Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Portland, United States

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 9.6 km
Ascend 242 m
Descend 176 m

Experience Portland in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in PortlandIndividual Sights in Portland

Sight 1: Jamison Square

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Jamison Square is a city park in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District. It was the first park added to the neighborhood.

Wikipedia: Jamison Square (EN), Website

561 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Lovejoy Columns

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Lovejoy Columns

The Lovejoy Columns, located in Portland, Oregon, United States, supported the Lovejoy Ramp, a viaduct that from 1927 to 1999 carried the western approach to the Broadway Bridge over the freight tracks in what is now the Pearl District. The columns were painted by Greek immigrant Tom Stefopoulos between 1948 and 1952. In 1999, the viaduct was demolished but the columns were spared due to the efforts of the architectural group Rigga. For the next five years, attempts to restore the columns were unsuccessful and they remained in storage beneath the Fremont Bridge.

Wikipedia: Lovejoy Columns (EN)

698 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Driver's Seat

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Driver's Seat Original work: Don Merkt Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

Driver's Seat is a 1994 galvanized steel sculpture by Don Merkt, installed along the Transit Mall in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. The artwork was funded by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program, the Portland Development Commission, and TriMet, and remains part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Wikipedia: Driver's Seat (sculpture) (EN)

743 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Friendship Circle

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Friendship Circle Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives / Attribution

Friendship Circle is a collaborative art installation by American artist Lee Kelly and musician Michael Stirling, located in Portland, Oregon's Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in the United States. The installation features a stainless steel sculpture with two 20-foot towers, designed by Kelly, and a 35-minute score composed by Stirling. It celebrates the sister city relationship between Portland and Sapporo, Japan.

Wikipedia: Friendship Circle (sculpture) (EN)

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Japanese American Historical Plaza

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Japanese American Historical Plaza is a plaza in Portland, Oregon's Tom McCall Waterfront Park, located where the Portland Japantown once stood.

Wikipedia: Japanese American Historical Plaza (EN)

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Lan Su Chinese Garden

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Lan Su Chinese Garden, formerly the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and titled the Garden of Awakening Orchids, is a walled Chinese garden enclosing a full city block, roughly 40,000 square feet (4,000 m2) in the Chinatown area of the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The garden is influenced by many of the famous classical gardens in Suzhou.

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151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Darcelle XV

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Darcelle XV Showplace is a drag venue in Portland, Oregon, opened and operated by drag performer Darcelle XV.

Wikipedia: Darcelle XV Showplace (EN), Website

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Nepenthes

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Nepenthes Original work: Dan Corson Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

Nepenthes is a series of four sculptures by artist Dan Corson, installed in 2013 along Northwest Davis Street in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The work was inspired by the genus of carnivorous plants of the same name, known as tropical pitcher plants. The sculptures are 17 feet (5.2 m) tall and glow in the dark due to photovoltaics.

Wikipedia: Nepenthes (sculpture) (EN), Website

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: North Park Blocks

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North Park Blocks

The North Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Most of the park is in northwest Portland, but one block is in southwest Portland.

Wikipedia: North Park Blocks (EN), Website

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Universal Peace & Baby Elephant

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Universal Peace & Baby Elephant Original work: Unknown artist Depiction: Another Believer / CC-BY-SA-4.0

Da Tung and Xi'an Bao, is an outdoor 2002 bronze sculpture, located at the North Park Blocks in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The sculptor is unknown. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Wikipedia: Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao (EN)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Never Look Away

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Never Look Away Various artists in Portland, Oregon / Fair use

Never Look Away is a mural in Portland, Oregon.

Wikipedia: Never Look Away (mural) (EN), Website

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Daddy Long Legs

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Daddy Long Legs Original work: Mel Katz Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

Daddy Long Legs is an outdoor 2006 painted aluminum sculpture by Mel Katz, located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is maintained by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Wikipedia: Daddy Long Legs (sculpture) (EN)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Floribunda

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Floribunda Original work: Mark Calderon Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

Floribunda is an outdoor 1998 bronze sculpture by American artist Mark Calderon, installed in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work.

Wikipedia: Floribunda (sculpture) (EN)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Interlocking Forms

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Interlocking Forms Original work: Donald Wilson Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

Interlocking Forms is an outdoor 1977 Indiana Limestone sculpture by Donald Wilson, located in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Wikipedia: Interlocking Forms (EN)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Kvinneakt

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Kvinneakt Original work: Norman J. Taylor Depiction: brx0 / Fair use

Kvinneakt is an abstract bronze sculpture located on the Transit Mall of downtown Portland, Oregon. Designed and created by Norman J. Taylor between 1973 and 1975, the work was funded by TriMet and the United States Department of Transportation and was installed on the Transit Mall in 1977. The following year Kvinneakt appeared in the "Expose Yourself to Art" poster which featured future Mayor of Portland Bud Clark flashing the sculpture. It remained in place until November 2006 when it was removed temporarily during renovation of the Transit Mall and the installation of the MAX Light Rail on the mall.

Wikipedia: Kvinneakt (EN)

398 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Gilbert Building

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The Gilbert Building, also known as the Jacobs Building and Taylor Hotel, is a historic building located in downtown Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Gilbert Building (Portland, Oregon) (EN)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Fountain for Company H

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Fountain for Company H, also known as Second Oregon Company Volunteers, is a 1914 fountain and war memorial designed by John H. Beaver, installed in Portland, Oregon's Plaza Blocks, in the United States. Dedicated to the men of Company H of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment killed in service during the Spanish–American War, the limestone and bronze memorial was installed in Lownsdale Square in 1914. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council. The memorial has been included in published walking tours of Portland.

Wikipedia: Fountain for Company H (EN)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: The Portland Building

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The Portland Building, alternatively referenced as the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built at a cost of US$29 million, it opened in 1982 and was considered architecturally groundbreaking at the time.

Wikipedia: Portland Building (EN)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Liberty Bell

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Liberty Bell refers to one of two replicas in Portland, Oregon, United States, of the original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The first replica was purchased in 1962, and installed in the rotunda of City Hall in 1964. On November 21, 1970, it was destroyed in a bomb blast that also damaged the building's east portico. The second replica was installed outside of City Hall soon after the blast with funds from private donations. It was dedicated on November 6, 1975. The bell is listed as a state veterans memorial by the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Wikipedia: Liberty Bell (Portland, Oregon) (EN)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Portland City Hall

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Portland City Hall is the headquarters of city government of Portland, Oregon, United States. The four-story Italian Renaissance-style building houses the offices of the City Council, which consists of the mayor and four commissioners, and several other offices. City Hall is also home to the City Council chambers, located in the rotunda on the east side of the structure. Completed in 1895, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1974. City Hall has gone through several renovations, with the most recent overhaul gutting the interior to upgrade it to modern seismic and safety standards. The original was built for $600,000, while the 1996 to 1998 renovation cost $29 million.

Wikipedia: Portland City Hall (Oregon) (EN)

341 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Keller Fountain Park

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Keller Fountain Park is a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. Originally named Forecourt Fountain or Auditorium Forecourt, the 0.92-acre (0.37 ha) park opened in 1970 across Third Avenue from what was then Civic Auditorium. In 1978, the park was renamed after Ira C. Keller, head of the Portland Development Commission (PDC) from 1958 to 1972. Civic Auditorium was renamed as Keller Auditorium in 2000, but is named in honor of Ira's son, Richard B. Keller.

Wikipedia: Keller Fountain Park (EN), Website

567 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 22: From Within, Shalom

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From Within, Shalom Original work: Steve Gillman Depiction: Another Believer / CC-BY-SA-4.0

From Within Shalom, or From Within, Shalom, is an outdoor 1984 granite sculpture by Steve Gillman, installed outside St. James Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

Wikipedia: From Within Shalom (EN)

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: Portland Art Museum

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The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet, with more than 112,000 square feet of gallery space. The museum’s permanent collection has over 42,000 works of art. PAM features a center for Native American art, a center for Northwest art, a center for modern and contemporary art, permanent exhibitions of Asian art, and an outdoor public sculpture garden. The Northwest Film Center is also a component of Portland Art Museum.

Wikipedia: Portland Art Museum (EN), Website

538 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 24: Peck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company Building

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The Peck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company Building, also known as the Photo Art Building, is a building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Peck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company Building (EN)

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 25: People's Bike Library of Portland

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People's Bike Library of Portland Original work: Brian Borrello and Vanessa Renwick Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

People's Bike Library of Portland, also known as Zoobomb Pyle or simply "the pile", is a 2009 steel and gold leaf sculpture by local artists Brian Borrello and Rankin Renwick, located in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It was erected in collaboration with the Zoobomb bicycling collective, and serves as a bicycle parking rack, a "lending library" for weekly bike riders, and a monument to the city's bike culture. The sculpture features a two-story spiral pillar with a gold-plated small bicycle on top; bicycles intended for Zoobomb riders are locked to the pillar and base, which has metal loops serving as hooks.

Wikipedia: People's Bike Library of Portland (EN)

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: The Pod

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The Pod Original work: Pete Beeman Depiction: Kenneth Freeman (kencf0618) / Fair use

Pod is the name of a 2002 modern sculpture by American artist Pete Beeman, currently installed at Southwest 10th Avenue and West Burnside Street in downtown Portland, Oregon. The 30-foot (9.1 m) sculpture, intended to represent the "infrastructure, energy, and vibrancy of Portland," is supported by its static tripod base with a 15-foot (4.6 m) diameter. It is constructed from stainless steel, galvanized steel, bronze, titanium, lead and other materials. Pod was fabricated by Beeman and David Bermudez, and engineered by Beeman and Peterson Structural Engineers. It is considered interactive and kinetic, with a central, vertical pendulum that swings back and forth when pushed. The sculpture cost as much as $50,000 and was funded by the Portland Streetcar Project. Pod is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Wikipedia: Pod (sculpture) (EN), Website

860 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 27: Portland Firefighters Park

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Portland Firefighters Park Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Portland Firefighters Park is a public park located in Portland, Oregon. In 1927, the park was established, to include a memorial in honor of firefighter David Campbell. Campbell was the fire chief for Portland and was killed in action while fighting a fire at a Union Oil distribution plant. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2010, as the David Campbell Memorial.

Wikipedia: Portland Firefighters Park (EN)

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Howard's Way

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Howard's Way Original work: Lee Kelly Depiction: Another Believer / Fair use

Howard's Way is an outdoor 2007 art installation comprising four stainless steel sculptures by American artist Lee Kelly, located in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Wikipedia: Howard's Way (sculpture) (EN)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Facing the Crowd

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Facing the Crowd Michael Stutz (artwork only) / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Facing the Crowd is a series of two outdoor sculptures by American artist Michael Stutz, located outside of Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Composed of silicon bronze, the sculptures depict faces of a laughing man and a smiling boy. They were funded by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program and were installed in 2001, during a major remodel of the outdoor sports venue then known as PGE Park.

Wikipedia: Facing the Crowd (EN)

655 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 30: King's Hill Historic District

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King's Hill Historic District Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) / CC BY-SA 4.0

King's Hill Historic District, located in southwest Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: King's Hill Historic District (EN)

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