Lake Oswego /ɒsˈwiːɡoʊ/ is a city in the State of Oregon, primarily in Clackamas County with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Located south of Portland surrounding the 405-acre (1.64 km2) Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in 1910. The city was the hub of Oregon's brief iron industry in the late 19th century and is today an affluent suburb of Portland.
Population: 36,619
Latitude: 45° 25' 14.41" N
Longitude: -122° 40' 14.34" W
The Rose Quarter is a 30-acre (12-hectare) sports and entertainment district located in Portland's Lloyd District on the east bank of the Willamette River, just east of downtown. The Rose Quarter is bounded on the west by NE Interstate Avenue, on th…
The Portland Transit Mall is a set of public transit corridors through the center of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. More specifically, it is a pair of one-way streets—one for northbound traffic, the other for southbound—along which two of…
The Portland Saturday Market is an outdoor arts and crafts market in Portland, Oregon. It is the largest continuously operated outdoor market in the United States. It is held every Saturday and Sunday from the beginning of March through December 24,…
Oswego Lake is a lake in Clackamas County, Oregon that is completely surrounded by the city of Lake Oswego. Though the lake is naturally occurring (a former channel of the Tualatin River), it has been significantly altered because of the concrete da…
This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Northwest Portland, Oregon, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them. The National Re…
The Mount Hood Freeway is a partially completed but never to be finished freeway alignment of U.S. Route 26 and Interstate 80N (now Interstate 84), which would have run through southeast Portland, Oregon.
KOIN Center is a 155.15 m (509.0 ft), 35-story, skyscraper in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Benjamin Franklin High School is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. Franklin is located in central southeast Portland in the South Tabor neighborhood, at the foot of Mt.
Fairview is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States.
The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is a high rise structure in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1975, the 18 story-tower is owned by the Federal Government. The international style office building has more than 370,0…
The Earle A. & Virginia H. Chiles Center is a 4,852-seat multi-purpose arena in Portland, Oregon, USA. The arena opened in 1984. It is home to the University of Portland Pilots men's and women's basketball teams as well as the women's volleyball tea…
Cedar Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, near the intersection of highways Oregon Route 217 and U.S.
Benson Polytechnic High School is a technical public high school in the Portland Public Schools district. Its 9-acre (36,000 m2) campus is located in the center of Portland's Eastside commercial area. Students are given a special emphasis in a techn…
Albina is a historical American city that was consolidated into Portland, Oregon in 1891.
Woodstock is a neighborhood located in inner southeast Portland, Oregon, United States.
Union High School is an American public high school in Vancouver, Washington. The school is part of the Evergreen Public Schools school district. While the campus is located within the proper city limits of Vancouver, it has a Camas area zip code. T…
Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) is a private, non-profit college in Portland, Oregon, United States that grants degrees in Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and certificates in book arts, ceramics, drawing and painting, fibers, meta…
Norm Thompson Outfitters is a privately owned catalog and internet retailer based in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1949 by Norman A. (Norm) Thompson as a mail order business, it grew to annual sales of $200 million before it was sold …