
neighborhood cooperative market has been in operation since the
70’s providing an alternative to corporate stores. The People’s Coop
also has a year-around farmers’ market on Wednesdays. New
Seasons Market opened in 2004 and along the coop, offer organic foods.
Ladd's Addition
The neighborhood map reveals
an uncommon street pattern just south of SE Hawthorne in an area known to
the locals as Ladd’s Addition. The streets are in an orderly geometric
form – a rectangle crossed by two diagonals, which divide the plat into
four isosceles triangles. These are further divided into smaller triangles,
quadrilaterals, parallelograms, and trapezoids. Also included were
four diamond-shaped parks located on the points of a compass. It looks like
a British Flag from the air layered against the grid pattern of the rest
of the area.
William S. Ladd platted
this subdivision in 1891 and he named all but two of the streets after trees.
He named one street after himself (Ladd Avenue) and another after his wife,
Elliot Avenue. Two streets were later renamed because they were continuations
of the grid of streets surrounding the subdivision, and some others were
changed because of duplication in other parts of Portland.
Home Styles
Most of the houses in Ladd’s
Addition as well as the rest of the area were built between 1905 and 1920.
The neighborhood architectural styles can be described as “assorted” and
the quality of maintenance varies from “needs work” to pleasantly preserved.
In the late 90s, eastside
builder Loren Waxman built four craftsman townhomes on SE 26th and others
have been built since. A small condo development was built in the
early 2000s at 21st and Clinton and more condos are starting to appear.
Alternatives to detached homes means that a new type of resident is attracted
to the neighborhood.
Changing Community
One of the issues in the
neighborhood is traffic. The Portland Department of Transportation
awarded a grant to study traffic on Division Street, the primary route through
the center of the neighborhood. The goal of the grant is to plan for
a pedestrian-oriented street and encourage more local business establishments.
The community has been successful
in bringing in a number of businesses. This means that the residents
can shop in the neighborhood. They want to attract community-minded
business owners, and it appears to be working.
Origin of Name
Chauncey O. Hosford was a one-time resident of Portland
who owned 200 acres of land on Mt. Tabor. George Abernethy, like Hosford
a Methodist missionary, was also Oregon's first provincial governor. Neither
of these men lived or owned property in the neighborhood that bears their
names, but both were important in the history of Oregon and Portland.
More about Hosford-Abernethy
Neighborhood Association Web Site
Hosford-Abernethy.
Location From downtown cross over the Willamette River on the
Hawthorne Bridge. As you drive east on SE Hawthorne Boulevard the
neighborhood will be on your right side.
Topography Flat with mature trees on properties.
Sidewalks and Streets The street pattern is grid - the west part
of the neighborhood streets are full of cars due to the many apartments.
The neighborhood has sidewalks for walking.
2005 Livability Study 94% of Hosford-Abernethy residents rated
their neighborhood "good" or "very good." See
Livability Study.
1Drive
Time to Downtown About 15 minutes.
Public Transportation This neighborhood has over a dozen bus
routes but they do not have a MAX light rail line or a streetcar line. See
schedules and routes at the
TriMet Web site.
22000
Demographics Population: 6,932. Area: 831 acres. Average
population density: 8 persons per acre. Number of households: 3,243.
Percent of home owners: 51. Percent of renters: 49. Diversity: 15.7%
non-Caucasian.
3Crime
Stats for 2007 40 violent crimes, 29 residential burglaries,
and 155 auto thefts. Total crimes per 1,000 people was 116.
Sex Offenders
State of Oregon
Sex Offender Inquiry System. Scroll to the heading entitled "Location
Information" and key "Portland" for the "City." Insert the following
zip code for the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in the "Zip" field:
97214.
4Shopping
and Services Number of supermarkets: 2. Number of health
clubs: 1. Number of coffee shops: 6.
New Seasons Market
has a store at 1954 SE Division Street and the
Peoples Coop food
market is located at 3029 SE 21st Avenue. The neighborhood business
community is located in a 5-6 block area of SE 26th and SE Clinton.
The area has gradually grown so that it now contains 15 plus stores to include
restaurants, coffee shops, a record shop, movie theatre, a video store,
and a gallery along with others. Drive along SE Division Street and
you will notice a number of thriving businesses. Every community needs
a hardware store and Hosford-Abernethy has one - Hankins True Value Hardware
is located at 1720 SE Hawthorne Boulevard.
Eating Out The Savoy at 2500 SE Division is authentic Portland
where dining room and bar features art plucked from Goodwill - the vintage
furniture and other salvage items are almost as interesting as the food
(American). Nuestra Cocina (means "Our Kitchen') at 2135 SE Division
is one of Portland's hottest new restaurants serving food cooked in the
central Mexico style.
Lauro Kitchen,
Willamette Week’s Restaurant of the Year for 2004, is located at 3377 SE
Division Street. Technically, Lauro Kitchen is in the Richmond neighborhood
which begins on SE 29th Avenue.
Walking This 2.3-mile loop travels through historic inner
Southeast neighborhoods with plenty of places to eat and drink along the
way. The Ladd's Addition neighborhood has one of the most unusual street
layouts in the nation: a diagonal pattern surrounding five rose
gardens. Getting lost on its elm-lined streets is a Portland tradition.
Click here
to download the guide.
Parks The neighborhood does not have a park but it does have
gardens. Known as the
Ladds Circles and Squares, the circle at SE 16th Avenue and Harrison
Street has a formal landscape with camellias, perennials, and a lawn area
in the central circle and numerous rose varieties in the four diamonds,
creating a stained glass effect. Today the gardens feature over 3,000 roses
of 60 varieties that were popular in the early 20th century.
The
Powell Park borders the neighborhood on the south side at SE 26th Avenue
and Powell Boulevard. The eight-acre park includes a baseball field,
basketball court, soccer field, restroom, paths, picnic site, playground,
and a wading pool.
Public Library The neighborhood does not have a public library
but two libraries are about the same distance from the center of the neighborhood.
The Belmont
Library at 1038 S.E. 39th Avenue or the
Woodstock
Library at 6008 S.E. 49th Avenue. The Woodstock Library building
was opened in 2000 and it has received numerous awards for its elegant and
functional design, including a national honor from the American Institute
of Architects and the American Library Association. This southeast Portland
library is the home of a wealth of original artwork, including 36 stainless-steel
panels on the exterior of the building etched with words depicting the history
of books.
Who Lives in Hosford-Abernethy White collar married couples
in Ladd's Addition because it takes two incomes to afford a home in that
area. Many singles live in the apartments on the west side of the
neighborhoods. In the rest of the neighborhood, you will find many
younger married couples starting their family along with a few singles and
baby boomers.
Cars in the Neighborhood Japanese cars and you'll see a few
Volvos in Ladd's Addition. And lots of bikers - many from Hosford-Abernethy
- stream into downtown via the Hawthorne Bridge in the early morning on
their way to work.
Schools Elementary school:
Abernethy. Middle school:
Hosford
Middle School. High school:
Cleveland High School.
School Report Card Grades Elementary schools: B/C. Middle school:
B. High school: B. Click
here for report card details.
Housing Styles Single family detached homes with apartment
buildings on the west side of the neighborhood. This is an established
neighborhood so most homes were built in the early 1900s. You will
see bungalows, cottages, four-squares, and a few new townhomes. Condos
are starting to appear.
5Hosford-Abernethy 2007 Home Prices
Average price for homes sold in the Hosford-Abernethy
neighborhood in 2007: $361,838.
Median price for homes sold in the Hosford-Abernethy
neighborhood in 2007: $346,000.
2007 price appreciation in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood:
-5%.
5-year price appreciation in the Hosford-Abernethy
neighborhood: 30%.
2007 metro area home prices:
The average price was $342,900 (6.3% appreciation from 2006) and the
median price was $290,000 (7.2% appreciation from 2006).
Please be aware that the above figures are subject
to error and are intended as guidelines only.
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Mt. Tabor Boundaries
North - East Burnside.
South - SW Division Street.
East - SE 76th Avenue.
West - SE 49th Avenue (from Burnside to Hawthorne)
and SE 50th Avenue (from Hawthorne to Division).
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Mt. Tabor

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Mt. Tabor neighborhood
visit Portland Maps.
It will provide you with demographic data,
crime stats, parks, schools, aerial photos,
elevation, etc.
All you need is a property address - use
"4919 SE Salmon Street"
Learn More About
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Mt. Tabor Neighborhood


The reservoir at the 195 acre Mt. Tabor Park.
Mt. Tabor Walking Tour
Explore the paths and historical features of Mt. Tabor
Park, home
to reservoirs and a remnant volcanic cinder cone.
The 2.1-mile walk combines stairs, closed roadways and unimproved
paths as you climb and descent the summit. The payoff is the views.
Click
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Mt. Tabor Walk Score
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Mount
Tabor, named for the 600-foot high extinct volcano that is its landmark,
has a sweeping city and mountain views, proximity to downtown (15 minutes
by car heading straight West), a scenic 195-acre public park, and an easy
mix of modest older homes and stately mansions. Mt. Tabor is the only
volcano within a major city in the United States.
Hawthorne Boulevard ends at the base of Mount Tabor,
an extinct volcano and one of the city's most used parks. The Mount Tabor
reservoirs hold a large portion of Portland's drinking water, piped straight
from the Bull Run Reservoir in the Cascades. The park has trails, bike paths,
and stands of old growth Douglas Firs and other trees. Catch a summer
sun setting on downtown and the West Hills from the park.
Mount Tabor is a very stable neighborhood, and people stay in Mount
Tabor once they relocate to the area. Homes come in a variety of styles
and shapes so people can usually find what they are looking for in a home.
Hawthorne Business District
Ask any Portlanders where Hawthorne is located and they
will know. The Hawthorne Business District is just a few blocks west
of the Mt. Tabor neighborhood and Mt. Tabor Park. Hawthorne's retail
stores are small shops and locally owned except for the Fred Meyer superstore.
It is one of the city's more interesting shopping areas. Hawthorne is not
a "neighborhood" as such, but five neighborhoods converge on the area for
shopping and dining.
Mt. Tabor Park
Portland's Mt. Tabor was named after another Mt. Tabor,
which sits six miles east of Nazareth in Israel. Our Mt. Tabor makes Portland
one of only two cities in the continental U.S. to have an extinct volcano
within its boundaries; the other city is Bend, Oregon.
History
Some dates:
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1862: James B. Stephens donates land on U Street
(now called Hawthorne) between Ninth and 12th avenues to J.C. Hawthorne
for the Oregon Hospital for the Insane. U street becomes Asylum Avenue.
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1870s: Railroads are introduced, fueling further
settlement and expansion on the east side.
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1883: The hospital closes and the land becomes
a park. It takes another five years before Asylum Avenue is renamed,
and takes the Hawthorne name.
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1887: Morrison Bridge is completed, launching
an East Portland building boom. A year later, the streetcar runs from
downtown along Hawthorne and eventually south on Southeast 50th to Lents.
Plympton Kelly, a pioneer settler, named Mt. Tabor.
Kelly read about an account of a battle fought between the French and the
Muslims near the base of Mt. Tabor in Palestine so he adopted the name.
More About Mount Tabor
Neighborhood Association Web Site
Mount Tabor Neighborhood
Web site.
Location From downtown cross over the Willamette River on the
Burnside Bridge. Drive out on East Burnside and when you get to SE
50th Avenue, the neighborhood will be on your right side.
Topography Flat to hilly on east end of neighborhood. Mature
trees on properties. Parks are wooded.
Sidewalks and Streets The street pattern is grid with sidewalks
for walking.
2005 Livability Study 93.1% of Mount Tabor residents rated
their neighborhood "good" or "very good." See
Livability Study. The entire survey and response is available
at the Mount Tabor
neighborhood Web site.
Public Transportation bus routes 4, 15, and 20 run east/west
and deliver passengers downtown. route 71 runs north/south.
see schedule and routes at the
TriMet
Web site. Mount Tabor does not have a MAX light rail line or a
streetcar line.
1Drive
Time to Downtown 11 minutes.
22000
Demographics Population: 10,037. Area: 1,022 acres.
Average population density: 9 persons per acre. Number of households:
4,705. Percent of home owners: 65. Percent of renters: 35. Diversity:
13.4% non-Caucasian.
3Crime
Stats for 2007 13 violent crimes, 46 residential burglaries,
and 181 auto thefts. Total crimes per 1,000 people was 49.
Sex Offenders Click
here for the
State of Oregon Sex Offender Inquiry System. Scroll to the heading
entitled "Location Information" and key "Portland" for the "City."
Insert the following zip code for the Mt. Tabor neighborhood in the "Zip"
field: 97215.
4Shopping
and Services Number of supermarkets: 1. Mount Tabor is all
residential but surrounded on all sides by neighborhoods that have commercial
centers. The main business activity is just west of the neighborhood
around SE 39th Avenue and SE Hawthorne. You will find a Fred Meyers
supermarket, bookstore, deli, boutiques, a movie theatre, and a few restaurants.
A natural food store is located at SE 40th and Hawthorne.
Eating Out Just blocks (walking distance for the west end residents)
to the west are two well-regarded restaurants: Three Doors Down at 1429
SE 37th Avenue and Bread and Ink at 3610 SE Hawthorne. Close by is
Cup & Saucer and Chez Machin (the main attraction is the crêpes).
Bridgeport Brewing at 3632 SE Hawthorne is the place for a cold one and
a good burger. Also in the neighborhood are pizza shops, BBQ, and
a fish sandwich eatery. See
Willamette Week for reviews
of these restaurants.
Walking Tour Explore the paths and historical features of Mt.
Tabor Park, home to reservoirs and a remnant volcanic cinder cone. The 2.1-mile
walk combines stairs, closed roadways and unimproved paths as you climb
and descent the summit. The payoff is the views. Click
here to
download the guide.
Parks The 195-acre
Mt. Tabor Park is one of Portland premier parks. The park includes
basketball court, park play area, park restroom, picnic area, dog off-leash
area, picnic tables, playground, and tennis court. This park is made
for walking as it has miles of trails.
Public Library The neighborhood does not have a public library
but two libraries are about the same distance from the center of the neighborhood.
The Belmont
Library at 1038 S.E. 39th Avenue or the
Woodstock
Library at 6008 S.E. 49th Avenue.
Who Lives in Mount Tabor White collar singles and young married
couples. Because of the range of home prices, you will get affluent
couples. They tend their lawn and gardens, walk in the park, and stroll
along Hawthorne Boulevard.
Cars in the Neighborhood Loads of smaller Japanese cars with
a few pickups and SUVs. You'll see a luxury car at some of Mt. Tabor's
more elegant homes.
Schools Elementary schools:
Glencoe and
Richmond. Middle school:
Mount Tabor Middle School. High school:
Franklin High School.
School Report Card Grades Elementary schools: B/C. Middle school:
B. High schools: C/D. Click
here for report card details.
Housing Styles Single-family detached homes. This is
an older neighborhood so most homes were built in the 1900s. You will
see bungalows, cottages, tudors and a hand-full of ranch/modern styles.
55Mount
Tabor 2007 Home Prices
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Average price for homes sold in the Mount
Tabor neighborhood in 2007: $407,873.
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Median price for homes sold in the Mount Tabor neighborhood
in 2007: $399,500.
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2007 price appreciation in the Mount Tabor neighborhood:
5%.
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5-year price appreciation in the Mount Tabor neighborhood:
54%.
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2007 metro area home prices:
The average price was $342,900 (6.3% appreciation from 2006) and the
median price was $290,000 (7.2% appreciation from 2006).
Please be aware that the above figures are subject
to error and are intended as guidelines only.
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To learn more about the
Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood
visit Portland Maps.
It will provide you with demographic data,
crime stats, parks, schools, aerial photos,
elevation, etc.
All you need is a property address - use
"1015 SE Miller Street"
Sellwood-Moreland Neighborhood

Westmoreland to Crystal Springs Walking Tour
This 4.0-mile walk takes you from Westmoreland to the
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens - blazing colors from April
through June with more than 2,500 rhododendrons,
azaleas, and companion plants.
The Crystal Springs emerge from Reed Canyon
on the campus of Reed College.
Click
here
to download the guide.
Sellwood-Moreland Photo Tour
Sellwood-Moreland
Westmoreland Park

Oaks Amusement Park

Frank Walsh , 82, skates with Jeanne Neale during a
recent skating fitness class at
Oaks Park
in Southeast Portland. Walsh has skated at the park since
1936 and has witnessed floods that covered the
rink in 1948, 1964 and 1996. The 100' x 200' wood floor
can be unhinged to float on floodwaters, and Walsh
says he and others are ready to save the
smooth floor if floods threaten again.
Sellwood Bridge

The bridge links the
Sellwood
Westmoreland neighborhoods
of Portland on the east side with Oregon Route 43/Macadam
Avenue on the west side. It was built in 1925.
Upon discovery of cracks in both concrete approaches
in January 2004, the weight limit on the bridge was
lowered from 32 tons to 10 tons.
This has caused the diversion of over 75 daily
TriMet
bus trips over the bridge.
At present there is debate on whether the bridge should
be repaired, rebuilt, closed altogether, or closed
for automotive traffic but left open for pedestrians
and bicycles. The cost to replace the bridge
is estimated at $400 million.
In April of 2008, bridge engineer repeated that the
bridge is in terrible shape, but it's still safe.

One of my favorite place in Sellwood-Moreland is a bakery
called Piece of Cake at 8306 SE 17th Avenue. The bakery
is without walls so you can see the entire operation
to include ovens, stoves, etc.
Here's Marilyn (the owner on the left) and her assistant
decorating a cake.
Visit their Web site at www.pieceofcakebakery.net
to view all their delicious food.
Sellwood to Oaks Bottom Walking Tour
This 3.8-mile walk combines the best of the city's urban
landscape
with its natural areas. Stroll the Sellwood neighborhood's scenic
bluff top streets and travel the multiuse Springwater Corridor Trail
through Oaks Bottom, a 140-acre birdwatcher's paradise
along the Willamette River. Bring your binoculars.

Click
here
to download the guide.
Sellwood-Moreland Walk Score
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Sellwood-Moreland
is located five miles south of downtown Portland on the east side of the
Willamette River. The Office of Neighborhood Involvement, the agency
that oversees neighborhood associations, combines the neighborhoods of Sellwood
and Westmoreland into Sellwood-Moreland.
Historic Homes
Sellwood is a showcase for many restored Victorian houses
and you will find a good selection of excellent eateries. This neighborhood
has many outstanding homes and a small town main street called Tacoma full
of shops and eating places. It has numerous parks. Move out Starbucks
and Subway and you would think it was 1975. In 1990 it was evenly
divided between home owners and renters with about 5,300 households, but
we suspect the number of homeowners has doubled in the 90s.
Over 50 Antique Shops
It's a neighborhood where two dozen antique stores stretch
for several blocks along the main drag, 13th Avenue. A short distance
away, three big antique malls—each packed with dozens of knickknack-crammed
booths—cluster near the corner of Bybee Boulevard and Milwaukie Avenue.
Barbara Roberts (Former Oregon Governor)
Carl Abbott has a write up about former
governor Barbara Roberts living in Sellwood-Moreland in his book Greater
Portland.
Barbara Roberts loves her neighborhood. When she returned to Portland
from Boston in 1998, she picked a modest Dutch Colonial in southeast Portland's
Westmoreland neighborhood. Built in 1911, the house is tucked onto
a 5000-square-foot lot. There is stained glass in the front door and
wicker furniture on the wide porch. A long established commercial
street is only three blocks away. Roberts can walk to the grocery,
the hardware store, a movie theater, and a choice of banks and restaurants.
Oaks Parks Amusement Center
Sellwood
is home to Oaks Park,
one of only a handful of continuously-operating amusement parks in the United
States. It was built as an attraction to the 1905 Lewis and Clark
Exposition.
Sara Paulson, for her master's in history from Portland
State University, wrote the history of the park which you can view at
Oaks
Park History. If you are a carousel fan, portland photographer
Jim Lommasson has documented the
Oaks Park carousel
by taking photographs over the years.
Westmoreland Park Casting Pond
Hand-dug by residents during the Depression as part
of federal job-making efforts, the concrete pond is consider to be
one of only 2-3 manmade casting ponds in the USA. It is three feet
deep, about 350 feet wide and 410 feet long. The pond opened in 1936 with
an international fly-casting tournament. In 1940, the federal Works Progress
Administration poured a concrete bottom.
The pond is a magnet for everything from fly casting
to floating model boats. When it freezes over, you will even see some
hockey on the ice. In years past, the Rose Festival has used it for milk
carton races.
History
The Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood began as the 1847
land claim of Henderson Llewelling who used the land to raise experimental
strains of fruit. After Llewelling died in 1866, the 320 acre property
was purchased by Rev. John Sellwood. In 1882, Sellwood sold 160 acres to
several investors who laid out the town of Sellwood. Sellwood was
incorporated in 1887 and then merged with Portland five years later. The
area grew when streetcars began serving the area in 1892.
Sellwood park, overlooking the Willamette River, is
the site on the first Sunday each August, for the unique Sundae on the Park
- a civic event presented by
SMILE which features ice cream sundaes for a quarter, inexpensive hot
dogs, old fashioned live entertainment, and displays and booths featuring
historic topics related to the neighborhood. All of it, on the most unfailingly
sunny weekend of the year, according to Oregon weather statistics!
Another source of information about this neighborhood
is the
Tacoma Street Project.
Share-It Square
The
intersection at SE Sherrett Street and SE 9th Avenue is painted in bright
colors and serves as a central plaza with a community bulletin board, kids'
playhouse, goods exchange, and a a 24-hour tea station. The square was improved
by neighborhood residents with assistance from a local nonprofit called
the City Repair Project.
After installation of Share-It Square, a survey revealed
that more than 85 percent of residents felt that crime had decreased, traffic
had slowed, and communication between neighbors had improved.
It's worth the trip to Sellwood just to wander about
the Square.
Walking Tour of the Sellwood-Moreland
Historical Homes A walking tour of historical homes in
the Eastmoreland and Sellwood neighborhoods:
Eastmoreland/Sellwood Historical
Home Tour (PDF format). The document provides a map, brief description
of each home, and the address of each home. Courtesy of
Timber Press.
Sellwood Neighborhood to Oaks Bottom This 3.8-mile walk combines the best of the city's urban
landscape with its natural areas. Stroll the Sellwood neighborhood's scenic
bluff top streets and travel the multiuse Springwater Corridor Trail through Oaks Bottom, a 140-acre birdwatcher's paradise
along the Willamette River. Bring your binoculars. Click
here
to download the guide.
You can also explore the neighborhood via the
Sellwood-Moreland Photo Tour.
Origin of Name
The Sellwood part comes from Rev. John Sellwood,
an Episcopal minister who held the land for a few years. Moreland
is named after Julius Caesar Moreland, a successful real estate developer
and also a prominent county judge.
More About Sellwood-Moreland
Neighborhood Association Web Site
SMILE (Sellwood
Moreland Improvement League). Visit the Sellwood
blog at
OregonLive.com.
Location Follow the Willamette River south of downtown and
cross over the Sellwood Bridge.
Topography Flat with mature trees on properties. Parks
are wooded.
Sidewalks and Streets The street pattern is grid with sidewalks
for walking.
2005 Livability Study 96.2% of Sellwood-Moreland residents
rated their neighborhood "good" or "very good."
1Drive
Time to Downtown 13-14 minutes.
Public Transportation Bus route 65X is a direct downtown route
- the neighborhood has six other routes. See schedule and routes at
the TriMet
Web site...
22000
Demographics Population: 10,475. Area: 1,157 acres.
Population density: 9 persons per acre. Households: 5,159.
Home owners: 53%. Renters: 47%. Diversity: 9.3% non-Caucasian.
3Crime
Stats for 2007 31 violent crimes, 44 residential burglaries, and
142 auto thefts. Total crimes per 1,000 people was 55.
Sex Offenders Click
here
4Shopping
and Services Number of supermarkets: 2. Number of health
clubs: 2. Number of coffee shops: 6. Sellwood-Moreland has two quaint
commercial areas separated by a quarter mile. Coming off the Sellwood Bridge
heading east, you encounter the first one at the intersection of Tacoma
Street and 13th Avenue. It is the home of the
Sellwood New
Seasons Market
The other commercial area is the Bybee/Milwaukee neighborhood and it has
a quality market called QFC (division of Kroger's). Bybee/Milwaukee has
the Moreland Theatre, Starbucks, a florist, clinic, and a great hardware
store (they actually wait on you).
Eating Out Sellwood has some of the best neighborhood
eateries in Portland: Assaggio, Caprial's Bistro, Geno's, Saburo's
Sushi, and others. Mike's Drive-in at SE Tacoma & SE 17th offers tasty burgers
and malts. See
Willamette Week for reviews of these restaurants.
Walking The low 70s and high 60s scores are common in Sellwood-Moreland.
Some homes score in the 80s. The outer edges of the neighborhood score in
the 80s. See Walk
Score.
Movies The Moreland Theatre is the last single screen
movie house in Portland. A mix of first runs, art films, and lesser
known treats. It seats 450 patrons and when the curtain rolls back, the
movie begins. You don't have to sit through the 15 minutes of "coming
attractions".
Parks
Sellwood Riverfront Park is an 7.85 acre park on the Willamette River
- it has a boat dock, dog off-leash area, paths, and picnic tables. The
16-acre
Sellwood Park is located on the west side of the neighborhood and includes
a baseball field, basketball court, picnic area, disabled access restroom,
football field, horseshoe pit, walking paths, playground, soccer field,
softball field, and tennis court. The 42-acre
Westmoreland Park
Sellwood Park is located on the west edge of the neighborhood and it
includes a baseball field, basketball court, park restroom, picnic area,
football field, paths, picnic tables, playground, soccer field, softball
field and tennis courts. The 141-acre
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is a birdwatcher's paradise. Hawks, quail,
pintails, mallards, coots, woodpeckers, kestrels, and widgeons are just
the start of the list of birds that one might encounter in Oaks Bottom.
The star of the show, though, is the Great blue heron, the official bird
of the City of Portland.
Public Library The
Sellwood-Moreland
library branch is located on SE 13th Avenue just off SE Bidwell Street.
Who lives in Sellwood-Moreland Blue collar, white collar, and
increasingly young married couples. They tend their lawn and gardens,
walk in the parks, and sit on their porches.
Cars in the Neighborhood Pickups, SUVs, Chevys, Fords, and
a few Hondas/Toyotas/Nissans. Just a handful of luxury autos in Sellwood.
What in the Recycle Bin? Wine bottles and a good variety of
beer to include everything from empty Bud cans to bottles of micro brews.
Schools Elementary school:
Llewellyn. Middle school:
Sellwood Middle School. High school:
Cleveland HS.
School Report Card Grades Elementary schools: A/B/ C. Middle
schools: B/C. High school: B. Click
here for report card details.
Home Styles Single family detached homes - most were built
prior to WWII. If you're handy and/or creative, you can find many
small fixers in Sellwood-Moreland. Any homes built in the 50s-60s are ranch
style. It also has a few condos along the river. Sellwood Lofts with
16 units was built in 2001 and is located on 13th Avenue.
55Sellwood-Moreland 2007 Home Prices
Average price for homes sold in the Sellwood-Moreland
neighborhood in 2007: $373,620.
Median price for homes sold in the Sellwood-Moreland
neighborhood in 2007: $354,800.
2007 price appreciation in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood:
7%.
5-year price appreciation in the Sellwood-Moreland
neighborhood: 52%.
2007 metro area home prices:
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