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It is an area zoned for historic preservation, about 50 blocks in size, [3] extending roughly between NW 17th and 24th Avenues, and between W Burnside and NW Marshall Streets. [4] In 2000, the Alphabet Historic District, which covers parts of streets from Burnside ("B Street") to N.W. Marshall ("M Street") within the Alphabet District but not ...
In June 1866, a city ordinance was approved to name "A" as "A Street", "B" as "B Street" and so on until "K Street". This was further extended to L, M, N and O Streets in 1869. This is how this area became known as "Alphabet District". From 1865 to 1891, this naming scheme was kept until they were assigned the street names, each beginning with ...
Northwest Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon, United States. Northwest Portland includes the Pearl District, most of Old Town Chinatown, the Northwest District, and various residential and industrial neighborhoods. A range of streets primarily in Northwest Portland is named alphabetically from Ankeny through York (the street ...
1424–1434 SW Morrison Street: Constructed in 1905 during Portland's period of rapid growth around the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, this was one of the city's earliest modern apartment buildings. The property is closely associated with three generations of the Bronaugh family, who were prominent in Oregon law and politics.
Much of the U. S. city of Portland, Oregon is built to a grid plan oriented north/south and east/west. However, the streets in the central downtown area are aligned to magnetic north—presumably at the time the area was platted—and so is oriented about 19.25° eastward.
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The Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District, created in 1975 and roughly bounded by Naito Parkway, Everett Street, 3rd Avenue, and Oak Street, is an important part of Old Town Portland. Attractions include the Saturday Market ; the Shanghai tunnels ; and Ankeny Square , site of Portland's oldest public art work, the Olin L. Warner ...
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