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Terra Cotta buildings in Portland
Downtown Portland has an impressive collection of early twentieth-century terra cotta architecture. Architectural terra cotta is a molded brick or block made of fine grain …
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Terry Porter (1963–)
A staple of Oregon’s collegiate and professional basketball history, Terry Porter played for the Portland Trail Blazers from 1985 to 1995. He holds the all-time …
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Terry Schrunk (1913-1975)
Terrence Doyle "Terry" Schrunk served as mayor of Portland for sixteen years, from 1957 to 1972. It was a time of business growth and redevelopment …
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Terry Toedtemeier (1947–2008)
Terry Norman Toedtemeier was an Oregon photographer known for his images of the landscape and geology of the Pacific Northwest and for his long career …
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Thara John Memory (1948-2017)
Thara John Memory was a trumpet player, composer, educator, and activist in the Portland jazz community. In 2011, the Portland Jazz Festival named him an …
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The 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave (Heat Dome)
A historic heatwave affected Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest during late June 2021, breaking high temperature records, some by several degrees. On June 29, …
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The Advocate
From 1903 until about 1938, the Advocate recorded incidents of racism and discrimination in restaurants, jobs, and theaters and demanded civil rights for Oregon’s two …
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The Arts Center
The Arts Center had its beginnings in the late 1950s, when a friend handed Marion Gathercoal A Survey of Arts Councils. Gathercoal was president …
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The Beach Patrol in Oregon, U.S. Coast Guard, 1942-1944
The Beach Patrol in Oregon, which kept watch over the Oregon coastline during World War II, was part of the national Beach Patrol that monitored …
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The Blob: Impacts of the 2013-2016 Marine Heatwave on Oregon
From December 2013 to August 2016, the northeast Pacific Ocean experienced a severe marine heatwave, or warm water event, known as the Blob. Like all …
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