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These are just a few pics from
around downtown that we took one sunny August day. There's so much more to
downtown, lots more pretty and cool and completely awesome things to snap
pictures of, these just happened to be along our way that day. We hope to do
better justice to the city with more photos soon.
from left to right
#1 -- tile map at Delta Park MAX
stop; the map shows the old VanPort community development in the Peninsula
(wedge of Portland that's between the Columbia and the Willamette) floodplain
that was hailed as the community of the future -- the community was growing
rapidly when it was completely wiped out by a major flood in the 40s and
abandoned
#2 -- the
Salmon Street Springs, one of many, many fountains in Portland; it's located
at the south end of Waterfront Park and is usually full of people on hot days
trying to get cool
#3 -- a view of downtown
Portland and Waterfront Park from the Hawthorne Bridge
#4 -- a view of Riverplace
Marina from the Hawthorne Bridge
#5 -- looking north from the
Hawthorne Bridge, where you can see the Rose Garden and Convention Center (the
twin buildings shine beams of light from their tips on September 11th to
memorialize that tragedy)
#6 -- barge being pushed up the
Willamette River (south) to Ross Island
#7 -- the
Elk
Fountain (big bronze elk statue in the middle of the street) that divides
the street in the Plaza blocks
#8 -- the tree-lined streets of
downtown Portland, Oregon
#9 -- one of the many
Animals in Pools fountains in downtown; other fountains feature bronze
sculptures of bears, ducks, otters, and other animals native to the Northwest
#10 -- the City of Portland
Visitors' Center at Pioneer Square -- and yes, the entrance is flanked by
walls of water
#11 -- Pioneer Square, aka
Portland's Living Room since it's the main gathering place for most activities
throughout the year; the city Christmas tree stands in the center during the
holidays, sand is trucked in for the annual sand sculpture contest in July, free
contests and theater events are held regularly, and almost every rally or march
starts or ends here
#12 -- Portland's
mounted police
on regular patrol downtown |
