Sundowner: Autumn/Winter 2019
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USA<br />
Pearl District<br />
PORTLAND, OREGON<br />
THE BUZZ: Two decades ago the Pearl District was home<br />
to run-down rail yards and abandoned warehouses. Now<br />
it’s nearly unrecognisable, and one of Portland’s trendiest<br />
neighbourhoods, with gallery-lined cobbled streets, including<br />
contemporary art hub Elizabeth Leach, scores of dining spots,<br />
and picturesque green spaces.<br />
THE CROWD: Locals walking cute labradors in Fields<br />
Park, chit-chatting with neighbours they meet along the way<br />
(it’s an everyone-knows-everyone kind of place).<br />
DON’T MISS: The Pearl District is big on art (it got its<br />
name in the mid-1980s when a gallery owner told a travel<br />
writer that the area’s artists, working in crusty old buildings,<br />
were like pearls inside oysters), and while any time’s good to<br />
gallery hop, the best time is the first Thursday of each month.<br />
Galleries stay open late, hold artist Q&As, and a general streetparty<br />
vibe abounds. Another must-do is Powell’s City of Books,<br />
which has nine colour-coded rooms and over 3,500 different<br />
sections to browse.<br />
BED DOWN: The Nines, a 331-room hotel in Downtown<br />
Portland, is just a five-minute drive from the Pearl District.<br />
Displayed in communal areas are over 400 artworks by local<br />
talent, curated by Paige Powell, a confidante of Andy Warhol.<br />
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