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Fewer car lanes and broader streets encourage pedestrians in the Kenton neighborhood.

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With the nearby Lents urban renewal area extending all the way down Foster Road to SE 49th Ave, the stalwart blue-collar neighborhood of Foster-Powell is already spiffing up with early adopters like Bar Carlo.

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Along with a lively mix of storefronts and thriving neighborhood businesses, the Foster-Powell neighborhood is quickly gaining tree plantings and open spaces.

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Though it may seem like an outpost, in reality Foster is only 10 minutes away from Hawthorne and 20 minutes from downtown.

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The up-and-coming Boise neighborhood is walkable and full of cute houses.

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With an influx of cash from the Portland Development Commission, merchants began settling along N Mississippi Avenue during the 1980s.

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An ever-burgeoning collection of independent businesses is a hallmark of the Boise neighborhood.

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Slide Show: Up-and-Comers

Posted Mar 16, 2010, 12:00pm

Kenton Some would say that Kenton isn’t as much of an up-and-comer as it is a neighborhood that’s already arrived. And with the bevy of new businesses that have sprung up along N Denver Avenue—the NoPo hood’s commercial hub—in the past year or so, it’s hard to argue. Posie’s Café, the Black Door Gallery, and Queens Mab clothing boutique—to name just a few—now stand in the shadow of the area’s iconic Paul Bunyan statue alongside culinary anchors like Ke...

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