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The following is a list of sports venues in Portland, Oregon, specifically the metro area, that are currently in operation or defunct. The city features two major sports franchises, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The land the park occupies was originally part of the city of St. Johns. The St. Johns Bridge opened in 1931, but at that time there was no park. [1] In August 1949, a fifteen-year-old girl named Thelma Taylor was kidnapped and murdered under the bridge in the space where the park now exists. [2]
[8] [9] By the fourth day of the riots, Portland police chief Mike Marshman estimated that damages exceeded $1 million. [14] In addition, the cost to the City of Portland exceeded $500,000 in police overtime alone. This cost does not include use of, or damage to, police ammunition, equipment or other property. [15]
Kelly Butte Natural Area is a city park of about 23 acres (9.3 ha) in southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, just east of Interstate 205. The park is named after pioneer Clinton Kelly, who settled the area east of the Willamette River in 1848. [ 2 ]
Local. Karin Power, State Representative for District 41 [45] Jo Ann Hardesty, Portland City Commissioner [46] Bruce Broussard, former candidate for Portland mayor [47] Newspapers. Portland Mercury [48] Organizations. Basic Rights Oregon [41] Oregon Progressive Party [49] Our Revolution [50] Gravel Institute [51]
Sellwood-Moreland is a neighborhood on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in Southeast Portland, Oregon, bordering Brooklyn to the north, Eastmoreland to the east, and the city of Milwaukie to the south. The neighborhood is linked to Southwest Portland across the Willamette River by the Sellwood Bridge, the southernmost of Portland's bridges.
The resulting suburb was gradually annexed by Portland beginning in the 1960s and completing in 1994. The neighborhood includes the Jade District commercial and cultural center. Powellhurst-Gilbert contains Portland's largest Asian population, making up 17.89% of the city's population. [3]
The Portland City Council, (officially the Portland City Commission), is the legislative body of the City of Portland in Oregon and forms part of the Government of the city. Portland runs on a commission form of government , the largest city in the United States to do so.
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