Burnside, a Community: A Photographic History of Portland's Skid Row

Published by Coast To Coast Books, Portland, Oregon. Photos by Kathleen Ryan; text by Mark Beach. (1979) Since its first dock was built in 1852, the Burnside/waterfront area has been a center of attention for Portland. For some, the neighborhood has proven a source of wealth, power, and status. For others it has been a symbol of vice, corruption, and racism. For still others - hundreds of thousands over the years - it has simply been home. Portlanders whose only image of the Old Town and Pearl neighborhoods have been recent will see the old Burnside and Skid Row areas that existed before the townhouses and boutiques. Photographs feature people who live and work there - from the down and out to Darcelle in his younger years. This book is getting pretty scarce.