Talk:Pearl District, Portland, Oregon

message: The exact boundaries vary depending on the source. I don't think there is any "official" boundary to the Pearl, but here are several competing ideas I've heard about what the Pearl District encompasses:
1. At minimum, the blocks which formerly were the BN railyards. This is basicly everything along the 10th Ave/11th Ave pair. This extends out a few blocks east and west, plus stretches, more or less, between Marshall Street in the north and arguably Everett Street in the south. Does not include Powell's or Brewery Blocks. Some developers like this definition to make their properties more attractive, but this area is considered popularily to be the heart of the Pearl.
2. Portland Streetcar route map definition: On Portland Streetcar maps, they indicate the Pearl as being bordered by I-405, Burnside, and the Willamette River. This imncludes Powell's and the Brewery Blocks.
3. Old Town/Chinatown exclusion: Same as the streetcar definition, but minus everything east of 5th Avenue. Some include parts of Chinatown, as some high-rise development has occured there.
Other areas sometimes included: The Pearl also could include the now-developing large parcels north of Lovejoy, including an area slopping over into the area directly beside Union Station.
Areas always excluded: Anything west of I-405 or south of Burnside.
-User:Ajbenj
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I would not say Powells or Hanks is in the Pearl.  That neighborhood is known as the "brewery blocks".  The Pearl does not include Burnside street. Northwest 21st and trendy3rd are not part of the Pearl either, that is Knob Hill.
The Pearl does include the small parcels you mention. It would not at all be confusing to include the brewery blocks or knob hill in any discussion of the Pearl. The Pearl District encompasses both.
:The Pearl neighborhood boundries are officially Broadway, Burnside, I-405 and the river, according to this PDF. --Jason McHuff 04:41, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see my detailed response on your talk page.  — ERcheck (talk) 00:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  BTW, the site's creative commons license is   — creative commons, attribution required, non-commercial use — which, by my reading of Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags#Non-free_Creative_Commons_licenses,  is non-free for Wikipedia and would require additional licensing to upload and use directly. — ERcheck (talk) 00:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

text: See Wikipedia's policy on free content.  Since the intent is free use for all, in order to use images that have an "nc" (non-commercial use only) license stipulation, there must be a fair use stipulation.  In the case of pictures of locations in Portland, if there are other free images available, then fair use is not easy to assert. — ERcheck (talk) 02:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pearl Boundaries

message: [From an HTML comment in the article:] I assume this is because of the proximity of rail transportation?
:Could be, I think both Milwaukee, WI & NYC have/had main PO's adjacent to train stations (James Farley Post Office in the latter), later moved closer to airports.  See also Railway Mail Service. --Jason McHuff (talk) 09:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I've did a major re-write of the article (for example, the streetcar was only (barely) listed towards the bottom, though I think there's a lot more to do. Jason McHuff (talk) 09:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Post Office location reasoning

message: Demographics are ten years behind the times and sorely need to be updated with current census information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.165.170 (talk) 06:59, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  2010 Demographics please 

message: If Pearl District just redirects here, should we get rid of the disambiguator and just move the page there? ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:47, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Pearl District?