ST. JOHN’S BRIDGE AIRPORT’S CARPET Portland’s tallest In the 1980s a carpet was installed bridge was built in in the airport that became a local 21 months and boasts icon, with people writing poems two 408-foot towers. and making art about it!

WILLAMETTE RIVER BUILDING GREEN UGLY BRANDI CARLILE DOUGLAS ENGELBART Many Portland buildings BRIAN GRANT URSULA K. LE GUIN use recycled materials SWEATER ART b.1981 1925–2013 b.1972 b.1929 and have energy-saving FOREST PARK Every winter, This Grammy-nominated Portland-born, the inventor STREET FOOD This former Portland The Portland-based author features, like living roofs. “yarn bombers” folk rock singer grew up of the computer mouse was knit colorful near Seattle and donates awarded the National Medal About 700 food Blazers basketball star of the much-loved Earthsea sweaters for a dollar from every ticket of Technology. carts serve A BETTER CHAINSAW founded a charity to Quartet is a Library of the downtown THE sale to charity. the streets of In 1947 a local logger raise awareness of Congress “Living Legend.” HISTORICAL Portland; try Bo invented a new cutting Parkinson’s disease. animal statues. COLUMBIA RIVER THE PORTLAND SOCIETY Kwon’s Koi Fusion chain for chainsaws, basing A DAY IN PORTLAND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF ROSES ART MUSEUM The museum here THE FIRST Korean-Mexican his design on the jaws of a Discover northwestern includes native COMPUTER bulgogi tacos. timber beetle larva. artist such as Willem artifacts like a MOUSE 9 AM Try the shake of the month from the Brian Volkersz, who makes pair of slippers was invented BEVERLY CLEARY Grant Foundation—you might get lucky with the neon images inspired by made by plaiting in 1964 when SCULPTURE GARDEN PARKROSE KING ginger chocolate option! advertising signs. cattail stems. computers were Find sculptures of Ramona, the size of cars! Henry, and Ribsy the dog his buzzing, creative city is by far the largest city here. The author of the 10 AM Fill up your reusable water bottle before in Oregon; it’s about four times bigger Salem, the PORTLANDIA Ramona books set them on THE JIM PEPPER NATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL heading out—this city is serious about recycling This 35-foot statue of Klickitat Street because she celebrates the Kaw-Muscogee jazz and being green. state’s capital. It is the only U.S. city to have been POWELLS CITY loved the name. T a woman and trident, OF BOOKS saxophonist who combined jazz located above the named by a coin toss. If the coin had landed the other This is the world’s largest with Native American music. 11 AM Look for the Portland Penny at the entrance to the Portland independent bookstore, way up, Portland would be known as Boston, Oregon! Building, is the U.S.’s KLICKITAT STREET Historical Society Museum—it’s the coin the city’s taking up an entire block second-largest copper co-founders flipped to determine the city’s name. and housing 1 million used statue. Only the Statue Every year since 1907 Portland has hosted a summer and new books! SHANGHAI of Liberty is bigger! TUNNELS WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE 12 PM See if you can beat Nike co-founder Phil Rose Festival. Fireworks, carnival rides, and live music Legend has it that Every year some 10,000 SUSAN HELMS Knight’s 4-minute, 10-second mile . . . in a pair of in the 19th century riders cycle—nude!—to raise accompany the Grand Floral Parade. The Junior Parade b.1958 new sneaks, of course! thousands of people HOLLYWOOD awareness for bike safety. Both a Lieutenant involves up to 10,000 youngsters, making it the largest SALT AND STRAW were kidnapped, General of the Air Force Hibiscus and blue bundled down these 1 PM Hit up a food cart for chow on the go: we children’s parade in the world. Though they may not and a NASA astronaut, cheese are some of the tunnels, and sold off for suggest tracking down some Peruvian-style this local lived at the smell quite as sweet as the city’s roses, several shoe unusual ingredients at a life of slavery at sea. International Space chicken topped with a fried egg. this ice cream shop. PEARL DISTRICT FILM companies have their headquarters in Portland. The FESTIVAL Station for 5 months. 2 PM Find a quiet spot to read from Portland- sneaker brand Nike was founded in 1964 by a University Y WASHINGTON A HOLLYWOOD THEATRE resident Ursula Le Guin’s award-winning fantasy PARK W On this historic theater’s opening of Oregon track athlete and his coach, who made the D NICHOLE MAHER A night in 1926, visitors paid a just book A Wizard of Earthsea.

O KEY FACTS R first pair using a waffle iron! ??? OREGON B BURNSIDE ST. quarter to see the movie. At just 22 this Tlingit HOLOCAUST STATE OREGON 3 PM Sing along to a song by one of many local tribal member took her MEMORIAL MOUNT bands: whether you go punk like Sleater-Kinney Some favorite books by local authors include Beezus first leadership role, This outside memorial has GOOSE HOLLOW TABOR or soft like the Decemberists is up to you. promoting cultural and sculptures of suitcases, dolls, NAMED FOR NICKNAME and Ramona by Beverly Cleary, Heck: Where the Bad DOWNTOWN Portland is the educational services glasses, and other personal only major U.S. C Portland, Maine, after a The City of Roses Kids Go by Dale Basye, and What to Do About Alice by to Native American LAY 4 PM March across all 12 of the bridges that cross items to honor the 6 million ST. city to have a winning coin toss Bridgetown Barbara Kerley. community members. Jewish people the Nazis volcano within the —start with the Hawthore murdered during WWII. ROSE FESTIVAL the city limits— BEST PLACE TO . . . Bridge since it was built first. Each year this festival MT. TABOR FOUNDED IN thank goodness Feel like Ramona Quimby: includes a city-wide CITY PARK 1851 it’s extinct! the streets of the Hollywood treasure hunt with daily 5 PM Take a fully-clothed bike ride through neighborhood clues in the local paper STATE POPULATION Irvington, unlike the thousands of cyclists who and a $1,000 prize! 4,028,977 strip off each year for the World Naked Bike Ride! SIGN BRAGGING RIGHTS FOOT FEVER Since 1940 this eye- Portland was home to the 6 PM Zip down the slides in the playground near THE OREGON MUSEUM OF The Portland area CITY POPULATION first newspaper on the Pacific catching sign has the Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden. This is the SCIENCE & INDUSTRY advertised many is home to more 632,309 Coast hosts camps where you can things, including sugar than 20 footwear park where her characters Beezus and Henry make your own clay animation companies, such as waxed the slides to make them go faster! and sportswear. At CITY AREA LOCAL LINGO SHAKE IT TILL mini-movie, just like the artists Christmas the stag’s Adidas, Dr. Martens, The Mountain is out WE MAKE IT at the nearby Laika Studio, who nose glows red. Keen, and Nike. 133 square miles (I can see Mount Hood) 7 PM Whether you like it smoked or sushied, salmon The Brian Grant made the movie Coraline. is the must-have fish for all Portland suppers. Foundation TALLEST BUILDING organises this gala Wells Fargo Center: CAN YOU FIND? and golf tournament PORTLAND FISH MARKET 546 feet (41 stories) 5 sneakers 8 PM Before you leave town, be sure to take a to raise money Oregon boats five types of picture of your feet on the new carpet at Portland for people with salmon, including Chinook Airport . . . how does it compare to the original 10 Parkinson’s disease. salmon, the state fish. Choose carpet, which was a famous local icon? 112 your favorite here.