Jen and Jonathan united by kidney donation For Jen Feldman, who received a kidney from Jonathan Cohen on April 18, the story is not about her. The story is about heroes like Jonathan and fellow donors, Marshal Spector and Debbie (Danish) Plawner. It’s about normalizing the idea of kidney donation. It’s about creating a ripple…
When Jonathan Cohen moved to Portland, potential employers saw his diverse skills as a lack of focus. While earning a degree in aerospace engineering from Penn State, he worked on a farm near campus and later volunteered on an environmental farm. He did an internship working on wind turbines at the National Renewable Energy Lab…
The Mariner’s Building at NW Third Avenue and Davis Street originally provided a rooming house for seamen and respite from the booze, gambling and other vices in Portland’s notorious downtown district. Built in 1881, by 1938 messages written on the walls included “The Frisco Kid stopped here … headed South.” During the 1960s and ’70s,…
