The mall, circa-1962. It was named due to its status as an "East Portland" shopping complex. The original facility housed forty stores and services, with its anchor being PDX-based Lipman & Wolfe (a.k.a. Lipman's). Free parking was provided for 2,500 autos.
EASTPORT PLAZA TENANTS 1962:
EASTPORT PLAZA TENANTS 1962:
LIPMAN & WOLFE (with The Tea Room Restaurant and Beauty Salon ) / J.C. PENNEY / J.J. NEWBERRY (with Holland House Cafeteria & Coffee Shop) / TRADEWELL FOODS supermarket (outparcel) / ALBERTSONS supermarket (outparcel) / Beauty Chateau Salon / Columbian Optical / Comar's Shoes / Eastport Plaza Barber Shop / Eastport Plaza Beauty Shop / Equitable Savings & Loan / Fabric House / Firestone Car Care (outparcel) / Gallenkamp Shoes / Granning & Treece / Hol-N-One Donuts / Hy-Tone Cleaners / Karmelkorn / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / Lerner Shops / Mario Bisio men's wear / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Nordstrom's Shoes / Pay 'n Save Drug (with luncheonette) / Plaza Restaurant / S & H Green Stamps Redemption Center / Sleep Shop / Toy World / Turner Insurance / US National Bank (outparcel) / W.P. Fuller Company / Weisfield's
A vintage view of the EASTPORT PLAZA concourse. The mall's 2-level (dry-goods-only) J.C. Penney is seen on the right.
Photo from http://eastportplaza.blogspot.com / Jeff
Photo from http://eastportplaza.blogspot.com / Jeff
A J.J. Newberry 5 & 10 was a junior anchor at the original complex.
Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960
Holland House Cafeteria & Coffee Shop was an extension of the Newberrys store.
Photo from J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1960
The storefront of Aden & Josi, a popular men's wear retailer.
Photo from the JB Photo Archives