This sunny morning in Green Portland

[PDX City-State]

I went for a jog this morning and brought my camera.

Da tram
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00891.jpg
South Waterfront--not bad for three years of work
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00892.jpg
Heading back toward downtown
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00895.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00896.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00909.jpg
Riverplace--two more 15-story buildings on the way--kinda boring design
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00898.jpg
From a vantage point in the West Hills
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00902.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00901.jpg
A chunk of the Pearl District
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00903.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00910.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/DSC00905.jpg
http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/pdxcitystate/?action=view&current=DSC00909.jpg
That's it!

[mttop]

Nice pics, but is the haze smog or has there been some forest fires?

[PDX City-State]

It was a little hazy this morning--not sure why. No forest fires yet--wait until July and the whole damn state will be on fire.

[MarkDaMan]

nice...bring us more...MORE!

[pwright1]

This is why I love Portland and the pnw. Beautiful pics.

[cab]

That's fog. Its all burned off now, city looks great!

[eburress]

What a pretty place. Hopefully downtown can add some height to go along with that wonderful density.

[OhioGuy]

Love it! :)

[Drew-Ski]

absolutely wonderfull pics ! :tup:

[Pistola916]

Nice pics. Portland is definately on my to-do list. The Northwest is a gem.

[llazy]

Question... in the second photo, what is the name of the building directly behind the bus shelter?
Do you know of a similar style of building .. maybe in a group of 3, that are kind of rounded and have something black near the top? I have a painting, and am trying to figure out if the building in it is of an actual portland building.

[denveraztec]

Nice new development!

[Cbautz]

Cool pics!

[alexjon]

Question... in the second photo, what is the name of the building directly behind the bus shelter?
Do you know of a similar style of building .. maybe in a group of 3, that are kind of rounded and have something black near the top? I have a painting, and am trying to figure out if the building in it is of an actual portland building.

That's the John Ross tower-- the three you are thinking of are probably part of Yaletown in Vancouver. Google it or search Flickr :)

[Buckeye Native 001]

What a pretty place. Hopefully downtown can add some height to go along with that wonderful density.

I love Portland, but don't much care about the height. That city's density is almost second-to-none after the big five (NYC, Chicago, DC, San Francisco, Boston), and that's all that really matters IMHO

Great photos, and I'd really love to go back there at some point :tup:

[fangorangutang]

Waaaaahhhh...oh Portland, how I miss you so.

[mSeattle]

Lovely Portland.

[Coldrsx]

nice tour...i always find Portland such a cute little city for some reason.

[TXLove]

Portland looks good thanks 4 the pics!!!

[PDX City-State]

I took these last summer. The South Waterfront towers you see are completed, and a couple more have broken ground.

Portland is indeed cute, and with a Metropolitan area population twice that of Edmonton, it's not exactly little either. We could, however, use some additional building height. Our urban core might be dense, but it's not too particularly tall. This, most predict, will change in the next decade.

[Derek]

Nice. :)

[CapitalCity]

Good ol' beautiful Portland!