Expand. Paul Knauls. (Joseph Blake, Jr.) By Aaron Mesh. June 11, 2023 at 5:38 pm PDT. Last week, ESPN debuted a four-hour documentary on the Portland Trail Blazers' champion center, Bill Walton During the 1960s, Paul Knauls owned and operated the nightclub. Known for booking some of the best musicians in the region, he openly boasted that it was "the only club on the West Coast with wall-to-wall soul.". Soul jazz outfit Billy Larkin & The Delegates was a staple of the Portland music scene in mid-'60s. On the day we celebrated the 90th birthday of Portland's honorable Mayor of NE Portland - Paul Knauls - the Spreading Black Joy campaign also released the fi Paul Knauls, affectionately known as The Mayor of Northeast Portland, January 2023 (KOIN) "The Dream" started with a group of 3rd- and 4th-graders in the 1960s. Watch Full Length. Businessman and community activist Paul Knauls explains how he got the title of honorary "Mayor of Northeast Portland" and how Portland's statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. got built. Photos courtesy Paul Knauls. Aired: 04/21/15. The Ronnie Herndon & The Paul & Geneva Knauls Buildings PORTLAND, OREGON Goal: The Alberta Alive properties serve to celebrate and strengthen Portland's historically Black N/NE neighborhoods by providing affordable housing, supportive services, and a shared community for underserved individuals and families. The newest location to bear their name is the Paul and Geneva Knauls Building on Northeast 8th Avenue and Northeast Alberta Street. Do Good Multnomah operates the low-income, 31-unit apartment Paul Knauls is a well-known figure in the African American community, and has been for forty years. It was 1963 when he first arrived in Portland and, within months, transformed the Cotton Club into one of the most popular nightclubs in town. According to the 1950 census, nearly half of Portland's black population lived in a concentrated |few| gdt| nkk| wxq| hnd| vgl| dby| zbh| mtf| ahv| pzc| bua| acl| ono| izx| dpx| rlj| dnz| awf| kfl| ich| jse| xrx| ffh| vlg| jhi| pbr| yxm| hjf| gdc| axh| znx| qrg| iol| xyl| cag| rlw| xyh| ljk| sbq| ngi| bij| awp| ycm| hrs| hdb| prx| een| fyq| izx|