Portland Photo Thread

[MarkDaMan]

It's been forever since we've had a Portland photo thread in the city photos section...so since Time magazine named us, the 'people of the year' I figured it would only makes sense, in keeping with the Time's spirit, to have a photo thread assemble by all the excellent pics taken by...well...you...and mostly Dougall...over the past few months. If you've got some P-town pics, post them here, otherwise, I've just picked a few various pics to show mostly the latest on Portland's developments.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=2524890#post2524890

[Dougall5505]

great idea mark i added some of tworivers' pics from his cool blog: http://blueruinpdx.blogspot.com/

[tworivers]

^^^ Thanks for the shout, Dougall.

[Dougall5505]

no problem homey

[hossboss85]

Resurrected!

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=139432

[Okstate]

Edit

[Okstate]

2 pictures from last December.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/1562712526_110c54296d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2383/1562683872_19ef18d4a4_b.jpg

[MarkDaMan]

nice Okstate...how long until you move out here?

Damn, I took all those photos for a thread and never got around to posting them. Guess I need to ramp up the work again. I've been traveling Oregon for business the last three months and have Bend/Redmond, Corvallis, Salem, Astoria, Cannon Beach, Lincoln City, Depot Bay, and Albany to post in another thread too...

[Sioux612]

I'll be in Salem in a few weeks. I'll try to get some shots of the 2nd largest city in Oregon.

.....Not much to show in Salem. Very bland. Extremely bland.

[Okstate]

I'll be heading that way around the end of July (08') unless U of Oregon accepts me & PSU doesn't for the masters program. I'm much more interested in Portland. Until then, this is my only outlet (and an outstanding one at that).

[downtownpdx]

It's been forever since we've had a Portland photo thread in the city photos section...so since Time magazine named us, the 'people of the year' I figured it would only makes sense, in keeping with the Time's spirit, to have a photo thread assemble by all the excellent pics taken by...well...you...and mostly Dougall...over the past few months. If you've got some P-town pics, post them here, otherwise, I've just picked a few various pics to show mostly the latest on Portland's developments.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=2524890#post2524890

Time mag named us "people of the year"? Am I missing something? :shrug:

[360Rich]

Time's Person of the Year: You :)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html

[Okstate]

Has there ever been pictures taken of 23rd or 21st street posted on here? I know this area gets alot of blah remarks due to the "yuppies" but i'd be interested in seeing what this part of the city look like. I know goosehollow gets included as do some NW photos, i've just never noticed these streets on here in particular.

[downtownpdx]

Time's Person of the Year: You :)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html

Oh, for a sec I thought this was another Portland accolade... :jester:

[bvpcvm]

Has there ever been pictures taken of 23rd or 21st street posted on here? I know this area gets alot of blah remarks due to the "yuppies" but i'd be interested in seeing what this part of the city look like. I know goosehollow gets included as do some NW photos, i've just never noticed these streets on here in particular.


okstate, check out www.portlandground.com - all kinds of pictures of the city, organized by neighborhood.

northwest - the neighborhood around 23rd - is pretty yuppified, but the southern end, with more apartments, seems to have a higher proportion of young student types. 23rd itself though is a hopeless row of boutiques.

[zilfondel]

21st is lined with some good drinking holes. :)

Of course, not as many as there used to be... and all these expen$ive Italian restaurants are popping up. I mean, why do you really need 5 Tuscan-styled restaurants in a row?!

[PacificNW]

23rd was pretty rundown prior to those boutiques....I remember it as being a pretty sad place..

[360Rich]

Some photos taken from the OregonLive photogallery, Portland Metro Section. http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/travel/national/oregon/portland_metro/

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/204f9affb1917a249d575783044869a7.jpg

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/7741481524e2161bebe0021395be70e2.jpg

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/26c3564c19e30d11963dedb41df5327a.jpg

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/5bba7dbc9a8cec4c2788de12b8d69906.jpg

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/7fb42375d2e6600401c164c048dd5bdf.jpg

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photogallery/01788aa2e54d5efc18ed57085e133100.jpg
all photos by SquidVicious

[Sekkle]

What's up everybody? I just posted a Portland photo thread in the "My city Photos" section...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140289

[Sekkle]

I just posted a thread of photos from the Sellwood and Westmoreland neighborhoods in the city photo section…
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141691

[360Rich]

GREAT pano of the Willamette from wikipedia (large file, so I didn't embed the photo in this post)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/WillametteRvrPano_edit.jpg

[sirsimon]

Wow - that is a *fantastic* picture!! :)

[joeplayer1989]

what crane is that for out past the central east side in the picture

[sirsimon]

^ Maybe the loooong condo project on Belmont (by the cemetery).

[Sekkle]

Hi all. Just posted some photos in the City photo forum...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=142667

[Sekkle]

Irvington neighborhood pics here...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=143158

[Castillonis]

I took this photo at about 1400 on Sunday 30Dec07.
http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/40163/2005175132396418782_rs.jpg

[sirsimon]

Breathtaking shot! :)

[Sekkle]

Hi everyone. I just posted a Goose Hollow photo thread in the city photo section...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=143930

[Okstate]

woo hoo!!!

[joeplayer1989]

this site has a cool map of portland on the front http://www.crackcityrockers.com/

[Castillonis]

I took the photos that comprise this image on Fri 25Jan08.
1200x249
http://aycu29.webshots.com/image/43268/2005192137955734624_rs.jpg
1960x407
http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/41519/2005127707747917611_rs.jpg

[PacificNW]

That undeveloped acreage south of the Marquam must be prime for development....Does OHSU own pieces of that, also? If they do, I wonder if they will be considering selling it instead of carrying out their own expansion plans.

[zilfondel]

That undeveloped acreage south of the Marquam must be prime for development....Does OHSU own pieces of that, also? If they do, I wonder if they will be considering selling it instead of carrying out their own expansion plans.

What, did you forget the old thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128712)?

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6928/ohsufi4.gif (http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/about/transformation/future/upload/schnitzer_brief40207.pdf)

[pdxman]

It seems to me that there's no way thats gonna happen, at least not any time soon. With the all the financial stuff OHSU is going through that whole area may be scratched and sold.

[Chicago3rd]

It seems to me that there's no way thats gonna happen, at least not any time soon. With the all the financial stuff OHSU is going through that whole area may be scratched and sold.

Loyola here in Chicago was having financial issues about 6 years ago and they have had a massive building boom over the last few years.....so don't get your hopes down.

[PacificNW]

⇑ No, Zilfondel....I didn't forget the old thread but there appears a lot is happening "recently" with OHSU financially. I was raising the possibility that if OHSU was presently involved in the future development they could pull out, or sell, their options on this piece of property.... I realize my post might have been repetitive but not all people on this forum (members and lurkers) would know about the previous posts or care to research to find them. (I think it is time for me to take a break from the forum. I know you weren't trying to be offensive and I am getting way too cranky. It's definitely time I take a break and just lurk.)

[MarkDaMan]

^That land was donated by the Schnitzer(?) family for the new campus, so I can't really see them selling the property off. Maybe with PSU's growth, they can develop something together.

[zilfondel]

⇑ No, Zilfondel....I didn't forget the old thread but there appears a lot is happening "recently" with OHSU financially.

Okay, ok! I hear ya... I just figured that its easy for us to forget about all the older threads since this new forum system makes it easy to ignore them.

^That land was donated by the Schnitzer(?) family for the new campus, so I can't really see them selling the property off. Maybe with PSU's growth, they can develop something together.

Yeah, they won't sell it... although it would be worth a ton of money; they would have no way to expand in the future if they did. I would also be surprised if they didn't coordinate better with PSU in the future.

What I found interesting was that the PDF for OHSU's plan was updated very recently...

[zilfondel]

ok, who's the skyscraperpage guy with gray hair? I've seen him around about 5-6 times taking photos in the Pearl District, the PSU urban center, and other construction projects around town. Castillonis?

[digme]

Looking at the Panoramic photo of Southern Waterfront above, does anyone else think the Ross Island Bridge should be turned into the Ross Island Tunnel? Or at least rebuilt so that it returns to street grade much sooner on the west side of the River?

I realize this would be a very expensive proposition, but it seems like the value of the land there would be much greater if there wasn't a bridge bisecting it.

[urbanlife]

Yeah, they won't sell it... although it would be worth a ton of money; they would have no way to expand in the future if they did. I would also be surprised if they didn't coordinate better with PSU in the future.

What I found interesting was that the PDF for OHSU's plan was updated very recently...

Yeah, PSU would never have anything down there, besides the fact that the college owns plenty of land to expand around its campus for many years to come. It has buying a few buildings on the northern end of the college as well as alot of buildings all the way to to University Place, which they also own.

The only reason why I say PSU would never do anything down in south waterfront if given the chance is because when the architecture department was looking for a temporary home and was looking at some unique places in the city, like the Customs building, the school shot it down because they were all too far from campus.



I am happy to see that OHSU has selected a grid like plan to keep with some form of urban connection to the rest of that area. I just wish massive construction was going on there now....waiting is always the crappy part. I would like to see them sell of some of the land and push for a more mixed development, so as it is not just the college there. But I think for SoWa to work, it is going to need their site to start developing.


Its funny, it is starting to become its own little city down there....granted it is a city of overpriced condos, but rich people need a place to live too. :haha:

[Sekkle]

Just a few photos I took a while ago that won't show up in any of my "Portland Neighborhood Tour" threads...

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4018/img2741pi5.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7273/img2134pc9.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3340/img2368zp4.jpg
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/32/img3316xd8.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3110/img3319ay4.jpg
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4861/img2612qy4.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4584/img2610yh1.jpg
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2773/img2592vj3.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8836/img2632zr2.jpg

[MarkDaMan]

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3110/img3319ay4.jpg

such a Portland billboard!

I think I can speak on behalf of most of us here when I tell you how damned lucky we are that you have moved here and brought us some incredible looks into Portland. Your skills are superb!

[sirsimon]

Great pics 480! :tup:

[Sekkle]

Thanks guys. It's a very photogenic city. I doubt I do it justice with my shitty camera and sub-amateur photography skills, but it's fun to try and it's a good way to get to know the city. Speaking of which, I have a new neighborhood tour almost set - this one is Buckman in the central eastside, and I have a ton of pics, so I think it may be a two-parter.

[Okstate]

Well maybe we'll see Portland's only Hummer dealership then. Lets aim for a super-tuesday release!?

[downtownpdx]

ForAteOh -- Those are beautiful shots! You oughta post them in the My City Photos section. I agree MarkDaMan with you on the Ringlers Annex corner, such a great intersection. I love that building. Hope the former Silverado block becomes something beautiful.

[Sekkle]

One quick flick I took on Friday. Just off Germantown Rd in Forest Park (photo was edited a bit).
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8081/img4209gmppr6.jpg

New neighborhood tour will be up tomorrow or Monday in the My City Photos section - Multnomah Village this time. Not as urban, so I'm not sure how well received the thread will be. :uhh:

[MarkDaMan]

I f'in love Forest Park in the winter...

I've described Forest Park to my Phoenix friends as a South Mountain Park smothered with trees and streams...glad you've found it.

[PacificNW]

Forest Park is a gem.....the people of Portland are so lucky to have it in their back/front yard...

[zilfondel]

Chinatown! It's... pink!

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7158/pinkud1.jpg

[Dougall5505]

sunset from the bus
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2272700556_8c09d4b67b_o.jpg

[zilfondel]

^ Nice pic! And taken only 1 hour 13 minutes after mine? ...I take it you haven't corrected for daylight savings. Funny how there was only a 13 minute difference when we snapped those photos.

[Dougall5505]

true it was a amazing sunset that night

[Castillonis]

I took this photo of the Lotus Mural at 18:54 on Mon 18Feb08.
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/43944/2003631738293103501_rs.jpg

[Dougall5505]

me bored at the bus stop
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/2277338557_a1ee7c449a_o.jpg

[Dougall5505]

anyone take pics of the lunar eclipse the other night? well I did
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2284987612_6354f15703_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2229/2284200097_a9fbaf2001_o.jpg
other moon shots from this morning
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2284987642_9a5308a2c8_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2284987696_e96d294f44_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2284200207_e6f018249d_o.jpg

[Castillonis]

Freemont bridge, Waterfront Pearl Mistral and Azure, Glacier Dome 1024x755
http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/46923/2000491550850282169_rs.jpg

NOTE:
1. I took the photos that comprise this image of the Freemont bridge and waterfront at 19:58 on Sat 23Feb08.
2. tripod w/o mount, bracketed 0,+2 stops in Aperture priority
3. 1/20 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200, 7.0mm x factor
4. HDR photomatix basic RAW, Neat image noise reduction, auto color correction, unsharpen mask 110,0.7,10
5. Needs blue correction, Didn't follow 1/3 sky rule

[Sekkle]

I just posted a photo thread of the St. Johns/Cathedral Park neighborhood in the City Photos page (link (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146597)).

Here are some bonus photos of the bridge...
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3773/img4178shrl8.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1796/img4295shuh9.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/934/img4296shtc2.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9485/img4535shso1.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8474/img4601shkt4.jpg

[sopdx]

lovely!

[zilfondel]

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/pink2.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/traffic.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/bikes2.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/bikes.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/urban.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/cranes2.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/zilfondel/pdx%20city/cranes.jpg

I took these a couple of days ago

[Castillonis]

1219 x 493 Downtown from the West
http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/45909/2001616097009909739_rs.jpg

NOTE:
1. I took this photo on Fri 29Feb08.
2. I couldn't figure out AEB in Av mode on this different camera. Precarious location for nice lens. So I didn't get an HDR that you need for this to show what you can see with your eyes.
3. 1/200 sec, f/7.1, ISO 800, 29.0mm x 1.6
4. cropped, curves, unsharpen mask (110, 0.7, 10)

[MarkDaMan]

I can't believe the Benson turned out like that...it looks terrible.

[pdxman]

^^^Yeah, the benson is a bit of a disappointment. Up close it looks like one of those plastic model cars you snap and glue together. I think what's happening is that computer renderings are getting too good, and now buildings aren't living up to the renderings.

[Sekkle]

Some photos I took in the Sunnyside neighborhood (Belmont and a couple blocks south) back in the fall. These were taken that weekend when there was a ton of rain, flooding all throughout the Northwest, I-5 closed in Chehalis, WA, etc. I was thinking I’d get back to that hood and finish off a full “neighborhood tour,” but never did. I’ll get there again eventually, but for now, here you go.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7928/img2658fr9.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7576/img2655kp8.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8195/img2660ry4.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3634/img2636xh1.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5038/img2674rm5.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8668/img2680tp7.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1563/img2683nk2.jpg

[rsbear]

I can't believe the Benson turned out like that...it looks terrible.

I haven't seen the Benson up close since last May, but I completely disagree with your opinion. I like the almost nautical architecture, the colors, and the variance in materials and shape. Perhaps most of all I like that it is not a variation of theme, as are most of the buildings of the Pearl and South Waterfront. Could the Benson have been better? Of course, and that is true of every building.

[Castillonis]

Convention Center and Mt Hood
1260x700 for 17" monitors
http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/45941/2005686615243375401_rs.jpg

larger size 2400x1334
http://aycu33.webshots.com/image/44792/2005692244983671854_rs.jpg

NOTE:
1. I took this photo of the Convention center and Mt Hood on Sun 03Mar08.
2. tripod, image stabilization (min 4 cycles/sec to have effect), 1/800, f/8.0, ISO 400, 105.0 mm
3. EDIT: Photomatix Pro Blend 3 exposures jpg, 0.8 arbitrary CW rotation, tighter crop

[Castillonis]

Bridgeport, Wyatt, and Lovejoy

1260x535 17" monitors
http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/47987/2003632051803553439_rs.jpg

1960x831 22" monitors
http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/47044/2003618325035256429_rs.jpg

NOTE: I took the photos that comprise this image on Sun 02Mar08

[Okstate]

I don't get what others see wrong with the Wyatt. Then again, I have no appreciation (understanding) for architecture. Coming from Oklahoma, your standards are slightly lowered.

[PacificNW]

I agree with you Okstate.... I agree with your viewpoint regarding the Wyatt-not that you have lower standards because you are from Oklahoma. :)

[Castillonis]

Tanner Springs Park
NW Marshall St and NW 11th ave Portland, Or
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=NW+Marshall+St+and+NW+11th+ave+Portland,+or&sll=45.532477,-122.681483&sspn=0.005253,0.009999&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=45.533499,-122.682416&spn=0.010507,0.019999&t=h&z=16&cbll=45.53081,-122.68242&cbp=1,29.19869108523767,,0,1.8116371803476212
http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=1273

Ernie says you just call them Bert. Here Fishy Fishy Fishy.
800x600
http://aycu11.webshots.com/image/48330/2005293290952805461_rs.jpg

[joeplayer1989]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/joeplayer91/peacesigninportland.jpghow long has that peace sign been there?

[MarkDaMan]

I noticed it a couple weeks ago driving past! I don't know.

[sopdx]

That area is called the Peace Park.

[Derek]

Portland is such a beautiful place. :)

[philopdx]

Well, the lighting was really spectacular this evening so I got a few shots...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2090/2481653515_fb7904f5cf_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2482465486_f96c6c46cd_b.jpg

This is the ZGF Tower crane.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2481695967_17dda3c680_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2034/2482508456_537229923f_b.jpg

And one more of the Fox Tower:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/2482533848_61a866cc8d_b.jpg

[Sekkle]

Beautiful pics. :tup:

[Sekkle]

Saw this today and thought it was funny...
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/Brizzle78/IMG_0168.jpg

[pdxman]

Haha that is very funny and creative

[urbanlife]

dont joke about that, downtown portland gators are very deadly...there has been three bicyclists killed so far this year.

[Sekkle]

A few quick photos

Downtown & SoWa from Sellwood...
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/7479/img46071dc5.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/417/img46151hx8.jpg
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1109/img46171hp3.jpg

From the Ross Island Bridge...
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1374/img46351mj3.jpg

From the west hills...
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/63/img45201oh7.jpg

10th st in the Pearl...
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4608/img44881bl9.jpg

Mt Hood. I can't wait to try this shot again on a clear day after it rains or something. It was a little hazy yesterday...
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7504/img46231nu4.jpg

[PacificNW]

Great shots! Thanks! I am amazed how fast the SoWa is growing! A lot of Pearl street activity in the streetcar shot....

[philopdx]

Here is another HDR shot. This is looking down from my building on 5th Avenue. Believe it or not, I had to desaturate the trees a little bit to make it look real.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3051473377_c86614e357_o.jpg

[philopdx]

Here is another HDR experiment featuring Fox Tower.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/3052510646_0c14243cf0_o.jpg

[PacificNW]

Being the bonehead I am I wasn't sure what HDR is so I Googled. Here is a pretty good explanation (I think).


High dynamic range imaging
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.
High dynamic range imaging was originally developed in the 1930s and 1940s by Charles Wyckoff. Wyckoff's detailed pictures of nuclear explosions appeared on the cover of Life magazine in the mid 1940s. The process of tone mapping together with bracketed exposures of normal digital images, giving the end result a high, often exaggerated dynamic range, was first reported in 1993, and resulted in a mathematical theory of differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter that was published in 1995. In 1997 this technique of combining several differently exposed images to produce a single HDR image was presented to the computer graphics community by Paul Debevec.
This method was developed to produce a high dynamic range image from a set of photographs taken with a range of exposures. With the rising popularity of digital cameras and easy-to-use desktop software, the term HDR is now popularly used to refer to this process. This composite technique is different from (and may be of lesser or greater quality than) the production of an image from a single exposure of a sensor that has a native high dynamic range. Tone mapping is also used to display HDR images on devices with a low native dynamic range, such as a computer screen.

[Sekkle]

Great shots, philopdx. That Fox Tower one could be used as an official marketing photo or something. Wow!

[Dougall5505]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3054786400_89d3618ff0_o.jpg

[Joeplayer19]

the skyline is just laid back like the people man

[Joeplayer19]

!

[Sekkle]

I tried playing around with HDR a little bit. I know most people don't care for the over-stylized, fake-looking HDR, and I tried not to get too crazy with it, but I'm new to it, so cut me some slack. :)

All were created using a free program called qtpfsgui (catchy name, right? ;)). Larger versions are available on my flickr page if you click the photo (and then click "all sizes" on the flickr page). There are also a couple other HDR photos on there.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/3299604776_416831c2ab.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35021226@N02/3299604776/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3298774283_373e9df5a7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35021226@N02/3298774283/)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3298777319_e9214015ae.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35021226@N02/3298777319/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/3298775797_cfb2124c53.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35021226@N02/3298775797/)

[zilfondel]

Nice pictures! Actually, great pictures

anyone know what the building u/c in the background of the fremont pic is? Mississippi Lofts?

[JordanL]

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2911/portlandskylinesep2008.jpg

I took this back in September and just stitched it together. :)

Turned out better than I expected actually...

[alphawolf]

Just some quick ones from the Jupiter Hotel last week.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f171/alphawolf256/Portland09062.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f171/alphawolf256/Portland09064.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f171/alphawolf256/Portland09065.jpg

[Dougall5505]

not portland but by me: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4179710#post4179710

i promise ill get back out there soon

[downtownpdx]

Just posted a photo thread of our lovely city with some wine country and Oregon coast thrown in here and there :

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=202469

[philopdx]

Taken looking north down 5th Avenue. I love being able to see the snow-covered hills in the distance, since the conditions required to see them only happen a few times a year.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8337086668_5a5a7929d8_b.jpg

[trofirhen]

I'm from Vancouver, that snazzy-looking (well, at some angles) city vertically pushing high-rises like mushrooms, linked by a high-speed rail system.

OK

Please excuse that preamble, and continue to say what I came here to say.
Metropolitan Portland and Metropolitan Vancouver have tightly close metro populations..
You may not have quite the same look as Vancouver, but you have a higher city GNP.
Somehow, that good ol' American 'know how' is there and "just do it" without massive overseas infusions.
And you do it unostationsiously, and with a charming cityscape with wonderful views.
Plus a charming mix of modern, but a lot of heritage buildings, a good tramway, and lastly, that magnificent fountain square.

So Vancouver can razzle-dazzle all it wants, but Portland makes more money.

Seattle, of course, is the "big boy on the block" and is the home of Microsoft,
and many affiliated "silicon valley" type industries, Boeing, (yes I know the hq is in Chicago, but still...)
(.........and it's gaining several major foreign airlines.)

But Portland and Vancouver somehow complement each other.
Thank you for your time and consideration, good neighbour!;)

[downtownpdx]

Some shots from the Portland Winter Light Festival a couple weeks ago. This is a great event that spans several blocks from Pioneer Square to the World Trade Center to the waterfront, with DJ's, performers, food carts, etc.
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=250202

[CorbinWarrick]

Wow whatever happened to Philo? He was a major contributor at one time. Just saw his post on this thread