Ignite Portland 8 takes place Wednesday, March 3rd at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne).

I have exactly two Pixie related early childhood memories.

If you’re interested in Portland’s history, and fond of vintage photos, the blogs Cafe Unknown and Lost Oregon are probably already familiar to you. You’ve probably also perused the fantastic archive of post cards and ephemera at PdxHistory.com. But you may not yet be aware of another photo-rich Portland history blog, the nascent Vintage Portland: Exploring Portland’s Past.

The SP 4449, the star of Portland’s National Train Day celebration last May, arrives back in Portland today after a summer tour of the Midwest.

Produced by Friends of Trees and PGE in the 1990s, and narrated by former Oregon Symphony conductor James DePreist!
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The impressive Southern Pacific 4449, one of three vintage locomotives owned by the city of Portland, will be on display Saturday, May 9th from 10am to 3pm at Union Station in celebration of National Train Day.
The 4449 crew will be on hand to show how the locomotive works, as well as give tours on historic [...]

Hello, Larry was a legendarily bad sitcom that ran on NBC from January 1979 to April 1980. It starred M*A*S*H’s McLean Stevenson.
I have no recollection of the show. But local writer Brian Libby referenced it in a comment on my recent post Cincinnati and Portland: separated at birth?, and just today Lost [...]