Joe Brown’s Carmel Corn has been a steadfast Lloyd Center presence despite the mall’s changing fortunes. A new location on MLK Boulevard marks an expansion, not a relocation, of the sweets purveyor that first opened in 1932 and has been in continuous operation since 1960.
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Black business owners fight to restore culture in Portland s historic Albina neighborhood
Albina was once hub for African Americans until gentrification
and last updated 2021-02-27 22:00:14-05
PORTLAND, Ore. â When buildings no longer tell the story of a neighborhood, we hold onto the photographs left behind. Yet, the real history lives on in the stories behind these pictures.
âI have vivid memories just right down the street here,â said Sharon Maxwell, pointing at an empty lot behind her, reminiscing on her childhood neighborhood.
The lot was once home to stores, businesses and family dwellings.
âEverything was just sort of like a roaring 20s, but in the 80s and in the 70s,â she said.