Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon
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| Neighborhood representation | |
| Association | Goose Hollow Foothills League |
| Coalition | Neighbors West/Northwest |
| Neighborhood geography | |
| Area | 1.17 km² (PDF map) |
| Location | Interactive map |
| Coordinates | 45°31′11″N 122°41′35″W / 45.51963°N 122.69299°WCoordinates: 45°31′11″N 122°41′35″W / 45.51963°N 122.69299°W |
| Demographics (2000) | |
| Population | 5433 (density 4644/km²) |
| Households | 3792 (91% occupied) |
| Owned | 540 (14%) |
| Rented | 3252 (86%) |
| Size | 1.43 persons (average) |
Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents’ practice of letting their geese run free near the wooded ravine in the Tualatin Mountains now known as the Tanner Creek Canyon and in the now infilled Tanner Creek Gulch.[1] Tanner Creek Gulch was a 20-block long, 50-foot (15 m) deep gulch (or hollow) that started around SW 16th and Jefferson and carried the waters of Tanner Creek into Couch Lake (now the site of Old Town/Chinatown and the Pearl District). Over a century ago, Tanner Creek was buried 50 feet (15 m) underground (where it still drains the West Hills), and the Tanner Creek Gulch was infilled.[2] Thus, the only remaining part of the hollow is the ravine carved out by Tanner Creek through which Highway 26 passes and which the Vista Bridge spans (also called the Vista Viaduct).[3] The Goose Hollow name had gone out of common usage for several decades until former mayor Bud Clark named his pub The Goose Hollow Inn in 1967 in an effort to "rekindle civic regard for the neighborhood."[4]
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[edit] Location
Goose Hollow is adjacent to Downtown Portland, Arlington Heights, the Pearl District, the Hillside neighborhood, and Washington Park. Jeld-Wen Field and Lincoln High School, the oldest high school in the Pacific Northwest,[5] are located in Goose Hollow.
Areas included within the Goose Hollow neighborhood are King's Hill, Vista Ridge, Gander Ridge, and the historic boundaries of Goose Hollow, in the flats near the path of Tanner Creek.[6] King's Hill is separated from Vista Ridge by the Tanner Creek Canyon spanned by the Vista Bridge. Vista Ridge (where the Vista Ridge Tunnels are located) is separated from Gander Ridge by Cable Car Canyon.[7] From 1890 to 1905 a steep and enormous trestle bridge passed through this canyon, carrying cable cars up to Portland Heights.[8] The neighborhood boundaries range (north/south) from Burnside Street to the low slopes of the West Hills (officially known as the Tualatin Mountains) and (east/west) from I-405 to Washington Park.
[edit] Points of interest
The MAX Light Rail system travels through the neighborhood, stopping at the Jeld-Wen Field, Kings Hill/SW Salmon and Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St stations. Goose Hollow is also served by two major freeways: Interstate 405 (which divides it from Downtown Portland) and U.S. Route 26 (which passes under and through part of the neighborhood through the Vista Ridge Tunnels).
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Prince, Tracy J. (2011). Portland's Goose Hollow. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738574721. http://books.google.com/books?id=YABWNNHirLIC&lpg=PP1&dq=isbn%3A9780738574721&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[edit] External links
- Map, Goose Hollow neighborhood association
- Guide to Goose Hollow Neighborhood (PortlandNeighborhood.com)
- Jefferson Street Property - 1.6-acre (6,500 m2) natural area, acquired by Portland Parks & Recreation in 1995
- Goose Hollow Light Rail Station Community: Urban Design Plan and Comprehensive Plan (PDF maps, 1996)
