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Welcome to PortlandWiki. The community-powered knowledge commons for Portland, Oregon.

PortlandWiki is a collaborative community information resource for Portland, Oregon that is powered by you! The PortlandWiki community welcomes your creative input.

PortlandWiki's aims to represent the Voice of Portland by providing a citizen-generated news and information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and our surrounding region.

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Local blogs - Portland's diverse and interesting web logs identified here. Please add to this list!
Shelter is a place for people to find refuge from the elements. It is one of the primary components critical to survival for every person: water, food, safety (shelter).
Iraq Veterans Against the War - Oregon Chapter - To hell with war, and to its demonic mongers.
Cascadia is a proposed independent nation in the Pacific Northwest, usually composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, that would be formed by seceding from the United States (and Canada).
Green industry - In Portland it's easy being green.
Horse rings - The small brass rings attached to curbs don't tether horses anymore... unless they're small plastic ones.
Personal Telco - Portland's answer (so far) to "Internet as public utility."

Yellow Bike Project - (Pictured here in black 'n' white.) A community cycling "first."
Charles Olds - Olds shot a man "just to watch him ...uh... succumb from injuries suffered as a result of an act of manslaughter."
CivicApps - An open data / open source project sponsored by several Portland-area government agencies.
Portlandia - The second largest hammered copper statue in America! (The largest is the Statue of Liberty.)
East 82nd Avenue - A major North-South arterial on Portland's Eastside. Gateway to Felony Flats.

Things to see in Portland

Horse spotting! Just one of many fun activities you can do in Portland!

Check out Ground Kontrol, a classic arcade and bar. Ground Kontrol is all-ages from Noon - 5pm daily, and 21+ only after 5pm nightly.
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.
Art! The first week of the month offers First Thursday. Browse through the many art galleries throughout gritty Old Town and the shiny and plasticine Pearl District.
Meander through the Portland Police Historical Museum.
Walk through the South Park Blocks, which run through the Portland State University campus.

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Places to go near Portland

Long Beach, Washington: Convenient Portland getaway and home to the "world's largest frying pan."

Visit beautiful Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark. The lodge was constructed in the late '30s as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression.
Ski the slippery slopes of Mt. Hood.
Explore the active volcano at Mt. St. Helens.
Meander along the Pacific Coast, less than a two day power walk from Portland.
During Cascadia's wet months, succumb to a weekend bender in Bend, where the sun do shine most o' the time.
Spend the July 4th holiday in Long Beach, Washington, a pinnacle of patriotism and home to the World's Largest Frying Pan.
Find your perfect Halloween pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch!
And don't forget about Oxbow Regional Park. According to PortlandWiki News, it's "a wonderful place to raise your homeless family"!

Things to do in Portland

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Go see the new Baby Cougar at the Oregon Zoo.

Solitary advice: Do something yourself.
Chug a barrel o' locally brewed microbrew.

**Gargle some holy water.** Single bowl Benson Bubbler on corner of NW Couch St & NW 18th Ave. Near entrance of Saint Mary's Cathedral, Portland.

Lasso unruly bookworms at Powell's Books.
Entertain the wildlife in beautiful Forest Park.
Walk around Old Town.
Bike along Waterfront Park.
Stage a peace rally at Pioneer Square.
Skate on thin ice at Lloyd Center's Ice Rink.
Make your way through town riding the MAX.
Risk your hide in Portland's naked bike ride!
Waive your hands in the air "like you just don't care" at a live concert.
Get religion by becoming a "Blazer Believer."
Shamelessly show off your naked feet by hiking barefoot with Portland Barefoot Hikers.

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