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Sapporo, Japan -- Portland’s Sister City -- gave this huge friendship bell to Portland..
Sapporo, Japan -- Portland’s Sister City -- gave this huge friendship bell to Portland.
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777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
This market and craft fair, where everything sold is handmade, is the largest open-air crafts market in continuous operation in the U
A beautiful urban retreat in the heart of Chinatown with a pond, a teahouse, pavilions, and lots of gardens
A large mall just northeast of downtown near the Convention Center with dozens of stores to visit
Gallery and Gift Store featuring interesting historical and quirky displays, such as the world's only remaining woolly ant
Just to the north of Downtown is Old Town, which is where Portland was first settled and which has some historic buildings and is a nightlife center, but also contains a fair amount of social services for homeless and mentally ill
Located on the Portland, a steam sternwheeler tug boat moored in the river, the museum contains numerous ship models, maritime artifacts and memorabilia, while tours are offered of the ship itself
A museum in partnership with the Pacific Northwest College of Art, with an excellent collection of art from some top contemporary artists
Just to the northwest of Downtown is the Pearl District, a very hip and trendy neighborhood on the streetcar line which was not long ago derelict warehouses and empty industrial space
This wide expanse of green lawns along the downtown Portland waterfront is a scenic slice of park land, with views over the Willamette River and of the skyline
The 'smallest park in the world', a title backed up by the Guinness Book of Records, Mill Ends was originally created satirically for the purpose of being 'a leprechaun colony and racetrack for snails