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Portland Streetcar 10th Anniversary Celebration (12-August-2011)
The Portland Streetcar celebrates 10 years of service this summer.
The modern Portland Streetcar debuted on July 20, 2001, carrying passengers between the Good Samaritan Hospital in Northwest Portland to Portland State University in Southwest.
Annual ridership in that first year was almost 1.5 million. Now the streetcar averages about 4 million rides a year. Service was extended to Riverplace in 2005, SW Gibbs in 2006, and SW Lowell in 2007. In 2012 the 3.3 mile streetcar loop project is scheduled to be completed, connecting the east side of the river with the west.
Join Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Mayor Sam Adams, and PSI Board Chair Michael Powell, and others this Friday, August 12, 2011 at Jamison Square (NW 10th & Johnson) for a special 10th anniversary celebration.
But it’s not just speeches! From 10am until 4pm local vendors and entertainers (including Boka Marimba from 10:15am to 12:45pm). Food purveyors will be on hand, and there will be activities for the kids, face painting, and more.
This is a free, all ages, celebration open to everyone!
And enjoy FREE RIDES on the streetcar all weekend, August 12-14!
Weekend Amusements (July 22-24, 2011)
Another great summer weekend in Portland (whether the weather cooperates or not). Beer, berries, books, a street fair, and Sunday Parkways! And pickles, don’t forget the pickles!
Two ongoing (through Sunday) Annual Beer Events!
Concordia Cup 2011, featuring Imperial IPAs, runs from Wednesday, July 20 through Sunday, July 34 at the Concordia Ale house (3276 NE Killingsworth).
“We have searched the STATE of OREGON for 12 great brews!” [more]
Belmont Station’s Puckerfest, a Celebration of Sour Beers runs all week long, July 18 through 24, 2011.
“Now in it’s fifth year, Puckerfest has grown to become one of the most popular little festivals in July.” [more]
Ongoing
Movies in the park this weekend:
Friday: True Grit (2010) @ Irving Park
Saturday: Iron Man @Ed Benedict Park
Sunday: Iron Man 2 @ Ed Benedict Park [more]
Friday-Saturday
Celebrate berry season at the 2011 Oregon Berry Festival this Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23 at Ecotrust (721 NW 9th Avenue).
“[T]aste and buy some of the season’s best berries and also sample amazing products made with Oregon’s berry bounty.” [more]
Portland Anarchist Bookfair 2011
The 2011 Portland Anarchist Bookfair takes place this Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24, in the Smith Memorial Student Union at Portland State University.
In addition to dozens of vendors … a series of lectures and seminars are scheduled. [more]
Saturday
Division/Clinton Street Fair and Parade 2011
The 19th annual Division/Clinton Street Fair takes place this Saturday, July 23, 2011 on SE Division and Clinton Streets between 20th and 50th.
The parade, featuring co-Grand Marshals Mayor Sam Adam and entertainer Storm Large, kicks things off at 10:45am at SE 50th and Division. The parade finishes at SE 26th and Clinton. [more]
The first annual Kenny & Zuke’s Pickle Throwdown takes place Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Sandwichworks (2376 NW Thurman).
From noon until 5pm taste pickles, enjoy BBQ and beer and wine – all for a good cause – your $5 at the door goes to the Oregon Food Bank. [more]
Sunday
NW/Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways 2011
The 2011 NW/Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways takes place July 24.
The third (of five) Sunday Parkways this year, this is the 2nd annual NW/Downtown Portland event. [more]
And for even more weekend events and activities, check out the Dave Knows Calendar, and visit Around the Sun, Blogging Portland on the Cheap, PDX Pipeline, and Oregon Events at OregonLive.com.
NW/Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways (24-July-2011)
The 2011 NW/Downtown Portland Sunday Parkways takes place July 24.
The third (of five) Sunday Parkways this year, this is the 2nd annual NW/Downtown Portland event.
From 11am until 4pm enjoy 6.4 miles of car-free streets consisting of two loops connecting Downtown, Old Town Chinatown, the Pearl District, and Northwest neighborhoods. Along the route stop at Shemanski Square, Wallace, Couch, and Tom McCall Waterfront parks for activities, food, and entertainment.
Download the PDF brochure and map, and find more details, at the North Portland Sunday Parkways website.
July 20, 2001: Portland Streetcar Service Begins
Portland’s first streetcar, horse-drawn, glided along First Street in 1872 (The Oregonian, 20-July-2011). For the next several decades streetcars thrived. Streetcars became ubiquitous in, and necessary to, the city’s expansion – neighborhoods like Council Crest, Hawthorne, and Irvington began as streetcar suburbs. But you know the rest of the story. Cars and buses took over, and in 1950 Portland’s last streetcars ceased operation.
That is, until July 20, 2001, when the new Portland Streetcar debuted, carrying passengers between the Good Samaritan Hospital in Northwest Portland to Portland State University in Southwest.