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DOWNTOWN

With the decline of river traffic in the late continue to give the downtown a bright,
19th century, Portland’s center moved distinctive look. Since the 1970s, urban
inland to the blocks around the intersection planning efforts have earned Portland’s
of Morrison Street and Broadway. The 1905 downtown a reputation as one of the most
Lewis and Clark Exposition brought new successful city cent ers in the US. The area
prosperity and new residents to the city: around Pioneer Courthouse Square is the
downtown became a boomtown. Steel- city’s commercial and cultural hub, while
frame buildings with façades of glazed, many govern ment offices are housed in
white terracotta tiles (Macy’s department innovative new buildings to the east, near
store is a fine example) began to rise; they historic Chapman and Lownsdale Squares.

Sights at a Glance
Buildings and Churches Museums, Galleries, Parks and Squares
2 Pioneer Courthouse and Theaters 1 Pioneer Courthouse Square
4 Sentinel Hotel 3 Portland Institute for 0 South Park Blocks
5 Multnomah County Library Contemporary Art e Chapman and Lownsdale
9 The Old Church 6 Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Squares
w Portland Building 7 Oregon Historical Society t Governor Tom McCall
r Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse 8 Portland Art Museum Waterfront Park
y KOIN Center u Keller Auditorium i RiverPlace Marina
Other Attractions
q Portland Streetcar

SW 6th
SW STARK STREET
& Pine SW 5th
SW OAK STREET
& Oak
SW BROADWAY SW PINE STREET
SW WASHINGTON STREET
SW ALDER STREET
Galleria/SW SOUTHWEST 6TH AVE SOUTHWEST 5TH AVE SOUTHWEST 4TH AVE SOUTHWEST 3RD AVENUE SOUTHWEST 2ND AVENUE Oak/SW
SW MORRISON STREET
10th Ave
Pioneer SW 1ST AVENUE 1st Ave
Square North
SW YAMHILL STREET
SW 13TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST 12TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST 11TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST 9TH AVENUE 9th Ave SOUTHWEST SALMON STREET Mall/SW Morrison/ SOUTHWEST NAITO PARKWAY Morrison
Mall/SW
Library/SW
5th Ave
Pioneer
SW PARK AVENUE
SW 3rd Ave
Courthouse/
4th Ave
SW 6th
Pioneer
Place/
Yamhill
Bridge
SW 5th
District
SOUTHWEST TAYLOR STREET
SOUTHWEST 10TH AVENUE SOUTH SW 6th & SW JEFFERSON STREET GOVERNOR
SOUTHWEST MAIN STREET
TOM McCALL
WATERFRONT
SW MADISON STREET
PARK
City Hall/
Madison
SW 5th & Jefferson
BLOCKS
SOUTHWEST 3RD AVE
PARK SOUTHWEST COLUMBIA STREET
SW 2ND AVENUE
SW CLAY STREET
Bridge
PARK AVE SW BROADWAY SW MILL ST SOUTHWEST 5TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST 4TH AVENUE SW MARKET STREET SOUTHWEST 1ST AVENUE Hawthorne
PETTYGROVE
SW MONTGOMERY ST
PARK SW NAITO PARKWAY River
Willamette
0 meters 300
See also Street Finder 0 yards 300
maps 1, 2, 3, and 4
A mural on the façade of the Oregon Historical Society, Portland For keys to symbols see back flap
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