Michael

new book, this one on the site selection process for Memorial Coliseum, due out this spring

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I’ve reviewed proofs and the book is headed to the printer! Building Portland’s Memorial Coliseum: a Mid-Century Political Firestorm is due out to the public in April.

Cover sneak peak coming next month…

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thats all, folks!

back to the publisher it goes, see you in April

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copy edits are in, I’m working on it wall-to-wall this weekend so we can get it out in the world in April

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North America shown with cities from Europe and North Africa at the same latitude

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Memorial Coliseum. Jan 4, 2026.

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@greenitcolor @Adam_Susman @NCAASoccer @PortlandMSOC go Furman! :)

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nine months ago as we started editing my book on Memorial Coliseum. it’ll be out four months from now…

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Building Portland’s Memorial Coliseum: a Mid-Century Political Firestorm will be published by @ArcadiaPub April 14, 2026!
Can’t wait to have this out in the world. I’ve been working on it since January 2014!

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it’s official, Building Portland’s Memorial Coliseum: a Mid-Century Political Firestorm is in the production schedule at @ArcadiaPub! don’t have a specific date yet but expecting spring 2026. stay tuned

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ten years ago today, October 16, 2015

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70 years ago today Portland’s Exposition-Recreation Commission selected Delta Park as the site for what we now know as Memorial Coliseum. My book on the site selection process will be out in the spring. Until then, here’s a primer I wrote back in 2017.

https://t.co/e8iMhVDCBF

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used to go here a lot, and watched some 2014 World Cup games upstairs

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Located at 1000 SW Morrison, Mayas Taquería first opened by owned Danny Cardoso on August 4, 1986. Cardoso first started selling his food out of a converted flower cart downtown before opening of the first Mexican-owned taquerias in Portland. Portland City Archives, AP/102713

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never know what you’ll find at an archive

this is from a city councilman’s house party in 1953

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@hikatie I’m interested in the idea that 10% absolutely needed them

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still diggin

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yesterday was a process out loud day. today is a writing day. tomorrow is a research day at the city archive. book is done, article is just getting started. this story is so interesting and lands on so many different levels.

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What could’ve been: Memorial Rosearena