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P Old Town & Chinatown summer. The website has
Bounded by SW Naito Pkwy & NW details. A quaint way to travel
Glisan St, NW 3rd Ave & SW Pine St. between Pearl District and Nob
Elegant brick façades and Hill, a gracious, late 19th-century
quiet streets belie Old Town’s neighborhood, is to take the
raucous, 19th-century frontier- Portland Streetcar. These low-
town past. A National Historic slung Czech-built trams are not
Land mark today, this riverfront only a convenient way to get
district once drew dockworkers, around but also connect with the
ship builders, and traders from high-speed Metro train network
all over the world during its in the metropolitan area.
heyday as a major port and the
city’s commercial center. Old Y Washington Park
Town is now a trendy, colorful SW Park Pl. Tel (503) 823-2223.
neighbor hood, especially Open 24 hrs daily (not all sights).
during weekends, when & to some exhibits. =
vendors gather for the Portland ∑ portlandonline.com/parks
Saturday Market, America’s Washington Park, a popular
largest handicrafts bazaar. outdoor playground, is
Chinatown Gate, a five-tiered, surrounded by the city on all
Main gateway to Portland’s dragon-festooned gateway leads its sides. Its attractions include
Saturday Market to Chinatown, formerly home to the Hoyt Arboretum, which has
the city’s many Asian immigrants, more than 8,000 trees and
Y Governor Tom McCall who first arrived in Portland shrubs, the Japanese Garden, the
Waterfront Park more than 135 years ago. The International Rose Test Garden,
Bounded by SW Harrison & NW neighborhood’s tranquil Lan Su and the popular Oregon Zoo,
Glisan Sts, SW Naito Pkwy & Chinese Garden is a 15th-century which has the largest number
Willamette River. Ming-style walled enclave, with of elephants bred in captivity.
Buried beneath an expressway waterways and pavilions.
from the 1940s to the 1970s, E Oregon Museum of
this 1.5-mile- (2.5-km-) long P Pearl District Science and Industry
stretch of Willamette River W Burnside to NW Lovejoy Sts, from 1945 SE Water Ave. Tel (503) 797-
waterfront was reclaimed and NW 8th to NW 15th Aves. 4000. Open Labor Day–mid-
transformed into a park. Named Portland Streetcar east- Jun: 9:30am–5:30pm
after Tom McCall, Oregon’s & southbound on NW Tue–Sun; mid-Jun–
environmentally minded Lovejoy St & 11th Ave, Labor Day: 9:30am–
governor from 1967 to 1975, north- & westbound 7pm daily. Closed
public hols. & 7 8
the park is now a frequently on 10th Ave & NW of submarine. - =
Northrup St. Open
used riverside promenade and every 15 mins, ∑ omsi.edu Eastbank
the venue for many local 5:30am–11:30pm Mon– Sign at Oregon Zoo Esplanade: bounded by
festivals, including the annual Fri, 7:15am–11:30pm Sat, Willamette River & I-5,
Rose Festival, held between 7:15am–10:30pm Sun. Steel & Hawthorne Bridges.
May and June. ∑ shopthepearl.com
One of its most popular East of the river, the Oregon
attractions is Salmon Street Often called Portland’s “newest” Museum of Science and
Springs, a fountain whose neighborhood, Pearl District Industry (OMSI) is a top US
100 jets splash water directly actually occupies an old science museum. A favorite
onto the pavement, providing industrial area on the north side among the hundreds of
relief on a hot day. Another of Burnside Street. Many former interactive exhibits is the
highlight is the Battleship warehouses and factories have earthquake simulator, in which
Oregon Memorial, at its been refurbished to house chic visitors are shaken and rattled
southern end. Built in 1956, galleries, designer shops, design while learning about the
the memorial honors an 1893 studios, clubs, cafés, restaurants, tectonic plates that still shift
US Navy ship. A time capsule and breweries. A good time to beneath Portland.
sealed in its base in 1976 is to visit Pearl District is during a Nearby, the Eastbank
be opened in 2076. First Thursday event, which Esplanade is a pedestrian and
RiverPlace Marina at the takes place the first Thursday of bicycle path following the east
southwest end of Tom McCall every month. At this time, the bank of the Willamette River.
Park offers many amenities many art galleries in the area A 1,200-ft (365-m) section floats
including restaurants, one remain open until late, usually on water, while a cantilevered
of the city’s higher-end hotels – 9pm. The district has a calendar portion is suspended above
the RiverPlace Hotel, upscale of events, from small-dog play- one of the city’s original
shops, sloping lawns, riverside groups to a regular farmers’ commercial piers, providing
walks, and a large marina. market held every Thursday in unobstructed river views.

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