Northwest District

The Northwest District is a densely populated retail and residential neighborhood in the northwest section of Portland, Oregon, United States. Craftsman-style and Old Portland-style houses are packed tightly together with old apartment buildings and new condominiums, within walking distance of restaurants, bars, and shops.

Type: Suburb
Description: neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, USA
Also known as: “Nob Hill” and “Northwest District, Portland, Oregon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wallace Park and Northwest Library.

Wallace Park

Park

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Wallace Park is a city park in northwest Portland, Oregon, United States.

Northwest Library

Library

The Northwest Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon, United States. The branch, which opened in 2001, offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.

Cinema 21

Movie theater

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Cinema 21 is a movie theater in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon, United States. The venue opened as State Theatre in 1925, and was known as Vista during 1941–1942 and 21st Avenue Theatre from 1942 to 1965.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slabtown and Kings Heights.

Slabtown

Neighborhood

Slabtown is a district in Portland, Oregon's Northwest District neighborhood, in the United States. Slabtown has been described as "roughly 12 city blocks riddled with residential and industrial-chic buildings, local eateries, airy coffee shops, craft…

Kings Heights

Neighborhood

Hillside is a Northwest Portland neighborhood in the city's West Hills. It is anchored by the Hillside Community Center, the former site of Catlin Gabel School, which was designed by noted architect Pietro Belluschi.