(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Photo Diary: Downtown Portland OR [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.']
Date: 2025-05-17
Portland exists because of beaver fur, which was immensely popular in the early 19th century for men’s hats. In 1825 the Hudson Bay Company established a fur-trading post where present-day Portland is, and soon settlers began flooding into the territory on what became known as the Oregon Trail.
At first, the settlement was known informally as “Stumptown” (from all the cleared trees), but in 1845 it was officially named Portland (after Portland, Maine—the hometown of one of the founders). The Indian Exclusion Act of 1830 authorized the President to remove Native Americans and open up areas for white settlement—a tradition of white nationalism which continued through the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Japanese internment camps of WW2.
Portland soon became an important Pacific port city, and it is known today as a quirky local culture with the unofficial slogan “Keep Portland Weird”.
Some photos from a walk around downtown Portland.
Portland skyline
The city is split by the Willamette River
Chinatown
Mt Hood off in the distance
Windmills powering the streetlights
A downtown fountain
Lownsdale Square
There are a gazillion food trucks all over town, everything from German to Arabic to Korean
Powell’s, which bills itself as the largest independent bookstore in the US
The “Universal Peace and Baby Elephant” statue
Tent shelters on the sidewalk. One of the museum docents told me that Portland is the 28th largest city in the US, but has the 14th highest population of homeless.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/17/2321297/-Photo-Diary-Downtown-Portland-OR?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
