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Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
Viewed from the Eastbank Esplanade The opened Morrison Bridge, photographed from East Portland. The Morrison Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1958, it is the third bridge at approximately the same site to carry that name. [2] It is one of the most heavily used bridges in Portland. [3]
Portland hosts many Christmas-related concerts and other performances, [19] [20] including the annual Tuba Christmas. [21] [22] The Oregon Symphony hosts Gospel Christmas at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall each year. [6] Portland's Singing Christmas Tree has been held for approximately sixty years.
The Portland Hotel about 1900 at the site of the now-public square A 1986 view, showing the fountain's original color and a banner for Powell's Travel Store The square's surface is made up of bricks inscribed with the names of residents whose $15 donations in 1981–1982 helped fund its construction.
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is a cable-stayed bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States.It was designed by TriMet, the Portland metropolitan area's regional transit authority, for its MAX Orange Line light rail passenger trains.
Director Park (officially Simon and Helen Director Park) is a city park in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.Opened in 2009 at a cost of $9.5 million, it covers a 700-space underground parking garage, which connects underground to the Fox Tower and the Park Avenue West Tower.
The International Rose Test Garden is a rose garden in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, United States.There are over 10,000 rose bushes of approximately 650 varieties. The roses bloom from April through October with the peak coming in June, depending on the weather
KOIN Tower (formerly KOIN Center) is a 155.15 m (509.0 ft), 35-story, skyscraper in Portland, Oregon, United States. The building, the third-tallest in the city, [5] was designed by the firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership and opened in 1984 at a cost of US$48 million.