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[[File:Portland panorama3.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Welcome to sunny Portland!]]
Welcome to PortlandWiki, a [[City Wiki|city wiki]]  for Portland, Oregon that [[PortlandWiki:Introduction|anyone can edit]]. We aim to provide a comprehensive reference for anything and everything in the area. You've caught us early in the project. Poke around and check back from time to time and see how we're doing. If you want to help out: register an account, explore, and add things you think are useful. Otherwise, check back in a bit and see if the dust has settled.


We meet at [http://www.pdx.wiki.org WikiWednesday]s, please come by if you're curious what direction we're heading in.
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[[TriMet]]
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[[Union Station]]
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[[Portland International Airport]]
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[[Local media]]


[[Social structures]], [[Organizations]], [[Canton politics]]
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[[Schools]], [[Portland Public Library]]
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[[Medical services]], [[Social services]], [[Spiritual organizations]], [[Tax services]]
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[[Living cheaply]], [[Discounts and freebies]], [[Free Wi-Fi hot spots]]


[[Cheap food]], [[Lunch under five dollars]], [[Birthday deals]]
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[[Supermarkets and grocery stores]], [[Ethnic markets|International foods]]


[[Restaurants]], [[Coffee shops]], [[Catering]], [[Buffets]], [[Wineries]], [[Breweries]]
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[[Alcohol]]
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[[Portland history]]


[[Tourism]]
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[[Gyms]], [[Exercise]], [[Outdoor activities]]
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[[Art galleries in Portland|Art galleries]], [[Town art]], [[Local artists]]
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[[Singles scene]], [[Parenting]], [[Date ideas]]
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== Featured Article ==
== Portals ==
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=== [[Coffee]] ===
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=== Culture ===
== Places To Go Near Portland ==
* [[Portland is number one]]
[[Mt. Hood]], [[Mt. St. Helens]] and the [[Pacific Coast]] are all within a two hour drive from Portland.  These are all great places to be during the few months of the year when it is not raining - basically, July 4th - October 4th.
* [[:Category:Keep Portland Weird|Keep Portland Weird]]
 
* [[Taboo]]
[[Multnomah Falls]] is the biggest waterfall in the region.  You will be pleasantly surprised if you take the [[Old Highway]] along [[The Gorge]].  There are dozens of small, beautiful waterfalls.
* [[Graffiti]]
 
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== Where To Eat in Portland ==
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Visit [[Produce Row]] on [[4th Street]] for a variety of yummy dining, and check out the [[Horse Brass Pub]] for an unusual English experience.  [[Hubers Café]] is a Portland tradition, but [[Carafe]], [[ClarkLewis]], and the [[Sinju Sushi]] also cater to the hipster crowd.  The west side has a variety of steak houses, but vegetarians might prefer the [[Vegetarian House]] or [[Paradox Cafe]].  [[Voodoo Doughnut]] is a must for your creepy sugar fix.
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=== Food & Drink ===
 
* [[Cupcakes]]
== Getting involved with PortlandWiki ==
* [[All day breakfast]]
The pages below provide information on how to help build PortlandWiki.
* [[5 dollar lunch specials]]
 
* [[Vegan options]]
*[[PortlandWiki:Introduction|Introduction]] - Learn more about how to use PortlandWiki: how to read it, how to write for it!
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=== Fun ===
*[[PortlandWiki:Article Requests|Article Requests]] - Suggest an article topic, or find an article to start building!
* [[Music scene]]
*[[PortlandWiki:Forums|Forums]]
* [[Movie theaters]]
 
* [[Bicycling]]
==News==
* [[Professional sports]]
===December 18, 2009===
[[:Category:Fun|more]]
* [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126116110490784900 Economist says Portland's economic strategy isn't working]. Portland Tribune
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* [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126120099927589200 Gold Coin]
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===November 6, 2009 ===
* [http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2009/11/us_26_tunnels_need_a_bath.html Vista Ridge tunnel partly closed tonight for high-pressure washing]


== Things To See in Portland ==
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Start [[Downtown]] and visit the [[Ground Kontrol]] for a great experience for the kids, at any age, or drop by the [[Living Room Theater]] to check out a show.  If you are not into movies and want a cool hangout, drop by [[Backspace]].
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=== Government ===
* [[U.S. Representatives]]
* [[Voter-Owned Elections]]
* [[Psychiatric Security Review Board]]
* [[Opt In]]
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=== Activism ===
* [[Occupy Portland]]
* [[Community Assembly]]
* [[Hunger Strike for Housing Justice]]
* [[Food Not Bombs]]
[[:Category:Activism|more]]
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=== Transportation ===
* [[Bridges]]
* [[TriMet]]
* [[Portland Aerial Tram]]
* [[Vanpooling]]
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The first week of the month offers [[First Thursday]]. Head towards [[Fareless Square]] for many galleries, then onward to the [[Portland Police Historical Museum]] for historical events known as the start of the [[Portland State University]] campus.
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=== Education ===
* [[Northwest Academy]]
* [[Portland State University]]
* [[Reed College]]
* [[Multnomah County Central Library]]
[[:Category:Education|more]]
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== Things To Do in Portland ==
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Portland is well known as a hub of American DIY youth culture. From the late 1980s through today, Portland has been a major center for movements such as [[zine]]-making, including hosting such events as the [[Portland Zine Symposium]]<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://www.pdxzines.com/info/|title= Portland Zine Symposium Official Site |accessdate= 2007-09-15 }}</ref> and home to major [[zine]] distributors such as [[Microcosm]]. The [[Do it yourself|DIY]] craft community has also seen a population explosion in Portland since the 1990s and now hosts such events as [[Crafty Wonderland]]<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://www.craftywonderland.com/|title= Crafty Wonderland Official Site |accessdate= 2007-09-15 }}</ref> and regular [[Church of Craft]]<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://www.churchofcraft.org/index4.html|title= Church of Craft Official Site |accessdate= 2007-09-15 }}</ref> meetings, and is home to such stores as [[Knittn' Kitten]],<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://knittnkitten.com/|title= Knittn Kitten Official Site |accessdate= 2007-09-15 }}</ref> [[SCRAP]],<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://www.scrapaction.org/|title= School & Community Reuse Action Project Official Site |accessdate= 2007-09-15 }}</ref> and many independently-owned stores such as Bolt, [[Yarn Garden]],<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://www.yarngarden.net/|title= Yarn Garden Official Site |accessdate= 2007-09-15 }}</ref> and the downtown [[Fiber District]]. Portland, is also home to radical [[feminist]] and [[lesbian]] activist movements as well as the home city of The Worlds Oldest Teenage Drag Queen Pageant" Rose Bud and Thorn Pageant started in 1975 and modeled after the [[Imperial Sovereign Rose Court of Oregon]],<ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.rosecourt.org/|title=Imperial Sovereign Rose Court official site |access date+ 2008-12-08 }}</ref>, and the city is also considered a haven for [[Punk subculture|punk]], [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]], [[crust punk]] and [[anarchist]] movements and subgenres, including the self-reliant [[DIY culture]] movement that has been part of the aforementioned [[subculture]]s.
=== History ===
* [[Francis Pettygrove]]
* [[Thomas G. O'Connor]]
* [[John Couch]]
* [[Cable Car Canyon]]
[[:Category:History|more]]
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=== Business ===
* [[Green industry]]
* [[Worker-Owned Cooperatives]]
* [[Startup]]
* [[Bridgetown Bucks]]
[[:Category:Business|more]]
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Articles don't have to be neutral.

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