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PDXppl: Diana Banning, Portland’s Archivist

Friday, July 17, 2009

1937 intersection at SE Powell Blvd. & 39th Avenue looking north, one of the many street scenes in the Archives’ collections. Photo courtesy of Portland City Archives A2005-001.517 PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of [...]

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PDXppl: David Keller, one less car

Thursday, July 9, 2009

PDXppl is the first in a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the new PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland! When I was growing up in Southwest Portland, I never rode [...]

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PDX: Signs of Patriotism

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

This past weekend I was able to take a trip away from my luke-warm Eugene existence to the bastion of freedom. Yes, Portland is one of the nation’s most liberal thinking cities, but this is not what makes it so free. Portland isn’t afraid to show its stripes. My meanderings about the city show this [...]

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Broadway Coffee: My PDX landing pad

Thursday, July 2, 2009

When I was growing up in Portland, which oddly enough seems like forever ago, I attended Robert Gray Middle School and Wilson High School in SW. My senior year of high school I had begun to continue higher coursework in Spanish at Portland State University. Three mornings a week I would carpool with my friends [...]

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