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Portland's South Waterfront forges an identity
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Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR)
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July 8, 2008
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On the Fourth of July, Norm Whitlatch helped throw a party for a
couple hundred friends and neighbors.
Dubbed the South Waterfront Neighborhood BBQ and Potluck, it was
the second annual Independence Day get-together for South Waterfront
residents only, including soon-to-be residents of the Mirabella
apartments.
For Whitlatch and his wife, Judy, the party was a way to meet
neighbors and celebrate their new environs.
To the occasional visitor, the South Waterfront area can be a
confusing grid of one-way arterials, construction equipment spilling
onto narrow side streets and tall, uninviting condo towers. As
Gertrude Stein would say, there is no there there.
But for residents who have just ...
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