Portland's Neighborhoods
The Pearl District is the city's most famous area known for its shopping and trendy restaurants, galleries and shops. As you can see here the area was once a warehousing district - great urban renewal!
Fun decorations highlight this latino clothing store.
There is a huge Whole Foods store in the Pearl that features nothing but organically grown produce and eco-friendly foods.
Urban Wineworks is well known in wine circles around the area. Visitors are encouraged to try to blend their own wine with a combination for Cabernet, Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Then for $22 they can take home a bottle of their blend. The entire store is decorated with wine barrells painted by local artists.
Portland is a city of districts and neighborhoods - The Pearl, the Rose District, and the Alphabet District. This row of homes in the Alphabet are quite typical. The neighorhood is a unique blend of residentail and small retail. The streets in the area fall in alphabetical order!
The umbrellas outside Saint Cupcake sort of look like coconut on top a cupcake - don't they?
Mmmmmm - cupcakes!
One of the Peal's biggest stars - Powell's Books - the biggest bookstore in the world. It takes up an entire city block!
Portland is a very eco-friendly city and one that has it's battles over keeping it that way. The green pavement is a bike path on a city street near my hotel. The bike is a monument to a fallen biker.
It doesn't take long to figure out why Portland is called the Rose City, the buds are everywhere. These wild roses grown along an interstate off ramp and you see them lining most of the major thoroughfares through the city.