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Cosmopolitan on the Park, [3] or simply the Cosmopolitan, [4] is a high-rise condominium building in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, in the United States. Construction began in 2014 and was completed in 2016. It is the tallest building in the Pearl District and the tallest residential tower in Portland. [4]
Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, is the site of 34 completed high-rises at least 250 feet (76 m), four of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). [1] [2] [3] The tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Center, which rises 546 feet (166 m) in Downtown Portland and was completed in 1972. [4]
Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and Sun, by Earth's rotation and by centrifugal force caused by Earth's progression around the Earth-Moon barycenter. Tidal range depends on time and location.
The King Tides Project seeks to understand how high tides are affecting the coastline, especially low-elevation areas of the Oregon Coast already susceptible to damage from high water levels.
A 1991 agreement between the City of Portland and the State of Oregon to dramatically reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) [81] led to Portland's Big Pipe Project. The project, part of a related series of Portland CSO projects completed in late 2011 at a cost of $1.44 billion, [ 82 ] separates the city's sanitary sewer lines from storm-water ...
The compacted-earth Timothy Lake Dam was built by Portland General Electric in 1956 to regulate seasonal water flow to Lake Harriet downstream. [3] The dam, 110 feet high and impounding 81,000 acre-feet, does not generate any hydroelectric power itself. In the summer, the lake is a very popular destination for camping, boating, hiking ...
It is the only suspension bridge in the Willamette Valley and one of three public highway suspension bridges in Oregon. [2] The bridge has a 1,207-foot (368 m) center span and a total length of 2,067 feet (630 m). [3] It is the tallest bridge in Portland, with two 400-foot-tall (120 m) towers and a 205-foot (62 m) navigational clearance. [4]
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