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I’m Native, I’m Proud

by mediaChick

I heart Oregon. I love its mountains and deserts and coastal shores. I love gas jockeys and keeping Portland weird. I love its seedy past, its technology scene, its green future. The long list of things I love about Oregon far out number the things I don’t like. I’m a native Oregonian who comes from [...]

09.04.2008 See the rest → 10 comments

Freeways: The Names of Old

by Lyza Danger Gardner

I realized recently that I am one of the last people I know to refer to I-84 as “The Banfield.” Even less common is calling I-405 “The Stadium Freeway.” And most obscure of all, a nomenclature I only heard from aging Old-Portland family friends: “The Baldock” for the stretch of I-5 going south out of [...]

07.07.2008 See the rest → 19 comments