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Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon
Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents' practice of letting their geese run free in Tanner Creek Gulch and near the wooded ravine in the Tualatin Mountains known as the Tanner Creek Canyon. Tanner Creek Gulch was a 20-block-long, gulch (or hollow) 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). Over a century ago, Tanner Creek was buried underground (where it still drains the West Hills), and the Tanner Creek Gulch was filled in. 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington Heights, Portland, Oregon
Arlington Heights is a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon known for its grand houses. It is home to Washington Park, the Portland Japanese Garden, the International Rose Test Garden, and the Oregon Zoo. The neighborhood is also home to the Washington Park station. Schools Three schools serve the neighborhood: Ainsworth Elementary School, West Sylvan Middle School, and Lincoln High School. Parks * Hoyt Arboretum *Japanese Garden are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desig ... * Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial * Washington Park * International Rose Test Garden Gallery File:Westbound train at Washington Park station, February 2018.JPG, Washington Park station, the deepest train station in the western hemisphere and seventh deepest on the world File:Reservoir 4 - Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Tower (Portland, Oregon)
The Civic Tower is a high-rise building located at 1926 West Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ..., United States. Construction began in 2005, and was completed in 2007. References External links The Civic Condos of Portland 2007 establishments in Oregon Buildings and structures completed in 2007 Buildings and structures in Southwest Portland, Oregon {{Oregon-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 405 (Oregon)
Interstate 405 (I-405), also known as the Stadium Freeway No. 61, is a short north–south Interstate Highway in Portland, Oregon. It forms a loop that travels around the west side of Downtown Portland, between two junctions with Interstate 5 in Oregon, I-5 on the Willamette River near the Marquam Bridge to the south and Fremont Bridge (Portland), Fremont Bridge to the north. The Stadium Freeway was envisioned in the 1940s and 1950s by the state government and was added to the Interstate Highway system in 1958. Construction began in 1963, utilizing a trench with extensive landscaping and frequent overpasses, and was the most expensive freeway project in state history at a cost of $121 million. Hundreds of buildings were demolished to make way for the freeway, which displaced approximately 1,100 households. The southernmost section of I-405 opened on October 26, 1965, and was followed by extensions in 1966 and 1969. The final section, including the Fremont Bridge, opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St MAX Station
Goose Hollow/Southwest Jefferson Street is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red Lines in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is the third stop westbound on the Westside MAX alignment and makes several cameo appearances in the movie ''What the Bleep Do We Know!?'' as the stop where Marlee Matlin's character boards the train to get into town. Location Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Street station is located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of western Portland. Specifically, it is located on the southern side of SW Jefferson Street, across from the Goose Hollow Inn formerly owned by the late Bud Clark, former mayor of Portland.Portland MAX: East-West MAX (Blue) ''NYCSubway'' Retrieved 2009-07-28 To the east of the station, the tracks curve through Collins Circle, a |
Providence Park MAX Station
Providence Park is a light rail station on the MAX Blue and Red lines located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is named after the adjacent stadium, Providence Park. The station primarily serves Providence Park and residential areas around West Burnside Street. The station, consisting of separate eastbound and westbound platforms built into city sidewalks between SW 17th and SW 18th Avenues on SW Yamhill and SW Morrison Streets, opened on August 31, 1997. Originally named Civic Stadium, it was renamed to PGE Park in 2001, Jeld-Wen Field in 2011, and to its present name in 2014. All of the renamings were the results of changes in the name of the stadium. Station details Tracks split just outside the station on SW 18th Ave. into eastbound tracks on SW Yamhill St. and westbound tracks on SW Morrison St. This split results in a transit mall east to SW 1st Ave. The Morrison platform is at an angle to the street grid and has a regular side platform which front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MAX Light Rail
The Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned and operated by TriMet, it consists of five lines connecting the Neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon, six sections of Portland; the communities of Beaverton, Oregon, Beaverton, Clackamas, Oregon, Clackamas, Gresham, Oregon, Gresham, Hillsboro, Oregon, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, Oregon, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove, Oregon, Oak Grove; and Portland International Airport to Downtown Portland, Oregon, Portland City Center. Trains run seven days a week with headways between 30 minutes off-peak and three minutes during rush hours. In 2023, MAX recorded an annual ridership of . MAX was among the first Light rail in the United States#"Second-generation" modern systems, second-generation American light rail systems to be built, conceived from Highway revolts in the United States, freeway revolts that took place in the 1970s. Planning for the network's inaugural easts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vista Ridge Tunnels
The Vista Ridge Tunnels are highway tunnels through the Tualatin Mountains ("West Hills") of Portland, Oregon, United States. With their eastern ends located in the Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, Goose Hollow neighborhood, the tunnels pass through a hillside locally known as Vista Ridge, a half mile (1 km) west of downtown Portland. Sunset Highway (Oregon), Sunset Highway, also known as U.S. Route 26, is carried through the tunnels, three lanes in each direction. They are Oregon's busiest tunnels. Design The eastbound tunnel is 1001 feet (305 m) in length; the westbound tunnel is 949 feet (289 m). Both have 41 ft (12.5 m) of horizontal and 15.58 ft (4.75 m) of vertical clearance. The eastbound tunnel was completed in 1969, the westbound a year later. There is a six-percent grade (slope), grade through the tunnels. Most of the tunnels' lengths are straight, though they curve southward at the west ends 35°. The tunnels were built with ventilation shafts w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW; ) is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington (state), Washington, Idaho, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Some broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon, south into Northern California, and east into western Montana. Other conceptions may be limited to the coastal areas west of the Cascade Mountains, Cascade and Coast Mountains, Coast mountains. The Northwest Coast is the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest, and the Northwest Plateau (also commonly known as "British Columbia Interior, the Interior" in British Columbia), is the inland region. The term "Pacific Northwest" should not be confused with the Northwest Territory (also known as the Great Northwest, a historical term in the United States) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon)
Lincoln High School (LHS) is a public high school located in the Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It was established in 1869 as Portland High School. Its attendance boundary includes Downtown Portland, Oregon, Downtown Portland, Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, Goose Hollow, Northwest Portland, Oregon, Northwest Portland, and a part of West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon, West Haven-Sylvan. Student profile In the 2017–2018 school year, Lincoln High School's student population consisted of 71.1% White, 10.4% Asian, 8.3% Hispanic, 1.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 8.4% mixed race. About 91% of its students live within the school's neighborhood. In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 372 students, 330 graduated, 34 dropped out, four received a Oregon modified high school diploma, modified diploma, and four were still enrolled in high school the following year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multnomah Athletic Club
The Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC) is a private social club, social and sports club, athletic club in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1891 as the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, a coordinating body for team and individual sports such as track and field, American football, football, and basketball and fielded its own competitive teams against collegiate competition. It is currently a 21,000 member institution, providing athletic and dining facilities to its dues-payers. History The Multnomah Athletic Club was originally founded in 1891 as the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. It is located in Portland, Oregon's Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, Goose Hollow neighborhood, occupying two buildings adjacent to the Providence Park sports stadium. The club hosted an annual outdoor athletic games in Portland, with the inaugural event taking place in September 1891. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It is the home of the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Providence Park is currently the oldest facility to be configured as a soccer-specific stadium for use by an MLS team, and is one of the most historic grounds used by any United States professional soccer team. It has existed in rudimentary form since 1893, and as a complete stadium since 1926. Providence Park has been the home of the Timbers since 1975. The stadium has been host to several major United States soccer events including U.S. national team matches, Soccer Bowl '77, the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2014 MLS All-Star Game, the 2015 NWSL Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
