Hillsboro began as a pioneer town in the 1840s and developed as a center of agriculture, commerce and government by the early 1900s. Main Street has changed over the years,...
Robert A Long, a Midwest-based wealthy entrepreneur, was looking for a Pacific Northwest location for expansion into the lumber business. The planned community of Longview was almost an afterthought to...
In the early 1960s, urban renewal set the stage for the creation the of the Lloyd Center; Portland’s version of the “mega-mall”. Today, the Lloyd District is in transition and...
Willamette Heights is a classic Portland early 20th century “streetcar neighborhood” situated in the far northwest corner of the city. This prestigious, out-of-the way residential enclave owes its growth to...
We'll start on the east end of downtown Astoria and make our way up into the first few blocks of the historic Shively-McClure National Register Residential District. Along the way...
Uniontown was established in the 1880s by Finnish immigrants who came to the Pacific Northwest to work in the booming salmon fishing industry. Astoria had the largest Finnish population west...
The Astor Court neighborhood is one of the oldest on Astoria's South Slope. The extension of the electric streetcar into the neighborhood in 1915 sparked the development of the residential...
As the automobile replaced water, rail and mass transit starting in the first decades of the 20th century, the architectural fabric of downtowns changed with the times. Buildings designed specifically...
The historic Alphabet District (also known as Nob Hill) is jam packed with history and architecture from the early decades of the 20th century. Given a huge boost by the...
The Portland Heights neighborhood towers above southwest Portland providing spectacular views and close proximity to downtown. This area was virtually inaccessible until a cable car was built in 1890 that...
