Think Portland is different now? Here’s what your city could look like in 10 years.
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Portland in 2025
Think Portland Is Different Now? Here’s What Your City Could Look Like in 10 Years.
Joe Streckert
Joe Streckert is the author of Storied & Scandalous Portland, Oregon: A History of Gambling, Vice, Wits, and Wagers. He writes about books, history, and comics.
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Getting Around
Navigating Portland Transportation for the Newbie
Navigating Portland transportation for the newbie.
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Portland Myth Bustin’!
What You Think You Know About Portland Is WRONG
What you think you know about Portland is wrong.
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Check Out Trees, Air Quality, and Poverty With This App From PSU
Researchers at PSU have created an app that lets you check out trees, urban heat, and demographics in Portland as well as twelve other American cities. The Trees and Health App shows users which parts of these cities are covered by leafy canopies, where the hottest parts of town are, and what regions of urban […]
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How We Got Here
There’s a Reason Portland Suffers from High Rents and Lack of Housing… We Planned It That Way
There’s a reason Portland suffers from high rents and lack of housing… we planned it that way.
Posted inFood and Drink
Burger Week Priview: White Owl Social Club’s Double Lamb Burger
For the third year running, Burger Week brings you limited edition, $5 burgers from your favorite Portland bars and restaurants, for one week only! This year the promotion will run Aug 10-16, giving you just one week to try as many burgers as you can from over 30 participating establishments! To get you prepared, we’ll […]
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Burger Week Preview: All-Way’s Bacon Blue Cheese Barbecue Burger
For the third year running, Burger Week brings you limited edition, $5 burgers from your favorite Portland bars and restaurants, for one week only! This year the promotion will run Aug 10-16, giving you just one week to try as many burgers as you can from over 30 participating establishments! To get you prepared, we’ll […]
Posted inArchitecture
Old-Timey Portland: Inside the Society Hotel
A recognizable Old Town landmark is getting reformatted into a boutique hotel soon. Later this year the Mariner’s Home on NW 3rd and Couch will become the Society Hotel, a boutique guest house that the owners describe as being similar in style to a hostel. The pink and teal building has a colorful history. In […]
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How to Cook a Rib
Eat Like a Caveman; Don’t Cook Like One
Tips for cooking the perfect rib.
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I’m Done Recapping Game of Thrones
Like the title says, I’m not going to recap Game of Thrones anymore. It’s because of rape. More after the jump. C’mon, Ned. Let’s get out of here. A big part of why I have been consistently excited to recap Game of Thrones is because for a long time it felt like an innovative series. […]
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The End of Mad Men: Genius or Annoying? (Or Both?)
Mad Men ended last night after seven seasons. The show was consistently unpredictable and narratively jagged (in a good way) and the ending was as out of left field as everything else that the show has thrown at us. Spoilers after the jump. My initial response to the end of Mad Men was “That’s it?” […]
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Game of Thrones Recap: Not This Again
That loud noise you heard coming out of Southeast last night was me screaming at a television at the ending of last night’s Game of Thrones. The show is very good at some things. Depicting rape is not one of them. An unpleasant discussion and spoilers after the jump. A catacomb full of severed heads […]