On this half sunny winter's day, having always been intrigued by the park lined boulevard running along 72nd between Foster and Holgate, I wandered the area all the way east to 82nd, including the Multnomah Cemetery, and was pleasantly surprised. Firstly, I have a disdain for F

So, I went out of bounds again. I just had to. I think many of you discount Milwaukie as some suburban throwaway, when really, it's such a treasure trove. On this day I walked the streets of the Fair Oaks area of Oak Grove, which all those fabulous riverside houses are on. With the exception

Yes, I am sooo behind. I've been walking but not blogging. I promise to catch up in a flurry! Yesterday, my friend Wade and I hit up lower Cully. He prefers unusual lot sizes, and so this was the perfect place to walk. We started at 42nd and Simpson, and worked our way up to 60th and back down, th

As we're having unusually nice weather in Portland as of late, I've been able to take some big chunks out of South Tabor in the last two days. Monday I walked  71st to 64th from Woodward to Powell (however I avoided Crater View Addition - the pocket of cool ranches, as I will m

On this day I started at NE Webster and 40th (Concordia Nbhd) and walked South to Prescott, and all the way West to 33rd (Wilshire.  This is such a cute neighborhood, and incorporates the coveted block of 

Yesterday, I decided to hit the long blocks from Division to Hawthorne, starting at 51st and ending at 59th. This area is considered Mt. Tabor Neighborhood and is essentially the SE foothills.  Sadly, my phone/camera died as I got to about 57th...The houses are mostly 1910's-40's

Eastmoreland is so large and so beautiful, that it took me three visits (some ending in the darkness of night) and I didn't even dare to photograph all of the beautiful homes. In fact, I took less pictures and enjoyed my walk more because every house is so fantastic, there's no point in shoot

I forgot to post this one! On a sunny summer day, which day I cannot recall, I left my office at NE 21st & Broadway and walked East covering the area between I-84 and NE Broadway, from 21st to 28th. This area is called Sullivan's Gulch. What was once a bucolic "forest

On this evening I took a short walk (it was getting dark!), covering the triangle formed by Holgate and Foster starting down at 52nd. There are a lot of older bungalows and foursquares in this area, some on tiny lots, others on huge ones. It's a very urban-feeling neighborhood with tons

This time I walked  the Westernmost portion of Woodstock Neighborhood, starting at 39th (Cesar Chavez) and Woodstock, heading south to Glenwood and East up to 46th. The tracts are Partition Plat, Eaton, and Woodstock

I have always had a softspot in my heart for the large tract that is called Ch-ch-ch-Cherry Park. Cherry Blossom Park to be exact. It's boundaries are the I-205 freeway to the west, Division to the South, Market Street to the North, and 104th or 106th to the

On this lovely day, I walked from Prescott to Fremont from 42nd to 47th. It's bordered by the Rose City Cemetery. Via Portland Maps, it's considered "Cully" neighborhood, but I think people think of the Fremont side as Beaumont Village, the 42nd side heading North&nbs

Since I have a listing on 126th and Beech St, which is the North side of Argay Terrace, I decided to walk the neighborhood. I stayed to the left of Fremont and wandered from 126th to 142nd and all the streets between Fremont and Sandy, except a tendril off Shaver by A

Last night I walked from 52nd to 42nd, Holgate North to Gladstone, and all the streets in between. Holgate started off normally enough, a mish-mosh of pre-

Last night I continued the Woodstock series and walked from 52nd to 42nd, Raymond to Holgate. A less impressive neighborhood than those further south, I did find a few undeniable gems - or as I'm calling them now "Find of the Day".  Again, these blocks run the ga

This evening I started a little late, so forgive me, the pictures get dark. Thanks to Lise Hardwin for joining Nugget and myself this evening.I walked from 52nd to 41st, Steele to Raymond, a

A few days back I found myself stuck in traffic in NW, so I decided to pull off of Burnside, head North along 29th and do a nice hilly walk. I chose to start where Raleigh dead ends, up by Chapman gradeschool, the home of the flight of the

Tuesday I walked a hidden pocket of 50's transitional ranches and traditionals called Providence Heights. It's a 'perfectville' tract bordered by SE 47th & 50th and Stark/Burnside. The lawns are all perfectly manicured, the houses are mostly white clapboard a

Friday I walked the very most NW portion of Piedmont, heck, I didn't even know it was considered P

Monday I walked one of NE Portland's poshest neighborhoods, Dolph Park, which is within the umbrella of Grant Park. Though the boundaries are a bit fuzzy, architecturally, the neighborhood seems to fit within NE 27th to 33rd, US Grant Place to NE Brazee. Outside this area, the houses are smaller but quite nice. So, I'm goin

On this torrentially rainy Sunday, my friend Teresa and I went gung-ho and decided to hike Forest Park. On our way off the trail, we walked along Springville Road, down NW Ogden, Wood, Shepherd, down to Springville Ct. This is a hidden pocket above the NW terminus of the St. John's bridge, just south of Germantown Road

Last night I walked Woodstock, well a portion of it - specifically from Woodstock North to Steele, 52nd to 41st. This includes the Woodstock, Germania, Avonia, Rosemead, Section 18, and Blue Ridge Tracts. Only five houses have sold here in the last 12 mos, and they run between $205 and $330K. It is a quite da

Tuesday, I treked 4.5 miles around the trendy Mississippi neighborhood. I chose the boundaries of Fremont to Skidmore, the Missouri Ave (I-5 freeway wall) to Kerby Ave. This is the Boise-Eliot neighborhood and has long been steeped in a rich

On Monday I ventured through the southern-most part of Brentwood-Darlington (also known as Felony Flats or Felony Heights as I like to call it, as it's up on the bluff overlooking Johnson Creek), into a previously unincorporated rural and treed area whic

Yesterday I walked a small portion of Arbor Lodge, which included the Arbor Lodge, Willamette, and Burrage Tracts. I did this in two parts (and hence the photos are in these parts). 1. Rosa Parks South to Willamette Blvd (the portion that runs parallel to RP) and Greely

The area I walked today is in the heart of Montavilla, between 82nd and 92nd, just South of Stark/Washington one-ways. Despite popular and recent trend, if you're a long-time Portlander, you call this area MontaviLLa.. pronouncing the LL's like any good honky would. When I hear pe

So this area ISN'T in my challenge, it's not technically Portland, though I walked there from Portland. I just want to share what you might be missing when you overlook Milwaukie, and this isn't even the posh part of Milwaukie. Just a neighborhood I wandered into, in a nice treed area of North Mil

Today I walked the area between 39th and 45th

This tidy neighborhood consists of the Leitritz Addition, Van Laeken Addition, and Ainsworth Park Tracts and borders Fernhill park to the South, NE 42nd ave to the East, and Liberty or Lombard to the North. You can enter via NE Holman off of 42nd.These are mostly roman brick fronted standard ranches (a

On this sunny day of June, I decided to walk a little-known area of midcentury homes called Eastmoreland Heights, but officially part of the Woodstock Neighborhood. I chose the borders of Flavel to Lexington, 39th (aka Cesar Chavez) to 42nd. The houses are mostly mid-century standards - including a few hipped roof