In the early 1900s, the Pearl District was a major industrial and transportation hub of Portland, with extensive rail yards, warehousing, and manuf...
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North West 19th Avenue and Glisan Street,
Portland, OR
This park is named after Captain John Heard Couch, who first sailed for Portland from Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1839. Â Captain Couch developed...
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North West 25th Avenue and Raleigh Street,
Portland, OR
This park is named for Hugh W. Wallace, the city councilman responsible for getting the property allocated as a city park.Â
Amenities: Includes ba...
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North Denver Avenue and Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard,
Portland, OR
Delta Park and the Portland International Raceway were built on the site of the city of Vanport City, which was destroyed by a flood in 1948. Prior...
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North East 57th Avenue and Halsey Street,
Portland, OR
Amenities: Includes basketball court, disabled access play area, disabled access restroom, dog off-leash area - fenced, football field, paths - pav...
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Park hours: 5:00am-midnight. The park is closed to motor vehicles all day Wednesday, and from 10:00pm to 5:00am all other days. The road gates at S...
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South West 45th Avenue and Vermont Street,
Portland, OR
History:Swiss immigrant Ulrich Gabriel arrived in 1890 and eventually bought and farmed property south of what is now Vermont Street, and operated ...
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With the exception of portions of the eastern United States and Texas, the United States is divided into a grid of six-mile squares called Township...
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11321 SouthWest Terwilliger Boulevard,
Portland, OR
Imagine stepping into a lush forest, where woodpeckers forage, squirrels leap from limb to limb, owlets wait quietly for their next meal, beavers w...
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South East 60th Avenue and Duke Street,
Portland, OR
Amenities
 Includes dog off-leash area - fenced, paths - paved, picnic tables, playground, soccer field, softball field, tennis court, and volleyb...
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Sacajawea, as all of Oregon's schoolchildren know, was the wife of Toussaint Charbonneau, the Frenchman hired by Lewis and Clark to lead them acros...
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The 7.3-acre Vancouver Waterfront Park is part of a 35-acre, high density, mixed use urban development, The Waterfront Vancouver.This community par...
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A 5-acre gem in the heart of downtown Vancouver, Esther Short Park is the oldest public square in the state of Washington.Facilities- Benches- Gaze...
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North Edison Street and Pittsburg Avenue,
Portland, OR
The site which now bears the name Cathedral Park is steeped in history. It is believed to be one of the 14 Lewis and Clark landing sites in the Van...
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Chimney Park was once the site of the city's incinerator. The park acquired its name from the incinerator's chimney, which has since been removed. ...
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