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50 Reasons We Love Portland: Reasons No. 29 – 50

No. 29: The food scene went underground   There’s a skit on the comedy show Portlandia (it satires the one in Oregon, but,...
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50 Reasons We Love Portland: Reason No. 19 – 27

No. 19: Standard Baking Co. makes pastries like these. And now you can make them, too!   By Alison Pray and...
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50 Reasons We Love Portland: Reason No. 2 – 17

No. 2: The wharves are working   By John Spritz Portland is, of course, a port, perched on the Atlantic’s edge....
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50 Reasons We Love Portland: Reason No. 28: The city finally elected a mayor

  By Jeff Clark Photographed by Nathan Eldridge For almost nine decades, the city of Portland got along without an...
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50 Reasons We Love Portland: Reason No. 18: Lauren Wayne brought back the State

By reopening the State Theatre, Lauren Wayne brought Portland's music scene full circle.
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