by K S | May 21, 2019 | Blog, Neighborhoods
Much of inner-Northwest Portland’s rich history is buried. The vast wetland containing the 40-acre Couch Lake, Guild’s Lake, gulches, marshes, and smaller lakes was filled in by the beginning of the 20th century. Hard to imagine, right? “Before...
by K S | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, Neighborhoods, Portland
Burnside Street is Portland’s iconic thoroughfare. It connects the east and west sides of the city via its namesake bridge and spans over 17 miles in length. Lower East Burnside begins at the base of the bridge and continues to 14th Ave where it intersects with...
by K S | May 9, 2018 | Blog, Moving to Portland, Neighborhoods, Portland
Beaumont-Wilshire is a quaint urban neighborhood in NE Portland. It borders Cully to the North at Alberta Court, Alameda at 33rd and 47th Avenue at Rose City Park to the East. Beaumont-Wilshire is a mix of residential and commercial with Beaumont Village as the main...
by K S | May 4, 2018 | Blog, Communuty, Moving to Portland, Neighborhoods, Portland Market
It’s May and if you live in Portland you probably know that Portland’s farmers markets are about to open. Portland’s open-air markets happen throughout the week all over the city and offer up a variety of food from fresh local and seasonal produce...
by K S | May 1, 2018 | Blog, Moving to Portland, Neighborhoods, Portland
Woodlawn is a historic Portland neighborhood in NE Portland and has just what you need. Woodlawn borders Columbia Boulevard to the North, Ainsworth to the South, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the West, and 22nd to the East. This quiet area of NE Portland is a...
by K S | Apr 28, 2018 | Blog, Moving to Portland, Neighborhoods, Portland
If you live in Portland, you know that Portlanders take pride in the city’s bridges. We pedal, drive and walk across them, photograph them, go by boat below them and Portland Public School kids usually replicate them at least once in their student life. There...
