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28-457: In the early 1980s an effort was started to build a Chinese garden in Portland, and in 1988 Suzhou and Portland became sister cities. Portland mayor Vera Katz continued those efforts in the 1990s and assisted in the non-profit group that operates the garden in finding a site for a garden. The garden was designed by Kuang Zhen and built by 65 artisans from Suzhou on land donated by NW Natural on

56-527: A 99-year lease ; groundbreaking occurred in July 1999, and construction was completed 14 months later at a cost of about $ 12.8 million. 500 tons of rock, including Chinese scholar's rocks from Lake Tai ( Taihu stone ), were brought from China and used in the garden. The garden's grand opening was on September 14, 2000. The construction of the central lake has created problems at times, such as leakage and one case of three visitors fallen into it. In 2010, to mark

84-413: A "very successful" night school program was started at the first purpose-built building at SW 14th and Morrison. The school was renamed Lincoln High School in 1909, and moved to the 45-room South Park Blocks location (now known as Lincoln Hall ) when construction was completed in 1912. The building occupies the block bounded by Market & Mill Streets and Park & Broadway. (After the 1912 move,

112-844: A 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) river walk 30 feet above the Willamette River which runs from the Hawthorne Bridge to the Steel Bridge and is part of the Portland Parks system. The Esplanade, construction of which was completed in May 2001, was named for Katz in November 2004 in honor of her civic achievement. A bronze statue of Katz by sculptor Bill Bane was added to the project in 2006. Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) Lincoln High School ( LHS )

140-634: A platform that included reducing crime rates. She won the election and served three terms, from January 1993 until January 2005, winning re-election in 1996 and 2000. During her first term, Mayor Katz endorsed the Yellow Bike Project , which drew national attention to Portland's artistic and bike-friendly civic engagement culture. In 2004, she did not run for re-election and Tom Potter was elected as mayor in November 2004, assuming office in January 2005. During her administration, Katz pursued

168-454: A policy of revitalization of the city's neighborhoods. Katz fought off the early stages of breast cancer in early 2000, with surgery and radiation treatment. Katz was subsequently diagnosed with a rare form of uterine cancer called adenosarcoma in June 2004, following a hysterectomy . While her cancer was beaten, treatment of her uterine cancer damaged Katz's kidneys and she subsequently

196-532: A waiter and artist. They moved to Portland, Oregon , in 1962 after selecting Portland from a list that included Seattle, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. After they moved, she gave birth to a son, Jesse. Jesse went on to graduate from Lincoln High School in 1981 and became a journalist in Los Angeles ; his memoir, The Opposite Field , was published in October 2009. Katz became involved in politics in

224-603: Is a public high school located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon , United States. It was established in 1869 as Portland High School. Its attendance boundary includes Downtown Portland , Goose Hollow , Northwest Portland , and a part of West Haven-Sylvan . In the 2017–2018 school year, Lincoln High School's student population consisted of 71.1% White, 10.4% Asian, 8.3% Hispanic, 1.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 8.4% mixed race. About 91% of its students live within

252-658: The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, settling in Germany. As Jewish Mensheviks , the family, including Vera's elder sister, Senaida ("Zena"; born March 5, 1925), fled for France when Vera was two months old as Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power. Once World War II began and Hitler invaded France, the family of four fled over the Pyrenees Mountains to Spain on foot. After a time

280-573: The Start Making A Reader Today literacy program in the Portland area. In her final job, which she began in 2008, Katz worked as a lobbyist for the public relations firm Gallatin Public Affairs . Despite limited mobility in her declining years, Katz would remain with the firm until her retirement in 2012. Katz died peacefully in her sleep around 4 am on December 11, 2017, in Portland one week after being diagnosed with leukemia . She

308-634: The 10-year anniversary of the garden, the garden was renamed to Lan Su Chinese Garden. Su represents Suzhou and Lan represents Portland. In 2024, Portland City Officials erected a security fence around the Lan Su Chinese Garden to stop repeated vandalism About 90% of the plants featured in the garden are indigenous to China. However, no plants were brought from China due to import bans. Instead, many plants were found in gardens and nurseries in Oregon, having grown from plants brought over before

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336-717: The Oregon House, she sponsored the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century, a landmark school reform bill. She also helped pass measures on gun control as well as legislation prohibiting discrimination based on gender in places of public accommodation and credit. Katz was the first person in Oregon history to hold the position of Speaker for three straight sessions. In 1992, Katz ran for mayor of Portland, promoting her candidacy by using public transportation to commute to her office. Running against then city commissioner Earl Blumenauer , she campaigned on

364-483: The city, helping to put it right up there with Brooklyn as a magnet for young people. She worked night and day on Portland, as feverishly if she were touching up her personal masterpiece and, in many ways, she was. Katz was remembered as a detail-oriented and energetic public servant. She was instrumental in the development of a multi-use pathway, now known as the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade ,

392-472: The early 1970s, leading to the end of the practice by the private club. In 1972, Vera Katz was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat representing Portland and Multnomah County for the 1973 session. She won re-election to additional two-year terms through 1990. In 1985, she became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House, replacing Grattan Kerans . While in

420-583: The family was able to emigrate to the United States, sailing on the ship Nea Hellas in 1940. They settled in Brooklyn . Vera's parents later divorced when she was 12 years old, and her mother was known as Raissa Goodman for the remainder of her life. Katz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brooklyn College in 1955 and a Master of Arts degree in 1957. She worked as a camp counselor in upstate New York where she met her future husband, Mel Katz,

448-480: The import ban. Some plants in the garden are as old as 100 years. There are over a hundred trees, orchids , water plants, perennials , bamboos , and unusual shrubs located throughout the garden. In total there are more than 400 species. The dominant feature is the artificial Lake Zither at the center of the garden. Water covers an astonishing 8,000 square feet (20%) of the garden's total area, its visual impact makes it feel much more widespread and dominant throughout

476-409: The intention that the high school would not leave for "at least two years." Land was cleared for the school by June 1950 on the former Jacob Kamm House property. Lincoln was slated to be completely rebuilt as part of a $ 790 million bond measure passed in 2017. Construction began in the summer of 2020, with students returning at the beginning of the 2023 school year. The new building was built where

504-519: The late 1960s while working on the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy . Kennedy had antagonized many in Portland through his aggressive pursuit of local corruption as United States Attorney General . Katz moved on to support the nationwide grape boycott organized in the late 1960s by Cesar Chavez to support migrant agricultural workers. She then protested and picketed the City Club of Portland over their male-only membership requirement in

532-457: The old building of 1885 was used by the Girls' Polytechnic School. In fall 1928, that school moved to a new building on the east side, leaving the 1885 building vacant, and it was demolished by 1930.) In 1937, the school had grown to 1,580 students and 53 teachers. In 1972, it had 1,253 students, 7% of whom were black (a contemporary report noted they were mostly "voluntary transfers"); 4.3% of

560-552: The school's neighborhood. In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma . Of 372 students, 330 graduated, 34 dropped out, four received a modified diploma , and four were still enrolled in high school the following year. For the 2010–11 school year, Lincoln had the highest overall graduation rate among Portland Public high schools , at 84 percent. About 90% of its Asian-American students graduated on time, as did 88% of Latino students. However, only 38% of its five African-American students graduated on time, which

588-413: The space. It includes examples of a number of structures common to Chinese gardens , including covered walkways ( lang ), bridges ( qiáo ), and structures such as: Vera Katz Vera Katz (née Pistrak ; August 3, 1933 – December 11, 2017) was an American Democratic politician in the state of Oregon . She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and

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616-746: The students were on welfare. Also in 1937, the Portland Police Bureau 's anti-leftist "Red Squad" interrogated a student union leader. This rapidly led to the disbanding of the Silver Shirts -affiliated Red Squad. Due to the baby boom and passing of a $ 25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new high school was slated. The existing building was sold to the Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University ) in April 1949 for $ 875,000, with

644-459: The time. The land for the 14th and Morrison School was given to the school district by Mrs. Simeon G. Reed (wife of the founder of Reed College ) in 1869 and the building was designed by William Stokes, an architect who had recently moved to Portland from Oakland , California . The building was designed by prominent local architect William Stokes and situated in the block bounded by 14th, Morrison, Lownsdale (now 15th) and Alder Streets. In 1889,

672-665: The top floors of the North Central School to the Central School in 1873 (located where Pioneer Courthouse Square is today) and moved again to the Park School (block bounded by Park, 10th, Madison, and Jefferson (now the Portland Art Museum )) in 1878. The first building to be known as Lincoln High School was built at SW 14th and Morrison in 1885, but was still named West Side High School at

700-475: Was 84 years old at the time of her death. Katz was survived by her son, Jesse Katz, a Los Angeles journalist; her grandson Max Katz; her former husband, Mel Katz; and her elder sister, Zena Linden. At the time of her death, Katz was eulogized in an editorial in the Portland Oregonian, which declared: During her three terms as mayor from 1992 to 2004, Katz altered the shape, look and dynamism of

728-496: Was forced to undergo kidney dialysis three times a week for the rest of her life. Vera and Mel Katz divorced in 1985; their son, Jesse, went on to a career in journalism. In January 2005, the former mayor began an unpaid position as a Dean's Visiting Fellow in the College of Urban and Public Affairs' Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies at Portland State University . From 2008 until her death in 2017, she volunteered for

756-523: Was the 49th mayor of Portland , Oregon's most populous city. She grew up in New York City , moving to Portland in 1962, and was elected to the Oregon House in 1972. She served as mayor from 1993 to 2005. Vera Katz was born on August 3, 1933, as Vera Pistrak in Düsseldorf , Germany . Her parents, Elizar ("Lazar Michael Pistrak"; 1896–1985) and Raissa (1896–1986), fled Moscow, Russia , after

784-496: Was the worst rate in the district. Lincoln's constitution team has won 23 state championships and six national titles. With an initial enrollment of 45 students, the school was established in 1869 as the Portland High School in the North Central School sited on Block 80 of Couch's Addition (bounded by NW 11th & 12th and Couch & Davis Streets). The principal was J.W. Johnson. The high school moved from

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