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The Berry Botanic Garden
There are no berries to pick at this public garden and research...
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Central Library
The elegant, etched-graphite central staircase and elaborate...
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Chapman and Lownsdale squares
During the 1920s, these parks were segregated by sex: Chapman...
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City Hall
Portland's four-story, granite-faced City Hall, which was completed...
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First Congregational Church
This Venetian Gothic church, modeled after Boston's Old South...
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Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park
The park named for a former governor of Oregon revered for his...
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Justice Center
This modern building houses the jail, county courts, and police...
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Keller Auditorium
Home base for the Portland Opera, the former Civic Auditorium...
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KOIN Center
An instant landmark after its completion in 1984, this handsome...
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Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse
Portland's BOORA Architects and the New York architectural firm...
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Old Church
This building erected in 1882 is a prime example of Carpenter...
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Oregon Historical Society
Impressive eight-story-high trompe l'oeil murals of Lewis and...
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Pioneer Courthouse Square
Considered by most to be the living room, public heart, and commercial...
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Portland Art Museum
The treasures at the Pacific Northwest's oldest visual- and media-arts...
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Portland Building
Portlandia, the second-largest hammered-copper statue in the...
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Portland Center for the Performing Arts
The "old building" and the hub of activity here is the Arlene...
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Portland Farmer's Market
On Saturday from April through mid-December, local farmers, bakers...
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Portland State University
The state's only university in a major metropolitan area takes...
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State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
This museum has two multimedia theaters and sports memorabilia...
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Terry Schrunk Plaza
A terraced amphitheater of green lawn and brick, shaded by flowering...
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World Trade Center
The three sleek, handsome World Trade Center buildings, designed...
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Yamhill National Historic District
Trains glide by many examples of 19th-century cast-iron architecture...
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