Portland - downtown and close in

[der Reisender]

Spent the morning going around Portland snapping some pictures. Nothing great, but I tried to get a lot of them. I guess a drawback of going on a pictures excursion on a Friday morning is that everybody is at work and off the streets. One of the great things about Portland is being able to do all this on my bike :)

Pioneer Square
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Historic armory rehabbed into a theater
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Jamison Square
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Tanner Springs Park
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the Pearl rising
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could be the perfect urban venue for an MLS team...
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Belluschi's art museum
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Our big urban school
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the streetcar runs right through the plaza
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New downtown construction
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This crane is for the brewery expansion for Widmer Brothers...the whole area smelled of brewing beer
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Plaza along Mississippi
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Into the South Waterfront
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dedicated to our city's unofficial symbol...
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Lower Burnside
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This floor houses a spectacular Cuban restaurant
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some shots from around my neighborhood
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Closing out with some infill development
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[OhioGuy]

Sweet! We just don't get enough Portland on this forum, so thanks for taking the time to go out and photograph your city. :banana:

[pwright1]

Wow Portland is beautiful. It's truely one of my favorite cities. Great pics.

[zilfondel]

Where is this thing located?

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I dont recognize it

[der Reisender]

^MLK and Graham, a few blocks south of Fremont

[seaskyfan]

Great shots of a beautiful city!

[pdxstreetcar]

great photos!

wow you covered a lot of ground

[the dude]

lookin' good as per usual.

[Wheelingman04]

Oregon is just a wonderful state.

[BigKidD]

Nice photos der Reisender. I need to visit Portland someday.

[CONative]

Nice!

What is the capacity of PGE Park?

[MarkDaMan]

^currently just under 20,000. For the World Cup Women's Soccer the stadium was expanded to 30,000 seats for the games and then the seating was reduced again for baseball. If the MLS does locate in Portland, and PGE Park, PGE Park could be expanded to hold about 35K.

Great pics der R, don't sell yourself short there were some great shots in there!

[PDX City-State]

Great thread--you have good taste in neighborhoods.

[ltsmotorsport]

Sweet! We just don't get enough Portland on this forum, so thanks for taking the time to go out and photograph your city. :banana:

Was thinking the same thing. Great tour. :tup:

[djvandrake]

Great thread! Those new condo towers on the south waterfront are fantastic! :slob:

[Drew-Ski]

Great photo thread der Reisender. Hasn't that Hippo Hardware signage on the posts been around what seems like forever? For some reason, I have always liked that Sandy Blvd - Burnside Ave intersection because they both lead to interesting sections of the city.

[der Reisender]

^ hippo hardware signs have been there as long as i can remember. thanks everyone for the comments, its always fun for me to see that others enjoy seeing portland

[PacificNW]

Very nice! I am bringing my dog up Wednesday for a visit. Where are the off lease parks?

[Derek]

PORTLAND! I am in love with this city.

[VA_Gentleman]

Everything looks great. I see you mentioned bicycles a few times, what is the bigger biking city, Portland or Greensboro, S.C.?

[Black Box]

Hello Portland, Oregon!

[pdxtex]

you covered alot for a bike ride thread. nice....what do you ride anyway?

[Wpg_Guy]

That is one heck of a good looking city, more would pics would be great!!

[Sekkle]

Great photos! Thanks!

[denveraztec]

Wonderful pics, thank you.

[Top Of The Park]

......All the pictures I see are people and pedestrian oriented. Although Portland does have some decent highrises and looks like it is getting more, the place has a good people scale to it. Rather than some cities that have massive skyscrapers, yet shut down at night, Portland gives off a comfortable, people friendly aura.

[Inkdaub]

Nice pics. You got my workplace in downtown and almost my hood when you snapped Pambiche. You also got my second favorite building in the Telegram. I'm a sucker for the clock towers, which is why my favorite building in PDX is the Jackson Tower. Great work.

[atl2phx]

nice pictorial. never been there, but plan to soon. i like whats goin on with the new development - very nice.

[mcbaby]

i'm glad i live here.