AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/14/08 8:30 AM Page 1 portlandsurvival guide by Laurie Daley and Kama Siegel Portland has an area code overlay. All local numbers must be dialed with the area code— either (503) or (971). Arriving in Portland By Air Portland International Airport From the west, if you are coming in on (www.flypdx.com) is about 11 miles from the Highway 26, you will stay on it until it turns convention center (www.oregoncc.org) and into I-405 south. Take what should be the first about 12.5 miles from the Headquarters Hotel exit (1C) and follow the signs to 6th Avenue. (Hilton Portland Executive Tower). A taxi ride From there, follow the “from the south” to either of these places will run you about directions. If you are coming in on Highway $30-$35. A very convenient and cost-effective 30, you will stay on it until it turns into I-405 option to get to either the convention center south. Get off at the Couch/Burnside Street or to the Headquarters Hotel is the MAX light exit (2A) and take a left (east) on Burnside. rail (http://trimet.org), which leaves the Go about a quarter of a mile to Broadway airport every 15-20 minutes and will cost (right on Broadway), and from there follow $2.05. You can buy tickets in the baggage the “from the east” directions. claim area or outside near the trains themselves. There are also many shuttles and If you are driving to the convention limos (www.flypdx.com/Grnd_Trans.aspx) center, from the east, you will take I-84 to I-5 available from the airport to the downtown north, but be sure to stay in the far right lane. area (e.g., SuperShuttle). There are no direct You will see signs to the Convention hotel shuttles available. Center/Rose Quarter fairly immediately, and you will take that first off-ramp. The parking for the convention center is all the way around By Rail or by Bus the building from where you have gotten off of the interstate. You will turn right at Holladay Portland’s Union Station (Amtrak) is located Street and then right again on Martin Luther at the north end of downtown, and it is a King Boulevard and right again on Lloyd very short (and free!) bus ride or walk from Boulevard. You will see signs for parking on there to the Headquarters Hotel. The train Lloyd Boulevard, or you can keep going farther station is also conveniently located near the and there are also signs for parking on 1st Oldtown/Chinatown MAX light rail stop, where Avenue. If you go too far, don’t worry—you you can catch either the red line or the yellow can just go around the block and try again. line east to the convention center. From the north, follow I-5 to exit 302A The Greyhound bus station is about a block (Rose Quarter/City Center). Keep left at the south of the rail station. fork, follow signs for Rose Quarter and merge onto Vancouver Avenue, which turns into By Car Wheeler Avenue. Turn left on Multnomah Street, and then right on Martin Luther King If you are driving into downtown Boulevard, then follow the “from the east” (Headquarters Hotel) from the east directions above. (including the airport), you will take I-84 until it ends at I-5. You will see signs to City From the south, follow I-5 to exit 302A Center on I-5 south (exit 300B). If you are (Weidler Street) toward Broadway/Rose going to the Headquarters Hotel, you will bear Quarter. Turn right on Weidler and then right left and follow the signs. You will come into on Martin Luther King Boulevard, then follow town on the Morrison Bridge, which will put the “from the east” directions above. you on Washington Street. Follow this street From the west, coming in on Highway 26, west until it meets Broadway (five blocks). take it until it merges with I-405 south The Take Broadway to Salmon Street and go left, Dalles/Salem. Take the exit onto I-5 north and then left again on 6th Avenue. You will be toward The Dalles/I-84 E/Seattle, then follow in front of the Hilton. the “from the south” directions above. If you From the north, follow I-5 until you see signs are coming from Highway 30, take it until it to City Center (exit 300B) and follow them merges with I-405 north. Take the left exit onto across the bridge into downtown. Then follow I-5 south, and from there follow the “from the the directions above. north” directions. From the south, follow I-5 to I-405 north (exit 299A) and get off at the 6th Avenue exit (1C). Follow 6th Avenue until you see the BodyVox Hilton on your left (approximately a half mile). credit: Travel Portland/Basil Childers AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/14/08 8:30 AM Page 2 survivalportland guide Getting Around General Sightseeing the City Information By train or by bus—the immediate downtown AALL Annual Meeting Local Advisory area, including the convention center—is a Committee free ride zone (called “Fareless Square”). http://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/aall The convention center stop is one stop past the Rose Quarter on the blue and red lines. Visit www.trimet.org for further details. The Portland Streetcar goes from the waterfront, through downtown, and also up to the 23rd Avenue shopping district. For more information, visit www.portlandstreetcar.org. Riding the streetcar is not free, but if you buy a regular Tri-Met bus or train ticket, they are also accepted. If you need a taxi to get somewhere, there are always taxis waiting for fares right outside the Hilton (Headquarters Hotel), on the south side of the building. Portland is a very pedestrian-friendly city, particularly in the summer when there is nearly no chance of rain and it stays light until past 9 p.m. Conference Hotels Benson Hotel 309 SW Broadway 503/228-2000 PGE Park Hilton Portland and Executive Tower credit: Portland Travel/Larry Geddis (Headquarters Hotel) 921 SW 6th Avenue 503/226-1611 Oregon Convention Center Courtyard by Marriott Portland/ www.oregoncc.org Lloyd Center Oregon Tourism Commission 425 NE Wasco Street www.traveloregon.com 503/234-3200 Portland Official Tourism and Doubletree Portland Lloyd Center Meeting Web Site 1000 NE Multnomah Street www.travelportland.com 503/281-6111 Embassy Suites Portland Downtown 319 SW Pine Street Shopping and Services 503/279-9000 Sales Tax None—Oregon has no sales tax! Holiday Inn Portland 1441 NE 2nd Avenue Liquor Stores 503/235-8433 Oregon only sells liquor at state-run stores. Beer and wine are sold at grocery stores, but if Portland Marriott City Center you don’t like either of those, you will need to 520 SW Broadway go to a state-run liquor store. These stores have 503/226-7600 fairly limited hours of operation (typically 11 Red Lion Hotel a.m. to 6 or 7 p.m.). There are two stores 1021 NE Grand Avenue downtown and one near Lloyd Center. 503/235-2100 Business Services (copying, shipping) The Westin Portland FedEx Kinko’s (downtown) Mt. Hood 750 SW Alder Street 221 SW Alder Street credit: iStockphoto.com/Selahattin BAYRAM 503/294-9000 503/224-6550 AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/14/08 8:30 AM Page 3 Important Phone Numbers Emergency: 911 FedEx Kinko’s (downtown) Barnes and Noble (convention center) Safeway (convention center) 1400 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 110 Lloyd Center Mall 1100 NE Broadway 503/223-2056 503/249-0800 503/528-0500 Post Office Broadway Books (convention center) Solomon Courthouse Branch 1714 NE Broadway For Kids 620 SW Main Street, Suite 101 503/284-1726 Children’s Museum University Branch 23rd Avenue Books (west of downtown) 4015 SW Canyon Road 1505 SW 6th Avenue 1015 NW 23rd Avenue 503/223-6500 503/224-5097 www.portlandcm.org Shoe Repair Dorian’s Shoe Repair Movies Oaks Amusement Park 611 SW 6th Avenue Regal Broadway Metro 4 Theater 7805 SE Oaks Park Way 503/223-0046 (downtown) 503/233-5777 1000 SW Broadway www.oakspark.com/index1.html Derek’s Shoe Repair 800/326-3264 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 515 SW Broadway Regal Fox Tower (downtown) 503/226-0765 (OMSI) 846 SW Park Avenue 945 SE Water Avenue Eyeglasses Repair 800/326-3264 503/797-6674 Erstwhile Opticians Living Room Theaters (downtown) www.omsi.edu 522 SW Yamhill 341 SW 10th Avenue Oregon Zoo Jewelry/Watch Repair 971/222-2010 4001 SW Canyon Road Ben Bridge (downtown) Lloyd Center Theater (convention center) 503/292-0304 801 SW 5th Avenue 1510 NE Multnomah Boulevard www.oregonzoo.org 503/295-2800 800/326-3264 Ben Bridge (convention center) Media 1049 Lloyd Center Television 503/249-8373 KATU (ABC) Channel 2 Drug Stores KOIN (CBS) Channel 6 Central Drug KGW (NBC) Channel 8 538 SW 4th Avenue KOPB (PBS) Channel 10 503/226-2222 KPTV (Fox) Channel 12 KPDX (Local) Channel 49 Rite Aid Pharmacies KRCW (CW) Channel 32 622 SW Alder Street Radio 503/226-6791 KXL (750 AM)—News/Talk/Sports Lloyd Center Pharmacy KPAM (860 AM)—News/Talk 1249 Lloyd Center KFXX (1080 AM)—Sports 503/226-6791 KXMG (1150 AM)—Spanish Contemporary KEX (1190 AM)—News/Talk Dry Cleaners KBPS (89.9 FM)—Classical Music Bee Cleaners and Tailors (downtown) KOPB (91.5 FM)—Public Broadcasting 939 SW 10th Avenue KGON (92.3 FM)—Classic Rock 503/227-2776 KNRK (94.7 FM)—Alternative Rock KUPL (98.7 FM)—Country Levine’s Dry Cleaning (downtown) KWJJ (99.5 FM)—Country 1211 SW 5th Avenue KKRZ (100.3 FM)—Top 40 503/228-6212 KUFO (101.1 FM)—Active Rock Convention Center Cleaners KINK (101.9 FM)—Adult Album Alternative Portland Children’s Museum KRSK (105.1 FM)—Adult Contemporary 105 NE 8th Avenue credit: Travel Portland/D/X photography 503/239-4100 KIJZ (105.9 FM)—Smooth Jazz Newspapers Bookstores Grocery Stores Powells (downtown) Safeway (downtown) The Oregonian 1005 W Burnside 1030 SW Jefferson www.oregonlive.com/oregonian 503/228-4651 503/205-1849 Portland Tribune www.portlandtribune.com Borders (downtown) Whole Foods (downtown) 708 SW 3rd Avenue 1210 NW Couch Street Willamette Week 503/220-5911 503/525-4343 www.wweek.com AALLSpectruminsert_June:AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/14/08 8:30 AM Page 4 survivalportland guide Periodicals Portland Monthly Weather www.portland-monthly.com The average temperatures are 80 for a Travel Oregon high, 56 for a low.