In 2008, plans for the North Place and Portland Street car park sites included a new library, flats, homes and retail space.

BBC: Cheltenham car park site consultation starts

Hippies and yuppies rub shoulders during the event held on Alberta Street in Northeast Portland, and "hipsters showcase their latest patched vintage tweed jacket and creative take on facial hair to crowds that take in food truck fare, art, hand-sewn sock puppets, glass blown jars and any other obscure item your heart might ever have desired, " Moon writes.

CNN: Passion for Portland triumphs

After taking in the panoramic views of the Cascade Mountain range and downtown Portland, head back down via the Marquam Trail, following the 4T signs to the Portland Aerial tram, where futuristic pods offer a birds-eye view of the city while transporting you 3, 300ft in three minutes, depositing you at Southwest Waterfront Street directly across from the Portland Streetcar, which will take you back downtown.

BBC: Portland's urban adventures

The diminutive evergreen disappeared sometime last week from the downtown street-corner park, KATU reported, citing the Portland Parks and Recreation Department.

CNN: Teeny-tiny Portland park has an itsy-bitsy theft

When the chef Andy Ricker chose the location for the New York branch of Pok Pok, his Southeast Asian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, he went a bit off the beaten path, to the Columbia Street Waterfront.

NEWYORKER: Pok Pok Ny

The Occupy Wall Street movement in Oregon partially closed at least two maritime shipping terminals in the Port of Portland on Monday morning.

FORBES: "Occupy" Movement Partially Closes Oregon Port

Moon names Last Thursday, a street fair held on the last Thursday of each month, as an example of what she loves about Portland.

CNN: Passion for Portland triumphs

He also performed stints at the London Fertility Clinic and the private Portland Hospital in central London and the medical directory of all doctors lists the London Women's Clinic in Harley Street as his place of work.

BBC: Neale was struck off in 2000