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Ankeny Square
Ankeny Square is part of the North Park Blocks in Portland, Oregon. The square is south of Burnside Street. One local reporter described it as "a little nub of SW Ankeny Street between Broadway and Park". In 2014, the square was home to a food cart pod called "Grubbin'". The pod emerged from plans by Portland Parks & Recreation (PPR) to revitalize the square. In 2016, Amanda Waldroupe of ''Street Roots'' said the park, "for decades, has had a seedy reputation and attracted drug use, loitering and vandalism, as it fell into neglect and disrepair". PPR also announced plans to start accepting business proposals, and proposals for community projects. The square began hosting the Cart Blocks in 2021, following closure of the Alder Street food cart pod The Alder Street food cart pod was a pod of food carts at the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Established during the 1990s, the popular pod hosted approximately 60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the List of United States cities by population, 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area, Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Park Blocks
The North Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Most of the park is in northwest Portland (north of Burnside), but one block (Ankeny Square) is in southwest Portland (south of Burnside). Description and history Captain John H. Couch deeded the five blocks to the city in 1865, and they were officially platted for a municipal park in 1869. An ordinance was passed in 1904, setting aside one park block for women and children. In 1906, another block was added for a children's playground. The playground was divided into a boys' playground and a small children's and girls' playground. Use of the North Park Blocks declined, especially as the 1924 zoning code did not preserve residential uses near them. By the 1940s, the North Park Blocks area was decidedly neglected. A problem with the homeless and aggressive panhandlers led to Daisy Kingdom and the U.S. Customs House to hire security guards, and park sprinklers were set to intermittently sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnside Street
Burnside Street is a major thoroughfare of Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, and one of a few east–west streets that runs uninterrupted on both sides of the Willamette River. It serves as the dividing line between North Portland and South Portland. Its namesake bridge, Burnside Bridge, is one of the most heavily traversed in Portland. In Gresham between approximately the east 18300 block to Mt. Hood Hwy (and E Powell Blvd/SE Powell Valley Rd), Burnside runs southeast–northwest and is no longer the divide between northeast and southeast on the City of Portland-Multnomah County street grid. Additionally (as you travel southeast), SE Burnside St becomes NW Burnside Road at SE 202nd/NW Birdsdale Ave, and NE Burnside Rd at N Main Ave in Gresham. Burnside Road's eastern terminus is where it meets Mt. Hood Hwy (US-26), E Powell Blvd (US-26), and SE Powell Valley Road. History What is now Burnside Street was originally named B Street east of Southwest 16th Avenue and Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eater (website)
''Eater'' is a food website by Vox Media. It was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in 2005, and originally focused on dining and nightlife in New York City. Eater launched a national site in 2009, and covered nearly 20 cities by 2012. Vox Media acquired ''Eater'', along with two others comprising the Curbed Network, in late 2013. In 2017, ''Eater'' had around 25 local sites in the United States, Canada, and England. The site has been recognized four times by the James Beard Foundation Awards. Description and history The food and dining site ''Eater'' is a brand of the digital media company Vox Media. It serves as a local restaurant guide, offering reviews as well as news about the restaurant industry. The property earns revenue via advertising, sometimes displaying content generated by Vox Creative. ''Eater'' was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in July 2005, and initially focused on New York City's dining and nightlife scenes. The blog was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vox Media
Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company based in Washington, D.C., and New York City. The company was established in November 2011 by Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett to encompass ''SB Nation'' (a sports blog network founded in 2005 by Tyler Bleszinski, Markos Moulitsas, and Jerome Armstrong) and ''The Verge'' (a technology news website launched alongside Vox Media). Bankoff had been the CEO for ''SB Nation'' since 2009. Vox Media owns editorial brands, primarily ''The Verge'', '' Vox'', ''SB Nation'', ''Eater'', ''Polygon'', and '' New York''. ''New York'' further incorporates the websites ''Intelligencer'', ''The Cut'', ''Vulture'', ''The Strategist'', '' Curbed'', and ''Grub Street''. The former '' Recode'' was integrated into ''Vox'', while ''Racked'' was shut down. Vox Media's brands are built on Concert, a marketplace for advertising, and Chorus, its proprietary content management system. The company's lines of business include the publishing platform Chorus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Parks & Recreation
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is a Bureau of the City of Portland, Oregon that manages the city parks, natural areas, recreational facilities, gardens, and trails. The properties, which occupy a total of more than . The bureau employs a total of 4,366 employees as of March 4, 2019. 3,752 are casual, 559 are regular and the remainder are other categories. The development of Portland's park system was largely guided by the 1903 Olmsted Portland park plan. Following a City Council decision, smoking, vaping and marijuana use have been entirely banned since July 2015 in all Portland city parks and nature areas. In March 2021, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality fined PP&R nearly half a million dollars for failing to establish a storm water control system to prevent toxic runoff water from an industrial land the park purchased in 2004 and 2009 for building new entrance and trailhead to Forest Park. See also * List of parks in Portland, Oregon The city of Portland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Roots
''Street Roots'' is a Portland, Oregon, United States based homeless advocacy group and a weekly alternative newspaper that covers homeless issues. The newsprint is sold by and for the homeless in Portland. The paper is published every Friday and sold through vendors who are currently or formerly homeless. The paper's editorial position is homeless advocacy. Vendors purchase the paper for 25 cents and sell them for $1 and keep the difference of 75 cents. The paper features alternative news, interviews, and poetry written by local journalists as well as the homeless and those who work with them. History ''Street Roots'' was established in 1999. Israel Bayer was hired as executive director a few years later, and remained in that position for 15 years, performing numerous duties as he emerged as "one of Portland's leading moral authorities on homelessness," according to coverage in the ''Willamette Week''. He announced his departure in 2017. In 2007, it was described as the "most vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cart Blocks
Cart Blocks is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon's Ankeny Square, in the United States. History The pod opened in 2021, following closure of the Alder Street food cart pod in 2019. The city hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the pod's opening. The pod has also hosted events. In 2023, the site hosted a floral installation, as well as a dance party and ice cream social following the Pride Bike Ride. Businesses Businesses which have operated at the site include: * #1 Bento * Anna Thai Basil * Beijing House * Fernando's Alegria * Hua Li House * Kafta House * kBap Korean food * Shanghai's Best Shanghai's Best (also known as Shanghai's Best Street Food) is a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from the Pine Street Market, as of 2022, and has previously operated from Portland's Alder Street food cart pod and in ... * Tito's Burritos * Villa Angel Taqueria References External links * * The Cart Blocks Comeback City of Portland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alder Street Food Cart Pod
The Alder Street food cart pod was a pod of food carts at the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Established during the 1990s, the popular pod hosted approximately 60 carts at its peak. According to ''The Columbian'', "The Alder Street food cart pod in downtown Portland over the years grew into a central piece of the region's culture." In 2008, the pod appeared on the thirteenth season of ''The Amazing Race''. The pod was the city's largest, before closing in 2019 for construction of Block 216. In late 2019, ''Eater Portland'' Brooke Jackson-Glidden wrote, "Earlier this year, the loss of one of Portland’s most notable food cart pods struck fear into the hearts of many local diners: The closure of the Alder Street food carts was seen as the potential death rattle of the city’s larger street food scene." Some of the carts relocated to Ankeny Square, a section of the North Park Blocks south of Burnside Street. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parks In Portland, Oregon
The city of Portland, Oregon, has more than of public parks and other natural areas, including one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, Forest Park. Many are managed by Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R). One of the smallest—at in diameter—is Mill Ends Park. There are at least 279 parks and natural areas in Portland. The development of Portland's park system was largely guided by the 1903 Olmsted Portland park plan. North Portland Northeast Portland Northwest Portland Southeast Portland Southwest Portland See also * List of community gardens in Portland, Oregon * Lists of Oregon-related topics * Tourism in Portland, Oregon References External links Portland Parks & Recreation {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Parks In Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest Portland, Oregon
Southwest Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon. Downtown Portland lies in the Southwest section between the I-405 freeway loop and the Willamette River, centered on Pioneer Courthouse Square ("Portland's living room"). Downtown and many other parts of inner Portland have compact square blocks (200 ft 0 mon a side) and narrow streets (64 ft 0 mwide), a pedestrian-friendly combination. Many of Portland's recreational, cultural, educational, governmental, business, and retail resources are concentrated downtown, including: *South Park Blocks, Pettygrove and Lovejoy Fountain Parks, and Tom McCall Waterfront Park *Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland Art Museum, and Oregon Historical Society Museum * Portland City Hall, Multnomah County Central Courthouse, the Portland Building, Pioneer Courthouse, and Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse *Portland State University, the only public urban university in the state of Oregon that is located in a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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