Streets squares and districts to visit Portland

Here you are in the heart of the city, in what the locals call their "living room". The square attracts the entire city, which comes to attend the numerous concerts and festivals that are taking place there. The tourist office is also installed there. The involvement of the inhabitants played a major role in the creation of this place. In 1951, The Portland Hotel was destroyed (built in 1890) and the area remains fallow for years. In 1980, S's wanted to build a car park. Petitions are circulating against this project and red bricks at USD 25 per unit are bought by residents, to build a place instead of parking. The names of the donors who contributed to this development are engraved on these bricks. From the hotel, there is only the large portal of wrought iron. You can read the history of the square at the bottom of Pioneer Square. Around the square is Pioneer Courthouse (1875), the oldest building in Portland, and still its current court of justice. There will also be 25 bronze statues, representing Oregon's wildlife and carried out by Gerber Georgia. Beaver, deer, otters, cubs in the square.

Established between 2001 and 2006, Brewery Blocks stretches from NW 13 ^th Avenue to NW 10 ^th Avenue, and from north to south between NW Davis and NW Burnside Streets. They integrate the former site of the Blitz-Weinhard brewery and participate in the post-industrial rehabilitation of the Pearl District. Dozens of shops and restaurants have been installed there. And obviously facilities are environmentally friendly. Portland or the art of making a trendy mall!

These three peaceful little squares have not always been. During the occupy movements in 2011, they served as the base camp for the civil disobedience supporters of Occupy Portland. This movement is inspired by Occupy Wall Street, launched in New York in 2011, itself inspired by the Arab Spring. Participants are peacefully protesting against social inequalities and the power of financial power. The protesters began their capture of Chapman Square, Terry Schrunk Plaza and Lownsdale Square on October 6. A walk of 10 000 demonstrators to Pioneer Square is then organized. If the camp was dismantled in November at the behest of the mayor, the Organisation Portland organization remained active since then.