What is considered the highest point in the Rose City at 1,073 feet, was the home to Council Crest Amusement Park which operated from Memorial Day in 1907 to Labor Day in 1929 — the year that ...

The rise was first called Talbot Mountain but since 1898, we've known it as Council Crest. What hasn't ... The brick staircase to Portland's first streetcar stop on Southwest Greenway Avenue.

The line began service on Feb. 22, 1890, and continued for 14 years, when the first Vista Bridge was finished, allowing service along the electrified Portland Heights streetcar line.

On Dec. 11, the Portland City Council unanimously approved plans to extend Portland Streetcar’s route through Northwest Portland. Read online: ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland City Council approved plans Wednesday to expand Streetcar. "The Montgomery Park Area Plan and Streetcar Extension will advance many of the city's housing ...

Along with the streetcar expansion, the City Council will consider rezoning roughly 20 acres on the former ESCO site to allow for residential and commercial development.