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Of course, several Starbucks Coffee shops. There are also local restaurants, retail, and grocery. This curvy, two way divided street is lined with lots of trees and local hang outs. Close to downtown and home to many of the local radio stations (take note, you may have to pick up a prize in this area if you listen to local radio stations). Just be carful watching the street signs in this area. One missed turn and you could end up well on your way to Tigard or Beaverton and not have a way to turn back till you are 10 minutes down the road, or you may not realize untill you end up in Hillsdale...I didn't even know where this was until I ended up there.

Travel to 6th Ave. on SW Salmon in the South West part of downtown Portland and you will find Niketown. Being that Nike World Headquarters is in Beaverton, OR (to too far West from Portland), this is a great location to visit for Nike apperal. This neighborhood also has a park and many other retail locations and restaurants to keep you entertained. As with all parts of Portland just be sure you watch for all the one way streets. These can be tricky and even frustrating to people new to the area.

NW 4th Ave. runs onway from South to North in downtown Portland. This street crosses NW Burnside Ave. through the Beautiful Chinese arch into Portland's own China Town. It is a sight to behold with the beautiful building but there is a large mixture of old run down buildings that the city is begining to renovate and bring China Town back to a beautiful neighborhood that it once was. This area has underground tunnels that connect many buildings to the water front of the Willimate River, known as the Shang Hai tunnels. Many of these have been closed off but some basements still have portions open.

Naito Parkway follows the Williamate River along downtown Portland. This street is neighbored by the John McCall Water Front park and the west side of downtown Portland. John McCall Water Front Park it home to many local attractions throught the Spring, Summer, and into Fall. This is home to the annual Rose Festival. The Rose Festival is Portland's annual celibration, after all Portland is the City of Roses.

NW 21st Ave. is home to many local restaurants, bars, and shoping. Here you will find a local neighborhood feel that is a part of downtown. Many of these establishments are renovated older buildings such as a trendy bar that was once a movie theater, the face of the building still has the same structure and marquee. Here you will find beautiful flower shops, martini bars, neighborhood hang outs, and what is a Pacific NW neighborhood with out an almost overabundance of coffee shops? During the day be sure to walk a few blocks on the side streets to check out the great old homes great in stature and beatuiful in design. Many of which are listed with historical societies.

NW Stark, especially, over the past year or two has been making a transition. To the west end you will find Jake's Crawfish restaurant. This restaurant has been around for a long time and serves great food with an awesome Happy Hour menu. Further East you will find the Fish Grotto restaurant which is one of the longest running seafood restaurants in the downtown area. This neighborhood has a newly renovated trendy Ace Hotel with ground floor hosting a restaurant as well as a deli. Across the street you will find Living Room theaters, a great place for adults to watch a movie, have dinner, and drinks. They have a full bar and many great food items available in this newly remodeled location that was once a night club and is now an upscale movie house with many great movies, many of which you won't see at your local movie theater, but may end un in film festivals all over the globe.

NW 23rd with it's local coffee shops, restaurants, and trendy shoping reminds me of a small town, even though it is just NW of the heart of downtown. From here you can walk to the downtown Water Front Park in less then a half hour. The feeling of this area I can only describe as Local Trendy Chic. Parking can be difficult with only curb side parking spaces but there is much to see as you walk the sidewalks of this neighborhood.

W. Burnside crosses the Willimate River and continues west into the Portland West Hills area. This vital street passes the Saturday Market, the Pearl District, and on through the trail to the Pittock Manson. W. Burnside takes you to many great sights of Portland. The Pearl District with trendy shoping on NW 23rd. Ave. with many great coffee shops and local restaurants. To the Washington park with it's beautiful rose garden and connection to the Zoo.

NW Barnes Rd. is a vital connection from NW Portland, OR to Beaverton, OR. This street connect NW Burnside in downtown Portland to HWY 217 in Beaverton. A short trip towards Portland leads to a great walking trail to the Pittock Mansion with connections to Washington Park and the Portland Zoo. This street can be a time saver when connection the two cities with out going through HWY 26 with the tunnel and connecting to HWY 217. Traffic congestion can happen since many parts of the street are 2-3 lanes total. This area has many apartment complexes and large houses as well as town houses.

The Alberta Street East of MLK Blvd. (A mile or so east of I-5) in Portland, OR is a great art community. Durring the Spring and Summer months there are monthly art walks on the first and last Thursday of each month. They call it First Thursday and Last Thursday. You will find many local artists displaying their locally made items for sale. This street has experienced a great revival from it's most recent past of low income housing and higher then current crime rate. This area has many newly rennovated retail, restaurant, and art studio buildings and is a great please to experience the local culture.

Keeping with the Pacific North Western United States region this city has a divers culture with mostly laid back people and a wide variety of activities to partake in. There are many outdoor music venues in the summer including at the Zoo and in parks through out down town as well as some free movies played in parks. There is the Saturday Market that is also open on Sundays that have numerious vendors of locally made goods as well as First Thursday art walk in the Pearl neighborhood.