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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Jan 22

#secretportland

Sidewalk Secrets

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Jan 4

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#portlandwinterlightfestival

Secret Sparks

Portland Winter Light Festival – A free, citywide event February 7 – 15, 2025ExpandExpandSearchSearchToggle MenuScroll to topScroll to topExpandExpandSearchToggle Menu CloseSearch

An illuminating and free, all-ages, citywide art experience Feb 7 - 15, 2025.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 23

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Secret Snowplow Names

PBOT Snowplow Naming Contest: Winter 2024 - 2025

Make history this winter season and help name five PBOT snowplows! Crews have been preparing for the possibility of winter weather since October and we need your help! This year, we’re asking the publ...

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 21

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#oaksbottom

Secret Heron Hang

Bryn Nilsen Photography 🌠 (he/him) @brynnilsen.com · Dec 21

I saw at least 20 different Great Blue Herons at Oaks Bottom Park in Portland

#birds #photography #birdphotography #nature

A wide shot of 9 different great blue herons standing in the marsh

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 20

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#tomorrowtheater
#tonyaharding

Secret skater scandal screening

I, Tonya Bingo w/ Violet Hex - Portland Art Museum

See full details at tomorrowtheater.org.

portlandartmuseum.org

Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 19

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#artgarden

An assortment of toys is arranged in a scene amongst a sidewalk wall garden. Santa and sleigh attend to gift distribution while a creche, tree and other seasonal adornments surround.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 19

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Sailgirl Design @sailgirldesign.bsky.social · Dec 19

Street Art here in Portland, OR is next level. I love this artist’s work and see it often on walks in my hood. #shanaleehampton
#art
#streetart
#portlandoregon
#sepdx

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 18

#secretportland
#portlandstreetcars

Portland Streetcar History

Portland Streetcar History @pdx-streetcars.bsky.social · Dec 10

My diagram of streetcars in Portland as they existed in 1915, informed by all of this research I've been doing! Grouping and color-coding lines by the bridge that they cross the Willamette on was a pretty clever idea, if I do say so myself.

Zoomable version here: transitmap.net/maps/portlan...

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 17

#secretportland

Secret waters

Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.org · Dec 16

"Water’s presence in a city is difficult to notice. It’s like training your eye to see negative space—absence is the story.”

Josephine Woolington writes about learning to see the many hidden and buried waterways that shape Portland.

Read the essay, now online:
oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...

The Flow Below

Josephine Woolington writes about learning to see the hidden springs and streams that shape Portland.

oregonhumanities.org

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 15

#secretportland #trimet #ghostsofportland

Wolf L @wolfli.bsky.social · Dec 14

One of the most strangely interesting photos I ever took. On the MAX near downtown Portland, OR. The young woman in the background may have been a ghost.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 14

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#imperialtaproom
Xmas cookie and beer pairing at Imperial Bottle Shop and Taproom.

A sampler tray of beers sits atop a yellow picnic table. A plate of xmas cookies sits beside the beer. A tasting list is laid out.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 10

#secretportland #comics #bookswithpictures

@bkswpicspdx.bsky.social a Portland treasure

A blue trapezoidal shaped building juts to the corner. A mural is painted on the left wall. The awning over the door reads “Books with Pictures”. The word “Books” is painted vertically to the left of the door. The day is bright and sunny in a fall setting.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

#secretportland
#santaclones
#gigantic

A can of Gigantic Santa Clones Winter Warmer. A classic plastic light up Santa adorns the can.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good-night.

6/finfin

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

And I heard you exclaim, ‘the Santa Clones, such a sight!

5/fin
#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

When what to your wondering eyes should appear, but a historic theatre marquee shimmering quite near.

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#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

Comfy in your kerchief or cozy in a cap, stopped in to buy whole foods across the street on a map.

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#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

Away to the location you flew like a flash, the boulevard was sandy but little chance you’d crash.

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#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 8

Twas the month of December when somewhere in town, four hundred little santas sat waiting to be found.

The Santa are nestled all snug in their space, where a soda fountain stood a hundred years in its place.
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#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 7

#sectetportland #portlandstreetcar #orhistory
An amazing repository of Portland history.

Portland Streetcar History @pdx-streetcars.bsky.social · Dec 6

Photo from November 1905 reporting on the "deplorable" overcrowding of cars on the Mount Scott line. A man clings to the back of the car while four ladies who could not board look most displeased. Myrtle Park station was on SE Foster Road between SE Gladstone and SE Boise streets.

Photograph of an overcrowded streetcar at Myrtle Park station on the Mount Scott line.

TITLE OF PHOTO: How the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company Overcrowds Its Cars

CAPTION: This photograph was taken at 7:10am at Myrtle Park, on the Mt. Scott line. The four women standing on the station platform were unable to get on board on account of the jam.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 6

#secretportland #omsi #submarine

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 4

The story of Coffee People.

#secretportland #coffeepeople #jim&patty

The Story of Jim & Patty Roberts: Portland's Coffee People

YouTube video by Saul Roberts

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Dec 2

The OAKS
Partland's Famous Pleasure Park
LARGEST ON COAST
"15 Minutes from First and Alder Streets

Musical comedy and Extravaganza in the Airdome nightly; concerts and vaudeville afternoons.
Thirty Other Popular Amusements

#secretportland #pdxhistory #oakspark

An advertisement for “the Oaks” from a Portland Oregon streetcar schedule circa 1908.

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Secret Portland @secretportland.bsky.social · Nov 30

#secretportland #bookstore #paralellworlds

J. Artemis @jartemis.ink · Nov 30

Portland has one of the widest collection of independent bookstores. If you visit here and go to Powell's, I would suggest Parallel Worlds (fantasy/sci fi focus, tiny space) in Northeast Portland. Such a good balance of new, used, and collectible/gift options. www.parallelworldsbookshop.com

Parallel Worlds Bookshop

www.parallelworldsbookshop.com

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