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-Hawthorne Boulevard is an East-West two-lane arterial street running through [[Southeast Portland]]. At its west end it terminates at the [[Hawthorne Bridge]], which connects it to [[SW Madison Street| SW Madison]] in [[Downtown]], while its east end terminates at [[SE 60th Avenue| SE 60th Avenue]]. Hawthorne is the southern boundary for the [[Buckman]] and [[Sunnyside]] neighborhoods, and the northern boundary for the [[Hosford-Abernethy]] and [[Richmond]] neighborhoods.
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-Hawthorne is well known as a popular shopping district, particularly between [[SE 34th Avenue|SE 34th]] and [[SE 39th Avenue|SE 39th]].
-Before the 1890s, Hawthorne was named Asylum Avenue because the [[Oregon Hospital for the Insane]] (now Oregon State Hospital) was then situated next to it. After the hospital was removed, Hawthorne was renamed in honor of the hospital's founder, [[James C.Hawthorne]].
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