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Downtown Portland, Oregon, the Glossary

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Albina, Oregon

Albina is a historical American city that was consolidated into Portland, Oregon in 1891.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (opened as the Portland Publix Theatre before becoming the Paramount Theatre after 1930) is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Beaverton, Oregon

Beaverton is a city in the Tualatin Valley, located in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon, with a small portion bordering Portland.

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.

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Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath.

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Broadway Bridge (Portland, Oregon)

The Broadway Bridge is a Rall-type bascule bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, built in 1913.

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Burnside Bridge

The Burnside Bridge is a 1926-built bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, carrying Burnside Street.

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Burnside Street

Burnside Street is a major thoroughfare of Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, and one of a few east–west streets that runs uninterrupted on both sides of the Willamette River.

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Cascade Range

The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.

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Central business district

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Daily Journal of Commerce

The Daily Journal of Commerce (DJC) is a U.S. newspaper published Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Portland, Oregon.

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Fareless Square

Fareless Square was an area within central Portland, Oregon, where all rides on TriMet buses and light rail and the Portland Streetcar were free.

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Fox Tower

The Fox Tower is a 27-story, office skyscraper in downtown Portland, Oregon, along Broadway between Yamhill and Morrison streets.

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Free public transport

Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, is public transport which is fully funded by means other than collecting fares from passengers.

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Fremont Bridge (Portland, Oregon)

The Fremont Bridge is a steel tied-arch bridge over the Willamette River located in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon

Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon.

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Gresham, Oregon

Gresham is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, immediately east of Portland.

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Harbor Drive

Harbor Drive is a short roadway in Portland, Oregon, spanning a total length of, which primarily functions as a ramp to and from Interstate 5.

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Hawthorne Bridge

The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street.

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Human Access Project

Human Access Project (HAP) is an organization based in Portland, Oregon, whose mission is "transforming Portland's relationship with the Willamette River".

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Interstate 405 (Oregon)

Interstate 405 (I-405), also known as the Stadium Freeway No.

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Interstate 5 in Oregon

Interstate 5 (I-5) in the U.S. state of Oregon is a major Interstate Highway that traverses the state from north to south.

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KOIN Tower

KOIN Tower (formerly KOIN Center) is a, 35-story, skyscraper in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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List of crossings of the Willamette River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River.

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Lloyd District, Portland, Oregon

The Lloyd District is a primarily commercial neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Marquam Hill, Portland, Oregon

Marquam Hill is a populated hill located just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, United States in the Homestead neighborhood.

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MAX Light Rail

The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Morrison Bridge

The Morrison Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.

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Mount Hood Freeway

The Mount Hood Freeway is a partially constructed but never to be completed freeway alignment of U.S. Route 26 and Interstate 80N (now Interstate 84), which would have run through southeast Portland, Oregon.

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Naito Parkway

Naito Parkway is a major thoroughfare of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon is divided into six sections: North Portland, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, South Portland, Southeast Portland, and Southwest Portland.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Northwest District, Portland, Oregon

The Northwest District is a densely populated retail and residential neighborhood in the northwest section of Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Old Town Chinatown

Old Town Chinatown is the official Chinatown of the northwest section of Portland, Oregon.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Oregon Coast

The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon.

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Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, within the broader context of U.S. history.

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PacWest Center

PacWest Center is a 30-story, office skyscraper in Portland, Oregon.

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Park Avenue West Tower

Park Avenue West Tower is a high-rise in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Parking lot

A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles.

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Pearl District, Portland, Oregon

The Pearl District is an area of Portland, Oregon, formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry and railroad classification yards and now noted for its art galleries, upscale businesses and residences.

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Pioneer Courthouse Square

Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland's living room, is a public space occupying a full city block in the center of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Pioneer Place

Pioneer Place is an upscale, urban shopping mall in downtown Portland, Oregon.

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Poet's Beach

Poet's Beach is an urban beach along the Willamette River, near Portland, Oregon's Marquam Bridge, in the United States.

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Portland Aerial Tram

The Portland Aerial Tram or OHSU Tram is an aerial tramway in Portland, Oregon, that connects the city's South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) campus, located in the Marquam Hill neighborhood.

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Portland Art Museum

The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland Parks & Recreation

Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is a Bureau of the City of Portland, Oregon that manages the city parks, natural areas, recreational facilities, gardens, and trails.

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Portland State University

Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland Streetcar

The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland.

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Portland Transit Mall

The Portland Transit Mall is a public transit corridor that travels north–south through the center of downtown in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland Tribune

The Portland Tribune is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Remote work

Remote work (also called telecommuting, telework, work from home—or WFH as an initialism, hybrid work, and other terms) is the practice of working from one's home or another space rather than from an office.

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RiverPlace

RiverPlace is a mixed-use district of Downtown Portland, Oregon.

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Robert Moses

Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century.

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Ross Island Bridge

The Ross Island Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Sellwood Bridge

The Sellwood Bridge is a deck arch bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

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A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.

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South Portland, Portland, Oregon

South Portland is a long, narrow neighborhood just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, hemmed in between the Willamette River and the West Hills.

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South Waterfront, Portland, Oregon

The South Waterfront is a high-rise district under construction on former brownfield industrial land in the South Portland neighborhood south of downtown Portland, Oregon, U.S. It is one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the United States.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Portland,_Oregon

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