Category | History

March 3: Ignite Portland 8

Posted on 23 February 2010

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

Pixieland Memories

Posted on 04 January 2010

I have exactly two Pixie related early childhood memories.

Explore the Past at Vintage Portland

Posted on 20 December 2009

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.

SP 4449 returns to Portland today

Posted on 20 October 2009

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.

Video: History of Trees in Portland

Posted on 16 October 2009

Produced by Friends of Trees and PGE in the 1990s, and narrated by former Oregon Symphony conductor James DePreist!
Via Growth Rings – News from Friends of Trees -

May 9-10: National Train Day, Laurelhurst Art Walk, Timbers, and your mom

Posted on 07 May 2009

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 opening credits: “Portland is a long way from LA”

Posted on 21 March 2009

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 [...]

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