Willamette Week

Laurelhurst

A grid of leafy, almost exclusively residential streets surround a gently rolling 31-acre park in the one of the eastside’s best-preserved neighborhoods.

Kerns

Kerns is a neighborhood seemingly built for lazy weekend meals and slow walks down tree-lined avenues, not too busy, not too quiet.

East Burnside

Technically a part of Kerns, East Burnside street is so packed with excellent bars, shopping and restaurants that we’re treating it as its own neighborhood.

Lloyd District

In the geographic center of the city, the Lloyd District is worlds apart from the Portlandia vision of Portland.

Hollywood

When Quentin Tarantino visited Portland, he came straight to Hollywood.

Roseway

Today, Roseway exists as a charming blend of bohemian enclave, Southeast Asian community, and Main Street U.S.A.

East Portland

Only incorporated into the city proper in the 1980s, East Portland has rapidly become one of the fastest-growing, youngest and most diverse swaths of the city.

Cully—the land of satellite dishes and art cars, what-is-he-building-in-there sheds and prefab gazebos, ethnic communities enduring undisturbed for generations, and aspirational cultists—hasn’t entirely evaded the forces of change.

Beaumont

Originally platted in 1910, the sleepy Beaumont area is a place that seems less affected than other parts of the city by the the rapid expansion of a gentrifying Portland.

Woodlawn & Concordia

You can spend an entire afternoon sampling award-winning beers and ciders, have an excellent latte or pastry, even get your bike fixed. You’ll never see a scowl.

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