Stewart is president of the Pioneer Courthouse Square board of trustees. Thirty-six years ago, after years of planning and debate, Pioneer Courthouse Square was born. Our mission then, as it is ...

Inaugurated on April 6, 1984, Pioneer Courthouse Square was designed to be a multi-use urban park in the core of Portland’s downtown. Its 10-million annual visitors might not realize ...

Pioneer Courthouse Square -- “Portland’s living room” -- is a downtown landmark, a cherished lunchtime spot and gathering space. Yet 40 years ago this week, before the public park even ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time in 3 years, Pioneer Courthouse Square will host its holiday tree lighting, a welcome tradition in what’s called “Portland’s Living Room.” ...

Today, Pioneer Courthouse Square is one of Portland’s iconic landmarks. Each year, it welcomes more than 10 million visitors, who flock there for food carts, concerts, summer movie nights ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tens of thousands of people gathered in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square to welcome the holiday season with the 35th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday evening.

A woman in a flowery skirt and oversized sunglasses stands in Pioneer Courthouse Square, at the edge of a table covered in pamphlets. "What is all this?" she wonders aloud. Another woman ...

It won't be lit up for another couple weeks, but the annual Pioneer Courthouse Square Christmas tree is once again towering ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Pioneer Courthouse Square, known as "Portland’s living room," will get a $10 million makeover. Work will begin in January. The major portions will be done by June of 2017.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have arrested a man in a shooting about a block from Pioneer Courthouse Square on Tuesday night that left another man seriously wounded. Police were called at about 9:30 ...