Portland - downtown and close in

der Reisender · #1 Posted **Jun 23, 2007, 4:00 PM**

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

Historic armory rehabbed into a theater

Jamison Square

Tanner Springs Park

the Pearl rising

could be the perfect urban venue for an MLS team...

Belluschi's art museum

Our big urban school

the streetcar runs right through the plaza

New downtown construction

This crane is for the brewery expansion for Widmer Brothers...the whole area smelled of brewing beer

Plaza along Mississippi

Into the South Waterfront

dedicated to our city's unofficial symbol...

Lower Burnside

This floor houses a spectacular Cuban restaurant

some shots from around my neighborhood

Closing out with some infill development

OhioGuy · #2 Posted **Jun 23, 2007, 4:09 PM**

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

pwright1 · #3 Posted **Jun 23, 2007, 4:27 PM**

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

zilfondel · #4 Posted **Jun 24, 2007, 9:48 AM**

Where is this thing located?

I dont recognize it

der Reisender · #5 Posted **Jun 24, 2007, 4:17 PM**

^MLK and Graham, a few blocks south of Fremont

seaskyfan · #6 Posted **Jun 24, 2007, 5:58 PM**

Great shots of a beautiful city!

pdxstreetcar · #7 Posted **Jun 24, 2007, 6:51 PM**

great photos!

wow you covered a lot of ground

the dude · #8 Posted **Jun 24, 2007, 7:18 PM**

lookin' good as per usual.

Wheelingman04 · #9 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 1:03 AM**

Oregon is just a wonderful state.

BigKidD · #10 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 1:48 AM**

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

CONative · #11 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 1:57 AM**

Nice!

What is the capacity of PGE Park?

MarkDaMan · #12 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 3:23 PM**

^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 · #13 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 3:57 PM**

Great thread--you have good taste in neighborhoods.

ltsmotorsport · #14 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 4:47 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

Was thinking the same thing. Great tour.

djvandrake · #15 Posted **Jun 25, 2007, 5:06 PM**

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

Drew-Ski · #16 Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 12:15 AM**

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 · #17 Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 6:33 AM**

^ 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 · #18 Posted **Jun 26, 2007, 11:44 PM**

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

Derek · #19 Posted **Jun 27, 2007, 12:40 AM**

PORTLAND! I am in love with this city.

VA_Gentleman · #20 Posted **Jun 27, 2007, 12:52 AM**

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