Piedmont, Portland, Oregon

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Piedmont
Neighborhood
Piedmont, Portland, Oregon
Location in Portland
Coordinates: 45°34′28″N122°40′15″W / 45.57444°N 122.67073°W / 45.57444; -122.67073 PDF map
Country United States
State Oregon
City Portland
Government
  Association Piedmont Neighborhood Association
  Coalition North Portland Neighborhood Services
Area
  Total
0.97 sq mi (2.50 km2)
Population
 (2010) [1]
  Total
7,025
  Density7,300/sq mi (2,800/km2)
Housing
[1]
  No. of households2,983
  Occupancy rate96% occupied
  Owner-occupied1,844 households (62%)
  Renting1,030 households (35%)
  Avg. household size2.36 persons

Piedmont is a neighborhood in the north and northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. The Piedmont subdivision was platted in 1889 by Edward Quackenbush, and promoted in an early flyer as "The Emerald, Portland's Evergreen Suburb, Devoted Exclusively to Dwellings, A Place of Homes." The original subdivision, now known as "Historic Piedmont," includes parts of the Humboldt and King neighborhoods, as well as the modern Piedmont neighborhood south of Rosa Parks Way.

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In 1947, after a failed attempt to build a NABISCO factory in the Rose City Park neighborhood, a factory location along Columbia Boulevard was chosen. [2] The plant was completed in August 1950. [2]

Features

In the book The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, there is a faux zombie attack recorded in which zombies attacked Piedmont and the citizens attempt to hide in the cave mines. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Piedmont". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. 1 2 MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915–1950. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press. ISBN   0-9603408-1-5.
  3. Brooks, Max. The Zombie Survival Guide (PDF). New York, NY. pp. 208–209. ISBN   1-4000-4962-8 . Retrieved August 8, 2020.