South Tabor is a neighborhood in southeastern
Portland
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,
Oregon
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in the
United States
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. The neighborhood is bounded by SE Division, Powell, 52nd, and
82nd Avenues. Its neighborhood association is a member of the Southeast Uplift coalition, which serves as its link to Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement.
South Tabor is named for its proximity to
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee.
In the Hebrew Bible (Book of Joshua, Joshua, Book of Judges, Judges), Mount Tabor is the sit ...
, an extinct volcano and one of Portland's more popular parks.
South Tabor is largely residential; all of the neighborhood's businesses are situated on the streets that form its boundaries.
South Tabor is currently occupying the land of the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR) consists of twenty-seven Native American tribes with long historical ties to present-day western Oregon between the western boundary of the Oregon Coast and the eastern boundar ...
.
Two of Portland's three most dangerous intersections are at the easternmost corners of the neighborhood: SE Powell and 82nd, and SE Division and 82nd.
Franklin High School, Atkinson Elementary, Kellogg Middle School (currently closed), St. Mark's Lutheran Church, and Trinity Fellowship Church are in South Tabor. South Tabor is also home to a gathering place built by the City Repair Project, a local nonprofit organization, which includes a
cob pizza oven and community bulletin board. There is also a
meditation labyrinth in a private yard, but often open free of charge to the general public.
The eastern portion of the neighborhood includes the
Jade District commercial and cultural center.
References
External links
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Guide to South Tabor Neighborhood(PortlandNeighborhood.com)
South Tabor Street Tree Inventory Report
{{Portland neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon