Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
The Pearl District is an area of Portland, Oregon, formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry and railroad classification yards and now noted for its art galleries, upscale businesses and residences.The area has been undergoing significant urban renewal since the mid-1980s when it was reclassified as mixed use from industrial,[2] including the arrival of artists, the removal of a viaduct and construction of the Portland Streetcar.[6] The United States Post Office main processing facility for all of Oregon and southwestern Washington was built in the Pearl District in 1964, next to Union Station.The district includes most of the historic North Park Blocks (1869),[7] as well as three public plazas: The area was formerly used for warehousing, light industrial purposes and a railroad yard.The second news story showed another map of the district with 37 numbered locations indicating special events organized by local artists and businesses for the third annual Pearl Arts Festival.
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