Woodlawn is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of
Portland, Oregon
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. It borders
Sunderland
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on the north,
Concordia on the east,
King
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and
Vernon on the south, and
Piedmont
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on the west.
Most residents of Woodlawn are members of minority groups; in the
2000 census, 43.0% of residents identified themselves as
African-American
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, 35.0% as
white
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, 8.5% as
Hispanic
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, and 10.1% other categories.
Like other neighborhoods in the NE quadrant of Portland, Woodlawn is undergoing a period of
gentrification
Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more Wealth, affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment. There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. In public discourse, it has ...
. For example, on the 12th avenue block between Ainsworth and Holman streets, 15 houses are owner-occupied while 5 are tenant-occupied.
Most homes in Woodlawn are working-class style, small bungalows, unlike the neighboring King and Piedmont neighborhoods.
References
External links
GoWoodlawn!Woodlawn Neighborhood Blog
(PortlandNeighborhood.com)
Remembering Woodlawn- Book Review at Portland Tribune
Woodlawn Street Tree Inventory Report
Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon
Northeast Portland, Oregon
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