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Kerns
Kerns
Neighborhood
	Kerns
	Coordinates: 45°31′35″N 122°38′38″W / 45.5265°N 122.64393°WPDF map
Country	United States
State	Oregon
City	Portland
Government
• Association	Kerns Neighborhood Association
• Coalition	Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Area
• Total	0.83 sq mi (2.14 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	5,095
• Density	6,200/sq mi (2,400/km2)
Housing
• No. of households	2915
• Occupancy rate	94% occupied
• Owner-occupied	557 households (19%)
• Renting	2358 households (81%)
• Avg. household size	1.75 persons

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Kerns is a neighborhood in the inner Northeast and Southeast sections of Portland, Oregon. It borders the Lloyd District and Sullivan's Gulch on the north, Laurelhurst on the east, Buckman and Sunnyside on the south, and (across the Willamette River) Old Town Chinatown on the west.

The Kerns neighborhood dates back to the 1850s when the area’s first homesteader, William Kerns, wielded axes and saws to clear his 320-acre Donation Land Claim. Kerns earned a living making and selling wood shingles and shakes. By 1855, Kerns was elected by the local school district as its school director, and he led the effort to purchase land for Washington High School.

Kerns has a healthy mixture of commercial buildings, condos, rental housing, and single family residences. It's streets are characterized by many trees and comfortable sidewalks. Sandy Boulevard, which follows a path that was used by Native Americans to travel from the Willamette River to the Sandy River, is a main thoroughfare in the neighborhood. Transportation to and from the neighborhood is easy by foot, bike, bus or car.

According to the 2014 Kerns Neighborhood Street Tree Inventory, the neighborhood has 3,140 trees representing 91 different types. Parks in Kerns include Everett Community Garden (1988), Buckman Field (1920), and Oregon Park (1940).

28th Avenue's popular restaurant scene brings a great deal of business into the neighborhood. Tabla, Pambiche Cocina and Repostería Cubana, and Navarre are just a few of the notable restaurants which operate on this street. Screen Door, a restaurant which has been featured on the Food Channel and consistently has long waits for a table, is located on East Burnside and 23rd in the Kerns neighborhood.

The neighborhood hosts the art-deco Laurelhurst Theater, the Bond Organ Builders, which makes and refurbishes real pipe organs, and the Oregon Children's Theatre, which houses its Box Office, YP Studio Theater & Classes at 1939 NE Sandy Blvd.

For many years, Sunshine Dairy, founded by Greek restaurateur John Karamanos in the mid-1930s, was located in the Kerns neighborhood on NE 21st Avenue and Oregon Streets.^[2] Sunshine Dairy ran its sales and marketing out of the Fire Alarm Dispatch (FAD) building, which, in 1928 was constructed solely for use as a communications headquarters at NE 21st and Pacific Avenue.^[3]. In May 2018, Sunshine Dairy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, closing their historic location after 83 years of dairy production.

Starting in the 1960s, Pepsi Beverages Company operated a bottling and distribution facility on a 4.7-acre Northeast Portland tract on 2505 Northeast Pacific Street, but this location closed in the mid 2010's and was purchased by a developer in 2017. Coca Cola still operates a bottling and distribution facility on 2710 NE Davis St and prior to this use the building was used as a school.

Portland Public Schools include Benson Polytechnic High School and da Vinci Arts Middle School. Pacific Crest Community School also resides within the neighborhood.

References

^ ^a ^b Demographics (2000)
^ Paraskevas, Cornelia. "Greek Community in Oregon". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
^ "Firefighting in Portland Through the Years "Cool Equipment for Hot Emergencies"". City of Portland website. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

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[pmaps-1] Demographics (2000)

[2] Paraskevas, Cornelia. "Greek Community in Oregon". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

[3] "Firefighting in Portland Through the Years "Cool Equipment for Hot Emergencies"". City of Portland website. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

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 '''Kerns''' is a neighborhood in the inner Northeast and Southeast sections of [[Portland, Oregon]].  It borders the [[Lloyd District, Portland, Oregon|Lloyd District]] and [[Sullivan's Gulch, Portland, Oregon|Sullivan's Gulch]] on the north, [[Laurelhurst, Portland, Oregon|Laurelhurst]] on the east, [[Buckman, Portland, Oregon|Buckman]] and [[Sunnyside, Portland, Oregon|Sunnyside]] on the south, and (across the [[Willamette River]]) [[Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon|Old Town Chinatown]] on the west.
-{{stack|[[File:Fire Alarm Telegraph building in Portland, OR.png|300px|thumb|Fire Alarm Telegraph building in the Kerns neighborhood of Portland]]}}
-The Kerns neighborhood dates back to the 1850s when the area’s first homesteader, William Kerns, wielded axes and saws to clear his 320-acre Donation Land Claim.  Kerns earned a living making wood shingles and shakes, which he sold. It has been recorded that Kerns could “hew a sill or beam with the greatest precision and with amazing speed.” By 1855, Kerns was elected by the local school district as its school director, and he led the effort to purchase land for Washington High School.
+The Kerns neighborhood dates back to the 1850s when the area’s first homesteader, William Kerns, wielded axes and saws to clear his 320-acre Donation Land Claim.  Kerns earned a living making and selling wood shingles and shakes. By 1855, Kerns was elected by the local school district as its school director, and he led the effort to purchase land for Washington High School.
-Running right through the middle of Kerns is Sandy Boulevard, which actually follows a path that was used by Native Americans to travel from the Willamette River to the Sandy River. Sandy Boulevard continues to be one of the main thoroughfares funneling traffic into and out of the city’s core.
+Kerns has a healthy mixture of commercial buildings, condos, rental housing, and single family residences.  It's streets are characterized by many trees and comfortable sidewalks.  Sandy Boulevard, which follows a path that was used by Native Americans to travel from the [[Willamette River]] to the [[Sandy River]], is a main thoroughfare in the neighborhood.  Transportation to and from the neighborhood is easy by foot, bike, bus or car.
+According to the 2014 Kerns Neighborhood Street Tree Inventory, the neighborhood has 3,140 trees representing 91 different types.  Parks in Kerns include Everett Community Garden (1988), Buckman Field (1920), and [[Oregon Park]] (1940).
-Kerns is noted for its mixture of commercial buildings, condos, rental housing, and single family residences. But there are still plenty of trees in Kerns. According to the 2014 Kerns Neighborhood Street Tree Inventory, the neighborhood has 3,140 trees representing 91 different types.
+th Avenue's popular restaurant scene brings a great deal of business into the neighborhood. Tabla, [[Pambiche Cocina and Repostería Cubana]], and Navarre are just a few of the notable restaurants which operate on this street. Screen Door, a restaurant which has been featured on the Food Channel and consistently has long waits for a table, is located on East Burnside and 23rd in the Kerns neighborhood.
-Parks in Kerns include Everett Community Garden (1988), Buckman Field (1920), and [[Oregon Park]] (1940).
+The neighborhood hosts the art-deco [[Laurelhurst Theater]], the Bond Organ Builders, which makes and refurbishes real pipe organs, and the [[Oregon Children's Theatre]], which houses its Box Office, YP Studio Theater & Classes at 1939 NE Sandy Blvd.
-th Avenue's popular restaurant scene brings a great deal of business into the neighborhood. Tabla, [[Pambiche Cocina and Repostería Cubana]], and Navarre are three of the notable restaurants which operate on this street. Screen Door, a restaurant which has been featured on the Food Channel and consistently has long waits for a table, is located on East Burnside and 23rd in the Kerns neighborhood.
-The neighborhood is also hosts the art-deco [[Laurelhurst Theater]], the Bond Organ Builders, which makes and refurbishes real pipe organs, and the [[Oregon Children's Theatre]], which houses its Box Office, YP Studio Theater & Classes at 1939 NE Sandy Blvd.
 For many years, [[Sunshine Dairy]], founded by Greek restaurateur John Karamanos in the mid-1930s, was located in the Kerns neighborhood on NE 21st Avenue and Oregon Streets.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Paraskevas|first1=Cornelia|title=Greek Community in Oregon|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/greek_community_in_oregon/#.VjJGOcsQ9BQ|website=[[The Oregon Encyclopedia]]|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref> Sunshine Dairy ran its sales and marketing out of the Fire Alarm Dispatch (FAD)  building, which, in 1928 was constructed solely for use as a communications headquarters at NE 21st and Pacific Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Firefighting in Portland Through the Years "Cool Equipment for Hot Emergencies"|url=https://www.portlandoregon.gov/fire/article/384861|website=City of Portland website|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref>.  In May 2018, Sunshine Dairy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, closing their historic location after 83 years of dairy production.
+{{stack|[[File:Fire Alarm Telegraph building in Portland, OR.png|300px|thumb|Fire Alarm Telegraph building in the Kerns neighborhood of Portland]]}}
-[[Pepsi Beverages Company]] operated a bottling and distribution facility on a 4.7-acre Northeast Portland tract on 2505 Northeast Pacific Street since the 1960s, but this location closed in the mid 2010's and was purchased by a developer in 2017.  [[Coca Cola]] still operates a bottling and distribution facility on 2710 NE Davis St and prior to this use, this building was used as a school.
+Starting in the 1960s, [[Pepsi Beverages Company]] operated a bottling and distribution facility on a 4.7-acre Northeast Portland tract on 2505 Northeast Pacific Street, but this location closed in the mid 2010's and was purchased by a developer in 2017.  [[Coca Cola]] still operates a bottling and distribution facility on 2710 NE Davis St and prior to this use the building was used as a school.
 [[Portland Public Schools (Oregon)|Portland Public Schools]] include [[Benson Polytechnic High School]] and [[da Vinci Arts Middle School]]. [[Pacific Crest Community School]] also resides within the neighborhood.