waterfront park Archives • BOOMERPDX

page contents Google

TOM McCALL WATERFRONT PARK SUNDAY

August 19, 2019 by David Gillaspie

We’ve heard the same thing all out lives: Get outside. More than once we’ve said it to others. How often do we tell ourselves to ‘get outside?’ That’s what I told myself Sunday and outside meant Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Oregon. I knew my audience.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: anti facsist, facsist, Oregon, outside, Peace, peaceful, Portland, Portland Oregon, TOM McCALL WATERFRONT PARK, waterfront park

Oregon BrewFest 2018 Featuring Famous Mandy Hat

July 30, 2018 by David Gillaspie

In a tradition unlike any other, the Oregon brewfest is more than tossing beers down on a hot day. It’s civic involvement. I’d like to think every big beer event carries similar goals. If it’s only about drinking beer you can do that in your garage, or living room, or backyard. But it’s […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: allow me, art, beer, brewfest, bronze, civics, civics lesson, drink, drink beer, oregon brewers festival, Portland, Portland beer, Portland Oregon, public boozing, rose festival, sculpture, statue, unbrella man, Vera Katz, waterfront park

TURNING PORTLAND INTO A STOP ON THE WAY TO SEATTLE

August 7, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Turning Portland skyline The First Interstate Tower and Big Pink set a future that didn’t happen. Concerned citizens got a break before turning Portland into mini-Seattle One tall building was enough, or so the thought went, but two is better? Because they’re bookends instead of standing side by side, the space between them look as […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: homeless activists, mayor ted wheeler, pioneer square, Portland, portland building boom, portland preservation, portlaned mayor, Pride Parade, Seattle, turning portland, waterfront park

UNOFFICIAL OREGON BREWERS FESTIVAL BEER HAT

July 31, 2017 by David Gillaspie

As a serious blogger posting on serious topics, like beer, it’s important to open the window. You know, find common ground. Go the Oregon Brewers Festival for the beer and join the crowd. Or wear an Oregon Brewers Festival beer hat and find some education with the beer and crowds. Let the learning begin.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beer brewers, beer festival beer, beer marketers, billy bragg, billy wing, blogger, bsdm brewing company, hillsboro oregon, kent battle martin, new beer, Oregon, oregon brewers festival, Oregon Brewers Festival beer hat, oregon brewfest, Portland, Portland Oregon, Portland tribune, serious blogger, TTB, waterfront park

LIVING UNDER A PORTLAND CHERRY BLOSSOM CANOPY FOR AN AFTERNOON

April 4, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Portland cherry blossom between Burnside and Steel This side of a drone video the best place to see the whole run of the Portland cherry blossom parade is the on ramp off Front to the Steel Bridge. Just enough space and height to see the beautiful curve of nature. It looks deserted at […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: beaverton, cherry blossom, gresham, life, naked bike ride, portland cherry blossom, portland life, Santacon, Steel Bridge, Tigard, urban beauty, vancouver, waterfront park, white stag, Willamette River

LEARNING TO LEARN PORTLAND BIG AND SMALL

March 20, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Life long learners need classes to learn Portland? A New York man moved to Portland in his fifties. He returns to The City every year to find something new. “Just walk around the financial district in lower Manhattan and you can read the history of the area on the sidewalk,” he said. “I […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: big portland, brooklyn, east portland, friendy portland, history sidewalks, learn portland, life long learners, Multnomah Athletic Club, Oregon, oregon historical society, Portland, portland answers, Portland Art Museum, portland buildings, portland gives, portland lesson, portland love, Portland State University, sellwood, small portland, street people, two portlands, waterfront park

PDX BRIDGES NEW & OLD

September 8, 2015 by David Gillaspie

The new pedestrian bridge brings new views of Portland. The view of the freeway looking south. To find it from I-5 north, take the Ross Island Bridge exit and snake around. Park your car before you make the right turn to the Ross Island ramp and you can’t miss it. […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: bridges, burnside, burnside brewery, burnside brewery IPA, burnside bridge, convention center, harbor freeway, I-5, IPA, Moda Center, pdx bridges, pedestrian bridge, Portland, portland bridges, ross island bridge, SATURDAY MARKET, tillicum crossing, tourists, urban green, waterfront park, Willamette River, zidell yards

HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, pt. 3

September 15, 2014 by David Gillaspie

Part One and Part Two. Portland bridges move people over the river. They also create fantastic venues for events. Above is Portland’s Mini Maker Faire from Sunday in OMSI’s parking lot. That’s the Marquam Bridge and I-5 overhead. A beautiful thing about Portland is its availability. I left my driveway at 1:30 and parked on […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: baby boomer, BOOMER, burnside bridge, Hawthorne Bridge, HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, hiking baby boomers, Marquam Bridge, mini maker faire, Morrison bridge, OMSI, Oregon, pioneer square, Portland, Portland Oregon, same sex couple, SATURDAY MARKET, waterfront park, Willamette River