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South Portland is a long, narrow neighborhood just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, hemmed in between the Willamette River and the West Hills. It stretches from I-405 and the Marquam Bridge on the north, to SW Canby St. and the Sellwood Bridge in the south. The Willamette forms the eastern boundary, and SW Barbur Blvd. most of the western boundary. In addition to Downtown to the north, other bordering neighborhoods are Southwest Hills, Homestead, Hillsdale, and South Burlingame to the west, and Hosford-Abernethy, Brooklyn, and Sellwood-Moreland across the river on the east.

South Portland
Neighborhood
South Portland
Coordinates: 45°29′24″N 122°40′37″WPDF map
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CityPortland
Government
  AssociationSouth Portland Neighborhood Association
  CoalitionSouthwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
Area
  Total1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2)
Population
 (2000)[2]
  Total5,079
  Density3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2)
Housing
  No. of households2904
  Owner-occupied1220 households (42%)
  Renting1684 households (58%)
Data from PortlandOnline.com

The neighborhood, formerly known as Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill or CTLH, changed its name at a meeting of its neighborhood association on September 6, 2006 to be more concise and inclusive.[3] South Portland was the name of a 19th-century community that overlapped the present day neighborhood.


Areas


The neighborhood is a collection of very different areas.[4]


Historic district


Parts of the Lair Hill and Corbett areas are regulated to protect the historic significance of South Portland Historic District. Bounded roughly by SW Arthur, Front, Grover, Hood, and Curry Streets and SW Barbur Boulevard, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1998.


Parks



See also



References


  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2006-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Demographics (2000)
  3. "Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill Neighborhood Association". Archived from the original on 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2006-10-11.
  4. http://www.movingtoportland.net/living_southwest.htm#Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair_Hill movingtoportland.net
  5. "A Walking Tour of Portland's Jewish Immigrant District. A Walking Tour through Portland's Downtown Business District ,A Walking Tour of Historic Jewish Portland". 2015-10-02. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  6. MacColl, E. Kimbark (November 1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915 to 1950. The Georgian Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5.





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