hoodturkey

In late 2008 I began recording the location-based memories of Portlanders, and weaving them into free, interactive audio tours.

The results are over eight hours of memories. It was a lot of work, but I had help along the way and I want to thank the wonderful people who helped me:

Johnny Toadvine, Karl Hugo, Mia Armstrong, and Nancy Wong, JD Harman, Lena Munday, and of course all my friends and family that put up with my kvetching.

I also want to thank the musicians who graciously lent their music to the project. These are musicians I specifically sought out for this project, and their generosity is a testament to the strength of Portland’s creative community.
These artists include:

Starfucker, Menomena, the Blow, Talkdemonic, YACHT, The Shaky Hands, A Weather, Parenthetical Girls, Dragging an Ox Through Water, Copy, Living Proof, Ah Holly Family, Laura Gibson, Ethan Rose, Y La Bamba, Holcombe Waller, the Blue Horns, Grouper, Root Beer and French Fry, Shelby Sifers, The Old Believers, Death Songs, Sexton Blake, Southerly, Saw Whet, Loch Lamond, Portland Cello Project, The Morals, and more.

Most of all, I want to thank the brave people who sat down with me to share their stories. It was a blessing to hear so many different people’s stories: wealthy and homeless, black and white, young and old.

I encourage you to take part in interviewing (listening to) somebody. Through the act of listening, we offer ourselves an opportunity to witness the many unifying characteristics of our shared humanity. It might sound cheesy, but it’s a pretty amazing and powerful thing. Seriamente.

The Neighborhood Diaries project will continue. To anonymously donate a memory yourself, please e-mail me at hoodturkey@gmail.com.

To download all of the audio tours, search for hoodturkey in the store.

Maps

Postcard Map

Google Map

Listen to the Tours

To download all of the audio tours, including tours enhanced for the iPod, search for hoodturkey in the store.

Download the King Neighborhood Memorias Solamente Tour

(Enhanced for iPod version available for free in the store)

Download the King Neighborhood Mix Tape Tour

(Enhanced for iPod version available for free in the store)

Howdy

My name is Abraham Ingle. I like to spend my spare time working on projects, almost all of which involve working with the public. I also enjoy trying on hats in Mexican hotel rooms. For more about me, click here.

Neighborhood Diaries is supported in part by RACC

and by generous folks like you

This memory took place at Dawson Park in Portland, OR

This memory took place at Cleo’s at 3041 N Williams in Portland, OR

This memory took place on the corner of N Monroe and N Williams in Portland, OR.

This memory took place near N Cook and N Williams, in Portland, OR

This memory took place on N Kirby and N Failing in Portland, OR

This memory comes courtesy of Boise Voices

This memory took place on the corner of N Haight Ave & N Beech St

This memory comes courtesy of Boise Voices

This memory took place on the corner of N Gattenbein & N Beech St in Portland, OR

This memory comes courtesy of Boise Voices

This memory took place near the corner of NE Fremont St. and N Williams Ave. in Portland, OR.

Audio edited by Johnny Toadvine.

This memory took place near the corner of Commercial and NE Failing St. in Portland, OR.

This memory took place on the corner of Fremont and N Vancouver Ave. in Portland, OR.

Audio edited by Johnny Toadvine.

This memory took place at the now-defunct Fremont Market on Vancouver Ave. in Portland, OR.

Audio edited by Johnny Toadvine.

This memory took place at Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church in Portland, OR, 3138 N Vancouver Avenue.

This memory takes place on Williams Ave. and Russell St. in Portland, OR.

This memory took place on N Cook and Vancouver Ave.  in Portland, OR.

Audio edited by Johnny Toadvine.

Ice Cream Parlor

This memory took place at the corner of Ivy and N Williams St. in Portland, OR.

Audio edited by Johnny Toadvine.

This memory took place near the corner of N Missouri Ave & N Shaver St

This memory took place on the corner of N Vancouver & N Beech St in Portland, OR

This memory comes courtesy of Boise Voices

This memory took place near N Fargo on N Vancouver Ave.  in Portland, OR. The site is currently home to the Red Cross.

Audio edited by Johnny Toadvine.