WHAT'S NEXT - Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

"We can all talkabout what’swrong. A lot ofpeople wantto ftx what’swrong."DAN RYAN, ALL HANDS RAISEDThis demure downtowncafØ has beenthe place to talkdevelopment andpolitical strategysince it first served(pre-buzzword)local and organicchow threedecades ago.Oregon Public Broadcasting’s bosslands the last great news/loin.SIGNATURE MOVE: When Bass movedThe 7a.m. openingmeans even thedeadline-drivenpollsters from gofromNashville six years ago, he viewedOPB as gravy atop its audience’s newsdiet. Then recession and digital battertofirm Davis, Hib- ing sent traditional print and broadcastbits and Midghall powerhouses into full retreat. ’1 take no(headquarteredJ oy in what’s happened to journalism,"next door) cansqueeze in a morn-Bass says, "but our total number of doingmeet-and-eat. nors increased during the recession.""I do power meet- WHAT’S NEXT: With a 1.5-millioningsthere becausestrong following, three new bureaus, andone of my mentorseight new reporting hirescontrastingdid power breakfaststhere," says with shrinking staffs at the Oregonianenvironmental and and elsewhereBass plans to crossprogressiveadvo- pollinate radio, TV, web, and mobilecate Gerik Kransky."I thought, well,devices. Meanwhile, he’ll fight for enthismust be the dangered federal funding: "Losing itplace to see and would cause havoc with our ability tobe seen." serve the state." (ZD)Kransky swears bythe oyster hash.above some lefty flame-throwing (checkout his speech to Occupy Portland onYouTube) but knows practical politics."We make sore everyone’s on the samepage," he says. "When I staff a campaignphone hank, I fill it with nurses, steelworkers,and public employees."WHAT’S NEXT: The three leading Portlandmayoral candidates staged a debateto court union backing last fall. So far, laborhasn’t picked a favorite. Meanwhile,Chamberlain stresses other priorities:"Between West Hayden Islandthe lastplace for a deepwater port in Portlandand Columbia River Crossing," he says,"our economic future is at stake." ( ZD)SteveBass HRczhp710 HGreen Building Services’ pI’i17C/prllmakes sustai jablity a hot ax/Jul i.SIGNATURE MOVE: DiNola’s initial gigwith GBS was the Pearl District’s JeanVollum Natural Capital Center, the firstLEED Gold historic restoration job inDEFINING THE DECADESPi:t, f/Dill i Mf" players Of the pai I BY CARL ABBOTT19005- A statueatop MountTabor pays tribute toScott’s five-decade reignas editor of the Oregoni3l7.A conservative Republican,he promoted theOregon Historical Societyand the Lewis and ClarkExposition of 1906 whileopposing "radical" causeslike women’s suffrage andpublic high schools.1910sGIAWMHMO iI ’’J A glad-hand-ing theaterimpresario, Baker led anadministration markedby police crackdownson unions and socialistsand flirtation with the KuKlux Klan, smotheringprogressive politics forehalf-century. Businessmindedvoters on thenew east side gave him a16-year run as mayor.1920sFiHNEtIJII. MAcNAIIIiHIIIMAs Reedpresident from 1948 to1952, he rescued thecollege from financialinstability. But ’20s-eraPortlanders knew him asa real estate manager,banker, and civic leaderwho championed modernoffice blocks and affordablehoLising.1930siJ I/dli(i.lflH- Not exactlya Portlander. But the NewDeal stamped the cityand region like nothingbefore or since. Cheapelectricity from Bonnevilleand Grand Coulee damsdragged the PacificNorthwest into the 20thcentLiry. No New Dealdarns. No Silicon Forest,or 000gle and Fecebookdata centers.1940sIll/i101IndustrialistHenry J.Kaiser sent son Edgar torun huge shipyards inPortland and Vancouver,which rolled out hundredsof ships during World WarII. Edgar bypassed localofficials to build theVanport housing project.The racially diverse crewsthe shipyards attractedchanged Portland’s socialmix forever. He alsoimported "master builder"Robert Moses to give thecity its first freeway plan.I , I0U111iJVlNNI layIn ’SOsPortland,gambling racketeers andcorrupt Teamsters ran thecity with payoffs to policeand officials. As chiefcounsel for the US Senate’smuckracking McClellancommittee, Kennedyturned the national spotlighton Portland, upendinga conservative, corruptcity, and ushering in a new,progressive era.1960sIWAM- Cofounderof Tektronix,Vollum built a tiny radiolab into a huge electronicinstruments company,the first sapling of theSilicon Forest.18 Mllyfll:IIMI lI\Il IAs the firstdirector of1,000 Friends of Oregon,Richmond hammeredOregon cities and countiesto create a tighturban growth boundary,an energized city center,and suburbs that can’tzone away the poor.a :J1980sThe citywas alreadylionie to fine writers likeWilliam Stafford andUrsula K. Le GLHn. But withDrugstore Cowboy 119891and My Own Private Idaho(1991), writer-director VanSant made Portland a starof edgy mass culturestatus the city probablywouldn’t have achievedwithout him.In 18 yearsas president,Kohler transformedOregon Health S ScienceUniversity from amidsize rued school to abiomedical powerhouse.He doubled OHSU’s employmentand septupledresearch dollars. Upon retirementin 2008, he leftthe University financiallyoverextended but amongthe top 20 med schoolsranked by the NationalInstitutes of Health.-2000sIll ’r orThis daughterof Menshevikrefugees shapedPortland’s progressivepolitics, first in 20 yearsin the legislature )includingsix years as Speakerof the House), then in 12years as mayor. In herpush for signature urbanistpolicies, Katz earned abronze effigy overlookingthe Eastbank Esplanade.2010sII 11011/Flhmmmmmmill!- Brownsteincertified Portland’scoolness when her bandSleater-Kinney chose thecity as its base. A decadelater, her TV satire )seepage 93) simultaneouslymocks and mines ourcreativity, while pinningPortland quirkiness in thenation’s mind likes specimenbutterfly.Portland State Universityprofessor CarlAbbottsnewbookis Portland inThree Centuries,PORTLANOMONTHLYMAG.COM I JAN 2012 1 53