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Walking Into The 1950’s

Wednesday, 09. 19. 2007  –  Category: Walk

This Saturday, September 22nd, the Portland Office of Transportation and the Bosco-Milligan Foundation (a historical preservation foundation) will be sponsoring a walking tour of an area of the City renowned for its unique architecture.  The 90-minute walk will wind through Reed campus and the near-by Reedwood neighborhood to showcase the many examples of 1950's architecture present in the homes and buildings in that vicinity.

With young home buyers showing a rising interest in the style that was prevalent in houses of the 1950's, the foundation has taken this opportunity to help educate the public with this free walking tour.  The transportation office provided a grant to the foundation, through its Ten-Toe Tour program, which made the walk possible.

The walk is also part of what the City calls its Transportation Options program, which is designed to encourage the citizens of Portland to use methods of transit other than automobiles.

The walk is open to the public, and begins this Saturday at 9am at the corners of Southeast Woodstock Boulevard and Reed College Place.  For more information, read the article in The Portland Tribune.

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2. Transportation Film Festival
3. Finding Walkable Neighborhoods
4. Promoting alternate transportation at work
5. Get Schooled on Portland Transit Funding