Portland Neighborhoods

Each of Portland’s residential neighborhoods has its own personality. Collectively, they represent all of Portland’s complexities: it’s youth and energy, it’s Do-It-Yourself ethos, it’s creative and contemporary approach to businesses and pleasure. Together these neighborhoods and districts are are a potent mixture of public parks, national retailers and locally-owned businesses, many of which are just a short walk from our hotel.

Downtown

Portland City Center
Portland’s Downtown District is its cultural nexus (the opera, the symphony, galleries and museums, financial institutions, national retailers, the West End shopping district, public art projects, cinemas, the waterfront, Major League Soccer, a world-class farmers market and Portland State University).

Northwest

The Pearl District
Portland’s tony “SoHo” district is a prime example of well-planned urban planning and renewal, boasting boutique shopping, microbreweries, high-rise lofts, galleries, fine dining, parks, coffee shops, grocers, performing arts venues and an electrifying jazz club.

Old Town-Chinatown
As its name implies, this neighborhood is where Portland got its start. Located just two blocks from the hotel, this district’s wide boulevards house some of the city’s finest galleries, coffee shops, restaurants and clubs, as well as Union Station, Lan Su Chinese Garden and the Saturday Market.

Across the River

Lloyd District
This commercial corridor is home to historic sports and music venues. Portland’s Trail Blazers play here. So do semi-pro hockey players, professional lacrosse teams and countless national musical acts. Even The Beatles played here. It’s also home to conventions, trade shows and the Lloyd Center Mall. Venues include the Rose Garden Arena and the Memorial Coliseum. And It’s only a 5-minute light rail ride from the hotel.

The Alberta Arts and Hawthorne districts, respectively located in the city’s Northeast and Southeast quadrants, are where you’ll find Portland’s hip underground arts and business cultures. The streets of each are lined with unending blocks of restaurants, bars and historic landmarks. On the last Thursday of every month, Alberta closes its streets for a neighborhood arts festival and carnival, while Hawthorn is home to the world-famous Badgad Theater, the thriving Clinton and Belmont communities and Mount Tabor, an extinct volcano.