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Each neighborhood association defines its own boundaries, which may include areas outside of Portland city limits and (if mutually agreed) areas that overlap with other neighborhoods. Neighborhoods may span boundaries between the six sections ( North Portland , Northeast Portland , Northwest Portland , South Portland , Southeast Portland , and ...
Map of Portland, OR, showing neighborhoods and suburbs. This map of Portland, Oregon, USA was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community.
Pages in category "Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Between 1940 and 1960, the African American population in Albina grew dramatically as white residents moved out. More than 21,000 left for the suburbs or other Portland neighborhoods. [2] By 1960, African-Americans totaled only 2% of the Portland's population and 80% lived in the Albina neighborhood.
The neighborhood, formerly known as Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill or CTLH, changed its name at a meeting of its neighborhood association on September 6, 2006, to be more concise and inclusive. [3] South Portland was the name of a 19th-century community that overlapped the present day neighborhood.
Northeast Portland is one of the six major divisions of Portland, Oregon. Northeast Portland contains a diverse collection of neighborhoods. For example, while Irvington and the Alameda Ridge feature some of the oldest and most expensive homes in Portland, nearby King is a more working-class neighborhood.
The Northwest District is a densely populated retail and residential neighborhood in the northwest section of Portland, Oregon, United States. Craftsman-style and Old Portland-style houses are packed tightly together with old apartment buildings and new condominiums, within walking distance of restaurants, bars, and shops.
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.