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	Secret Garden in the City
		Portland's blocks are 200 feet square—an exceedingly small dimension and shape for a city in the western United States, if not all of North America.
		Several local plant growers and collectors contributed rare and exotic plants." In one case, a resident of a neighborhood in another part of the city allowed a mature tree—a 100-year-old holly leaf osmanthus—to be transplanted from her front lawn.
		Suzhou and Portland became sister cities in the late 1980s, and the garden is the result of collective efforts and contributions by organizations and citizens in both communities.
	www.asla.org /lamag/lam03/january/feature3.html (1784 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Portland
		Portland is the largest city in Oregon, a few dozen miles from the west coast of the United States.
		Portland began in 1843, when William Overton and Asa Lovejoy beached their canoe on the banks of the Willamette River.
		Portland's Old Chinatown neighborhood is marked by a pair of lions at the corner of NW 4th and Burnside, and includes the district along the Willamette River between Burnside and Union Station.
	fusionanomaly.net /portland.html (2858 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Portland’s Chinatown flourished as a sanctuary town for early immigrants.
		Chinatown is characterized by very densely spaced, small rental units and has been and continues to be a point of entry for poor Asian immigrants — a traditional ethnic enclave.
		Chinatown has become a cultural landmark, assisted by the construction of the lion gate that guards the entrance on Fourth and Burnside and the formation of the Chinese Gardens on Third and Everett.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~dma1/2005/socpaper.doc (2603 words)

	Photo Tour of Downtown Portland Oregon
		The Calvary Presbyterian Church was built in 1882 and most Portlanders refer to it as the "Old Church." It is the scene of numerous concerts (because of its organ) and weddings.
		Portland State University is located at the far south end and the Center for the Performing Arts along with the Portland Art Museum are located at the north end.
		Portlandia is based on a figure in Portland's city seal of a woman, dressed in classical clothes, who welcomes traders into the port of the city.
	www.movingtoportland.net /phototour_downtown.htm (3342 words)

	The faces of Chinatown
		This is the historic center of Portland’s Chinese business community, the place where Portland’s poorest residents are housed and fed, a neighborhood that has been trying to run out the drug dealers for years and the hub of a growing club scene at night.
		Dig around Chinatown for a day and a night and you’ll find that while the forces shaping the neighborhood theoretically may be allied, they are also, in a very basic way, diametrically opposed.
		He says he’s considering moving into Chinatown, to invest in his belief that the way to restore balance in Chinatown is to strengthen the Asian presence, not to chase out the poor.
	www.portlandtribune.com /archview.cgi?id=30279 (3104 words)

	Oregon.com - Chinese American Heritage in Portland
		Portland offers visitors abundant opportunities for the enjoyment and discovery of Chinese and Chinese American culture throughout the city.
		Chinatown stretched from Taylor to Pine, and from Third Street to the west bank of the Willamette River.
		During Chinese New Year, Chinatown was aglow with paper lanterns and the staccato of firecrackers filled the air.
	www.oregon.com /trips/pdx_chinese_american_culture.cfm (675 words)

	Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Old Town Chinatown is a neighborhood in the Northwest and Southwest sections of Portland, Oregon.
		The Willamette River forms its eastern boundary, separating it from the Lloyd District and the Kerns and Buckman neighborhoods.
		When compared to the more well-known Chinatowns of Oakland and San Francisco in California and Vancouver, British Columbia, Portland's Chinatown is smaller and less active.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinatown,_Portland (641 words)

	Nominally Chinatown
		Portland's Chinatown is a neatly defined neighborhood bound by NW Glisan St. to the north, 3rd Ave.
		While other Chinatowns followed an enclave pattern, characterized by definable boundaries and relative segregation from surrounding communities, Portland’s Chinatown followed a non-clave pattern, which resulted in no firm boundaries and a greater deal of mixing with people who were not ethnically Chinese.
		And while Chinatown might be the symbolic center of the Chinese-American community in Portland, the non-clave pattern continues to be the dominant pattern of development.
	web.reed.edu /luce/chapman/Community.html (1044 words)

	Chinatown, San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinatown has been experiencing some decline over the years due to the cropping up of newer Chinatown communities in the Richmond and Sunset Districts of San Francisco, and possibly from the revitalization of Oakland's Chinatown only 10 miles away — and from the development of Asian shopping centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
		San Francisco's Chinatown was the port of entry for early Taishanese and Zhongshanese Chinese immigrants from the southern Guangdong province of China from the 1850s to the 1900s.
		San Francisco's Chinatown is home to the well-known and historic Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (known as the Chinese Six Companies), which is the umbrella organization for local Chinese family and regional associations in Chinatown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco (2332 words)

	Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County.
		Portland is the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, with a population of 556,370 (July 1, 2005 estimate).
		Southeast Portland residents initially tended to the blue-collar but have since evolved into a wide mix of backgrounds; inner southeast is home to several thriving subcultures including Hippies, Hipsters, and environmentalists, while the outer edges are populated by a diverse, largely working-class population which includes immigrant communities from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portland,_Oregon (6450 words)

	Portland
		Portland Center for the Performing Arts: Keller Auditorium on SW 3rd Avenue, between Market and Clay, the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall at SW Broadway at Main, and the New Theatre Building at SW Broadway at Main.
		Portland's Chinatown makes up a significant part of Old Town and is defined by traditional red facades, Chinese restaurants, ornate Oriental lamp poles and cherry trees.
		Portland's best known art district, many of the old warehouses are rapidly transitioning to loft-style condominiums and row houses.
	www.ohsu.edu /weight/calltoaction/portland.htm (511 words)

	Portland Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		Included among Portland's 250 parks, public gardens, and greenways are the nation's largest urban wilderness, the world's smallest park, and the only extinct volcano in the lower 48 states within a city's limits.
		Architectural preservation is a major preoccupation in Portland, particularly when it comes to the 1860s brick buildings with cast-iron columns and the 1890s ornate terra-cotta designs that grace areas like the Skidmore, Old Town, and Yamhill national historic districts.
		Not all Portlanders are happy with the results, which have brought increased traffic congestion and constant construction.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=portland@121&... (693 words)

	Oregon: Portland's Chinese New Year (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress)
		In Portland, however, families celebrate the holidays on weekends or in the evenings.
		Portland's Chinese New Year officially begins in Chinatown with a ritual lion dance, performed by the Cantonese lion team of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, to chase away evil spirits and bring good luck.
		By the mid-1870s, the Chinese were the largest ethnic group in Portland and, by 1910, Portland's Chinatown was the second biggest in the United States, after San Francisco.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/OR/200002934.html (228 words)

	Summer Vacation 2004
		We visited an open market near Chinatown on the Saturday morning and also browsed in some of the famous and expensive shopping downtown district such as Saks 5th Avenue (located on 5th Avenue of course), Louis-Vutton boutique (where they sell $200 neckties, $800 handbags), and Annie's favorite Swaroski crystal boutique.
		Portland The OMSI (Oregon museum of science and industry) was a great museum to visit.
		We flew from Portland down to San Francisco and had excellend Chinese food in Chinatown with Ed's cousins and relatives.
	www.cs.utk.edu /~efdazedo/vacation (691 words)

	Metroblogging Portland: Best dim sum in PDX?
		Chinatown first arose in the late 1800's, peaked in the early 1900's and declined by the 1960's (we all moved to the suburbs).
		The origin and evolution of Chinatown could be a whole blog entry in and of itself.
		SF's Chinatown Chinese food is for the most part quite bad and for the main reason that it caters mainly to the tourist palate.
	portland.metblogs.com /archives/2005/02/best_dim_sum_in.phtml (2013 words)

	Advocates: No restroom for the weary
		PHLUSH members evaluated all the public restrooms in downtown Portland and found each to be substandard in some way.
		Brenda Xu, owner of Dragon Art across the street from the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, admits she is tired of people asking to use the restroom at her business.
		Portland Parks & Recreation closes its public restrooms in downtown during the early evening because the restrooms became a place for vandalism, drug use, sex and overnight camping.
	www.portlandtribune.com /archview.cgi?id=33809 (1080 words)

	portland \| Just a Gwai Lo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taken at the Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon in 2003.
		HCMS Vancouver at the Portland Rose Festival in 2003
		USS Ford at Portland's Rose Festival in 2003
	www.justagwailo.com /tag/portland (198 words)

	Car Rental Portland - PDX - Portland International Airport
		The City of Portland was actually chartered in 1851 and historic City Hall and Pioneer Courthouse are both still in use today.
		Travel from the Portland International Airport (PDX) in your rental car to the Hawthorne District where you can shop for vintage clothing, try a local microbrew, or eat anything from vegan to Coney Island hot dogs.
		Portland is one of those perfect amalgams of city and nature, wealthy and alternative, eclectic and staid; a truly interesting place to take a vacation to.
	www.car-rental-choice.com /cities/portland.html (1258 words)

	Joint venture to bring first hospital to Chinatown - Houston Business Journal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Chinatown's first hospital is being designed to reflect the character of the surrounding area.
		Physician-owned Chinatown General Hospital will cater primarily to the surrounding population from a location on Beltway 8 between Beechnut and Bellaire.
		The nine-story Chinatown General will be the final building in the 17-acre development of Park 8, which also includes high-rise condominiums and a commercial retail center.
	houston.bizjournals.com /houston/stories/2006/08/07/story4.html (558 words)

	Oregon.com - The Gardens of Portland
		Owing to mild winters, sunny summers and a reliable water supply, Portland is home to a collection of some of the most beautiful and diverse public gardens in any American city.
		The most famous of Portland's gardens is the International Rose Test Garden, located in the Washington Park area at 400 SW Kingston St. Here roses of every color and variety are displayed in neat beds in a terraced park overlooking the city.
		Painstakingly built by artisans from Portland's Chinese sister city, Suzhou, the garden is designed to slowly reveal its orchids, bamboo and waterfalls as you wind through paths, stroll under archways and look through windows.
	www.oregon.com /trips/portland_gardens.cfm (1602 words)

	NARRATIVE
		It is imperative that we record and document the histories of Portland’s oldest surviving historic neighborhood before it is too late, before the voices, stories, peoples and places are lost or forgotten in the city’s rush to develop the future.
		The time remaining to document the social history and to record the shared memories of place in Old Town/Chinatown is thus very short.
		Portland’s Chinatown: The History of an Urban Ethnic District (1978); Thomas Doulis,
	www.umsl.edu /~ahurley/neh4.htm (2726 words)

	STArt: Chinese Traditions of Oregon - Traditional Arts and Crafts (OPEN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A lion dance in Portland's Chinatown officially starts the New Year celebration on the first Saturday of the Lunar New Year.
		The characters on the top of each side translate as "Portland Chinatown" and "Four Seas, One Family." The gate is decorated with 78 dragons and 58 mythical characters and has a time capsule buried at the foot of one of its legs.
		Yee is a founding member of this group which meets for weekly practice sessions in Portland's Chinatown.
	www.openc.k12.or.us /start/visual/basics/folk/gallery.html (455 words)

	Chinatown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Portland's small Chinatown bumps up against Old Town in the center of the city.
		Named a National Historic District in 1989, Chinatown is one of Portland's oldest distinctive neighborhoods.
		Chinatown: Very informative, but pictures of the certain parts of this neibourhood would be more helpful since we could visualize what its going to be like.
	www.etravelplan.com /list.asp?ObjectID=7455 (208 words)

	Vandy's Travels... to Portland and Seattle
		In Portland, I mostly hung out with Sonia and Jorge and sometimes we all went over to their friends' house, Nick and Anora (I think that's her name...).
		Portland - Chinese Garden - It was nice, but too small.
		Portland - A good Bivi and her English husband :D When Jorge went to sleep, Sonia snuck out to play with me...
	www.geocities.com /haecceity/p-s.html (749 words)

	Portland Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The City of Portland Office of Transportation is a community partner in shaping a livable city.
		Portland stands as a national leader in innovative transportation solutions.
		Planning and constructing solutions to meet the challenges of growth the region faces, while maintaining our economic viability and neighborhood character, requires Transportation to leverage its limited resources to meet the demands of a growing and evolving city.
	www.portlandonline.com /transportation/index.cfm?&a=63233&c=36062 (212 words)

	Chinatown - 3rd and 4th Avenue Improvements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This project is constructing streetscape improvements for 3rd and 4th Avenues, based on the adopted Old Town/Chinatown 3rd and 4th Avenue Streetscape Plan.
		The Old Town Chinatown 3rd and 4th Avenue Improvements Project implemented the Old Town Chinatown 3rd and 4th Avenue Streetscape Plan, adopted by the Portland City Council in November 2002.
		Throughout the project, the Steering Committee, with many of its original members and a few new members, provided guidance to the project design team as the improvements plan was developed.
	www.portlandonline.com /transportation/index.cfm?c=36062 (392 words)

	\| Portland Classical Chinese Garden
		The walled garden in Portland’s Chinatown replicates the Suzhou gardens found in Suzhou, Portland’s sister city in China.
		Location: The Garden is located between NW 2nd and 3rd and NW Everett and Flanders in Portland’s Chinatown/Old Town.
		The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is a non-profit organization NOT funded by tax dollars.
	www.portlandchinesegarden.org /awakening/orchids/print/55 (541 words)

	Guide to Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood in Portland Oregon
		Old Town Chinatown can be located on page 596 The Thomas Guide, 2006 Portland Street Guide.
		A recent RMLS home search in the Old Town and Chinatown area showed homes from sale from as low as $69,500 up to $2,750,000.
		Old Town and Chinatown Portland is an urban neighborhood, with many older buildings, apartments, and loft style condominiums.
	www.portlandneighborhood.com /oldtown.html (336 words)

	Portland Oregon Views - photos of scenery in Portland on Worldisround
		Scenery in Portland - travel photos - These are just a few of the many interesting sights that can be found in Portland, Oregon.
		These are just a few of the many interesting sights that can be found in Portland, Oregon.
		This mural is on the wall of a building in downtown Portland at 10th...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/7714/index.html (567 words)

	A Guide to Chinatown In Portland Oregon - PortlandGuide.com
		South of the Broadway Bridge and behind an ornate red gate guarded by a pair of golden lions, is Portland's Old Town Chinatown, a neighborhood rich in the history of the early days of Portland.
		At that time, Portland was considered to be one of the most dangerous ports in the world.
		Recently, many of Chinatown's Chinese restaurants have relocated to 82nd Avenue which is becoming known as "the new Chinatown".
	www.portlandguide.com /neighborhoods/chinatown.php (247 words)

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