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Get to Know Portland’s Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods
Grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer. Local author Becky Ohlsen guides you through 33 unique walking tours in the city that’s famous for its great beer and for serious dining on a reasonable budget. Portland is home to hidden gardens, historic landmarks, award-winning restaurants, old-school taverns, oddball shops, and edgy warehouse galleries. Each self-guided tour includes full-color photographs, a map, and need-to-know details like distance, difficulty, points of interest, and more.
Stroll past organic coffee shops that line the streets at the foot of an extinct volcano. Swing through an independent bookstore nestled against flavorful food-cart pods. Cross bridges and graveyards. Wander a Smithsonian-honored boulevard. See experiments in urban renewal. You’ll soak up history, stories, and trivia on your way to the best parks, shops, restaurants, and nightlife in Oregon. So find a route that appeals to you, and walk Portland!
Becky Ohlsen has lived in Portland since 1995. She’s a freelance writer and editor who has contributed to a variety of publications, including Willamette Week, The Oregonian, Portland Monthly, and Lonely Planet, for which she has written several guidebooks about Scandinavia and the Pacific Northwest. She has recently updated Best Tent Camping: Oregon and is in the process of updating One Night Wilderness: Portland, both for AdventureKEEN. When she’s not out walking, Becky can usually be found losing quarters to one of Portland’s many excellent pinball machines.
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Author’s Note
Locator Map
Introduction
- Old Town and Chinatown
- Downtown Park Blocks
- Pearl District
- Northwest 21st and 23rd Avenues
- Goose Hollow
- Washington Park
- Forest Park
- Chapman School to Leif Erikson Drive
- Nicolai and Slabtown
- Hawthorne Bridge to Steel Bridge
- Tram to South Waterfront
- Industrial Southeast
- Division/Clinton, Ladd’s Addition
- Hawthorne Boulevard
- Stark-Belmont
- Montavilla
- Kerns and Laurelhurst Park
- Irvington
- Hollywood
- Upper Sandy
- Fremont to Williams
- Mississippi to Killingsworth
- Alberta Arts District
- Historic Kenton
- St. Johns and Cathedral Park
- Columbia River Walk
- Lents
- Reed College and Woodstock
- Sellwood
- Multnomah Village