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Sunday, July 5, 2009

On the spot

Here's an interesting history project -- ferreting out American places in which important things took place, but which bear no memorial of those events. There are probably more than a handful of these in Portland and vicinity. As just one example, what's now in the spot where "Louie Louie" was recorded by the Kingsmen?

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No idea, but a safe bet would be a large, mixed use condo tower built with a public-private partnership...

Posted by RANZ | July 5, 2009 12:19 PM

Here's the home of "Louie Louie":

http://pdxbuildingads.blogspot.com/2009/03/louie-louie.html

Posted by Garage Wine | July 5, 2009 1:05 PM

They could add a subset of public restrooms around the country where certain notorious events have taken place.

Posted by none | July 5, 2009 4:50 PM

My dad's musical "claim to fame" was that his barbershop quartet from Wilson High School won 2nd place to some group called The Kingsmen in a local music/talent show back in the early '60s.

Posted by Joey | July 5, 2009 9:20 PM




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