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How Long Do You Have to Have Lived in Portland Before You’re Allowed to Be Insufferable About It?

I think you know the answer: longer than you.

Where Did All the Tall Bikes Go?

What happened? Portland’s housing costs went bonkers.

The Old Portland

Named after the subjective, pre-2010s-ish era when Portland was weirder than it was cool, Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s wine bar is a welcome ode to early Portlandia.

Sarah Jeong Is Watching the Web From Portland. She Sees a Pile of Garbage.

Sarah Jeong has a warning: Fix the internet before it destroys America.

A Long-Shuttered Portland Restaurant Is Coming Back in Its Original Building

Known as much for its kitschy decor—which included wooden totem poles and images of pilgrims carved into the walls—as its food, the restaurant was a family-friendly favorite of the Woodstock neighborhood until it closed in 1996.

Joaquin Phoenix Speaks on Embodying Portland Cartoonist John Callahan

WW spoke briefly to the famously chameleonlike performer about what drew him to Callahan, the minor controversy that followed his casting, and the Callahan cartoon that made him laugh the most.

Cartoonist John Callahan Was Offensive, Hilarious and One of Portland’s Own. Now, He’s Getting His Long-Delayed Close-Up.

The cartoonist, who was paralyzed in a car accident at age 21, made a career of pushing buttons.

Mike Heist Is One of Portland’s Last Remaining Neon Repairmen

Mike Heist is Portland’s Best Neon Repairman.

Mummy’s Is an Old Portland Bar Decorated With Egyptian Artifacts

Walking down its steps feels like entering an ancient crypt.

The Third Oldest McDonald’s in America Will Be Demolished In Portland Next Month

The original McDonald’s on Powell Boulevard was built in 1962 in the classic double-arches style designed by architect Stanley Meston, a style that was phased out by McDonald’s in 1969. Few buildings have been left standing with the original architecture, in part because McDonald’s required franchisees to update their buildings.

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