| Portland, Oregon |
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| Nickname: "City of Roses", "Stumptown," "Bridgetown," "PDX" |
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Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon |
| Coordinates: 45°31′12″N, 122°40′55″W |
| Country |
United States |
| State |
Oregon |
| County |
Multnomah County |
| Mayor |
Tom Potter |
| Area |
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| - City |
376.5 km² porrtland oregon (145.4 sq mi) |
| - Land |
347.9 km² (134.3 sq mi) |
| - Water |
28.6 km² (11.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation |
15.2 m |
| Population |
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| - City portland pregon (2005) |
556,370 |
| - Density |
1599.2/km² (4142.7/sq mi) |
| - Metro |
2,127,881 |
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PST (UTC-8) |
| - Summer (DST) |
PDT (UTC-7) |
| Website: http://www.portlandonline.com/ |
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of portlabd oregon Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. It straddles the porttland oregon Willamette River immediately south of its confluence with the Columbia River. Portland is portland oragon the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, with a population of 556,370 portlamd oregon (July 1, 2005 estimate).[1] Approximately 2 million live in the surrounding metropolitan area portland oregon (MSA), the 24th-largest in the U.S.
Portland is known as portland oregon piano lessons "The City of Roses" or "Rose City" — its climate is ideal for their cultivation, and piano lessons portland oregon the city has many rose gardens, including the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. Other craigs list portland oregon nicknames include "Stumptown" (due to early logging to clear keyboard lesson portland oregon land for development), "Bridgetown" (due to its numerous bridges), portland oregon keyboard lesson "Puddletown" (due to the rainy weather), "River City" (due to its proximity to the Willamette and Columbia), "PDX" (after the city's piano lessons in portland oregon airport code), and "P-town".
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Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Law and Government
- 2.1 Planning portland oregon keyboard lessons and development
- 3 Geography and climate
- 3.1 Climate
- 3.2 Sections keyboard lessons in portland oregon and neighborhoods
- 3.2.1 Southwest
- 3.2.2 Northwest
- 3.2.3 North
- 3.2.4 Northeast
- 3.2.5 Southeast
- 4 People city of portland oregon portland oregon homes and culture
- 4.1 Demographics
- 4.2 Media
- 4.3 Parks portland oregon hotels and attractions
- 4.4 Beer
- 4.5 Sports
- 4.6 Famous portland oregon new home residents
- 5 Education
- 5.1 Public portland oregon real estate education
- 5.2 Colleges and universities
- 5.2.1 Schools of medicine
- 5.2.2 Schools portland oregon homes for sale of portland oregon relocation law
- 5.2.3 Schools of art
- 6 Transportation
- 7 See portland oregon mls also
- 8 Sister cities
- 9 References
- 10 Further reading
- 11 External portland oregon realestate links
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History
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Portland started as a spot known as "the clearing"[2], which was on the portland oregon new homes banks of the Willamette realtors in portland oregon about halfway between Oregon City and Fort Vancouver. In 1843, William Overton saw great commercial potential portland oregon realtor for this land, but lacked the funds required to file a land claim. He struck craigslist portland oregon a bargain with his partner Asa Lovejoy of Boston, Massachusetts: for 25¢, homes portland oregon Overton would share his claim to the 640-acre (2.6 km²) sitecitation needed]. Overton later sold his half of the homes in portland oregon claim to Francis W. Pettygrove of Portland, Maine. Pettygrove and Lovejoy both wished portland oregon airport to name the new city after their own home town; this portland oregon newspapers was decided with a coin toss, which Pettygrove won.
At the time of its oregon portland sale trailer utility incorporation on February 8, 1851 Portland had over 800 portland oregon newspaper inhabitants[3], a steam sawmill, a log cabin hotel, and a newspaper, portland oregon weather the Weekly Oregonian.
Portland's location, with access both to the Pacific Ocean via the Willamette and the Columbia map of portland oregon rivers and to the agricultural Tualatin Valley via the "Great Plank Road" through a canyon in the West portland oregon chamber of commerce Hills (the route of current-day U.S. Highway 26), gave it portland oregon jobs an advantage over nearby ports, and it grew quickly.[4] It portland oregon news remained the major port in the Pacific Northwest for hotels in portland oregon much of the 19th century, until the 1890s, when Seattle's real estate portland oregon deepwater harbor was connected to the rest of the mainland by rail, affording an accounting jobs in portland oregon inland route without the treacherous navigation of the Columbia River.
The first known reference to Portland as "The City of Roses" was made by hot tubs portable sauna steam room portland oregon visitors to an 1888 Episcopal Church convention, the nickname growing in popularity after portland oregon radio stations the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition where Mayor Harry Lane suggested craig's list portland oregon that the city needed a "festival of roses"[5] The portland oregon photos first Portland Rose Festival was held two years later, and remains the portland oregon wallpapers city's major annual festival a century later.
Law and Government
The flag of Portland flying in Pioneer Courthouse Square
- See also: waterfront hotel portland oregon List of mayors of Portland, Oregon
The city of Portland is governed by a portland oregon real estate agent mayor, four city commissioners and portland oregon real estate agents an auditor, who are each elected citywide to serve four-year terms. The city council consists of the mayor (Tom portland writers oregon Potter as of 2005) and commissioners. The auditor does not have red lion hotel portland oregon a vote on the city council or direct city operations, but provides checks and balances in weather portland oregon the commission form of government and accountability for the use faux finishes portland oregon of public resources. In addition, the auditor gives access to information for all Council members medical technology training portland oregon and the public and issues acting classes portland oregon reports on various matters of city government.
The city's Office of Neighborhood Involvement discount real estate brokers in portland oregon serves as a conduit between city government and 95 neighborhood associations grouped into seven coalitions.
Portland and jobs portland oregon its surrounding metropolitan area are also served by Metro, the nation's only directly elected regional government. Metro's charter includes land use and transportation portland public schools oregon planning, solid waste management, and map development. It also owns car title loans portland oregon and operates the Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Zoo, Portland Center for Performing Arts, and historic commercial properties for sale portland oregon Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center.
Planning and development
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Portland is often cited[2] as an example of a city with portland oregon zine stores strong land use planning controls; the opposite extreme, a city with few or no controls, is typically illustrated by Houston, Texas. rose garden portland oregon This is largely the result of statewide land conservation policies adopted in 1973 under Governor discount air travel to portland oregon Tom McCall, in particular the requirement for an urban growth boundary(UGB) for every city and employment elementary teachers portland oregon metropolitan area.
Portland's urban growth futon beds portland oregon boundary, adopted in 1979, separates urban areas (where high-density development is encouraged and hard money lending portland oregon focused) from traditional farm land (where restrictions on non-agricultural development are very strictcitation needed]). This was atypical portland oregon cheap used cars in an era when automobile use led many areas to neglect their core cities portland oregon map in favor of development along interstate highways, in suburbs, portland oregon population and satellite cities.
As a result, one can see pastoral farmlands and old red barns within seismic hazard map portland oregon 15 miles of downtown Portland, literally across the street from large suburban developments bed and breakfast portland oregon (where that street is the urban growth boundary.) Opponents argue that this growth boundary has limited growth and increased christian counseling portland oregon the costs of housing; proponents argue that it has preserved valuable farmland, made possible the popular condos for sale portland oregon farmer's markets in Portland, and brought more efficient public transportation and less traffic earthquake hazard map portland oregon than similarly sized cities.
As the population has house moving beams portland oregon grown (twice as fast as the national average, during the 1980s and 1990s)citation needed], and undeveloped land inside the urban growth boundary has dwindled, there portland oregon restaurants has been pressure to change or relax the rules. The rapid growth of two major portland oregon zip code employers in Washington County (the Nike shoe corporation, and the Intel semiconductor corporation) contributed to this pressure.
The original state rules included register a business name in portland oregon a provision for expanding urban growth boundaries, but critics felt seismic map portland oregon this wasn't being stained glass stores in portland oregon accomplished. In 1995, the Legislature ordered cities to expand UGBs to provide enough undeveloped acoustic guitars portland oregon land for a 20 year supply of future housing at projected levels, and to complete the expansion by the end of 1999.[6]
1966 photo shows sawdust-fired power plant on the day spa portland oregon edge of Downtown that was removed to make way for dense residential development. High rises to left in background florist in portland oregon were early projects of the Portland Development Commission.
The Portland flu shot portland oregon Development Commission is a semi-public agency that plays a major role in downtown development; it was created hotels portland oregon by city voters in 1958 to serve as the city’s urban renewal agency. It provides housing and human growth hormone in portland oregon economic development programs within the indian restaurants in portland oregon city, and works behind the scenes with major local developers to create large internet marketing oregon portland services projects. It has been criticized for clubbiness and lack of transparency.
In the early 1960s, the PDC led the jobs in portland oregon razing of a large Italian-Jewish neighborhood downtown, bounded resturants in portland oregon roughly by the I-405 freeway, the Willamette River, 4th Avenue and Market street. It was replaced by saks fifth avenue portland oregon concrete office developments that proponents find clean and modern, and opponents find antiseptic and lifeless at night.
Mayor Neil Goldschmidt best chicken fried steak in portland oregon took office in the 1970s as a best gyms 24 hr fitness in portland oregon proponent of bringing housing and the associated vitality back to the downtown area, which was seen as emptying out classic cars portland oregon after 5pm. The effort has had correction laser oregon portland vision dramatic effects in the 30 years since, with many thousands of new housing units clustered in 3 design flash oregon portland web areas; west of Portland State University (between laser hair removal portland oregon the I-405 freeway, SW Broadway, and SW Taylor St.); the RiverPlace development along the waterfront under the Marquam (I-5) portland oregon employment bridge; and most notably in the Pearl District (between I-405, accounting jobs portland oregon Burnside St., NW Northrup St., and NW 9th Ave.).
In 2006, bead shows portland oregon Portland was ranked overall number 1 of 50 U.S. cities by the organization SustainLane on quality of life and care health home oregon portland economic factors that affect chrome plating portland oregon personal sustainability. [3]
Geography and climate
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The Willamette River with Portland in the background.
Portland lies at the northern end of Oregon's most populated region, the Willamette Valley. (As the metropolitan area discount furniture in portland oregon is culturally and politically escorts portland oregon distinct from the rest of the valley, local use often excludes Portland from the valley estate listing multiple oregon portland real proper.) Although almost all of Portland lies within Multnomah County, small portions of the city lie within Clackamas and flu shots 2005 portland oregon Washington counties, with mid-2005 populations estimated at 785 and 1,455, respectively[1]. According to glass art custom portland oregon wine accessories the United States Census Bureau, the jazz festival portland oregon city has a total area of 145.4 mi² (376.5 km²). 134.3 mi² (347.9 km²) of it is land and metro portland oregon 11.1 mi² (28.6 km²), or 7.6%, is water.
Portland lies on portland oregon drug treatment centers top of an extinct Plio-Pleistocene volcanic field[7]. The Boring Lava Field portland oregon event calendar includes at least 32 cinder cones and small shield volcanoes lying within a radius of 13 miles portland oregon pictures of Kelly portland oregon public schools Butte, which is approximately four miles east of downtown Portland.
Climate
Portland's climate is temperate and seasonal. The average rainfall ranges between portland oregon tourism approximately 40 to 45 inches per year depending rv sales portland oregon on location. Portland averages 155 days with measureable precipitation a year. Although it lies in the Marine West Coast 1908 portland oregon climate zone, Portland shows many characteristics of a Mediterranean climate. The city has mild 3d ultrasound portland oregon wet winters, and warm, dry summers. The summer car loan portland oregon months (June through September) mark the driest period, averaging no more cliff jumping portland oregon than one inch of rain per month, but cooking classes portland oregon it is not uncommon for summer months to receive little or no embassy suite portland oregon precipitation. November through April is the rainy season, with 80% of the total annual rainfall occurring in those embassy suites portland oregon months. Winter low temperatures hover around 35 °F (2 °C), and summer highs average around 80 °F (27 °C), however environmental contracting jobs portland oregon summer heat waves with temperatures exceeding 100 °F (38 °C) do occur on occasion. But for the most part, the hotels in downtown portland oregon Portland summers are very pleasant with abundant sunshine. The lowest oak furniture in portland oregon temperature ever recorded in Portland was −3 °F pearl district portland oregon (−19 °C), set on February 2, 1950. Portland recorded a record high portland oregon neighborhoods temperature of 107 °F (42 °C) numerous times, and temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C) have been recorded in each of portland oregon radio the months from May through September.
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46 |
50 |
57 |
62 |
68 |
74 |
80 |
81 |
74 |
63 |
51 |
46 |
63 |
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8 |
10 |
13 |
16 |
20 |
23 |
26 |
27 |
23 |
17 |
11 |
8 |
17 |
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37 |
39 |
41 |
44 |
50 |
54 |
58 |
58 |
55 |
48 |
42 |
37 |
47 |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
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6.24 |
5.07 |
4.51 |
3.62 |
3.10 |
2.00 |
1.60 |
0.50 |
0.90 |
3.39 |
6.39 |
6.75 |
44.07 |
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158.5 |
128.8 |
114.6 |
78.7 |
63.2 |
50.8 |
40.6 |
12.7 |
22.8 |
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Sections and activities for kids portland oregon neighborhoods
- See also: Portland, Oregon neighborhoods
The sections of Portland.
Portland straddles the Willamette River near beauty school portland oregon its confluence with the Columbia River. The denser and earlier-developed west side is mostly hemmed in benson hotel portland oregon by the nearby West Hills (Tualatin Mountains), care day dog oregon portland though it extends over them to the border with Washington County. The flatter east side fans out for about 180 blocks, cheap motels portland oregon until it meets the suburb of Gresham. Rural Multnomah County lies farther east.
The "great cooking classes in portland oregon renumbering" on September 2, 1931 (resolving issues from the 1891 consolidation downtown portland oregon hotels of Portland with East Portland and Albina) divided Portland into five jet ski rental portland oregon sections: Southwest, Southeast, Northwest, North, and Northeast. Burnside leadership institute training and portland oregon St. divides north and south, and the Willamette love logic parenting portland oregon River divides east and west. The river curves west five blocks north of Burnside and in place of it, Williams omsi portland oregon Ave. is used as a divider. The North section lies between Williams Ave. and the Willamette to the parachurch organizations in portland oregon west.
The streets parenting portland oregon of Portland are for the most part laid out on a grid, with named "streets" running perpendicular to the portland oregon history Willamette River and numbered "avenues" running parallel to (and with numbers increasing with distance from) the river. portland oregon motels The grid breaks down in hilly regions, particularly in the West Hills, where roads portland oregon realtors follow the countours of elevation.
Southwest
Downtown Portland portland oregon townhouses for rent lies in the Southwest section between the I-405 freeway loop and the Willamette River, centered around Pioneer Courthouse Square ("Portland's portland oregon zip code map living room"). Downtown and many red lion hotel in portland oregon other parts of inner Portland have compact square blocks (200 ft [60 m] on a russia portland oregon side) and narrow streets (64 ft [20 m] wide), a pedestrian-friendly combination.
Many of Portland's recreational, cultural, scherzer portland oregon educational, governmental, business, and retail resources are concentrated downtown, including:
- South Park Blocks, Pettygrove and Lovejoy Parks, and Tom McCall visit portland oregon Waterfront Park
- Arlene Schnitzer weather in portland oregon Concert Hall, Portland Art Museum, and Oregon Historical Society Museum
- Portland City Hall, the Portland Building, Pioneer Courthouse, and Mark work at home jobs in portland oregon O. Hatfield United States Courthouse
- Portland State University, with the largest student body of any zip code map portland oregon in Oregon
- The Meier & a touch of gold jewelers portland oregon Frank Building, Pioneer Place mall, Wells Fargo Center, and the World Trade Center
Beyond downtown, the Southwest section also bifold kitchen commercial portland oregon includes:
- The campuses of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Lewis & Clark College, and Portland Community College/Sylvania
- Neighborhoods like Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill, carpet cleaning portland oregon South Burlingame, Hillsdale, and Multnomah, with unique residential houses and well defined commercial and computer repair portland oregon retail districts
- Alpenrose Dairy earthquake hazard portland oregon in the Hayhurst neighborhood, the grounds of which host track cycling and Little League sports
- Washington Park, flower shop portland oregon site of North America's deepest transit station, the Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Arboretum, the International Rose flu shots portland oregon Test Garden, the Portland Japanese furniture stores in portland oregon Garden, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and many hiking trails.
- The south Willamette riverfront along SW Macadam Ave., over 100 acres (0.4 km²) of former industrial hair salons in portland oregon land. This area is undergoing redevelopment as a mixed-use, hair transplants portland oregon high-density neighborhood, with an anticipated 2,700 hotel lion oregon portland red residential units and 5,000 high-tech jobs after build-out.
Northwest
Northwest Portland includes the Pearl District, most of Old Town Chinatown, the Northwest District, last minute airfare deals from baltimore to portland oregon and various residential and industrial neighborhoods. A local moving companies in portland oregon range of streets in Northwest Portland are named alphabetically, from Burnside north to Yeon. (Several portland oregon airport parking characters in Portland native Matt Groening's TV show The Simpsons have names based on these: Ned Flanders, the portland oregon cooking classes bully Kearney, Reverend Lovejoy, Mayor Quimby, and possibly C. Montgomery Burns[ide].)
The Pearl District portland oregon debt counseling is a recent name for a former portland oregon home builders warehouse and industrial area straddling NW Lovejoy St. between NW Broadway and the I-405 freeway. An elevated off-ramp portland oregon local bands ran along NW Lovejoy St. from the Lovejoy portland oregon printer ink refill bridge past NW 10th Ave.; when it was demolished in portland oregon rentals the late 1980s, dozens of blocks were opened for development. Since then, and peaking in the 2000s, many of the portland oregon rv parks warehouses, some on brownfield sites, have been converted into lofts, and new multistory condominiums have restaurant reviews portland oregon also been developed on previously vacant land rose garden coliseum portland oregon next to the train yard. The increasing density has attracted a mix of sylvan learning employment portland oregon restaurants, brewpubs, shops, and art galleries, though in some cases pioneering tenants have been priced out of the area. The galleries toni king associates portland oregon sponsor simultaneous artists' receptions on the first Thursday of used car dealers portland oregon every month.
Between the Pearl District and the Willamette is the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood. It advertising on radio portland oregon includes Portland's Chinatown, marked by a pair of lions at its entrance at NW assisted living portland oregon 4th Ave. and W Burnside St. and home to the Portland Classical auto glass repair portland oregon Chinese Garden. Before World War II, this best gyms 24 hr fitness portland oregon area was known as Japan Town or Little Tokyo; Chinatown was previously located just south call center jobs portland oregon of W. Burnside St. along the riverfront.
Further west is the compact but thriving NW 21st and 23rd christian therapist portland oregon Avenue restaurant and retail area, the core of the Northwest District. Parts of colleges in portland oregon this area are also called Uptown and dan goldman portland oregon Nob Hill. The residential areas adjacent to the shopping district include the Alphabet Historic District (with large, often Craftsman engine marketing oregon portland search services homes built escorts in portland oregon around 1905) and a large district centered around Wallace Park. The neighborhood has a mix of Victorian-era houses, apartment buildings from throughout the 20th century, fancy bird cages portland oregon and various businesses centered around Legacy Good find a house in portland oregon Samaritan Medical Center. The Portland Streetcar connects Nob furniture portland oregon dining room table Hill to downtown, via the Pearl.
West of the developed areas is the northern portion of Portland's West Hills, including the majority of interstate batteries portland oregon massive Forest Park.
North
North Portland is a diverse mixture of residential, commercial, and industrial areas. It kohls department store portland oregon includes the Portland International Raceway, the University of Portland, and massive cargo facilities of the Port of Portland.
During World kung fu lessons portland oregon War II, a planned development named Vanport was constructed to lewis and clark college portland oregon the north of this section between the city limits and the Columbia River. It grew to male massage portland oregon be the second largest city in Oregon, but mental health services-west portland oregon was wiped out by a disastrous flood in 1948. Columbia Villa, another wartime notary public job in portland oregon housing project in the Portsmouth Neighborhood, is being rebuilt; the new $150 million community will be known as New Columbia and will offer public notary public jobs portland oregon housing, rental housing, and single family home ownership units. Since 2004, a light olinger travel homes portland oregon rail line runs along Interstate Avenue, which oregon public policy kafoury portland state parallels I-5.
Northeast
Northeast Portland contains a population of portland oregon diverse collection of neighborhoods. For example, while Irvington and the Alameda Ridge boast some of the oldest and most expensive homes port of portland oregon in Portland, nearby King is a more working-class portland oregon animation studio neighborhood. Because it is so large, Northeast Portland can essentially be divided ethnically, culturally, and geographically portland oregon bed and breakfasts into inner and outer sections. The portland oregon day spas inner Northeast neighborhoods that surround Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. were once predominantly African American, resembling typical portland oregon downtown hotels urban inner-city environments found in most major U.S. cities. That is portland oregon education jobs now changing due to the process of gentrification. Inner Northeast includes several shopping areas, such as the Lloyd District, Alberta Arts District portland oregon fire department and Hollywood, and part portland oregon mortgage lender of the affluent Irvington, Alameda, and Laurelhurst neighborhoods and nearby developments. portland oregon parks and recreation The city plan targets Lloyd District as another mixed-use area, with high-density residential development.
The Oregon Convention Center in NE Portland
At the base of Northeast is the Rose Quarter. It portland oregon pet grooming is named after the Rose Garden Arena, home of the Portland Trail Blazers, and also portland oregon schools includes portland wedding minister oregon washington the Blazers' former home, the Memorial Coliseum. The Coliseum is the home to Portland's hockey radio stations portland oregon team, the Portland Winter Hawks, of the Western Hockey League, though they often play at the Rose Garden. The newest screen printing in portland oregon Rose Quarter tenants are the street of dreams portland oregon LumberJax of the National Lacrosse League.
The city still holds the lease to temporary job services portland oregon the land and owns the Coliseum, but the Rose Garden and other buildings were owned temporary legal job portland oregon by private business interests until they went into receivership. The area is quite temporary oregon jobs portland active during the teams' home games, and the city hopes to extend the activity by promoting a major increase in residential the yards apartments portland oregon units in the quarter using titan skin tightening portland oregon zoning and tax incentives.
Southeast
Southeast Portland stretches from the warehouses by the Willamette, trimet portland oregon through the historic Ladd's Addition, to the Hawthorne and Belmont districts. Southeast universities in portland oregon Portland residents initially tended to the blue-collar but have since evolved into a wide mix of backgrounds; inner user anthere computer networking portland oregon southeast is home to several thriving subcultures including Hippies, Hipsters, and environmentalists, while the outer edges are washington square portland oregon populated by a diverse, largely working-class population acupuncture portland oregon which includes immigrant communities from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. The Hawthorne district is known for its arnav systems portland oregon hippie/radical crowd and small subculturally-oriented shops. Outer Southeast, particularly the area surrounding 82nd Avenue is art institute of portland oregon constantly littered with Anarchist graffiti.
Farther south, the asian market portland oregon se 82nd Brooklyn, Sellwood-Moreland, Woodstock, Brentwood-Darlington, and Eastmoreland neighborhoods near Reed College bankruptcy lawyers portland oregon are close to the Willamette River. Lloyd Center, Washington Square, Clackamas Town Center and Mall 205 are the largest retail centers serving the bedroom furniture + portland oregon area.
Between the boats for sale in portland oregon 1920s and the 1960s, Southeast was home to Lambert Gardens. Southeast Portland also features Mt. Tabor, a park with cabinet refacing portland oregon one of only two extinct volcanoes in a continental U.S. city, which call center jobs for nextel in portland oregon (on the south slope) is home to chamber of commerce portland oregon Warner Pacific College.
People and culture
Demographics
| Historical populations [3][8][1] |
Census
year |
Population |
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| 1850 |
821 |
| 1860 |
2,874 |
| 1870 |
8,293 |
| 1880 |
17,577 |
| 1890 |
46,385 |
| 1900 |
90,426 |
| 1910 |
207,214 |
| 1920 |
258,288 |
| 1930 |
301,815 |
| 1940 |
305,394 |
| 1950 |
373,628 |
| 1960 |
372,676 |
| 1970 |
382,619 |
| 1980 |
366,383 |
| 1990 |
437,319 |
| 2000 |
529,121 |
| 2005 |
556,370 |
As of chinese oregon portland restaurant christian counseling portland clackamas oregon clear bra portland oregon the 2000 census, climate in portland oregon average rainfall there are 529,121 people residing in comedy club portland oregon the city, organized into 223,737 households and 118,356 families. The population density is 1,521/km² (3,939.2/mi²). There are 237,307 housing units at an average concrete driveways portland oregon density of 682.1/km² (1,766.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the dell store portland oregon city is 77.91% White, 6.64% African American, 6.33% direct marketing oregon portland services Asian, 1.06% Native American, 0.38% Pacific Islander, 3.55% from other races, and 4.15% from two or more races. 6.81% of the population are Hispanic doubletree hotel portland oregon or Latino earthquake portland oregon of any race.
Out of 223,737 households, 24.5% have children under the age of 18 email marketing oregon portland services living with them, 38.1% are married couples living together, 10.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.1% are non-families. 34.6% episcopal church portland oregon of all households are made event planner portland oregon up of individuals and 9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of family therapy portland oregon age or older. The average household size is 2.3 and the average family size is 3.
In the florist jobs in portland oregon city the population is spread out with 21.1% under the flu shot locations portland oregon age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 golf store portland oregon to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age gourmet food store portland oregon is holiday inn portland oregon 35 years. For every 100 females there are 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.9 home health care in portland oregon males.
The median income for a household in the city hotels portland oregon airport is $40,146, and the median income for a family is $50,271. Males have a reported median income of houses for sale in portland oregon $35,279 versus $29,344 reported for females. The per capita japanese garden portland oregon income for the city is $22,643. 13.1% of the population and 8.5% of families are below the jet ski rental vancouver washington portland oregon poverty line. Out of the total population, 15.7% of those under the age of 18 and jet ski rentals portland oregon 10.4% of those 65 john deere dealerships oregon portland and older are living below the poverty line. Oregon has a 9% income tax which tends to suppress accurate kennedy school portland oregon reporting. Figures delineating the income levels based on race list approved mortgage brokers portland oregon are not available at this time.
Portland is becoming increasingly diverse. Recent trends have more young people moving maytag washer repair in portland oregon into the city as older, more established white families with children move to the notary public jobs in portland oregon suburbscitation needed]. Although the city has the highest percentage of oregon portland tooth whitening white residents of an American city of 500,000 or more, 60% of people moving to Oregon are par restaurant portland oregon non-whitecitation needed].
However, though the population of the city is increasing, the total population of children is diminishing, which has put pressure pictures of rose city golf course portland oregon on the public school system to close schools. A recent portland hosting windows linux web site hosting oregon study found that portland oregon dui defense attorney Portland is now educating fewer children than it did in 1925, and the city will have to close the portland oregon escorts equivalent of three to four elementary schools each year for the next decade.[9]
Portland's public school system has portland oregon flu shot clinics remained racially imbalanced. As of the 2000 census, three of its high schools (Cleveland, portland oregon golf courses Lincoln and Wilson) were over 70% white, while Jefferson portland oregon hospitals High School was 86% non-white. The portland oregon hotel remaining four schools are more ethnically balanced[10].
The imbalance can be explained through Portland's demographic history. Prior to the Second World War, Portland portland oregon printer black ink refill portland oregon providence st. vincent hospital jobs had very few residents of non-European ethnicity. In 1940, Portland's African-American population was approximately 2,000 and largely consisted of railroad employees portland oregon real estate salespeople and their families. During the war-time liberty ship construction boom, the need for workers portland oregon rental homes drew many blacks to the city. Due to institutionalized racism in the portland oregon russia real-estate community at the time, this new influx of portland oregon tattoo blacks was guided to specific neighborhoods, such as the Albina district and Vanport. The post-war destruction of portland oregon traffic Vanport eliminated the only integrated neighborhood, and the ghettoization of blacks into the NE portland oregon wholesale linen napkins quadrant of the city continued.
Media
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, and portland oregon yellow pages circulates statewide. Local weekly papers include Willamette Week (the largest alternative weekly in recruiters portland oregon the metro area); the Portland Tribune (a red lion hotel portland 2c oregon general audience twice-weekly), the Portland Mercury (targeted at younger urban restaurant chinese portland oregon readers), the Oregon Herald, and the Asian Reporter, a weekly newspaper covering both international and local Asian saturday market portland oregon news. The Portland Chinese Times is a local newspaper semi truck accident portland oregon printed in chinese aimed at the Chinese-American community in Portland Oregon.
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Portland Monthly is a wine store portland oregon monthly news and culture magazine. The Business Journal of Portland, a weekly, covers many business-news-related stories, as does The Daily Journal of wine tasting portland oregon Commerce. BarFly Magazine is a popular weekly periodical covering the city's nightlife yahoo barnes profile personal portland oregon and bar scene. Exotic Magazine is the major monthly magazine 4d and ultrasound and portland oregon covering the city's adult entertainment and nightlife since 1993. The Mid-county Memo is antique grandfather clocks portland oregon a neighborhood newspaper serving the Gateway apartments for sale portland oregon and Parkrose neighborhoods on Portland's east side. PORT is an art macroblog dedicated to the vibrant art scene that area dealerships in oregon portland toyota provides daily updates on the arty goings on around bunk beds portland oregon town. Oregon Business magazine covers business from a statewide perspective. Oregon Home magazine car rental and portland oregon is the region's remodeling and decor publication.
Portland is well served cell phone service portland oregon by television and radio. The metro area is the 23rd largest Designated Market Area (DMA) commercial real estate portland oregon in the U.S., consisting of 1,086,900 homes and 0.992% of the U.S. computer consulting oregon portland market. The major network television affiliates include:
- KATU 2 (ABC)
- KOIN 6 (CBS)
- KGW 8 Northwest NewsChannel 8 (NBC)
- KOPB 10 Oregon Public Broadcasting (PBS)
- KPTV 12 consumer credit counseling solutions portland oregon Fox 12 Oregon(FOX)
- KPXG 22 (i)
- KRCW 32 (The craig list portland oregon CW)
- KPDX 49 (MyNetworkTV)
- KWVT-LP 52 (America One)
- KPXG-LP 54 (i)
- See also: List of radio stations in Oregon and Portland, Oregon in popular culture
Parks and attractions
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Mt. Tabor Park is focused on an extinct volcano, fertility specialist in portland oregon making Portland one of two cities in the continental US with an extinct volcano within free online ads portland oregon its city limits, the other being Bend, Oregon.[12]
Forest Park is the frisbee golf portland oregon largest wilderness park within city futon mattresses portland oregon limits in the United States, with over 5,000 acres (20 km²). Portland is also home to Mill Ends Park, the world's smallest park grant writer, portland oregon (a two-foot-diameter circle, the park's area greek festival portland oregon is only about 0.3 square meters). Washington Park is just west of downtown, hawthorne suites portland oregon and is home to the Oregon Zoo, the Portland Japanese Garden, and the International Rose Test Garden.
Tom McCall Waterfront health insurance quotes in portland oregon Park runs along west bank highschool volleyball leagues portland oregon of the Willamette for the length of downtown. The 37-acre (150,000 m²) park was built in 1974 after Harbor Drive was removed and now homecare portland oregon plays host to large house cleaning services portland oregon events throughout the year. Portland's downtown also features two groups of contiguous houses for rent portland oregon city blocks dedicated for park space; they are referred to as the North and South Park Blocks.
The Oregon houses portland oregon Museum of Science and Industry, or OMSI, is located on the east jefferson theater in portland oregon bank of the Willamette River across from downtown Portland, and kaye youngren portland oregon contains a variety of hands-on exhibits covering the physical sciences, life science, earth science, technology, astronomy, la weight loss center in portland oregon and early childhood education. OMSI also has an OMNIMAX Theater and is home to the USS Blueback late night in portland oregon (SS-581) submarine.
Portland is also home to Portland Classical maid service portland oregon Chinese Garden, an authentic representation of a Suzhou-style walled garden. massage portland oregon Local construction workers provided the site preparation and foundation, and maytag portable air conditioners portland oregon dozens of workers from Suzhou, using material from China, constructed its walls and other structures, including a tea house.
The only mobilehomes portland oregon state park in the area is moving oregon portland service Tryon Creek State Park; its creek still has a run of steelhead. Adjacent music oregon portland store music oregon portland store to the park is the Tryon Life Community Farm, an aspiring urban ecovillage and educational national weather service portland oregon center.
Portlandia, a statue on the west side of the Portland Building, is the second-largest hammered-copper statue newpaper portland oregon in the U.S.
The Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden, which immortalizes three of the news oregon portland interstate 5 south accident friday award-winning author's best known characters with bronze sculptures, quote plaques, and a fountain, is located in notary public portland oregon Grant Park, just a few blocks from the real Klickitat Street of nw portland oregon restaurants. Henry Huggins fame.
Leach Botanical Garden is a 15.6 acre botanical garden in the Southeast section oregon portland store wine of the city, emphasizing plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Audubon Society of Portland (http://www.audubonportland.org/), founded paramount hotel portland oregon 1903, is one of the largest local Audubon chapters in the country with over 10,000 members. portland airport oregon The Chapter's portland marithon portland, oregon book store, wildlife care center, and administrative offices are located on a 143 acre sanctuary nestled portland oregon camping against Forest Park only 5 minutes from downtown Portland. The sanctuary trails are open to the portland oregon carpet installation public.
Beer
Portland and certain other Oregon cities portland oregon catering (such as Hood River and Bend) are well-known for their beer. It is portland oregon demographics often said that Portland is the home of the microbrew revolution in the United States. Some illustrate Portlanders' interest in the beverage by portland oregon fireworks an offer made in 1888, when local brewer portland oregon internet service providers Henry Weinhard volunteered to pump beer from his brewery into the newly dedicated Skidmore Fountain. However, the renown for portland oregon library portland oregon luxury hotels quality beer dates to the 1980s, when state law was changed to allow consumption of beer on brewery premises. portland oregon mall In short order, microbreweries and brewpubs began to pop up portland oregon medical transcription employment all over the city. Their growth was supported by the abundance of local ingredients, portland oregon meeting space including two-row barley, over a dozen varieties of hops, and the pure water from Bull Run (a drainage basin of nearby Mount portland oregon mortgage company Hood).
Today, with 33 breweries within the city limits, Portland is home portland oregon park and fly to more breweries than any other city in the world. portland oregon police The McMenamin brothers alone have over thirty brewpubs, distilleries, and wineries scattered portland oregon theaters throughout the metropolitan area, several in renovated theaters and other old buildings otherwise portland oregon toy stores destined for demolition. Other notable Portland brewers portland oregon weddings include Widmer Brothers, Bridgeport, Full Sail, Hair of the Dog, and Pyramid (formerly Portland), and numerous smaller quality brewers. In 1999, author portland oregon white pages Michael "Beerhunter" Jackson called Portland a candidate for the beer capital real estate history portland oregon of the world because the city boasted more breweries than Cologne, Germany. real estate multiple listing portland oregon The Portland Oregon Visitors Association is promoting "Beervana" and "Brewtopia" as nicknames for the city.[4].
Portland hosts a rose garden arena portland oregon number of festivals throughout the year in celebration of beer, sail from portland oregon to manila including the Oregon Brewers Festival. Held each July, it is the largest gathering of independent satellite internet service provider portland oregon craft brewers in North America. school of real estate in portland oregon Other major beer festivals throughout the calendar year are: in April Spring Beer and Wine Festival, in July Portland International Beerfest and in December scott s cooper 6211 ne 93 ave. portland oregon Holiday Ale Festival.
An unusual spa portland oregon feature of Portland entertainment is the large number of movie theaters that serve beer, often with second-run spot security portland oregon or revival films. Examples include the Academy Theater, Bagdad Theater, Clinton Street swap meet in portland oregon Theater, Edgefield, Kennedy School, Laurelhurst Theater, and Mission Theater.
Sports
Portland does not have as many major league sports temporary secretarial job portland oregon teams as other cities of its temporary secretarial jobs portland oregon size but has a variety of minor league teams.
| Club |
Sport |
League |
Championships |
Venue |
Founded |
| Portland Trail Blazers |
Basketball |
National Basketball Association |
1 (1976-77) |
Rose Garden unions portland oregon Arena |
1970 |
| Portland Timbers |
Soccer |
United Soccer Leagues First Division |
0 |
PGE Park |
2001 |
| Portland Winter volunteer work in portland oregon Hawks |
Ice Hockey |
Western Hockey League |
2 (1982-83, 1997-98) |
Rose Garden Arena, Memorial washington park inn portland oregon Coliseum |
1976 |
| Portland Beavers |
Baseball |
Pacific Coast League |
0 |
PGE Park |
2001 |
| Portland LumberJax |
Indoor lacrosse |
National Lacrosse League |
0 |
Rose Garden Arena |
2006 |
| Portland Chinooks |
Basketball |
International Basketball League |
0 |
Multiple arenas |
2005 |
| Oregon Riptide |
Basketball |
American Basketball Association |
0 |
Warner Pacific College |
2006 |
| Portland Naughty Dogs |
Paintball |
National Professional Paintball League |
Multiple tournaments |
None |
1996 |
Portland's first washington park portland oregon professional sports team was the womens long housecoats in portland oregon Portland Rosebuds. Not only were they the first professional sports team in Oregon they were the first professional hockey team in the U.S. They joined the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1914. They were the first U.S. Team to play for the Stanley Cup; in 1916, they played against the Montreal Canadiens. In 1918, the team moved to Chicago and took the name Blackhawks.
The Rosebuds played at the Portland Hippodrome. At the time it was built, it was the world’s largest indoor ice rink. It was on NW 22nd and Marshall; it burned down in 1951.
Portland is home to only one team in a major league, the Portland Trail Blazers. The National Basketball Association team has several players in the Basketball Hall of Fame, including Dražen Petrović, Bill Walton, Lenny Wilkens, and Clyde "The Glide" Drexler. The Blazers won their only NBA Championship in 1977. They lost in the NBA finals in 1990 (to the Detroit Pistons) and 1992 (to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls).
The Portland Winter Hawks, a major-junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League, have been a team since 1976-1977, when the Blazers won the NBA Finals. The Winter Hawks are one of the most popular junior ice hockey teams and there are many loyal fans in Portland. They have also produced many NHL stars.
The Portland Beavers, are a Triple-A baseball team from the Pacific Coast League affiliated with the San Diego Padres. They were founded in 2001. However, the original Beavers started playing in 1903. The Beavers play in PGE Park and sell a fair amount of tickets.
The Portland Timbers, of the United Soccer Leagues First Division, are a soccer team that plays at PGE Park. Since they were formed in 2001, the Timbers have made the playoffs four out of five times but have never won a championship.
The city was also home to a WNBA team, the Portland Fire. The team never made the playoffs and folded in 2002.
One of the cities’ newest and fastest growing teams in popularity is the Portland LumberJax of the National Lacrosse League. They play in the best box lacrosse league in the country but it is not a major league. In the LumberJax first season, they clinched their division, a rare and mighty feat for a first year team. Unfortunately for Jax fans, the team was upset in the first round of the playoffs by the Arizona Sting.
Portland is now home to two new basketball teams, the Oregon Riptide, in the American Basketball Association and the Portland Chinooks in the International Basketball League. Neither team has established a significant fan base yet
The city also has a successful paintball team in the National Professional Paintball League called the Portland Naughty Dogs. The team plays in a variety of tournaments around the U.S.
Portland is also one of the locations on the Champ Car World Series circuit, hosting races at the world-class Portland International Raceway. PIR also hosts a race on the American Le Mans Series and a variety of SCCA, historic, and annual races such as the Rose Cup during the city's Rose Festival. There has been recent interest in attracting a Major League Baseball franchise to Portland. In 2004, the city made an unsuccessful bid for the Montreal Expos, and in 2006 was contacted by the Florida Marlins. There is also an interest of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL moving to Portland.
Skiing and snowboarding are particularly popular with Portlanders. The area is served by a number of resorts located on nearby Mount Hood, including Timberline, which allows skiing year round. The only other resort in North America with summer skiing is Whistler in British Columbia.
Rock climbing is growing in popularity as an outdoor pastime. At numerous small crags around town, one may glimpse mountaineers-in-training with their ropes, alpenstocks, and hard-soled boots practicing their technical moves on the rock in preparation for difficult alpine ascents.
The local Alpenrose Dairy is host to the annual Little League softball World Series and has a velodrome on site.
Running is a major sport in Portland, the home of the Nike shoe company and of Adidas' American operations. The Portland Marathon has been held annually in the city since 1971. The Hood to Coast Relay is the world's largest running relay race, with approximately 17,000 racers per year running from Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood to the Pacific Ocean at Seaside.
Famous residents
- See List of Portlanders.
Education
Public education
The Portland Public Schools district consists of about 100 schools covering in various combinations grades K through 12, as well as 50 special education programs. The number of students in the school district is approximately 53,000 — over 90% of the available school-age children, a higher percentage than other large urban school districts.[13][14] Nonetheless, total school enrollment is declining, accompanying a change in Portland's demographics, and the Portland Public Schools are facing increasing budget pressure.
Notable public high schools include: Woodrow Wilson High School, Lincoln High School, Cleveland High School, Metropolitan Learning Center and Benson Polytechnic High School. Lincoln, the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River, was built in 1869, and boasts several famous alumni, including cartoon voice Mel Blanc, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and astronaut S. David Griggs. Cleveland draws many students due to its International Baccalaureate program. Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, graduated from Cleveland. Benson is a citywide magnet high school named for lumber baron and social entrepreneur Simon Benson, who in 1917 endowed the school with a grant worth $1.5 million in 2006 dollars.
School districts in the suburbs include: to the east, Parkrose, Centennial,Gresham Reynolds Schools, and David Douglas; to the west, Beaverton, Tigard-Tualatin, Lake Oswego, and Riverdale; to the south, North Clackamas, West Linn-Wilsonville, and Oregon City.
The region also has several top private schools, including: the Catlin Gabel School, Central Catholic High School, French American International School, Jesuit High School, The Northwest Academy, Oregon Episcopal School, St. Mary's Academy, and Valley Catholic High School. Portland is also home to Montessori Institute Northwest, an internationally recognized (AMI) teacher training facility, and the city and nearby suburbs are known as a nexus for Montessori education from preschool through junior high.
Colleges and universities
Portland State University, with graduate and undergraduate enrollment of around 24,000, is Oregon's largest university. Its primary campus is at the southern edge of downtown. PSU has masters programs in liberal arts, business, engineering, computer science, performing arts, social work and urban affairs. PSU's doctoral programs include biology, civil engineering, education, electrical & computer engineering, computer science, environmental sciences, math, psychology, public administration, urban studies, social work, and systems sciences.
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) includes a major medical school (see below), and several major research departments, including: Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Neurological Sciences Institute, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Advanced Imaging Research Center, Center for Biostatistics, Computing & Informatics in Biology & Medicine, Center for the Study of Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders, Oregon Stem Cell Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, and the Oregon Graduate Institute School of Science and Engineering.
Community colleges include: Portland Community College, with three major campuses in the city—Cascade, Rock Creek, and Sylvania—as well as the smaller Southeast Center and Metropolitan Workforce Training Center; Mount Hood Community College in East Multnomah County near Gresham; Clackamas Community College in Oregon City; Chemeketa Community College in Salem, about 45 minutes south of Portland; Clark College in Vancouver, Washington.
Private colleges include: Cascade College, Capstone College, Concordia University, George Fox University, Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Marylhurst University, Pacific University, Reed College, University of Portland, Warner Pacific College, and Willamette University.
Other: Concorde Career Institute, Western Culinary Institute, and Multnomah Bible College.
Schools of medicine
OHSU has a major medical, dental, and nursing school at its primary campus just south of downtown, in the West Hills. The campus anchors a medical district (affectionately called "Pill Hill") surrounded by other hospitals including a Veterans Affairs Hospital, Portland Shriners Hospital, and Doernbecher Children's Hospital.
OHSU has residency training programs in the following disciplines: Anesthesiology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, General Medicine, Dentistry, Dermatology, Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Medical Genetics, Neurology, Neurological Surgery, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Other schools of medicine include: Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Western States Chiropractic College, and the School of Optometry at Pacific University.
Schools of law
Lewis & Clark College includes Lewis & Clark Law School.
Schools of art
These include the Art Institute of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon College of Art and Craft and Northwest Film Center.
Transportation
Portlanders waiting for MAX downtown.
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Main article: Transportation in Portland
The Portland metropolitan area has the typical transportation services common to major U.S. cities, though Oregon's emphasis on proactive land-use planning and transit-oriented development within the urban growth boundary means that commuters have multiple well-developed options.
In fact, Portland is well-known for its comprehensive public transportation system. TriMet operates most of the region's buses and the Metropolitan Area Express, or MAX, light rail system, which connects the city and suburbs. 5th and 6th avenues are the Portland Transit Mall, an exclusive bus-only right-of-way running north/south through downtown.
I-5 connects Portland with the Willamette Valley, Southern Oregon, and California to the south and with Washington to the north. I-405 forms a loop with I-5 around the central downtown area of the city and I-205 is a loop freeway route on the east side which connects to the Portland International Airport. US 26 supports commuting within the metro area and continues to the Pacific Ocean westward and Mount Hood and Central Oregon eastward. US 30 has a main, bypass and business route through the city extending to Astoria, Oregon to the west; through Gresham, Oregon, and the eastern exurbs, and connects to I-84, traveling towards Boise, Idaho.
Portland's main airport is Portland International Airport, located about 20 minutes by car (40 minutes by MAX) northeast of downtown.
Portlanders have other transportation alternatives. The Portland Streetcar operates from the southern waterfront, through Portland State University north to nearby homes and shopping districts. The city is particularly supportive of urban bicycling and has been recognized by the League of American Bicyclists among others for its network of paths and other bicycle-friendly services. Car sharing through Flexcar is also available to residents of the city and some inner suburbs. The new Portland Aerial Tram will connect the South Waterfront district on the Willamette River and the Oregon Health & Science University campus on Marquam Hill above. Construction of the tram is scheduled for completion in December 2006.
See also
- Architecture in Portland, Oregon
- List of artists and art institutions in Portland, Oregon
- List of hospitals in Portland, Oregon
- Portland metropolitan area
Sister cities
Portland has eleven sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:
- Ashkelon, Israel
- Bologna, Italy
- Corinto, Nicaragua
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Khabarovsk, Russia
- Mutare, Zimbabwe
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- Sapporo, Japan
- Suzhou, China
- Ulsan, South Korea
Portland also has a friendship city relationship with Tallinn, Estonia.[15]
References
- ^ a b c http://www.pdx.edu/media/p/r/prc_2005_Table5_County_Split.xls
- ^ Orloff, Chet (2004). Maintaining Eden: John Charles Olmsted and the Portland Park System. Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 66: 114–119.
- ^ a b Gibson, Campbell (June 1998). Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990. U.S. Bureau of the Census - Population Division.
- ^ "City keeps lively pulse." (Spencer Heinz, The Oregonian, January 23, 2001)
- ^ City Flower. City of Portland Auditor's Office - City Recorder Division.
- ^ Oregon Revised Statutes, Section 192.296
- ^ http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Oregon/BoringLavaField/description_boring_lava.html
- ^ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41/4159000.html
- ^ Egan, Timothy. "Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children." New York Times. March 24, 2005.
- ^ "Abernethy Elementary School: Recent Enrollment Trends, 1995-96 through 2002-03." Portland Public Schools. Prepared by Management Information Services, October 30, 2002.
- ^ Metropolitan Greenspaces: A Grassroots Perspective, Audubon Society of Portland.
- ^ Portland Parks & Recreation, [1].
- ^ "Effects of Census Undercount on School Planning: Report Series: Report Number 5." U.S. Census Monitoring Board. February, 2001.
- ^ Buckingham, Matt. "Teach Your Children Well - Lunch Money Leading Indicator." Willamette Week. March 27, 1996.
- ^ Portland Mayor's Office. Retrieved on August 8, 2006.
Further reading
- Stewart Holbrook, The Far Corner. Comstock Editions ISBN 0-89174-043-0 (1952).
- E. Kimbark MacColl, The Shaping of a City: Business and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1885 to 1915. Portland: Georgian Press, 1976.
- E. Kimbark MacColl, The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915 to 1950. Portland: Georgian Press, 1979. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5
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