Albina: Phantom Intersection of Stanton and Mississippi

Under I-5 at the former intersection of N Stanton St and N Mississippi Ave in Portland, identifiable by the orange fire hydrant on the corner curb. May 20, 2016. One of the aspects about Portland that fascinated me back in the day was that it obviously had not been devastated by the building of freeways to the degree many cities had been in the post-war years. Here the freeways were built leveraging natural geography in a way that spared much of the city center, including downtown Portland, from the devastation that rendered other city centers across the nation dead districts for a generation. Albina is one district of Portland that did not escape this fate.  These few blocks, down the flank of the hill from the current Emmanuel Hospital, was sacrificed completely for the freeways.  Today this is city-owned property used for temporary vehicle storage and waste materials collection.