Image PortlandPlace1799 edited.jpg thumb 180px PortlandPlace is the wide street at the top of this 1790s map. At that time it terminated abruptly to the south at the gardens of Foley House. File One Portland Place.JPG thumb right Number 1, PortlandPlacePortlandPlace is a street in the Marylebone district of central London , England . History and topography The street was laid out by the brothers Robert Adam Robert and James Adam architect James Adam for the Duke of Portland in the late 18th century and originally ran north from the gardens of a detached mansion called Foley House. It was said that the width of the street was conditioned by the Duke s obligation to his tenant, Lord Foley , that his ... bh 1755.htm ref In the early 19th century PortlandPlace was incorporated into the royal route from .... In administrative terms, PortlandPlace lies within the City of Westminster s Marylebone High .... In addition, PortlandPlace remains a fashionable address with some very exclusive blocks of mansion ... at the south end of the street, although both are technically in Langham Place the grand late Victorian architecture Victorian Langham Hotel , and BBC Broadcasting House . Langham Place is a short road which connects PortlandPlace to Upper Regent Street , although on the ground they all appear to be one street. Literary references PortlandPlace was the home of Jane Gamble, the character on whom ... Courtship and its Consequences by Henry Wikoff. PortlandPlace was the London address of Adam Verver ... Bowl . PortlandPlace is the home of Richard Hannay in John Buchan John Buchan s novel The Thirty nine Steps . PortlandPlace is the home of Stephen Jones in Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft s short story The Horror in the Museum . PortlandPlace is featured in Daphne Du Maurier s novel Julius See also ... Pathe Newsreel covering the Battle on PortlandPlace which was then without trees References Georgian ... newmap.srf?x 528870&y 181613&z 1&sv Portland Place&st 6&tl PortlandPlace, London, W 1A&searchp ... more details
Infobox Historic Site name PortlandPlace native name image PortlandPlace Bath.jpg caption locmapin Somerset map caption lat degrees 51 lat minutes 23 lat seconds 22 lat direction N long degrees 2 long minutes 21 long seconds 51 long direction W location Bath, Somerset Bath , Somerset , England area built 1786 architect architecture Georgian architecture Georgian governing body designation1 Grade I Listed Building designation1 offname Numbers 1 to 10 designation1 date 12 June, 1950 ref name nos1to10 designation1 number 443302 designation2 Grade I Listed Building designation2 offname Pavement fronting numbers 1 to 10 designation2 date 11 August, 1972 ref name steps designation2 number 443303 designation3 Grade II Listed Building designation3 offname Number 13 to 16 designation3 date 11 Augist, 1972 ref name nos13to16 designation3 number 443304 designation4 Grade II Listed Building designation4 offname Numbers 17 to 20 designation4 date 11 August, 1972 ref name nos17to20 designation4 number 443305 designation5 designation5 offname designation5 date designation5 number PortlandPlace in Bath, Somerset Bath , Somerset , England was built around 1786 and many of the houses have been designated as listed building s. Numbers 1 to 10 including numbers 4 and 5 which were used as Hermitage House School are Grade I listed, ref name nos1to10 cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 443302 title Numbers 1 to 10 work Images of England publisher English Heritage accessdate 2009 08 28 ref as is the high pavement in front of them. In the centre of the steps is a double ramp which was built to enable easier access for sedan chair s. ref name steps cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 443303 title High pavement fronting Nos 1 to 10 work Images of England publisher English Heritage accessdate 2009 08 28 ref Numbers 13 to 16 are Grade II listed. ref name nos13to16 cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx ... more details
Infobox Skyscraper building name One Main Place image File One Main Place.jpg 150px caption One Main Place from the south location 101 SW Main Street br Portland, Oregon Portland , Oregon , United States ... says 1982 . ref name pbj cite news url http portland.bizjournals.com portland stories 2010 01 18 daily51.html title One Main Place to sell for 57 million last Culverwell first Wendy date January 22, 2010 work Portland Business Journal accessdate 23 January 2010 ref One Main Place was acquired ... portland or usa title One Main Place work Portland publisher Emporis Corporation accessdate 23 .... ref name another deal ref name sold cite news url http portland.bizjournals.com portland stories 2010 02 08 daily17.html title One Main Place sold to KBS REIT II date February 9, 2010 work Portland ... at One Main Place date July 16, 2009 work Portland Business Journal accessdate 28 January 2010 ... owner management references One Main Place is a privately owned commercial office building in Downtown Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon . Located at the west end of the Hawthorne Bridge , the 20 story skyscraper is convert 270 ft tall. Completed in 1982, it is the List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon fifteenth tallest building in Portland, Oregon Portland , and the sixteenth largest ... sale. ref name pbj ref name sale1998 cite news url http portland.bizjournals.com portland stories 1999 01 18 story3.html title 1 Main Place in fire and police sale for 44.5M last Miller first Brian K. date January 15, 1999 work Portland Business Journal accessdate 23 January 2010 ref RREEF RREEF Realty ... www.oregonlive.com business index.ssf 2010 01 another deal for a portland of.html title Another deal for a Portland office tower last Hunsberger first Brent date January 22, 2010 work The Oregonian ... portland stories 2009 11 02 story3.html title Slow sales slam office market last Culverwell first Wendy date October 30, 2009 work Portland Business Journal accessdate 28 January 2010 ... more details
Wiktionary Portland commonly refers to Portland, Oregon , United States Portland, Maine , United States Isle of Portland , England, the origin of the name Portland may also refer to TOC Right Places and establishments Australia Cape Portland, Tasmania , a cape on the north eastern tip of Tasmania Portland, New South Wales , a town with the first Australian cement works Portland, Victoria , a regional ... of the Toronto waterfront Portland Inlet , an inlet between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia Portland Canal , an arm of Portland Inlet Portland Estates, Nova Scotia , an area of Halifax Portland, Ontario , a town north of Kingston, Ontario Hong Kong Portland Street , a popular business and shopping street in Hong Kong Ireland Portland, North Tipperary , a townland in North Tipperary Jamaica Portland Parish , on Jamaica s north east coast Portland Point , Jamaica s southernmost point New Zealand Portland, Northland , a town south of Whangarei Portland Island, New Zealand , an island off the Mahia Peninsula United Kingdom Great Portland Street , a street in the West End of London Isle of Portland , a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, the origin of the name Portland Bill , the headland at the tip of the Isle of PortlandPortland Harbour , a large man made harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland Weymouth and Portland , a local government district of Dorset, including the Isle of PortlandPortland HM Prison , a prison for male young offenders on the Isle of PortlandPortland College , an education establishment in the county of Nottinghamshire Portland Gallery , an art gallery in Westminster, London Portland House , a building in Westminster, London PortlandPlace , a street in the Marylebone district of central London Portland Square, Bristol , a Georgian square in the city of Bristol Portland Tower , a tower block in Manchester Portland Walk Shopping Centre , a shopping centre in Barrow in Furness United States New Portland, Maine not near Portland, Maine ... more details
Infobox Television episode Title Not in Portland Series Lost TV series Lost Image Deleted image removed Image 3X07 JulietIsland.jpg 250px Caption Juliet brandishes a gun on the beach. Season 3 Episode 7 Airdate February 7, 2007 small American Broadcasting Company ABC small Production 307 Writer Carlton Cuse & Jeff Pinkner Director Stephen Williams director Stephen Williams Guests eljko Ivanek as Edmund Burke br M. C. Gainey as Tom Friendly br Michael Bowen actor Michael Bowen as Danny Pickett br Blake Bashoff as Karl br Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert Lost Richard Alpert br William Mapother as Ethan Rom br Tania Raymonde as Alex Rousseau Alex br Robin Weigert as Rachel Carlson br Rob McElhenney as Aldo br Kimberly Estrada as Sherry br Ariston Green as Jason br Steve Labrash as Morgue employee br Teddy Wells as Ivan Episode list Lost season 3 Lost season 3 br List of Lost episodes List of Lost episodes Prev I Do Lost I Do Next Flashes Before Your Eyes Not in Portland is the 7th episode of the Lost season 3 third season of Lost TV series Lost and the 56th episode overall. It first aired ... a firm in Portland, Oregon . Juliet turns down the offer, however, saying Edmund would never allow ... if her sister may come. Alpert says there won t be treatment for her sister there. She states it s Portland ..., different location that is, not quite in Portland . In the present, Juliet informs Jack ... cast. Nestor Carbonell was originally contracted to guest star in Not in Portland , with the possibility ... that if Not in Portland didn t get you back on the Lost hype train then for goodness sake the equally ... Reflist External links Wikiquote Lost TV series Not in Portland .5B3.7.5D Not in Portland IMDb title 0891077 Not in Portland Lost navigation Lost episodes DEFAULTSORT Not In Portland Category Lost TV series episodes Category 2007 television episodes da Not in Portland es Not in Portland hu De nem Portlandben Lost ro Not in Portland Lost ru tr Not in Portland Lost ... more details
wiktionary place places placing Place may refer to tocright Geography Location geography Place geography , an area with definite or indefinite boundaries or a portion of space Place United States Census Bureau , defined as any concentration of population Census designated place , a populated area lacking its own municipal government Incorporated place , a populated area with its own municipal government Populated place , a designation by the United States Geological Survey Place House , a historic building in Fowey, Cornwall Plac , a commune in Pays de la Loire, Paris, France Pla e , a small settlement in Slovenia Place may be the part of placenames like of a square or short street, such as PortlandPlace , Marylebone, London, UK Raeburn Place , Stockbridge, Edinburgh, UK Astor Place Manhattan Astor Place , Manhattan, New York City, USA Ely Place , Camden, London, UK Edinburgh Place , Hong Kong Society Place identity , a group of ideas concerning significance and meanings that particular places have for their inhabitants and users Sense of place , a phenomenon in which people strongly identify with a particular geographical area or location A person s social position Place setting , a table setting for a single diner Mathematics Place mathematics , an equivalence class of absolute values of an integral domain or field In place value or positional notation , the position occupied by a digit in a numeral Petri net , also known as a Place transition net, a mathematical representation of discrete distributed systems People Place surname Gambling A type of wager in gambling In the United Kingdom, a Glossary of bets offered by UK bookmakers Place bet that produces a return if the selection ... first or second Arts Unity of place , one of the three classical unities for drama derived from ... Georgie James album To Place , a series of books on Iceland by artist Roni Horn The Place , a dance ... Placement disambiguation Locus disambiguation disambig de Place fa fr Place ja zh yue ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Infobox Single Name Place To Be Cover Artist Goodshirt from Album Good Goodshirt album Good Released Format CD Single Recorded Genre Pop music Pop , Rock music Rock Length Label Cement Records EMI Writer Producer Chart position Reviews Last single This single Place To Be Next single Sophie song Sophie Place To Be is the debut single by New Zealand group, Goodshirt . The single also includes the music video for Place To Be . Place To Be is track two, side one, of English Folk music folk singer Nick Drake s last album Pink Moon . Track listing Place To Be Album version Mixing It Up Place To Be 4track demo Mousey Live Category 2001 singles Category Goodshirt songs 2000s single stub ... more details
infobox UK place country England latitude 54.87357 longitude 1.662283 population official name No Place unitary england County Durham lieutenancy england County Durham region North East England constituency westminster North Durham UK Parliament constituency North Durham post town STANLEY postcode district DH9 postcode area DH dial code 0191 os grid reference NZ210530 No Place is a small village near the town of Stanley, County Durham Stanley in County Durham , England , east of Stanley and west of Beamish, County Durham Beamish . Situated to the south of the A693 road , it is home to an award winning real ale pub, the Beamish Mary Inn dating from 1897 and originally known as The Red Robin , and lies near the Beamish Mary coal pit . ref name time http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,823229,00.html No Place to Go Time Magazine , January 25, 1954 ref The local church is known as the Tin Chapel . ref name echo http archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk 2001 3 16 176440.html No Place finds its way into a history book , The Northern Echo , 16 March 2001 ref Etymology The origins of the village s unusual name are uncertain however, theories include a shortening of North Place , Near Place , or Nigh Place , or that the original houses of the village stood on a boundary between two Parish parishes , neither of which would accept the village. ref name ns http www.newscientist.com article ... consisted of four terraced houses, known as No Place. In 1937, residents of the terrace of houses ... of all signs pointing to No Place. ref name da http thedurhamadvertiser.com the north east ... of No Place , North East History, 5 December 2007 ref Today the signs say both No Place and at the request of some residents Co operative Villas. ref name time Other unusual place names in the North ... , and Twice Brewed . Film References Sharing the village s name is No Place ref http www.imdb.com ... noplace.htm Images of No Place Category Villages in County Durham pl No Place ... more details
Coord 51 31 38 N 0 7 43 W type landmark region GB display title The Place is a dance and performance centre in Duke s Road near Euston railway station Euston in the London Borough of Camden . Originally the home base of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre from the 1970s, it is now the location of the London School of Contemporary Dance London Contemporary Dance School , the Richard Alston Dance Company and the Robin Howard Dance Theatre . History Converted from a Victorian drill hall, The Place became the permanent home of the Contemporary Dance Trust in 1969. Since then, under the auspices of its founder Robin Howard , its first artistic director Robert Cohan , and subsequent directors Richard Alston choreographer Richard Alston , John Ashford , Nigel Hinds and Veronica Lewis , it has led the way in the development of contemporary dance in the UK. Virtually all of the major British contemporary dance artists to have emerged in the past 40 years have been associated with The Place at some stage in their careers, and its contribution to the popularity of contemporary dance in Britain today is hard to overstate. From 1999 2001, a major redevelopment programme principally funded by the National Lottery United Kingdom National Lottery refurbished The Place s original building and extended it with a new, state of the art block of six dance studios designed by architects Allies and Morrison . The Place s work today continues to focus on developing dance artists at different stages ... s Wells and in 2006 complete their first tour of the USA. The Place s Robin Howard Dance Theatre ... in the UK. The Place also organises community work to address the needs of local people, including ... the new position of Chief Executive of The Place. ref http www.thestage.co.uk news newsstory.php 17159 tharp appointed chief exec of the place The Stage 12 June 2007 ref The Place receives regular funding ... Portal Dance DEFAULTSORT Place, The Category Contemporary dance Category Contemporary dance in London ... more details
Infobox single Name There s a Place Artist The Beatles Album Please Please Me A side Twist and Shout Released 2 March 1964 small single small br 22 March 1963 small mono small br 26 April 1963 small stereo small track no 13 Recorded 11 February 1963 Genre Rock and roll Length 1 49 Writer McCartney Lennon Label Parlophone Tollie 9001 US Producer George Martin Last single I Want to Hold Your Hand br 1964 br br Beatles Movie Medley br 1982 This single Twist and Shout br 1964 br br Twist and Shout br reissue 1986 Next single Can t Buy Me Love br 1964 br br Baby It s You The Beatles song The Beatles Baby It s You br 1995 Misc Extra track listing Album Please Please Me Type single Tracks Please Please Me tracks There s a Place is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , and was first released as a track on The Beatles United Kingdom UK debut LP album LP , Please Please Me . Lennon and McCartney share the main vocal with George Harrison singing back up vocal. Origins The title was inspired by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim s Somewhere song Somewhere from West Side Story musical West Side Story , which contained the line somewhere there s a place for us . McCartney owned the album of the soundtrack at the time of writing There s a Place and acknowledges its influence. sfn Miles 1998 p 95 The place in question was the mind , making its subject matter slightly more cerebral than United Kingdom Britain s kissing and cuddling songs and United States America s surf music from that period. sfn MacDonald 2005 pp 65 66 Lennon is quoted as saying There s a Place was my attempt at a sort of Motown , black thing. sfn MacDonald 2005 pp 65 66 It says the usual Lennon things In my mind there s no sorrow... It s all in your mind. Composed at McCartney s Forthlin Road home, it was part ... English language songs es There s a Place fr There s a Place nl There s a Place ja pt There s a Place sv There s a Place ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name No Place To Be Type Remix album Artist Matisyahu Cover No Place to Be.jpg Released December 26, 2006 Recorded 2006 Genre Reggae Length 30 32 CD Label Epic Records Epic , Or Music Producer Bill Laswell , Sly & Robbie Reviews Allmusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r938443 pure url yes link Pitchfork Media 4.1 10 http pitchfork.com reviews albums 9747 no place to be link Last album Youth Matisyahu album Youth br 2006 This album No Place to Be br 2006 Next album Light Matisyahu album Light br 2009 No Place to Be is an album release from Hasidic Reggae star Matisyahu . The album does not contain any previously unreleased songs, but all of the tracks are Remix remixed or rerecorded versions of old songs. It also contains a cover song cover of Message in a Bottle song Message in a Bottle by The Police previously available only on Yahoo Music . Packaged with the CD is a DVD titled Live in Israel directed by Matt Skerritt, produced by Gregg Gilmore and Calvin Aurand. The DVD features live footage of Matisyahu s first concert in Israel as well as his latest music video , for Jerusalem Matisyahu song Jerusalem Out of Darkness Comes Light . Track listing CD border 2 cellpadding 4 cellspacing 0 style margin 1em 1em 1em 0 background f9f9f9 border 1px aaa solid border collapse collapse font size 95 Track title Album song originally appeared on Producers Reconstruction Remixed 1 Jerusalem Out of the Darkness Comes Light Song Youth Matisyahu album Youth br Reconstruction Jerusalem Single Sly and Robbie Bill Laswell 2 Chop em Down Shake off the Dust... Arise Bill Laswell Bill Laswell 3 Warrior Shake off the Dust... Arise Bill Laswell Bill Laswell 4 Message in a Bottle Reggatta de Blanc Cover by Matisyahu on Yahoo Music Sly & Robbie ... http the little things in life.blogspot.com 2006 05 matisyahu lyrics.html No Place to Be lyrics ... remix albums Category Epic Records live albums Category Epic Records video albums pt No Place ... more details
South Portland may refer to a place in the United States South Portland, Maine , a city South Portland, Portland, Oregon , a neighborhood geodis ru ... more details
ABC Portland can refer to KATU , the ABC television affiliate in Portland, Oregon . WMTW , the ABC television affiliate in Portland, Maine . Disambig DEFAULTSORT Abc Portland ... more details
Portland is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin Portland, Dodge County, Wisconsin Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin geodis ... more details
Infobox Neighborhood Portland OR neighborhood name West Portland Park association name West Portland Park Neighborhood Association association website coalition name Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. coalition website http www.swni.org area 1.88 map url http www.portlandonline.com shared cfm image.cfm?id 58657 portlandmaps x 7632665.495 portlandmaps y 656809.626 censusyear 2000 pop total 3775 pop density ... 757 households rented pct 48 household size 2.40 footnotes West Portland Park is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Portland, Oregon . It lies between SW 53rd Ave. in the west and SW 35th Ave. in the east, and Interstate 5 I 5 in the north and SW Stephenson St. Portland city limits in the south ... Site between SW 39th Ave. and SW 37th Ave., following irregularities in Portland s southern border. South of SW Pomona St., the western border is SW 49th Ave. The neighborhood borders Crestwood, Portland, Oregon Crestwood and Far Southwest, Portland, Oregon Far Southwest to the west, Multnomah, Portland, Oregon Multnomah to the north, Markham, Portland, Oregon Markham and Arnold Creek, Portland, Oregon ... Center of Portland, the Portland Rizwan Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , and the Islamic School of Portland. Jackson Middle School and Markham Elementary School are in West Portland Park ... of Portland and City of Lake Oswego with the intent of eventually installing walking trails Loll Wildwood, the Metro greenspace at the headwaters of Arnold Creek, formerly known as the West Portland ... Farm Park, completed in 2007 after a partnership between the Parks Foundation, Portland Parks & Recreation , and the West Portland Park Neighborhood Association. External links http www.portlandneighborhood.com westportlandpark.html Guide to West Portland Park Neighborhood PortlandNeighborhood.com MultnomahOR geo stub Portland neighborhoods coord 45.44 122.72 type landmark region US OR display ... in Portland, Oregon ... more details
Dablink For Portland as a single community, see Isle of Portland Unreferenced date March 2009 The Isle of Portland , Dorset, contains eight Human settlement settlements , the largest being Fortuneswell ... village in Tophill on the Isle of Portland , Dorset , between Portland Bill and the village of Easton, Dorset Easton . Unlike many of the other villages on Portland, Southwell has no commercial industry ... GB source openstreetmap 31949175 is the second largest of eight villages on the Isle of Portland ... Channel , and was where the Easton Massacre took place. The village has a small square with many shops ... is also the location of Portland HM Prison Portland Young Offenders Institution . At the south end of Easton is Portland Museum, Dorset Portland Museum . Along with Fortuneswell , Easton is the main hub of the Isle of Portland s activities. Openstreetmap coordinates 50.545192, 2.431293 linked to description .... Image uk dor portharbour.JPG thumb left Fortuneswell and Portland Harbour , seen from The Verne. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is on the left. Fortuneswell is the largest of eight villages on the Isle of Portland , just off the coast of Dorset in the English Channel . The village ... Castletown and Chiswell occupy flat land close to sea level, next to Portland Harbour and Chesil Beach ... of Portland , Dorset , England . It is on the outskirts of the main village Easton, Dorset Easton , and near ... archaeological sites on the Isle of Portland , which is opposite the Royal Manor Arts College. Castletown Castletown is a small village in Underhill, Dorset Underhill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset . It has a sandy beach and has a working port , Portland Port. The village itself is on the shores of Portland Harbour , and includes Portland Castle and the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing ... 1999. Now Portland Port is commercial, whilst still servicing and berthing Royal Fleet Auxiliary ... of Easton, Dorset Easton , in Tophill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset , England . The Grove ... more details
unreferenced date February 2011 File Portland 1.jpg thumb The Portland Hospital The Portland Hospital for Women and Children , usually referred to simply as the Portland Hospital , is a hospital in Great Portland Street , London . It belongs to the Hospital Corporation of America , the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world. The hospital has been the place of birth for several well known people in Britain, such as Princesses Princess Beatrice of York Beatrice and Princess Eugenie of York Eugenie as well as children of Jennifer Saunders , Victoria Beckham , Emma Bunton , Geri Halliwell , Melanie Brown , Melanie C , Noel Gallagher , Katie Price , Gillian Anderson , Louise Burfitt Dons , Claudia Schiffer , Boris Becker , Iona Robson and the grandchildren of Zia ul Haq Muhammad Zia ul Haq . It should also be noted that it is London s only private hospital dedicated entirely to the care of women and children, and their various health conditions. File PORTLAND 64 .JPG thumb The Paediatric Unit at The Portland Hospital The hospital occupies 3 buildings on Great Portland Street The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, The Consulting Suite and The Maternal and Fetal Wellbeing Centre. According to its website, since the establishing of the hospital in 1983, over 32,000 babies have been born in the hospital. The children s unit offers service and conduct children up to 16 years of age from diagnosis, through to surgery and aftercare. cn date February 2011 External links The Portland Hospital http www.theportlandhospital.com Official site coord 51.5227 0.1436 type landmark region GB WSM display title Category Hospitals in London Category Health in Westminster Category Hospital Corporation of America ... more details
Portland Museum may refer to Portland Gallery , London, England Portland Museum, Dorset , England on the Isle of PortlandPortland Museum Louisville Portland Museum , Louisville, Kentucky, USA Portland Museum of Art , Maine, USA Portland Art Museum , Oregon, USA Portland Children s Museum , Oregon, USA The Portland Museum , collection of Margaret Cavendish Harley , Duchess of Portland, now dissolved disambig ... more details
Portland Police may refer to Port of Portland Police Department Oregon , USA Port of Portland Police United Kingdom , UK Portland Police Department Maine , USA Portland Police Bureau Oregon , USA Portland Police Department Texas , USA South Portland Police Department Maine , USA dab ... more details
Light Rail Portland Gresham light rail line in 1986, and the opening of Pioneer Place mall in 1990 ...Infobox Neighborhood Portland OR neighborhood name Downtown Neighborhood association name Downtown Neighborhood ... footnotes Downtown Portland , the city center of Portland, Oregon Portland , Oregon , United States ... Interstate 405 , and south from Union Station Portland Union Station to just south of the Portland ... of the Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon Old Town Chinatown neighborhood. High density business ... in the South Portland, Portland, Oregon South Portland neighborhood. Portland s downtown is unique ... development Image Portland panorama3.jpg thumb left 850px center Skyline of downtown Portland. center ..., Portland s plan did not call for widespread demolition and reconstruction. In the early 1970s, Portland ... success due to Portland s policies has not been without criticisms. Some charge that the transit ... of Portland s transit policies to address growth related problems. Citation needed date February 2007 ... parking at Park Block 5 between the Fox Tower and Park Avenue West Tower . Bridges Portland ... lifts in the world, and carrying Metropolitan Area Express Portland, Oregon MAX light rail and Amtrak into Old Town Chinatown Broadway Bridge Portland Broadway Bridge , connecting the Lloyd District, Portland, Oregon Lloyd District to Old Town Chinatown Fremont Bridge Portland, Oregon Fremont Bridge , carrying I 405 past the Pearl District, Portland, Oregon Pearl and Northwest, Portland, Oregon Northwest districts and into downtown There are two other road bridges within Portland across the Willamette but they re outside Downtown Portland. See List of crossings of the Willamette River . Transportation seealso Transportation in Portland, Oregon Most streets in downtown Portland are one ... over on the Marquam Bridge. U.S. Route 26 Oregon U.S. Route 26 connects downtown Portland to the Oregon ... and 6th avenues. On the latter two streets, an extensive transit mall known as the Portland Transit ... more details
of Portland including Richmond Place, 4141 SE Division Dahlke Manor, 915 NE Schuyler Holgate House ...Orphan date October 2007 Unreferenced date October 2007 Portland Impact is a nonprofit social service agency based in Portland, Oregon . It now conducts business as Impact Northwest . Their mission is to help people achieve and maintain self sufficiency and to prevent and alleviate the detrimental effects of poverty. They were founded in 1966 as Portland Action Communities Together, Inc. PACT . The four neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Portland, Oregon Brooklyn , Sunnyside, Portland, Oregon Sunnyside , Richmond, Portland, Oregon Richmond and Buckman, Portland, Oregon Buckman came together and created the agency to address the growing poverty in Southeast Portland. In 1986 PACT changed their name to Portland Impact, to prevent any confusion with the political lobbying groups known as PACS. Groups served by Portland Impact include families, children, seniors and adults with disabilities . Their main programs include Safety Net Services encompassing transitional housing for formerly homeless families, utility assistance, rental assistance and referral to other resources Education Support Services which include mentoring at risk youth, early childhood education extended day programming and social service provision at area elementary, middle and high schools Senior and Adult with Disability Service include advocacy case management, meal provision, activity centers and transportation. Portland Impact operates in Multnomah County through three regional centers Brentwood Darlington Community ..., 10055 E Burnside Portland Impact also provides services and case management for families, seniors ... , The Oregonian http www.oregonlive.com portland oregonian index.ssf? base portland news 1167191718171220.xml ... about news detail.aspx?id 76 Portland Impact offers housing benefits to employees , The Homestreet Bank Category Social work organizations Category Organizations based in Portland, Oregon ... more details
Cleanup date January 2010 Infobox settlement official name City of Portland settlement type City nickname ... area of Portland, ME.jpg imagesize image caption Aerial view of Downtown Portland image flag PortlandMeflag.png image seal Seal of Portland, Maine.gif image map Map of Maine highlighting Portland.png ... Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0573692 blank2 name Airport blank2 info Portland International Jetport PWM State Regional footnotes Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine ... percent since the census of 2000. Portland is the principal city of the Portland South Portland Biddeford ..., Maine Sagadahoc counties. Tourists visit Portland s historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, at the mouth of the Fore River Maine Fore River and part of Casco Bay , and Arts District, Portland, Maine the Arts District , which runs along Congress Street Portland, Maine Congress Street in the center of the city. Portland Head Light is located in nearby Cape Elizabeth, Maine Cape Elizabeth and marks the entrance to Portland Harbor. The city seal depicts a Phoenix mythology phoenix rising ... to Portland s recoveries from four devastating fires. ref http www.mainehistory.org pdf Falmouth Fire.pdf ref The city of Portland, Oregon was named for Portland, Maine. ref cite web title Portland The Town that was Almost Boston publisher Portland Oregon Visitors Association url http www.travelportland.com media history.html accessdate 2006 11 18 ref Portland Public Schools Maine Portland Public ... History of Portland, Maine Image Gun recovered from the USS Maine.jpg thumb left 250px Gun recovered ... originally named Portland Machigonne . The first European settler was Capt. Christopher Levett ...&hl en Christopher Levett The First Owner of the Soil of Portland, Collections of the Maine ..., Portland, ME.jpg thumb right Longfellow Square in c. 1906 Following the war, a section of Falmouth ..., the citizens of Falmouth formed a separate town in Falmouth Neck and named it Portland , after ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Portland Observatory nrhp type nhl image Portland Observatory 5 30 2005.JPG caption The Portland Observatory in 2005 location 138 Congress St br Portland, Maine nearest city lat degrees lat minutes lat seconds lat direction long degrees long minutes long seconds long direction area built architect architecture designated nrhp type February 17, 2006 added April 24, 1973 visitation num visitation year refnum 73000122 mpsub governing body The Portland Observatory , built in 1807 at Portland, Maine Portland , Maine , is the last surviving shipping maritime signal tower in the United States . Using both a telescope and signal flags, two way communication between ship and shore was possible several hours before an incoming vessel reached the docks. Geography Portland has a deep ... was solved in 1807 when Captain Lemuel Moody organized the construction of an observatory on Portland ... disappeared from the observatory in 1939 . Image View of the City of Portland, Maine, from the Harbor.jpg thumb right Portland from the harbor in 1853, showing the observatory at far right Image Portland Observatory 1936.jpg thumb Portland Observatory in 1936 The observatory has been renovated ...&ResourceType Building Portland Observatory at http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl National Historic Landmark Program ref Past Operation The Portland Observatory is the only remaining maritime signal station .... The latest restoration left as much original wood as possible in place, distinguished by its ... wood. Current Operation Greater Portland Landmarks, a non profit organization , maintains the building ... portland observatory observatory.shtml Portland Observatory Greater Portland Landmarks http 24.39.36.60 view view.shtml Portland Observatory Webcam Structurae id s0011647 title Portland Observatory ... in Portland, Maine Category Octagonal buildings in the United States Category Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Category Visitor attractions in Portland, Maine de Portland Observatory ru ... more details
File Photo0057.jpg thumb A view inside Portland Works Portland Works is a former cutlery works in the Highfield, South Yorkshire Highfield area of Sheffield in England. Built in 1877, it is now a Grade II listed building with a wide variety of cultural uses. History The building was constructed in the late 1870s as a cutlery works. Three two to three storey ranges of brick built workshops and a range of former offices and showrooms lie around a courtyard containing an octagonal chimney and some more recent structures. The central part of the rear range of workshops was reduced from three to two stories, following a fire. It was occupied for many years by R. F. Mosley, before being split into separate workshops. When first constructed, it was partially mechanised. When surveyed by English Heritage ... heritage.org.uk BuildingDetailsForm.aspx?id 456275&search y Portland Works , Listed Buildings Online ref In 1913, Portland Works became the first place in the world to manufacture stainless steel cutlery and this remains, to this day, the site s main industry. ref cite web first Portland Works title Portland Works About Us url http www.portlandworks.co.uk about accessdate 13 March 2011 ref The city ..., is within walking distance of Portland Works. Music and Art Musicians Portland Works has recently ... Fire . The latter band use Portland Works to practise every weekend, and it is doubtful they would exist ... at Portland Works including Clare Hughes, Mary Sewell and Nuala Price. One of the most notable pieces of artwork created by any of the artists in Portland Works is that depicting the ghost of Portland Works a painting by Mary Sewell . The Campaign In 2009, a planning application was submitted for Portland Works to be converted into residential flats. As a result of this, the members have set up a campaign to save the Portland Works site from this happening, and over 100 people have signed a petition in favour of the Portland Works site being saved. The Portland Works website states ... more details
Portland Township may refer to the following places in the United States Portland Township, Ashley County, Arkansas Portland Township, Whiteside County, Illinois Portland Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Portland Township, Kossuth County, Iowa Portland Township, Plymouth County, Iowa Portland Township, Michigan Portland Township, Duel County, South Dakota See also Portland disambiguation geodis de Portland Township ... more details
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