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First place I lived - University Homes 

10/8/2016

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Parents lived in neighborhood called University Homes at 3724 N Houghton, apt 8. My mother said it was originally built for Kaiser shipyard workers during WWII. Number 6 on the map below had 2,005 units. After the war and with the influx of veterans taking advantage of the GI Bill at the University of Portland, the university acted as a broker with the landlord to use the "barrack" style apartments for married student housing. 
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Map source: "It Takes More Than Bullets, The World War II Homefront in Portland Oregon", page 12
For the Housing Authority of Portland Portland, Oregon Prepared by George Kramer, , Eugene December 2006 

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Marla
10/14/2016 05:43:44 am

Very interesting!

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