Portland Downtown Street Mnemonic

Downtown PortlandLocals find it easy to remember the street progression in NW Portland’s Alphabet District (from south to north from Burnside):

Burnside, Couch, Davis, Everett, Flanders, Glisan, Hoyt, Irving, Johnson, Kearney, Lovejoy, Marshall, Northrup, Overton, Pettigrove, Quimby, Raleigh, Savier, Thurman, Upshur, Vaughn and (Wilson).

But what about downtown south of Burnside (the street that divides north and south PDX)? Less straightforward, but perhaps a mnemonic will help:

All Across Portland Our Streets Wind Around Mossy Yards. Traffic Snarls May Mean Jammed Cars, Cranky Motorists Making Minimal Headway. Harried Commuters Just Love Going Slow.

For (north to south from Burnside):

Ankeny, Ash, Pine, Oak, Stark, Washington, Alder, Morrison, Yamhill, Taylor, Salmon, Main, Madison, Jefferson, Columbia, Clay, Market, Mill, Montgomery, Harrison, Hall, College, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman

Courtesy of Samuel John Klein at The ZehnKatzen Times.

Who’s up for tackling a mnemonic for North, Northeast, and Southeast PDX?

February 5, 2008 · Filed Under Communities, Diversions

Comments

One Response to “Portland Downtown Street Mnemonic”

  1. george on February 6th, 2008 10:57 am

    The old one for North/North East Portland is…

    Prescott’s Going, Wygant Alberta?

    If you say “Wygant” like “why can’t”, it makes sense. (Thats the best we have up here.)

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