Geneva's Shear Perfection

{{Short description|Black barbershop in Portland, Oregon}}

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| address = 5601 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

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Geneva's Shear Perfection Barber & Beauty Salon was a barber shop and salon in northeast Portland, Oregon's King neighborhood, in the United States.{{Cite web|last=Eggers|first=Kerry|date=2017-07-06|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/365171-239971-in-city-of-change-knauls-remains-constant-|title=In City of Change, Knauls Remains Constant|work=Portland Tribune|access-date=2020-05-30|archive-date=2020-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303064202/https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/365171-239971-in-city-of-change-knauls-remains-constant-|url-status=live}}{{cite web | last = Libby | first = Brian | date = 2001-03-11 | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/03/12/smallb1.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110527020602/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/03/12/smallb1.html| archive-date = 2011-05-27| title = N.E.'s hometown barber |website=Portland Business Journal}} The shop was located along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and has been described as a "cornerstone" of the city's African-American community.{{cite news |last1=Turnquist |first1=Kristi |title=Geneva's Shear Perfection, barbershop and salon hailed as 'cornerstone in Portland's black community,' has closed |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/genevas-shear-perfection-barbershop-and-salon-hailed-as-cornerstone-in-portlands-black-community-has-closed.html |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=May 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601113337/https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/genevas-shear-perfection-barbershop-and-salon-hailed-as-cornerstone-in-portlands-black-community-has-closed.html |url-status=live }} Geneva's closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|title=Geneva's Sheer Perfection to Close|url=https://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/29986-geneva-s-sheer-perfection-to-close|last=|first=|date=2020-05-18|website=The Skanner|language=en-gb|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526164612/https://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/29986-geneva-s-sheer-perfection-to-close|archive-date=2020-05-26|access-date=2020-05-30}}{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Katherine|title='This is an institution': Geneva's Shear Perfection Salon & Barbershop closes after 30 years|url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/genevas-shear-perfection-salon-barbershop-closes-after-30-years/283-a81e16a3-f4c6-4ce1-bf81-62cf0eac2c03|date=23 May 2020|website=KGW|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601113036/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/genevas-shear-perfection-salon-barbershop-closes-after-30-years/283-a81e16a3-f4c6-4ce1-bf81-62cf0eac2c03|archive-date=2020-06-01|access-date=2020-05-30}}{{Cite web|title=Geneva's Shear Perfection closes permanently|url=https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/genevas-shear-perfection-closes-victim-of-pandemic/|last=|first=|date=2020-05-20|website=KOIN|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528053230/https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/genevas-shear-perfection-closes-victim-of-pandemic/|archive-date=2020-05-28|access-date=2020-05-30}}{{Cite web|last=Boddie|first=Ken|title=Where We Live: Saying goodbye to Geneva's Shear Perfection|url=https://www.koin.com/news/business/where-we-live-saying-goodbye-to-genevas-shear-perfection/|date=2020-05-25|website=KOIN|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603221924/https://www.koin.com/news/business/where-we-live-saying-goodbye-to-genevas-shear-perfection/|archive-date=2020-06-03|access-date=2020-05-30}}