Secret Portland
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Dispatches from the Greater Portland Area. Focused on art & culture, secret places and fun features.
January 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I saw at least 20 different Great Blue Herons at Oaks Bottom Park in Portland
#birds #photography #birdphotography #nature
#birds #photography #birdphotography #nature
December 21, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I, Tonya Bingo w/ Violet Hex - Portland Art Museum
See full details at tomorrowtheater.org.
portlandartmuseum.org
December 20, 2024 at 2:50 AM
December 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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
#art
#streetart
#portlandoregon
#sepdx
December 19, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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...
Zoomable version here: transitmap.net/maps/portlan...
December 18, 2024 at 5:17 PM
"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...
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
December 17, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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.
December 15, 2024 at 3:29 PM
December 14, 2024 at 10:51 PM
December 10, 2024 at 8:08 PM
December 8, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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.
1/cont.
#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024
The Santa are nestled all snug in their space, where a soda fountain stood a hundred years in its place.
1/cont.
#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024
December 8, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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.
1/cont.
#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024
The Santa are nestled all snug in their space, where a soda fountain stood a hundred years in its place.
1/cont.
#secretportland #santaclones
#clues2024
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.
December 7, 2024 at 6:22 PM
December 6, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The Story of Jim & Patty Roberts: Portland's Coffee People
YouTube video by Saul Roberts
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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
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
December 2, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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
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
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
November 30, 2024 at 6:58 PM
November 29, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Found a few photographs I recently shot on a walk through SE Portland, OR. #fujifilm
November 28, 2024 at 7:33 PM
The Clinton Theater has the longest continuous showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
#clintontheater #secretportland
#clintontheater #secretportland
November 26, 2024 at 4:07 PM
The Clinton Theater has the longest continuous showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
#clintontheater #secretportland
#clintontheater #secretportland
Scott originated the #portlandHorseProject a wonderful addition to #secretportland
Bouncing around Portland today, told the kids to look for a horse. Two blocks later they spotted one. The #PortlandHorseProject lives!
November 25, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Scott originated the #portlandHorseProject a wonderful addition to #secretportland
November 24, 2024 at 7:47 PM