Article: Maine's homeless, a snapshot ; Social workers fan out Wednesday night to count - and talk to- those without addresses.

Article: Homeless women get a city shelter to call their own Agency opens ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Preble Street and the city's Oxford Street shelter, social workers won't waste ... finding room to stretch at Oxford Street. "Space-wise, there is ... Portland, who slept at the Oxford Street Shelter earlier this week. Administrators ...

Article: Director wins wide praise ; Josh O'Brien has made Oxford ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  March 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... praise ; Josh O'Brien has made Oxford Street safer, residents say; other ... Story PORTLAND -- Outside the Oxford Street Shelter on a recent night, a crowd ... Brien began working at the Oxford Street Shelter in 2001, starting as a weekend ...

Article: Comment: Oxford Street - a punishing place to be ...
The Independent - London;  May 7, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... hours penned up in Oxford Circus and Oxford Street, I felt that this was a punishment ... forced to spend time in in London, Oxford Street is high up on the list, higher even ... mass protest against the existence of Oxford Street. That was when I had most sympathy ...

Article: 'Horrendous' Oxford Street is in decline, warns ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... strategy to transform "horrendous" Oxford Street. He has warned that the worldfamous ... to determine what is going wrong at Oxford Street," he told the London Assembly transport ... imagination at Westminster council on the Oxford Street issue." He added: "The environment ...

Article: Can anything save Oxford Street? The Mayor has ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  September 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... London wins every time. Then I think of Oxford Street and I wince. It's one of our best ... For a tawdry mile-and-a-half, Oxford Street throws up some of the worst London ... chaotic, shaming mess. Of course, Oxford Street's plight isn't new: for years ...

Article: Oxford Street's retail therapist
Evening Standard - London;  November 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... experienced trouble-shooter: clean up Oxford Street and re-establish it as a world ... council, Transport for London, and the Oxford Street, Bond Street and Regent Street Associations ... happen." Ms Robinson is keen to give Oxford Street a distinctive "brand" image. A dedicated ...

Article: Enemies unite to save a great British institution; (1) ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... thinks little of some of his rivals' Oxford Street operations. "Philip, how are you ... in 2003. "Roger, I was in your [Oxford Street] store yesterday," said Green ... the vital shopping lanes of central Oxford Street, lobbed precision-guided diamante ...