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Overlook is a neighborhood in the North section of
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on the east shore of the
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. It borders University Park and Arbor Lodge on the north,
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on the east,
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on the southeast, and Northwest Industrial and the Northwest District across the Willamette on the west. It is home to
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' North American headquarters.


Features

The Overlook Park station, the
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, and the North Killingsworth Street station on the
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provide light rail service to the neighborhood.
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(1928) serves as a community center. The
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, next to Patton Park, features arts education, exhibits and theater. The neighborhood includes Swan Island, originally an island in the Willamette. In 1899, Richard McCrary, James Connor, and Hi Straight set up a moonshine still on Swan Island. The island was connected to the east bank by landfill in the 1920s. Swan Island was the site of Portland's first airport,
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, dedicated by
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in 1927 and operating until the early 1940s when the island was converted to naval shipbuilding use for
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as one of the
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. Swan Island is now an industrial area. The Overlook Neighborhood Association is the official neighborhood association recognized by the city.


See also

* E. Henry Wemme, a Portland businessman credited with contributing to the development of the neighborhood


References


External links


Swan Island Transportation Management Association

Swan Island
in the ''
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Historic image of Swan Island Airport
from the City of Portland
Overlook Street Tree Inventory Report
{{Portland neighborhoods Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon