Cindy’s Adult Book & Arcade or CINDY’S DIRTY BOOKS

8 NW. 4th Ave, near Burnside 503–222–1554

Years:  1987(?)-2008

citations & references:

· First listed in Damron’s Address Book, 1987

· Listed in Damron’s Address Book, 1988

· Not listed in Damron’s Address Book, 1989-1993

· Listed in Damron’s Address Book 1994 as Cindy’s Dirty Books 24 hours

· Not listed in Damron Address Book 1995-1999

· First listed in Ferrari Guides Men’s Travel 1999 Under:  Erotica Videos, 24 hours

· Per the Oregonian, “In the late 1970s, the expansion of Cindy’s Adult Books on West Burnside Street and Fourth Ave caused a flurry of complaints and protests from citizens. It took over the space that had been Hawkins Trading Post, a second-hand store that offered clothing and shoes to residents of the neighborhood.”

In an article https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2009/11/adult_bookstore_owners_sue_por.html

The owners of Cindy's Bookstore, torn down in 2008 after repeated inspections, have sued City Commissioner Randy Leonard, the city, PGE and others for nearly $1 million, arguing Leonard selectively enforced ordinances against businesses he doesn't like.

Daniel and Donna Cossette and Michael and Linda Wright say Leonard's hand-picked Housing Interdiction Team harassed them and drove them out of business "so that (Leonard), his friends, his family and/or his business associates could acquire and develop" their property.

Kim Sneath, office administrator for the city attorney, said Wednesday the city has received notice of the filing, "and we do not comment on pending litigation."

The Cossettes and Wrights owned the adult bookstore that took up two buildings at West Burnside Street and Fourth Avenue. In 2007, Leonard unleashed the HIT -- made up of police officers, fire inspectors and employees of the city's Bureau of Development Services -- to sweep the buildings for code violations.

The team showed up repeatedly to inspect, the suit said, and, "The inspectors would include a substantial number of individuals who would swarm the properties and then loiter within the business," scaring away bookstore customers.

In 2008, the suit says, the city "mistakenly ordered defendant PGE to shut off power to the buildings," which disabled a water pump on the roof. The accumulating water forced the roof to collapse, and the buildings then had to be demolished.”    -- Anne Saker