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Portland Hill Walks

Author : Laura O. Foster
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781604695380

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Portland Hill Walks features twenty-four miniature adventures stocked with stunning views, hidden stairways, leafy byways, urban forests, and places to sit, eat, and soak in the local scene. The revised and updated edition offers five new walks in addition to the well-loved classics, with new contemporary and historical photos and easier-to-follow directions. Whether you feel like meandering through old streetcar neighborhoods or climbing a lava dome, there is a hill walk for every mood. New walks take you up to Willamette Stone State Park, across the St. Johns Bridge, down to the South Waterfront (with a ride on the aerial tram), along a stream in Gresham, and up Mounts Talbert and Scott. Portland is a walking city, and Portland Hill Walks will inspire you to enjoy it to its fullest!

Portland City Walks

Author : Laura O. Foster
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780881928853

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Portland City Walks by Laura O. Foster Pdf

The author of Portland Hill Walks presents an array of twenty self-guided walking tours of the backstreets and neighborhoods of Portland and five nearby towns, all easily accessible by public transportation, offering fun facts, historical and cultural details, shopping and eating suggestions, and other things to see and do along each route. Original.

Walking Portland

Author : Becky Ohlsen
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899976815

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From a massive urban forest to the tiniest brewpub, Portland offers a huge variety of entertainments within a surprisingly compact area. Organic coffeeshops line the streets at the foot of an extinct volcano, and independent bookstores nestle up against food-cart pods. Already famous for its great beer, the city has become a center for serious dining on a reasonable budget. And thanks to years of progressive urban planning, Portland's layout makes it a walker's nirvana. In Walking Portland, devoted local Becky Ohlsen guides you through the Rose City's many charms, from idyllic waterfront fountains to the more obscure and out-of-the-way pockets of cool. On each walk, you'll discover hidden gardens, historic landmarks, award-winning restaurants, old-school taverns, oddball shops, and edgy warehouse galleries in some of the Northwest's most exciting neighborhoods. You'll cross bridges and graveyards, wander a Smithsonian-honored boulevard, see experiments in urban renewal (some inspiring, some dubious) and be regaled with stories of the city's colorful past. Whether you're looking for a leisurely stroll full of shopping and snacks or a vigorous trek over tree-covered hillsides, grab this book, step outside and . . . walk Portland.

Walking Portland, Oregon

Author : Sybilla Avery Cook
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762794119

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Walking Portland, Oregon by Sybilla Avery Cook Pdf

It includes step-by-step descriptions and detailed maps of 22 excursions--from half-mile strolls to more rigorous four mile jaunts.

Walking Portland

Author : Becky Ohlsen
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899978932

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Walking Portland by Becky Ohlsen Pdf

Get to Know Portland’s Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods Grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer. Local author Becky Ohlsen guides you through 33 unique walking tours in the city that’s famous for its great beer and for serious dining on a reasonable budget. Portland is home to hidden gardens, historic landmarks, award-winning restaurants, old-school taverns, oddball shops, and edgy warehouse galleries. Each self-guided tour includes full-color photographs, a map, and need-to-know details like distance, difficulty, points of interest, and more. Stroll past organic coffee shops that line the streets at the foot of an extinct volcano. Swing through an independent bookstore nestled against flavorful food-cart pods. Cross bridges and graveyards. Wander a Smithsonian-honored boulevard. See experiments in urban renewal. You’ll soak up history, stories, and trivia on your way to the best parks, shops, restaurants, and nightlife in Oregon. So find a route that appeals to you, and walk Portland!

Portland Stair Walks

Author : Laura O. Foster
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781621060642

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Portland Stair Walks by Laura O. Foster Pdf

Why is it so satisfying to walk up and down stairs? Maybe it's the new layer of discovery with each step up—a new far-off view and a new close-up look at the plants and buildings. Maybe it's the fleeting proximity one has to passing strangers. Maybe it's the great feeling of propelling yourself upward and then floating downward. Maybe it's the best workout you can get without putting on gym clothes. Whatever the reason, stairs are an excellent way to get yourself up or down a landscape, and Portland, Oregon has a whole lot of them built into our public sidewalk and trail infrastructures.With Portland Stair Walks as your guide, you'll have 18 urban adventures on foot (or even bike) with:142 staircases22 hidden paths26 bridges2 tunnels1 island1 floating sidewalk1 aerial tramand several beachesAnd you'll enjoy views of:2 rivers16 river bridges4 volcanos3 creeksmany city vistasand innumerable small details that make the city and its history come aliveStair-loving pedestrians rejoice!

Fugitives and Refugees

Author : Chuck Palahniuk
Publisher : Crown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307420756

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Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk Pdf

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk’s tonsils currently reside? Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets? Curious about Chuck’s debut in an MTV music video? What goes on at the Scum Center? How do you get to the Apocalypse Café? In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and more as he takes you through the streets, sewers, and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic Geek Love, Portland is the home of America’s “fugitives and refugees.” Get to know these folks, the “most cracked of the crackpots,” as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland you might not otherwise believe actually exist. No other travel guide will give you this kind of access to “a little history, a little legend, and a lot of friendly, sincere, fascinating people who maybe should’ve kept their mouths shut.” Here are strange personal museums, weird annual events, and ghost stories. Tour the tunnels under downtown Portland. Visit swingers’ sex clubs, gay and straight. See Frances Gabe’s famous 1940s Self-Cleaning House. Look into strange local customs like the I-Tit-a-Rod Race and the Santa Rampage. Learn how to talk like a local in a quick vocabulary lesson. Get to know, I mean really get to know, the animals at the Portland zoo. Oh, the list goes on and on.

Walking Portland

Author : Sybilla Avery Cook
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Portland Metropolitan Area (Or.)
ISBN : 1560446048

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Walking Portland by Sybilla Avery Cook Pdf

It includes step-by-step descriptions and detailed maps of 22 excursions--from half-mile strolls to more rigorous four mile jaunts

Take a Walk: Portland

Author : Brian Barker
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781632170897

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Take a Walk: Portland by Brian Barker Pdf

This guide to walks in greater Portland includes more than 75 of the best routes and destinations, including such gems as Forest Park in Portland and Rooster Rock in Corbett. Each route described includes distances and notes the steepness of the trail. Highlighted are recommended walks for birders, art lovers, beachcombers, history buffs, gardeners, and those who seek disabled access. Walking trails in the Portland metropolitan area can take you to old-growth forests, hilltops with spectacular views, and riverside locations. Grab your walking shoes and start exploring!

Walking with Ramona

Author : Laura Foster
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781621065715

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Walking with Ramona by Laura Foster Pdf

Walking with Ramona explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s Portland. With this newest and most unusual Portland guidebook, readers can walk the very sidewalks Beverly walked and climb the very school steps that Beverly climbed. You'll see the grocery parking lot where Ramona got stuck in the mud, the park lawn where Henry Huggins hunted nightcrawlers, and the real Portland street that became Klickitat Street, their fictional home. Beverly Cleary’s Portland was much different than the Portlandia of today. Walking with Ramona brings to life what that 1920s and 1930s Portland was like for the “girl from Yamhill” who went on to become an internationally beloved author. Characters like Ramona and Beezus, Henry and Ribsy, and Ellen and Austine come to life on this hour-long walking route through the Northeast Portland neighborhood where Beverly grew up. An almost 3-mile walk around Northeast Portland, plus other Oregon destinations.

City Limits

Author : David Oates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015064706149

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City Limits by David Oates Pdf

"Oates explores issues of conformity and conflict on the UGB in the company of various individuals he sometimes invites along for the day's walk - artists, writers, urban planners, environmentalists, developers, a politician, a wine grape grower. Reflecting Oates's belief in the power of community and collaboration, many of their thoughts and writings about the experience are included in the book."--Jacket.

The Portland Stairs Book

Author : Laura O. Foster
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781604690699

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The Portland Stairs Book by Laura O. Foster Pdf

Portland has 196 public staircases, an irresistible asset to this pedestrian-friendly city. In The Portland Stairs Book, Portland's walking guru Laura Foster has gathered the best and most interesting in a handy pocket-sized guide. From Mount Tabor's epic 282 steps to the glass cupola atop 115 steps in Pioneer Courthouse, The Portland Stairs Book features details on twenty outdoor stairs that have amazing stories and something unique to offer an urban explorer. The stairs include the Willamette River Bridge Stairs, The Westover Terraces Steps, and Rocky Butte's Grand Staircase. The book also features indoor stairs that are perfect for a rainy Portland day and five Stair Trails that lead readers on urban treks that contain hundreds of steps in five different areas of town.

Hiking from Portland to the Coast

Author : James D. Thayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0870718770

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Hiking from Portland to the Coast by James D. Thayer Pdf

A guidebook for hikers, bikers, and equestrians, Hiking from Portland to the Coast explores the many trails and logging roads that crisscross the northern portion of Oregon's Coast Range. Designed to showcase convenient "looped" routes, it also describes complete throughways connecting Portland to the coastal communities of Seaside and Tillamook. Each of the 30 trails described includes a backstory to help users appreciate the history and significance of the places through which they are traveling.

Walking Through History

Author : Paul Ledman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0972858717

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Walking Through History by Paul Ledman Pdf

This book is a series of walking tours of Portland Maine that contains descriptions of the historical background and context to numerous locations in the city. Map included.

The Portland Red Guide

Author : Michael Munk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1932010378

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The Portland Red Guide by Michael Munk Pdf

A historical guidebook of social dissent, Michael Munk's The Portland Red Guide describes local radicals, their organizations, and their activities in relation to physical sites in the Rose City. With the aid of maps and historical photos, Munk's stories are those that history books often exclude. The historical listings expand readers' perspectives of the unique city and its radical past. The Portland Red Guide is a testament to Portland's rich history of working-class people and organizations that stood against repression and injustice. It honors those who insisted on pursuing a better justification for their lives rather than the quest for material wealth, and who dedicated themselves to offering alternative visions of how to organize society. The Portland Red Guide uses maps to give readers a walking tour of the city as well as to illustrate sites such as the house where Woody Guthrie wrote his Columbia River songs; the office of the Red Squad (the only memorial to John Reed); the home of early feminist Dr. Marie Equi; and the downtown site of Portland's first Afro-American League protest in 1898. This new edition includes up-to-date information about Portland's most contemporary radicals and suggests routes to help readers walk in the shadows of dissidents, radicals, and revolutionaries. These stories challenge mainstream culture and testify that many in Portland were, and still are, motivated to improve the condition of the world rather than their personal status in it.