Step aside, naked bicyclists. A recent thread in Portland’s subreddit posed the provocative question: “What is hands-down the weirdest thing you’ve personally witnessed in Portland?” Spoiler: Nobody picked the Unipiper. Nor a Charles Manson pastry from Voodoo Doughnuts. Nor any of the tired kitsch or cliches peddled by The New York Times, IFC’s “Portlandia” or
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Portland needed bridges in the 1920s. Multnomah County’s commissioners were determined to make them happen — the Portland way. The result: arguably the biggest political scandal in the county’s history. At the height of Prohibition, voters approved a $5 million bond to replace the deteriorating 30-year-old Burnside Bridge and build two new spans — the
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Negotiations between Portland officials and the Zidell family over plans for the family’s South Waterfront land appear to have collapsed, for now torpedoing a highly anticipated 33-acre development. The family said Friday it was suspending development on the site, which would have linked the developed north and south ends of the South Waterfront. The Zidells’ holdings
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It’s finally, officially summer. And that means sun-soaked concerts on the lawn, sweat-drenched bodies crashing into each other in mosh pits at the Roseland and more nostalgia tours than you can shake a stick at. From Foreigner’s Juke Box Heroes tour lighting up the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s stint at the Crystal Ballroom
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A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Independence Day, according to AAA. That’s a five percent increase over last year and the highest number since AAA started tracking July 4th travel 18 years ago. INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, predicts that travel times in the most
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With Independence Day and the 242nd anniversary of the founding of our country just around the corner, Patch collected all the July 4 goings-on happening around the Portland metro region to help you decide where you want to celebrate. From the Waterfront Blues Festival in downtown Portland to the Estacada Timber Festival and St. Paul
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