[giovanni sasso]

Hi. This thread here has 150 photos of and from Mount Tabor Park in Portland, Oregon. This 200 acre city park on an "extinct" volcano (one of over 50 cinder cones in the Boring Lava Field on the west side of the Cascade Mountains) has served as both an inspiration and a refuge in my first year in the Southeast section of Portland.

As many of you know, I moved to Portland in December 2009 after nine years in Philadelphia, during most of which I participated on this Skyscraperpage forum and ran my web site phillyskyline.com. In the 13 months since, my wife has left me to move back to Philly, my lone remaining grandparent has suffered two heart attacks, I got poison oak so bad it landed me in the ER, I cracked a filling that ultimately required a root canal, I've had surgery to have my gallbladder removed, and to deal with the monetary consequences of separating from my wife, I had to get a roommate on Craigslist. This jackass leaves his dirty socks in the dining room, he's stained all three of my wooden spoons with his curry dishes that set off the smoke alarms and stink the house up for four days, and his girlfriend thinks Carlos Mencia is funny. I'm real happy 2010 is over.

But other than this, Portland has been great. Mount Tabor Park is probably the most amazing city park I've ever seen, with its 400' prominence (636' peak) which allows for steep hiking/biking trails and great views of the skyline, Mount Hood and Mount St Helens, its tall trees (douglas firs, sequoias, red cedars), its three reservoirs from which I drink, and fun things like the soapbox derby and bluegrass concerts and bike races and trees to climb and smoke joints in. I've taken such a shine to the park that, the week before she moved back to Philly, I asked the wife if she wanted to go for one last walk up Tabor and she said "no, that's the other woman."

Before surgery a couple weeks ago, I've probably averaged 3 trips a week to Tabor with my headphones on and camera in tow. I've spent the past month or so whittling down around a thousand photos taken there over the past year to these 150. I'd go lower, but it's 2011 and your internet should be able to handle it, and any less isn't telling the whole story. You'll see a lot of the same things, but in the different conditions a year's time brings -- sun, rain, fog, snow, spring blossoms, summer green, fall colors, winter doldrums.

This is Mount Tabor -- the park, the neighborhood, the place.

Music please?

1mBSOtdOjoc

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This was the first picture I took on Mount Tabor, around 6:30am, ISO 800 without a tripod, my first full day in town (December 5, 2009).

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Mount St Helens

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This statue is of Harvey Scott, an early publisher of The Oregonian, Portland's paper of record to this day. It was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. Borglum's national monument features the faces of four white "great fathers" (two of whom were slave holders) in the Black Hills, one of the few sacred places with which the Sioux refused to part before it was systematically stolen from them. Borglum's Portland landmark enshrines the man who refused his paper's platform to his own sister, Abigail Scott Duniway, who lobbied strongly for women's right to vote in spite of her brother's ardent vocal opposition. Oregon's governor Oswald West asked her to write the proclamation when it became the seventh state to pass the women's suffrage amendment in 1912. She does not have a statue.

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We have had exactly one snowfall since I've been here -- 3", and it was melted by noon the next day.

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This is the Western Seminary, which sits at the top of the hill at SE 55th & Hawthorne. Hawthorne Boulevard is one of Portland's primary arteries, a commercial thoroughfare with lots of great cafes, bars, restaurants, theaters, music venues, etc. It runs in a straight line from the Hawthorne Bridge, which just celebrated its 100th anniversary, and which connects downtown to the east side. Heading toward Mount Tabor Park from downtown, Hawthorne stops at the lower reservoir, and it picks back up on the east side of the park about a mile away.

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Franklin High School, built 1915

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Mount Hood across East Portland

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Columbia River Gorge in the distance. On the left of the picture is a Bank of America which is an exact model of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Instead of an arcade, it has a drive-thru ATM. OH, AMERICA.

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I lie to you not: this was the first piece of litter I saw in Mount Tabor. As litter goes, I approve.

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Western Scrub Jay

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This fountain is from the same stock as the four-pronged Benson Bubblers you see downtown

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This uninspiring building is the centerpiece of Warner Pacific College, a strange Christian school whose tiny campus sits on the south slope of Mount Tabor

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And this here is typical "Northwest" residential architecture -- lots of wood, lots of natural light, lots of nice trim. It's one of a dozen or so homes that are so lush that you curse the fuckers from the outside as you walk along Mountain View Drive. Below are are a couple more.

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This maintenance yard serves all of the Portland Parks system. There is a two acre tree nursery along the entrance closest to my place that I walk through every time I hit the park.

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OHSU (Oregon Health & Sciences University hospital complex) on the hill, South Waterfront below and left, Ross Island Bridge across the river, close-in residential Southeast Portland elsewhere.

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Sequoia & hawthorn

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My house for about three more weeks.

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This sculpture was part of a citywide art installation called "Acuportland", in which several 30' acupuncture needles were inserted in places across the city to draw awareness to its biggest challenges and greatest assets.

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The Rose City has roses beyond the Rose Garden.

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This photo was taken from Pittock Mansion in NW Portland. Mount Tabor is the dark green mound between Big Pink (US Bancorp Tower) and Mount Hood.

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The tiny skyline 10 miles away of Vancouver, Washington -- Portland's "Camden" (or East St Louis or Gary, take your pick).

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Immature northern flicker

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I believe this is a creeping vole, but I could be wrong.

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House finch

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Get high

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These ones are from the 14th annual soapbox derby.

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St Johns Bridge, about 9 miles away

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Mount St Helens in September, two days before I climbed it (http://mauleofamerica.com/?p=1539).

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"So, from what I can surmise from what you're positing, it's like Portland is an alternative universe. It's like Gore won, the Bush administration never happened. In Portland, it's like cars don't exist -- they ride bikes, or double decker bikes. They ride unicycles, they ride the tram, they ride skateboards."

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This poetry post is outside a house in my neighborhood I pass on the way to the closest food cart pod. The day I read about the "Gilligan's Island" thing, it had Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop For Death". Goddamn it!

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These grapes are in my back yard. Sadly, I know nothing of making wine.

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Suck it, Dudley.

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Mount Tabor's Volcano Court is one of 30 that Uncle Phil (Knight) has blessed his hometown with, sprucing them up across the city with Nike money and Nike paint.

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The amount of crows here is insane. You don't see many pigeons, but man, the crows. And they remember you too -- corvids are smart. The Birds wasn't entirely fiction, you know.

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I'm telling you, crows.

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The crows don't even leave hawks and eagles alone. This red tailed hawk was perched on top of a doug fir minding its own business when all these crows swooped in noisily around it. Another day when I didn't have my camera, I saw a golden eagle take off from a lamp post and glide hundreds of feet in the air, a dozen or more crows squawking all around it.

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Northern flicker.

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SE Hawthorne Boulevard.

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Sup, Sekkle?

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Varied thrush.

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Big Pink and Forest Park, about six miles away.

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Mount Tabor from the I-205 Bikeway.

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Mount Tabor from the Tram. Ross Island Bridge in the foreground.

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FALL FOLIAGE PANORAMA: click to enlarge

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And that'll do 'er. It's wintertime on Mount Tabor again. Peace out.

[Expat]

Thank you for this gift. I am floored. My image of Portland has completely changed. May 2011 be kinder to you.

[DenverCent]

This is the absolute best set I have seen of Portland. All the shots of Mt Hood with snow are unreal. Love all of the greenery in the city. Thanks for sharing

[ColDayMan]

It's no Belmont Reservoir but it'll do.

[InlandEmpire]

Really freaking awesome- thank you! I need to make a few more trips down to my old home...

[OhioGuy]

Wow. Fantastic!

[cityscapes]

The "other woman" is quite beautiful.

[giallo]

Y'know, to come out of such a turbulent year with so much captured beauty says something about this man named Gio. One tough padre.

PS: I fucking hate crows.

[Sekkle]

damn, Sasso, you know you just killed my brand new photothread, right?! You couldn't even give me two days! Just kidding man. Sorry to hear about your rough year. You were able to squeeze some pretty awesome shots out of it in any case. This one (http://mauleofamerica.com/ssp/4/tabor146.jpg) is postcard perfect... not to mention about 50 others in this set... Kudos, job well done, here's to 2011 :cheers:

[Kingofthehill]

2011 will be the year I visit Portland.

[fflint]

Fantastic study of a great area

[Thundertubs]

I would kill to have a park like that in Chicago. This is a wonderful meditation on a special place.

Here's to a better 2011, something many of us could use.

[Pacificoduck]

So my plans of moving to Eugene are no longer set in stone thanks to this thread. Simply amazing........:worship:

[pEte fiSt iN Ur fAce]

The Pacific North-West...you pretty much summed things up there. Thanks much for the tour.

[Derek]

My god.


I love Portland.

[wisla_krakow]

please dont ever leave SSP!
you compose a thread like no one else.
i hope you stick around in portland.

[zilfondel]

Seriously wonderful thread. I live in SE halfway between Tabor and downtown, and gotta say, you nailed it on the head. Picture-perfect, like in reality.

As far as the crows... funny story, but I've had 2 crows killed and eaten by some sort of hawk in my backyard. I took a photo, but I don't think anyone really wants to see it.

They do like to poop on maroon Subaru Outbacks, however. :yuck:



So my plans of moving to Eugene are no longer set in stone thanks to this thread. Simply amazing........:worship:

Hey, Eugene has its charm, too. Just, in smaller amounts! :haha:

[brickell]

Thank you for this gift. I am floored. My image of Portland has completely changed. May 2011 be kinder to you.

quoted because it sums up my thoughts exactly. Despite what I've heard about it, I've never really had the urge to visit Portland... until now.

Well done.

[giovanni sasso]

thanks guys, i appreciate the kind words.

sekkle - ha ha, when i saw your new thread the other day i said "well dang."

giallo - my man.

king - if/when you do, look me up.

zilfondel - i would love to see that photo.


by the way, for those of you who've never been to portland and are curious about it, check out IFC tomorrow (friday) night. the show portlandia (starring fred armisen from saturday night live and carrie brownstein from sleater-kinney) premieres at 10:30, and it has the potential to be f'n hilarious. steve buscemi is in the first episode.

http://www.ifc.com/portlandia

[diskojoe]

Beautiful thread GIO! so many great pictures i would love to comment on. sorry to here about all the struggle. But always remember the word from the Gift of Gab, "The struggle is the Blessing."

Best of luck to you in 2011.

[sabotai]

Wow, that was a treat. A couple of those shots seemed completely unreal. Things will look up...

[Lipani]

Easily some of the best Portland photos I've ever seen. :cheers:

[Cirrus]

Surreal.blank text to get around the stupid filter

[Buckeye Native 001]

The spirit of the 90s is alive in Portland...

Love those skyline pics. Really makes it dense. That, and as always, Portland is f'n gorgeous :tup:

[downtownpdx]

That was so damn beautiful, I my next photo thread is gonna feel like trying to wear the same clothes as some hot model ... just not quite the same. You are amazingly talented in the way you capture the soul of Portland. Thanks for sharing!

btw nice shot of the double decker bikers and the 'Portlandia' quote :)

[Okayyou]

Those shots made my night. You have a great skill, thanks for sharing it.

[rsbear]

The most beautiful photo thread in this forum EVER. Thank you.

[volguus zildrohar]

The best art often comes from aching souls.

You've always had a particular touch to your work but these images have a real feeling to them - and the landscape is very obliging. Beautiful surroundings and beautiful photos.

I hope your 2011 is on an upward track, man.

[Bedhead]

Breathtaking wildlife & scenery, and those 'Northwestern' houses are amazing.

[kool maudit]

damn, brad... i'm sorry to hear about your marriage, and your 2010. there's something about these photos, though, that leads me to believe that portland would be a way better, healthier place to ride something like that out than, say, philly. or montreal or brooklyn or anywhere else of that type.

[giovanni sasso]

i know it kool -- this was a conversation held in my own head every day of 2010, a truth i had to reconcile. but in spite of what george michael sang, i think there is some comfort in the truth, even if pain is all you find. i will dance again, george.

life goes on, after all. new year, new outlook, &c. when sekkle's not out there killin' it, i'm gonna try to roll out some new looks on portlandia and its environs this year.

thanks again, y'all.

[ltsmotorsport]

That was absolutely outstanding. :tup:

Here's to 2011 being kinder than 2010.

[Inkdaub]

Beautiful pics.

[mSeattle]

No way! Yes way!!
Cascadia Rocks, Baby!
You show, and now we know. :worship:

Wishing the best to you in 2011

[SHiRO]

Wow! Awesome!

[shivtim]

breathtaking shots. thanks for posting.

[flar]

Great thread! I had to take it in several doses.

Here's to a better 2011 :cheers:

[KevinFromTexas]

I like the way this thread smells. Your urban photos are great, Gio, but your nature stuff is just as good.

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Win.

[giovanni sasso]

thanks kevin. mount tabor itself has been the manifestation of my rekindling the flame with mother nature. the way it looks and smells around here is far and away #1 on the list of reasons i moved here.

two nights ago:
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thanks again, everyone.

[J_M_Tungsten]

These pictures are AMAZING. I studied each one in depth, and your captions were really great. Thank you for taking the time and effort in making this stunning set.

[Okstate]

Can't wait for more.

[Segun]

word homie that some stressful shit man damn, you sound like you need to move to the top of mount tabor with a down bad whore while you bounce past stores in brown ass ford, negrodamus aint finna hate if you participate with cheap ass hoochies sippin wheatgrass smoothies that feed on hummus.


Challah back!

[boden]

That was one spectacular thread!
Your flora shots stole the thread.
I had a pretty bad 2010 too.
Hope our 2011 is much better.
Thanks for these amazing shots Sasso!

[ambiguoustraveller]

Fantastic thread. As with many people here, it makes me want to visit Portland!

[pj3000]

There's always a murder of crows chasing a man throughout his life, in one way or another. Sounds like they almost got you in 2010. But you still around. As Elton John said - I'm Still Standin! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Fresh good stuff in 2011! And thanks for nice views on Portland.

[destroycreate]

Does Portland feel "urban" or does it feel like a more contrived urbanity?

[Segun]

Its urban. Contrived urbanity is stuff such as The Grove, the Streets of Woodfield, etc. Just because its new and sparkling doesn't make it any less authentic even though it may not have the historical cache of older cities. Its nowhere near the scale of a huge city, but its a great start, and refreshing to know that the US still has the ability to construct cities as such.

[giovanni sasso]

yeah, what segun said. portland may not have the density that, say, the type of people who frequent a message board about skyscrapers and city life find satisfactory, but it's no less urban because it doesn't have scores of tenement buildings stacked against each other without any trees. parts of portland, namely downtown/old town, the pearl and northwest 21st/23rd, feel more like a city than mount tabor, where most of the photos in this set were taken. it's not going to feel like the lower east side, but mount tabor is still very much both the city proper and a proper city, and even with the predominance of cutesy family homes and enormous trees, it's still very urban and urbane.

pj, them sunzabitches are always on my trail. i hear em, but i ignore em.

J_M_Tungsten, you da man.

everybody: you also da man! thanks again errrrrrrrbiddy.

[pioli12]

Now I can't wait to grab a six-pack of PBR tall boys and head up to the soap box derby this year!

[Soku39]

So apparently the mods thought my original comment inappropriate as it has been deleted... so I guess I'll go with the most generic thing I can possibly come up with. "what a great set of photos" there, done.

[SHiRO]

There are no deleted posts in this thread...:shrug: