Topic: old town

A March 11, 2008 Daily Journal of Commerce (DJC) article - somehow I missed it when originally published - was quite good in the presentation of the Old Town position through the words of Doug Obletz. According to DJC he...

Just as we said months ago, OregonLive broke the story today that Uwajimaya may put store in Portland's Old Town/Chinatown.Sounds like things are still moving crawling in that direction....

A PDX Pedicab in action.(Photo by dvanhorn/Flickr) Here's a cool, pedal-powered activity for your summer house guests... PDX Pedicabs and the Old Town/Chinatown Neighborhood Association have teamed up to produce a 45-minute audio tour that they say will take pedicab passengers, "back through the layers of Old Town history". This new "eco-tour program" is made possible...

We've been hearing about this for a while from PDC. It would be awesome to have Uwajimaya in Old Town/Chinatown. I make periodic trips to the Beaverton store when I need authentic ingredients for Thai cooking. The place is amazing and has cheap prices. A store in OT/CT would be a huge draw, bringing in people from all over the city. This project has the potential of being a real anchor to the...

The Lunch Lady drives by the former Three Lions Bakery in Old Town all the time (corner of NW 5th and Davis), and a while back we noticed that the place is under construction. We are so thrilled to find out the place is being transformed into a tavern with a local-centric menu! The new place,...

Portland Starts Here. Pedicab Tours in Old Town Chinatown are Portland's new eco-tourism option. Climb aboard for high adventure and zero emissions. The orange PDX Pedicabs pick up passengers at the Classical Chinese Garden or the Saturday Market.On this special audio tour of Old Town, you'll hear about the people who were here from the beginning—and made Portland their home.Beginning at...

Drug dealers yelling - "wrong way" - at a person driving wrong way on an Old Town street. And guess what - the driver was on a cell phone. Doesn't it give a feel that drug dealers are at home...

are doing their best to make Portland a fareless square. Friday morning going out to the airport from Old Town - one machine out and the other taking only correct change. Same day coming back from the airport - out...

Old Town groovy quotient rising. Thanks eROI for a great party on Friday night. Creatives and techies of Old Town descended upon eroi's new digs for a kinda fashion dance party (some of us shaking our booties more than others). Not on the list this time around? Just go over to their new offices above Compound Gallery and hound them a bit until you're added to play in '09. You can tell...