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I wonder, when Henry Pittock built Portland's most famous residence, now a museum and grounds held in trust for all the citizens of the city he helped build, I wonder if he knew, somehow, just what a view would eventually obtain from that perch?
As The Wife™ pointed out aptly, it was undoubtedly a gorgeous view back in 1913. It's built on a geographical prominence that obviously affords a spectacular view naturally. But Portland's a very very photogenic city. It's almost as though she grew with the idea that she'd be seen from this viewpoint.
How did he know?
I'm a native Oregonian, as I've smugly said ad nauseam. Silvertonian by birth, Portlander by choice. At this point, though, I've lived in Portland for longer than I've lived anywhere else in my life. While I've made my peace with a rather unhappy childhood in Silverton, and am in fact a little proud to be able to say I was born there, if I had my life to design over, I'd change my place of birth to Portland.
I love Portland that much. It's because I respond so intensely to the visual, I suppose. The cityscape here has always stirred me.
We all have our favorite places, and that's cool too, of course. But our hearts know what home is. For me, there could never be any other place.
As The Wife™ pointed out aptly, it was undoubtedly a gorgeous view back in 1913. It's built on a geographical prominence that obviously affords a spectacular view naturally. But Portland's a very very photogenic city. It's almost as though she grew with the idea that she'd be seen from this viewpoint.
How did he know?
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| Adorably miniaturized Portland. Built of tilt-shift simulation settings, not of LEGOs. To see that sort of thing, yo, go here. |
I love Portland that much. It's because I respond so intensely to the visual, I suppose. The cityscape here has always stirred me.
We all have our favorite places, and that's cool too, of course. But our hearts know what home is. For me, there could never be any other place.
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