The Portland City Tour, Thursday, May 4, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. $35 / person
The professional narrating driver will be
recounting stories of the past, present and future as your tour
unfolds to reveal the secrets and highlights of the city. The
tour begins winding through the streets of Chinatown, Downtown
and Old Town. Learn the humble beginning of this now
"cosmopolitan" city. See the Pearl district, a neighborhood
that is being renewed from derelict warehouses to upscale loft
condos, restaurants, art galleries and retail shops. Weinhard
Brewery Blocks, Powell's Book Store, the 'pink' building, cast
iron-fronted buildings (and what that did for the city in the
early 1900's), the New Market Building and the history
surrounding this waterfront community, are just a few of the
stories that will be related during the tour.
Then it's fountains, bridges,
markets, scuptures, Pioneer Square, the theater district, parks,
bank buildings, museums and facades, churches, all waiting to be
discovered by you! It's just a few minutes drive up into the
forested West Hills overlooking downtown Portland and the
Willamette River.
In sprawling Washington Park,
you will visit the world-renowned International Rose Test Garden
and the incredible gift shop. Next, tour through the lovely
Arlington Heights residential area and the Hoyt Arboretum.
Enjoy a scenic ride to the magnificent Pittock Mansion, nestled
in the West Hills of Portland. Tour this French Renaissance
mansion built in 1909; examine the 'modern' conveniences such as
an intercom system and an elevator that was built into this
gorgeous home of the Pittocks! Today, they are still reading the
daily newspaper that he founded over 100 years ago!
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