Goose Hollow is a
neighborhood
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in southwest
Portland, Oregon
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,
United States
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. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents' practice of letting their
geese
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run free in Tanner Creek Gulch and near the wooded ravine in the
Tualatin Mountains
The Tualatin Mountains (also known as the West Hills or Southwest Hills of Portland) are a range on the western border of Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. A spur of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, they separate the Tualatin Basin of Washi ...
known as the Tanner Creek Canyon.
Tanner Creek Gulch was a 20-block-long, gulch (or
hollow
Hollow may refer to:
Natural phenomena
*Hollow, a low, wooded area, such as a copse
* Hollow (landform), a small vee-shaped, riverine type of valley
*Tree hollow, a void in a branch or trunk, which may provide habitat for animals
Places
* Sleepy ...
) that started around SW 17th and Jefferson and carried the waters of Tanner Creek into Couch Lake (now the site of
Old Town/Chinatown and the
Pearl District
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). Over a century ago, Tanner Creek was buried underground (where it still drains the West Hills), and the Tanner Creek Gulch was infilled. Thus, the only remaining part of the hollow is the ravine (Tanner Creek Canyon) carved out by Tanner Creek through which The Sunset Highway carrying
US-26 passes and which the
Vista Bridge spans (also called the Vista Viaduct).
The historically important
Canyon Road connects to Jefferson Street underneath the
Vista Bridge and was also called "The Great Plank Road." Canyon Road passed through Tanner Creek Canyon, which is how the road acquired its name. However, in the 1960s the section of Canyon Road that passes through the canyon was elevated (infilled with excavated dirt from Interstate 405's construction) and is now just a section of Highway 26. The Goose Hollow name had gone out of common usage for several decades until former mayor
Bud Clark
John Elwood "Bud" Clark Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th mayor of Portland, Oregon from 1985 to 1992. A left-leaning populist with little political experience before ...
named his pub The
Goose Hollow Inn in 1967 in an effort to "rekindle civic regard for the neighborhood." Clark resided in the Goose Hollow neighborhood.
Famous residents have included:
Daniel H. Lownsdale,
Charles Erskine Scott Wood
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, Congresswoman
Nan Wood Honeyman
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, Erskine Wood, Dr.
Marie Equi
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,
John Reed,
Abigail Scott Duniway,
Julius Meier
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, Dr.
Lendon Smith
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,
Pietro Belluschi
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,
Minor White, Milton Wilson,
Chuck Palahniuk
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, former Mayor
Bud Clark
John Elwood "Bud" Clark Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th mayor of Portland, Oregon from 1985 to 1992. A left-leaning populist with little political experience before ...
, Ken Shores, George Johanson, and
Jean Auel
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.
Location
Goose Hollow is adjacent to
Downtown Portland
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,
Arlington Heights, the
Pearl District
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, the
Hillside neighborhood,
Northwest District and
Washington Park.
Providence Park
Providence Park (formerly Jeld-Wen Field; PGE Park; Civic Stadium; originally Multnomah Stadium; and from 1893 until the stadium was built, Multnomah Field) is an outdoor soccer venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. ...
, the
Multnomah Athletic Club
The Multnomah Athletic Club is a private social and athletic club in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood, it was originally founded in 1891 as the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. It has expanded to fill ...
, and
Lincoln High School, the oldest high school in the
Pacific Northwest
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, are located in Goose Hollow.
Areas included within the Goose Hollow neighborhood are King's Hill, Vista Ridge, Gander Ridge, and the adjacent flats near the path of Tanner Creek. King's Hill is separated from Vista Ridge by the Tanner Creek Canyon spanned by the
Vista Bridge. Vista Ridge (where the
Vista Ridge Tunnels are located) is separated from Gander Ridge by Cable Car Canyon. From 1890 to 1905 a steep and enormous trestle bridge passed through this canyon, carrying cable cars up to Portland Heights. The neighborhood boundaries range (north/south) from Burnside Street to the low slopes of the West Hills (officially known as the
Tualatin Mountains
The Tualatin Mountains (also known as the West Hills or Southwest Hills of Portland) are a range on the western border of Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. A spur of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, they separate the Tualatin Basin of Washi ...
) and (east/west) from I-405 to
Washington Park.
Points of interest
The
MAX Light Rail
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system travels through the neighborhood, stopping at
Providence Park
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and
Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St stations. Goose Hollow is also served by two major freeways:
Interstate 405 (which divides it from Downtown Portland) and
U.S. Route 26
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(which passes under and through part of the neighborhood through the
Vista Ridge Tunnels).
The Goose Hollow Inn, a tavern on SW Jefferson, was owned by former mayor
Bud Clark
John Elwood "Bud" Clark Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th mayor of Portland, Oregon from 1985 to 1992. A left-leaning populist with little political experience before ...
.
Opening scenes for the 2004 film
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
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were filmed in Goose Hollow and included views of the
Vista Bridge and the
Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St (MAX station). In 2010, the title shot for ''
Portlandia
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'' was photographed from Goose Hollow's
Vista Bridge.
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Buildings
*
Civic Tower (Portland, Oregon) - 1926 West Burnside St.
Notes
References
*
External links
Map, Goose Hollow neighborhood association(PortlandNeighborhood.com)
Jefferson Street Property- natural area, acquired by
Portland Parks & Recreation
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in 1995
Goose Hollow Light Rail Station Community: Urban Design Plan and Comprehensive Plan(PDF maps, 1996)
Goose Hollow Street Tree Inventory Report
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Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon