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1.53 persons. Downtown Portland is the central business district of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is on the west bank of the Willamette River in the northeastern corner of the southwest section of the city and where most of the city's high-rise buildings are found. The downtown neighborhood extends west from the Willamette to Interstate ...
April 22, 1976. The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (opened as the Portland Publix Theatre before becoming the Paramount Theatre after 1930) is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland, Oregon, United States. Part of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, it is home to the Oregon Symphony, Portland Youth ...
Pioneer Courthouse Square, with Fox Tower in the background. Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland's living room, [1][2][3][4] is a public space occupying a full 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2) city block in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1984, the square is bounded by Southwest Morrison Street on ...
Area. 8.76 acres (3.55 ha) Operated by. Portland Parks & Recreation. Status. Open 5 am to 9 pm daily. The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. [2] The Oregonian has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room". [3]
Opened. 1983. Design and construction. Architecture firm. ZGF Architects. The Multnomah County Justice Center, or simply Justice Center, is a building located at 1120 Southwest 3rd Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. The building was designed by ZGF Architects. [1] It is adjacent to Lownsdale Square. It houses Portland Police Bureau 's Central ...
In 1905, Portland was the host city of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, a world's fair. This event increased recognition of the city, which contributed to a doubling of the population of Portland, from 90,426 in 1900 to 207,214 in 1910. [19] In 1911, the Willamette River flooded much of Downtown Portland, though not much damage is noted.
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is a high rise structure in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1975, the 18 story-tower is owned by the federal government. The international style office building has more than 370,000 square feet (34,000 m 2) of space. Designed by the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architecture ...