Providence Heights, SE

Tuesday I walked a hidden pocket of 50's transitional ranches and traditionals called Providence Heights. It's a 'perfectville' tract bordered by SE 47th & 50th and Stark/Burnside. The lawns are all perfectly manicured, the houses are mostly white clapboard and brick, and I swear this is the neighborhood Elizabeth Taylor would have moved into in the movie "Father of the Bride". It is brimming with mid-century modest perfectionism! Many of the houses are completely original, with vintage kitchens, knotty pine rumpus rooms with built in shuffleboards in the VCT flooring, period-perfect tiled baths. Ohh!

The tract is  actually called Providence Heights, and the neighborhood would be classified as North Tabor. The houses run the gamut between $330K and $550K, with the majority being in that mid-$300 range.

This is faux grass and looks good (feels funny).

Dolph Park, NE

Monday I walked one of NE Portland's poshest neighborhoods, Dolph Park, which is within the umbrella of Grant Park. Though the boundaries are a bit fuzzy, architecturally, the neighborhood seems to fit within NE 27th to 33rd, US Grant Place to NE Brazee. Outside this area, the houses are smaller but quite nice. So, I'm going by the toppers on the streetsigns that say Dolph Park, but according to Portland Maps the whole area is considered Grant Park. Confusing, huh?

Regardless, the tracts are Bowering, Fernwood, and Dolph Park (hence the term!). For the most part, these are huge houses, 3000-7000 square feet and running the gamut in price from $335-950,000. Stylistically, there are many tudors, english cottages, dutch colonials, foursquares, a few bungalows, and the most AMAZING glass brick and roman brick Art Moderne!

More pics of this Art Moderne at bottom of page!!