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Alberta Arts District is a commercial district in Portland, Oregon which connects the Concordia, King and Vernon neighborhoods in the Northeast quadrant of the city. [1] The district centers on NE Alberta Street, and stretches approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km), from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to NE 33rd Avenue. [2]
In 2002, the Foundation's main event, the ALS Walk for Life was started. In 2014, the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine was created to "accelerate research and advance patient care". The Center was opened in addition to the continual operation of three research laboratories and the Lois Insolia ALS Clinic.
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is a cable-stayed bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was designed by TriMet, the Portland metropolitan area 's regional transit authority, for its MAX Orange Line light rail passenger trains. The bridge also serves city buses and the Portland Streetcar, as well as ...
Old Harry Rocks Walk, Studland. Old Harry Rocks in east Dorset (Getty Images/iStockphoto) One of Dorset’s best-known landmarks, Old Harry Rock, part of several rock formations carved from the ...
The ALS Association is an American nonprofit organization that funds global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, provides care services and programs to people affected by ALS through its nationwide network of clinical care centers, and works with ALS advocates around the country for state and federal policies that serve people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also ...
The Walk of the Heroines is a memorial and park on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon. Description [ edit ] The 18,000-square-foot park, "designed to give artistic recognition to women's vital contributions to our society and daily life", [1] is along Southwest Harrison between 10th and 11th Avenues. [2]
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ), also known as motor neurone disease ( MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, is a rare but terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction. [3] ALS is the most common form of the ...
Washington Park (Portland, Oregon) / 45.51583°N 122.70750°W / 45.51583; -122.70750. Washington Park is a public urban park in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It includes a zoo, forestry museum, arboretum, rose garden, Japanese garden, amphitheatre, memorials, archery range, tennis courts, soccer field, picnic areas, playgrounds ...