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(South Portland listings are included on the Southwest Portland list.) This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in South and Southwest Portland, Oregon , United States, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
The Armory was the last piece of property in Portland's Pearl District Brewery Blocks to be redeveloped. The Portland development firm Gerding Edlen had redeveloped surrounding properties utilizing sustainable building practices and, when they bought the Armory complex in 2000, they pledged to maintain the historical character of the building ...
Portland's first airport was the Swan Island Municipal Airport, [7] northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River. The Port of Portland purchased 256 acres (104 ha) and construction began in 1926. Charles Lindbergh flew in and dedicated the new airfield in 1927.
Although The Oregonian Building, rising 194 feet (59 m) if its clock tower is included, was Portland's tallest building from 1892 until 1913, [7] the history of skyscrapers in the city is thought to have begun with the construction of the Wells Fargo Building in 1907. This building, standing 182 feet (55 m) and 12 floors tall, is often regarded ...
PARADOX (PDX) is a warez–demogroup; an anonymous group of software engineers that devise ways to defeat software and video game licensing protections, a process known as cracking, which is illegal in most jurisdictions.
Interstate 405 (I-405), also known as the Stadium Freeway No. 61, [3] is a short north–south Interstate Highway in Portland, Oregon.It forms a loop that travels around the west side of Downtown Portland, between two junctions with I-5 on the Willamette River near the Marquam Bridge to the south and Fremont Bridge to the north.
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Dignity Village is a city-recognized legal encampment of an estimated 60 homeless people in Portland, Oregon, United States.In the days before Christmas of 2000, a group of individuals living outdoors in Portland established a tent city.