South Tabor 1, SE

As we're having unusually nice weather in Portland as of late, I've been able to take some big chunks out of South Tabor in the last two days. Monday I walked  71st to 64th from Woodward to Powell (however I avoided Crater View Addition - the pocket of cool ranches, as I will make that a post of it's own at a later date) and today I hit 63rd to 53rd. And now, I'm sorta tired!

In terms of architectural make-up (not socio economic), these neighborhoods are very pockety, in fact, on Brooklyn from 71st to 67th the Averill Tract is made up of large turn-of-the-century homes on huge lots. Very impressive and if you're always driving up Woodward as the main thoroughfare, you'd never know they were there.  Speaking of pockety, the entire area from 71st to 53rd is a mish mash of all sorts of homes, mostly from the 30's, 40's and 50's, with the occasional large lot with a 19-teens craftsman styled bungalow thrown in for good measure. Actually, quite the opposite, it's obvious that there was a lot of war era infill and small tracts by specific builders offering a few styles of similar homes block by block.  There are some very sweet blocks,  tree lined blocks, quaint mid-century blocks, and some blocks that could use some love, but overall it's an attractive middle-income neighborhood.  

The 6 month sold prices are between $325K and $114K. The tracts include (but aren't limited to) Averill, Clocks Addition, Chula Vista, East Creston, Lamanda Park, Bonne Homes, Wakefield, Frasers Addition, Valoy, etc.

Ye Olde Shoppe

*FIND the DAY* (except I knew it was there!)

Wilshire/Concordia, NE

On this day I started at NE Webster and 40th (Concordia Nbhd) and walked South to Prescott, and all the way West to 33rd (Wilshire.  This is such a cute neighborhood, and incorporates the coveted block of Ken Birkemeier mid-century ranchelows with their off-set rooflines and roman brick facades, and knotty pine interiors (NE 38th Culdesac/NE Alberta Ct), and is so one of my favorite areas to tour clients through. It's "Period-Perfect" in a pre/post war kind of way. The streets are tree lined and have that classic Portland feel.  The houses in these blocks are mostly 40's era salt boxes, capecods, bungalows, english cottage and transitional ranches, with a few 50's mid-mods,  a sprinkling of 30's tudors and the occasional earlier foursquare/arts & crafts bungalow. The tracts are: Willamette Addition, Going St Addition, and Section 24 (the Birkemeiers).

It has a walkscore of 72 and convenient access to all the fun places on NE 42nd, Killingsworth, and Alberta.  The 6mos sales prices run from $255 to $405K, with really short 'days on market', most at 15 days or less - a really great place to buy or sell, and especially live!

A Birkemeier, separate from the rest.

The start of the Birkemeiers, in the 38th Culdesac.

One of my favorite Birkemeiers as taken from 38th.

This might have been the find of the day, love the curve!