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Overview

From its inception, Portland Heights has been very much an “uptown” section of Portland. While a many of the interesting and spectacular Victorian era houses have been demolished in order to construct newer homes and apartments, a number of those buildings do remain. Furthermore, while some of the new buildings are fairly plain structures, there are also quite a number of them that are very unique. After all, the people who live in this part of town have enough money to hire their own architect(s) to design a home that is unique. Of course, in order to put a home here it is usually necessary to build something unique anyway. The shape of the hillside, and the odd shaped lots that are caused by roads that run at all different angles, and the spectacular views that are possible given good house design, pretty much require houses that are one-of-a-kind.Thus, exploring the neighborhood on foot is an interesting way of exploring this old and wealthy part of Portland.

Portland Heights is built on a series of steep hills overlooking downtown Portland. Many of these are too steep to built a road, except as a very narrow ledge cut across the face of the hill. Thus, Portland Heights and the sidewalks that connect it with downtown Portland are filled with staircases of all manner of shapes and sizes. These serve as a vital transportation link within Portland Heights and connecting it with the rest of Portland. Some of these staircases are elaborate affairs, while others are very simple wood slats. The stairs are slippery when wet, and the concrete can crack over the decades. Be careful! If you fall, you may have a very, very long way to go before you come to a stop.

As Portland Heights has become crowded with more and more buildings the locations available for the general public walking on the sidewalks to see the city have become more and more limited.Yet, even today SW Upper Hall Street remains one of the places where you can still see some great views of the city.

TriMet bus route # 51 is the only public transit route that directly serves this part of the Portland area. This bus route operates weekdays and Saturdays, but not very often. Service ends fairly early in the evening as well, so be very careful of the timetable and what time it is.The bus service starts in downtown Portland and crosses the transit mall on the same streets where the very popular bus route #15 runs (if you can’t find anyone who knows where the #51 stops, ask about the #15 and that might get you farther). Parts of this route are on SW Washingtong Street, and later runs parallel to MAX on SW Morrison Street. Read the bus stop signs and make sure you are going the right direction or visit Trimet.org for the latest details

Parks

Frank L. Knight City Park – Mixed evergreen-deciduous woodland and deciduous shrubland.

Governors Park – This park was dedicated while Sylvester Pennoyer was Governor of Oregon (1894-1901), giving the park its name. Pennoyer was the first person to make a gift of property to the city of Portland for solely park purposes.

Marquam Nature Park – Marquam Nature Park is a linear trail that starts south of downtown at the foot of the West Hills. It supports an abundance of native plant species, and has several trails that wind up the hill and through trees such as Douglas fir, Western hemlock, Red cedar, and Bigleaf maples. The trail system goes to Council Crest and on up to the Oregon Zoo.

For more details visit: Portland Parks Online

Stats

Portland Heights zip code: 97201

For details on Local Crime and Census data in Portland Heights visit: Portland Maps and use the intersection of SW 16th and SW Myrtle St.

Resources

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