Goose Hollow is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

in southwest

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. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents' practice of letting their

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run free in

Tanner Creek Tanner Creek is a small tributary of the Willamette River in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Named after a tannery owned by one of the city's founders, it begins in what is now the Sylvan–Highlands neighborhood in the Tualatin Mountains ...

Gulch and near the wooded ravine in the

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known as the Tanner Creek Canyon. Tanner Creek Gulch was a 20-block-long, gulch (or

hollow Hollow may refer to: Natural phenomena *Hollow, a low, wooded area, such as a copse * Hollow (landform), a small vee-shaped, riverine type of valley *Tree hollow, a void in a branch or trunk, which may provide habitat for animals Arts, entertai ...

) that started around SW 17th and Jefferson and carried the waters of Tanner Creek into Couch Lake (now the site of Old Town/Chinatown and the

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). Over a century ago, Tanner Creek was buried underground (where it still drains the West Hills), and the Tanner Creek Gulch was filled in. The only remaining part of the hollow is the ravine, Tanner Creek Canyon, carved out by Tanner Creek through which The Sunset Highway carrying US-26 passes and which the Vista Bridge spans, also called the Vista Viaduct. The historically important

Canyon Road Canyon Road (formerly known as Great Plank Road) is a major road and partial state highway, which serves as a connector between Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. It was the first major road constructed between the Tualatin V ...

connects to Jefferson Street underneath the Vista Bridge and was also called "The Great Plank Road." Canyon Road passed through Tanner Creek Canyon, which is how the road acquired its name. However, in the 1960s the section of Canyon Road that passes through the canyon was elevated (infilled with excavated dirt from Interstate 405's construction) and is now just a section of Highway 26. The Goose Hollow name had gone out of common usage for several decades until former mayor

Bud Clark John Elwood "Bud" Clark Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 48th mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1985 to 1992. A left-leaning populist with little political experience befor ...

named his pub The Goose Hollow Inn in 1967 in an effort to "rekindle civic regard for the neighborhood." Clark resided in the Goose Hollow neighborhood.

Location

Goose Hollow is adjacent to

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, Arlington Heights, the

, the Hillside neighborhood, Northwest District and Washington Park.

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, the

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, and Lincoln High School, the oldest high school in the

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, are located in Goose Hollow. Areas included within the Goose Hollow neighborhood are King's Hill, Vista Ridge, Gander Ridge, and the adjacent flats near the path of Tanner Creek. King's Hill is separated from Vista Ridge by the Tanner Creek Canyon spanned by the Vista Bridge. Vista Ridge (where the

Vista Ridge Tunnels The Vista Ridge Tunnels are highway tunnels through the Tualatin Mountains ("West Hills") of Portland, Oregon, United States. With their eastern ends located in the Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, Goose Hollow neighborhood, the tunnels pass th ...

are located) is separated from Gander Ridge by Cable Car Canyon. From 1890 to 1905 a steep and enormous trestle bridge passed through this canyon, carrying cable cars up to Portland Heights. The neighborhood boundaries range (north/south) from Burnside Street to the low slopes of the West Hills (officially known as the

) and (east/west) from I-405 to Washington Park.

Points of interest

The

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system travels through the neighborhood, stopping at

and Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St stations. Goose Hollow is also served by two major freeways: Interstate 405, which divides it from Downtown Portland, and

U.S. Route 26 U.S. Highway 26 (US 26) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that runs from Seaside, Oregon, to Ogallala, Nebraska. When the U.S. Numbered Highway System was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it c ...

, which passes under and through part of the neighborhood through the

. The Goose Hollow Inn, a tavern on SW Jefferson, was owned by former mayor

Buildings

* Civic Tower - 1926 West Burnside St.

Notable residents

Notable residents of Goose Hollow have included: Daniel H. Lownsdale,

Charles Erskine Scott Wood Charles Erskine Scott Wood (February 20, 1852January 22, 1944), also known as C. E. S. Wood, was an American author, civil liberties advocate, artist, soldier, attorney, and Georgist. He is best known as the author of the 1927 satirical bestselle ...

, Congresswoman

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, Erskine Wood, Dr.

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, John Reed,

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Julius Meier Julius L. Meier (December 31, 1874 – July 14, 1937) was an American businessman, civic leader, and politician in the state of Oregon. The son of the Meier & Frank department store founder, he would become a lawyer before entering the family bus ...

, Dr. Lendon Smith,

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, Milton Wilson,

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, former Mayor

, Ken Shores, George Johanson, and

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In popular culture

The opening scenes for the 2004 film ''

What the Bleep Do We Know!? ''What the Bleep Do We Know!?'' (stylized as ''What tнē #$*! D̄ө ωΣ (k)πow!?'' and ''What the #$*! Do We Know!?'') is a 2004 American pseudo-scientific film that posits a spiritual connection between quantum physics and consciousness (as ...

'' were filmed in Goose Hollow and included views of the Vista Bridge and the Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St (MAX station). In 2010, the title shot for ''

Portlandia ''Portlandia'' is an American sketch comedy television series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, set in and around Portland, Oregon, and spoofing the city's reputation as a haven for eccentric hipsters. The show was produced by Broa ...

'' was photographed from Goose Hollow's Vista Bridge.

References

Notes Bibliography *

External links

Map, Goose Hollow neighborhood association

(PortlandNeighborhood.com)
Jefferson Street Property
- natural area, acquired by

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in 1995
Goose Hollow Light Rail Station Community: Urban Design Plan and Comprehensive Plan
(PDF maps, 1996)
Goose Hollow Street Tree Inventory Report
{{Portland neighborhoods Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon