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Stark Street is an east-west-running street in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The street is named after Benjamin Stark, and is divided as Southeast Stark Street and Southwest Stark Street by the Willamette River. A stretch of Stark Street has been designated Southwest Harvey Milk Street to commemorate LGBTQ rights activist Harvey Milk.
The Stark Street Bridge is a 277-foot (84 m) steel truss bridge spanning the Sandy River two miles east of Troutdale, Oregon. The bridge connects Southeast Stark Street with the Historic Columbia River Highway and is one of only two western entrances to the highway. [ 1 ]
The Stark Street Ferry operated from 1855 until ferry traffic declined due to the opening of the Morrison Bridge in 1887, and the removal of tolls on the bridge in 1895. In 1888, the completion of a railroad bridge (the original Steel Bridge ) allowed the Oregon & California Railroad to cease using their passenger ferry , which had begun ...
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.
SE Cesar Chavez Blvd. and Stark St. 32.27 acres (13.06 ha) Acquired in 1909, Laurelhurst Park includes basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts, a soccer field, a playground, picnic tables, paved and unpaved paths, a dog off-leash area, and a 3-acre spring-fed lake.
The Clyde Hotel was renamed Ben Stark Hotel in 1987, but became the Ace Hotel in 2005. [13] The east-west running Stark Street in Portland is named in his honor. [2] In late 2017, activists proposed renaming Southwest Stark Street for gay rights activist Harvey Milk, noting that Stark was an unapologetic racist who advocated for slavery. [14]
Rainbow flag displayed in the Burnside Triangle, near the intersection of West Burnside Street, Southwest 13th Avenue, and Southwest Stark Street. The Burnside Triangle, also known as Pink Triangle [1] or Vaseline Alley, [2] was a triangular district in Portland, Oregon, United States, known for its relatively higher density of LGBTQ and gay-friendly businesses.
The Clyde Hotel is a historic hotel located in the downtown area of Portland, Oregon, United States.It was renamed to Ben Stark Hotel in 1987, then became the Ace Hotel Portland in 2005. [3]