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Portland

Fall!!

#troveron #colorful
Built in 1934 to house the first telephone exchange in the city of Vancouver, the building stood in place for over fifty years before it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic places in 1986. It is still very structurally sound, houses a set of offices, and is used every working day of the year.  Most of what I can say about its history, design, and construction would simply be a repetition of the material you'll find in the referenced link.

What these documents won't tell you is the effect it will have, seeing it against the sharp blue sky a little over an hour before sunset.  I have lived in this city for more than twenty-five years, and I am here to tell you, it was as if I was seeing it for the first time.


http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJB4H_Vancouver_Telephone_Building_Vancouver_Washington

A fine example of art deco #Architecture in Vancouver, Washington.
Yesterday, I learned a valuable lesson.  If you bombard Trover with what are essentially pictures of blue air, be prepared for the collective response to be  something along the lines of "Meh."   Lesson learned.  So, today I'm putting something in front of the blue air.  

Trees, stripped of their leaves, and weaving glorious mazes of limbs and branches in every direction.

These all appear within a mile of my home, so their value to an eager traveller is somewhat suspect.  Still, I hope they're odd and delicate and maybe beautiful enough to make you pause on your endless adventures and breathe a little sigh of wonder.

Happy Troving, people.
What do I say?  The boy likes his peanuts.  Addiction can be a powerful thing.
A trio of birches that have been growing here for about 25 years. They're were nearly lost to an ice storm, and then to an infestation of insect larvae. But they're still going strong.

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Central Park: Suosituimmat hotellit

The Paramount Hotel

The Paramount Hotel

3.5 out of 5
808 SW Taylor St Portland OR
Hinta on 96 € per yö ajalle 22.3. viiva 23.3.
96 €
22.3.–23.3.
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Yövy tässä liikematkustukseen soveltuvassa hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta) ja ympäri vuorokauden ...
9,2/10 Wonderful! (3 256 arvostelua)
Nice enough for medical treatment at OHSU

Arvosteltu 13.3.2026

The Paramount Hotel
Park Lane Suites and Inn

Park Lane Suites and Inn

2.5 out of 5
809 SW King Avenue Portland OR
Hinta on 159 € per yö ajalle 14.3. viiva 15.3.
159 €
14.3.–15.3.
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Yövy tässä hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, ilmaisesta pysäköinnistä ja kuntokeskuksesta. Asiakkaamme kehuvat majoituspaikan ...
Park Lane Suites and Inn
Cambria Hotel Portland - Pearl District

Cambria Hotel Portland - Pearl District

3 out of 5
165 NW Park Ave Portland OR
Hinta on 116 € per yö ajalle 5.4. viiva 6.4.
116 €
5.4.–6.4.
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Yövy tässä hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta) ja kuntokeskuksesta. Lähellä sijaitsevat Moda Center ...
9,8/10 Exceptional! (320 arvostelua)
Staff was very friendly and helpful. Our strings from the blinds broke off in our room and Staff was able to help immediately. We had a rental hoping there was a garage to park at but only valet and street parking was available. That was our only bummer, other than that service and stay was ...

Arvosteltu 13.3.2026

Cambria Hotel Portland - Pearl District
Holiday Inn Airport - Portland by IHG

Holiday Inn Airport - Portland by IHG

3 out of 5
8439 Ne Columbia Blvd Portland OR
Hinta on 67 € per yö ajalle 30.3. viiva 31.3.
67 €
30.3.–31.3.
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Yövy tässä liikematkustukseen soveltuvassa hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta) ja ilmaisista lentokenttäkuljetuksista. ...
8/10 Very Good! (2 927 arvostelua)
clean room, shuttle on time but driver not very friendly. good wifi

Arvosteltu 12.3.2026

Holiday Inn Airport - Portland by IHG
Radisson Hotel Portland Airport

Radisson Hotel Portland Airport

3.5 out of 5
6233 NE 78th Court Portland OR
Hinta on 103 € per yö ajalle 15.3. viiva 16.3.
103 €
15.3.–16.3.
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Yövy tässä golfin pelaamiseen sopivassa hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta) ja ilmaisista lentokenttäkuljetuksista. ...
9/10 Wonderful! (2 972 arvostelua)
Siisti, hiljainen hiljattain päivitetty huone ja erinomainen lentokenttäkuljetuspalvelu.

Arvosteltu 12.3.2026

Radisson Hotel Portland Airport
The Porter Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton

The Porter Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton

4.5 out of 5
1355 SW 2nd Ave. Portland OR
Hinta on 120 € per yö ajalle 1.4. viiva 2.4.
120 €
1.4.–2.4.
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Yövy tässä ylellisessä hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, 2 ravintolasta ja 2 baarista/loungesta. Asiakkaamme kehuvat majoituspaikan ...
8,8/10 Excellent! (1 454 arvostelua)
No free breakfast. Expensive parking.

Arvosteltu 13.3.2026

The Porter Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton
Alin löytämämme hinta viimeisten 24 tunnin aikana 1 yölle ja 2 aikuiselle. Hinnat ja saatavuus voivat muuttua. Muita ehtoja saatetaan soveltaa.

Central Park: Muita alueita lähistöllä

Those of us who live in a certain neighborhood of the Lincoln district know that for one month every year we won't have to worry about turning on our porch lights.  If the street lamps should fail, well, that's not really of any concern. Say the moon itself were to pop out of the sky and go flying into space.  No big deal.  Because for a glorious 30 days every winter, we're able to bask in the glow of a house lit bright enough to make artificial sunshine.  A sight so startling, it causes commuters to back up traffic as they sit in their cars and gape.

It wasn't always that way.  A few years back, the charming old couple who lives in the place started to put out a few lights to decorate their home.  The next year they added a few more, and the year after that -- again -- some more.  At some point, however, they seem to have developed a kind of high tolerance for luminescence.  And when that happened, the floodgates were open.  What you see in these photos is the early December version of what, by Christmas day, will be a kind of multi-colored solar flare emanating from the front yard of their home.  

It can really be a beautiful thing to behold, as anyone who sees it for the first time can tell you.  And those of us who live here have accepted with pride this red and gold meteor which appears in our midst during every gloomy Northwest December.

Can you blame us?  We may be the only block on earth entirely visible from space.

#localgem

Vancouverin keskusta

Vancouverin keskusta tunnetaan lukuisista ruokailumahdollisuuksista, ja voit myös vierailla muissa alueen kohteissa, joihin kuuluu The Academy ja Columbiajoki.

Vancouverin keskusta
North Portland

North Portland

Jokimaisemiin tunnettu North Portland tarjoaa myös muuta nähtävää, kuten Portland International Raceway (moottorirata), ja läheiset Delta Park-Vanportin raitiovaunupysäkki ja Expo Centerin raitiovaunupysäkki takaavat, että Portland ei taatusti jää tuntemattomaksi.

North Portland
The Portland skyline on a crisp clear winter night. The Eastbank Esplanade is an ideal stroll the see this beautiful city at any hour of the day.
#Oregon #Portland #skyline #night #Eastbankesplanade

Northeast Portland = Koillis-Portland

Jos aiot viettää aikaa kohteessa Northeast Portland = Koillis-Portland, tutustu joihinkin sen nähtävyyksiin, kuten Colwood National Golf Course tai The Grotto. Läheiset Parkrose-Sumnerin kauttakulkukeskus ja NE 82nd Avenuen raitiovaunupysäkki takaavat, että kaupunkiin tutustuminen on vaivatonta.

Northeast Portland = Koillis-Portland
Eliot

Eliot

Eliot tarjoaa upeita nähtävyyksiä, joihin kuuluu muun muassa Wonder Ballroom, ja jos haluat tutustua kaupunkiin lähemmin, Albina-Mississippin raitiovaunupysäkki sijaitsee lähellä.

Eliot
Moda Center which includes signage

Lloyd District

Lloyd Center (ostoskeskus) ja Moda Center ovat suosittuja nähtävyyksiä kohteessa Lloyd District, joka tunnetaan suosituista kaupoista. NE Grand & Multnomah -pysäkki ja NE 7th & Holladay -pysäkki varmistavat, että lähiseudun nähtävyyksiin on myös helppoa tutustua.

Lloyd District
China town, Portland Oregon..

Luoteis-Portland

Jos aiot viettää aikaa kohteessa Luoteis-Portland, tutustu joihinkin sen nähtävyyksiin, kuten Leif Erickson Trail tai Pittock Mansion (historiallinen rakennus). Läheiset NW 23rd & Marshall -pysäkki ja NW Northrup & 22nd -pysäkki takaavat, että kaupunkiin tutustuminen on vaivatonta.

Luoteis-Portland


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