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Portland State University is also located on Broadway. The section west of the Willamette was the most vibrant street in downtown Portland even before it was renamed, in 1913, from 7th Avenue to Broadway, and this continued for decades. [1] During the day, it was a bustling shopping street, and remains a busy shopping street today.
January 28, 2009 (Corner of N Denver Avenue and N Interstate Avenue: This 31-foot (9.4 m) sculpture of folkloric logger Paul Bunyan in Portland's Kenton neighborhood was built in 1959 to commemorate the centennial of Oregon's statehood during the Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair.
In 2005, Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette (GICW), Goodwill's Portland, Oregon, branch, came under scrutiny due to executive compensation that the Oregon attorney general's office concluded was "unreasonable". The President of the Portland branch, Michael Miller, received $838,508 in pay and benefits for fiscal year 2004, which was ...
Roughly bounded by the Willamette River, [e] NW Everett Street, NW/SW 3rd Avenue, and SW Oak Street 45°31′23″N 122°40′18″W / 45.523111°N 122.671569°W / 45.523111; -122.671569 ( Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic
December 9, 1981 (2363 NW Flanders Street: Charles Francis Adams (1862–1943) was a prominent Portland banker, art collector, and patron of the Portland Art Museum.This house was designed for him by the eminent firm of Whidden and Lewis, built in the Georgian Revival style in 1904, expanded in 1918, and extensively restored in 1979.
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.
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715 SW Morrison Street Portland, Oregon: Coordinates: Built: 1913 [3] Architect: MacNaughton & Raymond: Architectural style: Early Commercial: NRHP reference No. 96001000 [1] Added to NRHP: September 12, 1996