Tag: Burnside
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FF#89 Who are the street named for? Part One ABCs.
Read more: FF#89 Who are the street named for? Part One ABCs.Streets of the Alphabet District After rolling out the new website this week the page with this street name information was ghosted. For a decade we use to print out this list of street name attributes for our guests. After COVID paper became less of a thing. A frequently asked question: “Where is the A […]
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Fun Fact #82 Why were Portlanders wearing face masks in 1980?
Read more: Fun Fact #82 Why were Portlanders wearing face masks in 1980?Why were Portlanders wearing face masks in 1980? Portlanders wore face masks in 1980 to avoid breathing in volcanic ash. Following the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980 the wind blew east sparing the city until the wind shifted. The eruption released a massive ash cloud that spread across the Pacific Northwest […]
