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History Of Koreans In Portland, Oregon
According to ''Willamette Week'', "Though the first home of Portland's Korean immigrants was Gresham in the '60s, the 'Tron's manufacturing boom in the late '70s brought a wave of Korean immigrants to Beaverton in the Cedar Hills and downtown areas." Portland has "great Korean food", according to ''Willamette Week'', and many Korean restaurants. Notable restaurants include Han Oak, Kim Jong Grillin', Revelry, and Toki. Lori Stegmann became the first Korean American Commissioner on the Multnomah County Board, and has been recognized by the Korean Society of Oregon for her work. The Korean Temple Bell is installed outside the Oregon Convention Center. See also * Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon * Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon * History of Chinese Americans in Portland, Oregon * History of the Japanese in Portland, Oregon References History of Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willamette Week
''Willamette Week'' (''WW'') is an alternative weekly newspaper and a website published in Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1974. It features reports on local news, politics, sports, business, and culture. History Early history ''Willamette Week'' was founded in 1974 by Ronald A. Buel, who served as its first publisher. It was later owned by the Eugene ''Register-Guard'', which sold it in the fall of 1983 to Richard H. Meeker and Mark Zusman,Nicholas, Jonathan (January 9, 1984). "Free, and fresh, weekly". ''The Oregonian'', p. B1. who took the positions of publisher and editor, respectively. Meeker had been one of the paper's first reporters, starting in 1974, and Zusman had joined the paper as a business writer in 1982. Meeker and Zusman formed City of Roses Newspaper Company to publish ''WW'' and a sister publication, ''Fresh Weekly'', a free guide to local arts and entertainment. ''WW'' had a paid circulation at that time, with about 12,000 subscribers. Post-mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Temple Bell
''Korean Temple Bell'', part of the sound installation by composer Robert Coburn called ''Bell and Wind Environment'' (along with ''Bell Circles II''), is an outdoor bronze bell by an unknown Korean artist, housed in a brick and granite pagoda outside the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The temple bell was gifted by the people of Ulsan, South Korea, and dedicated on January 11, 1989. It cost $59,000 and was funded through the Convention Center's One Percent for Art program and by private donors. According to the Smithsonian Institution, some residents raised concerns about the bell's religious symbolism and its placement outside a public building. It was surveyed by the Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in July 1993, though its condition was undetermined. See also * 1989 in art * History of Korean Americans in Portland, Oregon * '' Host Analog'' (1991) and '' The Dream'' (1998), also located outside the Oregon Convention Center * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Portland, Oregon
The history of the city of Portland, Oregon, began in 1843 when business partners William Overton and Asa Lovejoy filed to claim land on the west bank of the Willamette River in Oregon Country. In 1845 the name of Portland was chosen for this community by coin toss. February 8, 1851, the city was incorporated. Portland has continued to grow in size and population, with the 2010 Census showing 583,776 residents in the city. Early history The land today occupied by Multnomah County, Oregon, was inhabited for centuries by two bands of Upper Chinook Indians. The Multnomah people settled on and around Sauvie Island and the Cascades Indians settled along the Columbia Gorge. These groups fished and traded along the river and gathered berries, wapato and other root vegetables. The nearby Tualatin Plains provided prime hunting grounds. Eventually, contact with Europeans resulted in the decimation of native tribes by smallpox and malaria. Founding The site of the future city of Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Japanese In Portland, Oregon
The history of Japanese-Americans and members of the Japanese diaspora community, known as Nikkei (日系), in the greater Portland, Oregon area dates back to the early 19th century. Large scale immigration began in the 1890s with the growth of the logging and railroad industries in the Pacific Northwest, after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 limited migration of new cheap labor from China and those other areas controlled by the Qing dynasty. History Early years The first historical record of Japanese in the Portland area is that of the three castaways Iwakichi, Kyukichi, and Otokichi, who lived for several months at Fort Vancouver in 1834. They were the sole survivors of a Japanese rice transport ship that had been caught in a typhoon, damaged, and blown far off course. After more than a year at sea, their rudderless ship finally beached on the northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula, where they were briefly enslaved by the indigenous Makah people. Upon hearing of the three A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Chinese Americans In Portland, Oregon
According to ''The Oregonian'', 18,000 (7.5 percent) of the Portland metropolitan area's 135,000 Asian/Pacific residents live along 82nd Avenue, in an area dubbed New Chinatown, as of 2012. Old Town Chinatown features the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Organizations There is a Portland chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. Restaurants Chinese restaurants have included Ambassador Restaurant and Lounge, Bing Mi, Chin's Kitchen, Duck House Chinese Restaurant, Fong Chong, Frank's Noodle House, Gado Gado, HK Cafe, House of Louie, Hunan Restaurant, Kenny's Noodle House, Master Kong, Ocean City Seafood Restaurant, The Pagoda, Republic Cafe and Ming Lounge, Shandong, Shanghai's Best, Stretch the Noodle, Wei Wei, Wong's King, and XLB. See also * Chinese American women's suffrage in Oregon * '' Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao'' * Ethnic groups in Portland, Oregon * Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon * History of Koreans in Portland, Oregon * History of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispanics And Latinos In Portland, Oregon
There were approximately 60,000 people of Hispanic or Latino origin in Portland, Oregon, as of 2020; about 10% of the city’s population. The Portland metropolitan area has Oregon's largest Latino population. In 2022, Jamie Goldberg of ''The Oregonian'' wrote, "More than half of Oregon's Latino population lives in Multnomah, Washington and Marion counties. All three saw their Latino populations grow by at least 25% in the last decade. Washington County has the largest Latino population, 107,000 ... In Clackamas County, the Latino population grew by 38.5% in the last decade to more than 40,000 residents." Culture Parts of 39th Avenue were named Cesar Chavez Boulevard in honor of Latino labor activist Cesar Chavez. Milagro is the only Hispanic theater production company in the Pacific Northwest. Events Annual events include the Cinco de Mayo festival and the Latin American Film Festival. Makers de Mayo "showcases and celebrates Latin American culture through art, makers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Groups In Portland, Oregon
According to the City of Portland, "In all categories, the Eastside is more racially diverse than the Westside. Hispanics are most concentrated in North Portland at nearly 15% of the population. NE Portland has the highest concentration of African Americans at 30%. The concentration of Asians in Portland are mostly within NE, SE, and outer East Portland, with a percent population of 11%, 10%, and 9% respectively. Whites are the most common race group citywide." In 2016, Alana Semuels of ''The Atlantic'' wrote, "As black people moved into Albina, whites moved out; by the end of the 1950s, there were 23,000 fewer white residents and 7,000 more black residents than there had been at the beginning of the decade." She also said "by 1999, blacks owned 36 percent fewer homes than they had a decade earlier, while whites owned 43 percent more." In 2021, the ''Southeast Examiner'' Don MacGillivray said "Portland is known for its lack of racial diversity and its lack of African Americans", with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Convention Center
The Oregon Convention Center is a convention center in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1989 and opened in 1990, it is located on the east side of the Willamette River in the Lloyd District neighborhood. It is best known for the twin spire towers, which provide light into the building's interior and for housing the world's largest Foucault pendulum. The center is owned by Metro, the Portland area's regional government, and operated by the Metropolitan Exposition and Recreation Commission, a subsidiary of Metro. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF). It is the largest convention center in Oregon, at nearly . The complex includes of exhibit space. It features the largest ballroom in the City of Portland at . The original building was built in the late 1980s, opened in 1990, and was expanded in 2003. ZGF was also involved in designing the expansion. More recently, the building has become known for upward illuminating the twin sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toki (restaurant)
Toki (sometimes Toki PDX or Toki Restaurant) is a Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Toki is a Korean restaurant in downtown Portland, "spun off" from Han Oak and specializing in bao bun burgers and "snacky" brunch specials. The menu is an expanded version of Han Oak's and includes bibimbap, bulgogi, dumplings, gimbap, Korean fried chicken, noodles, and a steamed bao burger. There are three varieties of Korean fried chicken: Korean-style hot chili oil, sweet garlic soy glaze, and Han Oak's "essence of instant ramen" seasoning blend intended to taste like instant noodle flavor packets. According to ''Willamette Week'', the Gim-bap Supreme "takes its inspiration from both Taco Bell and the TikTok "wrap" trend, in which a tortilla is partially cut into four quadrants, topped with four different ingredients, folded into layers, and griddled". The Buldak-ra-Bboki has been described as a "creative mashup" of buldak and tteokbokki. The brunch menu has doughnuts and brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tektronix
Tektronix, Inc., historically widely known as Tek, is an American company best known for manufacturing test and measurement devices such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and video and mobile test protocol equipment. Originally an independent company, it is now a subsidiary of Fortive, a spinoff from Danaher Corporation. Several charities are, or were, associated with Tektronix, including the Tektronix Foundation and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver, Washington. History 1946–1954 The company traces its roots to the electronics revolution that immediately followed World War II. It was founded in December 1945 as Tekrad. The name was similar to that of a California company, Techrad, so in 1946, the four partners, Howard Vollum, Jack Murdock and Miles Tippery, who had both served in the Coast Guard, and accountant Glenn McDowell, formed Tektronix, Inc. Each contributed an initial $2,600 for equal shares. Howard Vollum had graduated in 1936 from Reed Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revelry (restaurant)
Revelry was a cocktail bar and Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description Revelry was located in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood, and served cocktails and Korean cuisine. History Revelry opened on August 16, 2016. Chefs and co-owners Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi partnered with locals Eric and Karen Bowler. Revelry was named ''Portland Monthly'' "rising star restaurant". Diane Lam became chef in 2017. In November, the menu was updated to include more vegan options. In June 2020, the owners announced plans to close permanently, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Revelry had attempted to operate via take-out during the pandemic. Reception In his review of the restaurant, Michael Russell of ''The Oregonian'' summarized, "Some eaters might find Revelry's fusion take on Korean cuisine to be too entry-level -- the menu has more in common with Tasty N Alder's Korean Fried Chicken bowl than it does with restaurants in Beaverton or Seoul. For those less famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jong Grillin'
Kim Jong Grillin is a Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, as of 2022, and plans to expand with a stall in the food hall at Block 216. Description Kim Jong Grillin' serves Korean cuisine, including bulgogi, galbi, and japchae. History Kim Jong Grillin' is owned by chef Han Ly Hwang. The food cart caught fire in 2011. The business began operating again in 2014. According to Chad Walsh of ''Eater Portland'', the restaurant sold 60–80 pounds of short ribs, 130 pounds of bulgogi, 470–500 pounds of meat, and 250 pounds of kimchi per week, as of mid 2016. In June 2016, the business confirmed plans to close on Alberta and collaborate with Matt's BBQ. The restaurant was burglarized in December 2016. In 2017, Hwang confirmed plans to open Kim Jong Grillin' Ssam at Cartopia, a food cart pod in southeast Portland. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant served free meals to unemployed restaura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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