citations & references:

• City of Portland Directory, page 2281, 1940 – The Reed was located at 236 SW Alder and Taylor Tavern was located at 901 SW 3rd

  City of Portland Directory, page 230, 1964 – The Beachcomber – 901 SW 3rd Ave

• Per papers called Chronology of Portland’s Gay Bars – author unknown, “The Reed – Reed Tavern 1952-1959, Beachcomber 1960.”

• Per Northwest Gay Review June 1977, “Closer to the Bus Depot, in one small area, was the Reed, Brown Jug, Rose City and Buddy’s Post Tavern. The area was like a public market, heavy with an invigorating smell of the sea. As with Dinty’s and The Lotus, they were hangouts for the Navy’s emissaries. Shopping for the market’s enticing morsels was a daily routine. Some of the salads tossed—fresh, green, or wilted—ad more kick in its over-ripe 180 proof dressing than was in its basic seafood-|(the tavern area is gone now, but the Post and Jug area is still an entertainment center—the Funland Arcade.) [Note Funland is now gone as well – it was on the corner of 3rd.