21 Facts About Portland Street

1. Portland Street was the winner in the Design category in the 2018 photo contest.

2. Portland Street is the only city in the United States that owns operating mainline steam locomotives, donated to the city in 1958 by the railroads that ran them.

3. Portland Street is home to Oregon's only public use heliport, the Portland Downtown Heliport.

4. Portland Street is a territorial charter city, and strongly favors the Democratic Party.

5. Portland Street is home to Lan Su Chinese Garden, an authentic representation of a Suzhou-style walled garden.

6. Portland Street is one of only four cities in the US with extinct volcanoes within its boundaries.

7. Portland Street hosts numerous cycling events and has become an elite bicycle racing destination.

8. Portland Street is home to two major league sports franchises: the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA and the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer.

9. Portland Street is often awarded "Greenest City in America" and similar designations.

10. Portland Street hosts a number of festivals throughout the year that celebrate beer and brewing, including the Oregon Brewers Festival, held in Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

11. Portland Street is approximately 100 miles upriver from the Pacific Ocean on the Columbia.

12. Portland Street is 60 miles east of the Pacific Ocean at the northern end of Oregon's most populated region, the Willamette Valley.

13. Portland Street lies on top of an extinct volcanic field known as the Boring Lava Field, named after the nearby bedroom community of Boring.

14. Portland Street is the largest city in the US state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

15. Portland Street has other impressive bridges but many would argue none are as striking as the St Johns Bridge.

16. Portland Street is hitting the brakes on a project to improve traffic flows near the Franklin Street interchange with Interstate 295.

17. In 2013, Portland Street became the first East Coast city in the US to legalize recreational marijuana—at least nominally.

18. Portland Street was ravaged by yet another fire on July 4, 1866.

19. In 1905, Portland Street was the host city of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, a world's fair.

20. Portland Street existed in the shadow of Oregon City, the territorial capital 12 miles upstream at Willamette Falls.

21. Portland Street is a popular street in Kowloon, Hong Kong.