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Tending Tradition at the Portland Japanese Garden

The world-class garden's CEO Steve Bloom and curator Sadafumi Uchiyama seek to reinvent an exquisite, endangered art.

10/01/2013 By Randy Gragg Photography by Ashley Anderson

INTERVIEW

Q&A: Lincoln High School's Peyton Chapman

The veteran principal on youth culture, smartphones, and her own teenage misadventure

09/03/2013 By Michael Zusman

CULTURE

Portland's Urban Homestead Laws

Harvest season got you hankering to start your own super-Portlandy backyard farm? Master the local rules of citified animal husbandry.

09/03/2013 By Alisha Gorder

NEWS

Why Portland's Central Library Matters More than Ever

Multnomah County's downtown landmark celebrates its centennial this month—and sets course for the future.

09/03/2013 By Zach Dundas

FALL ARTS PROFILE

Visionary Photographer Robert Adams Turns His Lens on Oregon

A new exhibition explores how the legendary landscape photographer portrays a changing west—and his own convictions.

09/03/2013 By Randy Gragg

NEWS

North Williams's Growth Spurt

Fresh development (and a just-opened New Seasons Market) remake the North Portland corridor.

09/03/2013 By Marco España

EDITOR'S NOTE

The Father of Oregon's State Parks

How Samuel Boardman preserved—and created—Oregon's statewide green spaces

08/01/2013 By Randy Gragg

CULTURE

Portland's International Mural Festival

Forest for the Trees will turn global street artists loose on the city's blank spaces.

08/01/2013 By Sam Coggeshall

PDX INDEX

PDX Index: Fire in the City

A by-the-numbers guide to the hottest emergencies in Oregon

08/01/2013 By Alisha Gorder

NEWS

The Joy of Cooking Invasive Species

From backyard aquaponics to grilled nutria, the next local food movement will put weirdness on the menu.

08/01/2013 By Virginia Gewin

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HISTORY

The Willamette River's History

A Portland cartographer reveals our favorite river's unseen movements.

07/01/2013 By Gino Cerruti

NEWS

Sokol Blosser's Chic New Tasting Room

Architect Brad Cloepfil crafts a new Willamette Valley aesthetic

07/01/2013 By Sam Coggeshall

EDITOR'S NOTE

The Future of Centennial Mills

A look at one of the most tantalizing and problematic development sites in the region

07/01/2013 By Randy Gragg

PDX INDEX

PDX Index: June-uary

A by-the-numbers guide to the month of June in Oregon

06/05/2013 By Chelsea Bieker

NEWS

Portland's New Alternative Scouts

The 55th Cascadia Scouts welcome all comers to an outdoorsy scouting frontier

06/04/2013 By Alex Zielinski

FEATURE

Zenger Farm Grows Community Ties

In a messy part of the city, an urban farm grows connections between families and fresh food.

06/03/2013 By Randy Gragg

Summer Guide

Portland Summer Guide 2013

101 festivals, cocktails, concerts, events, family fun, and other adventures to help you craft the perfect season

06/03/2013 Edited by Aaron Scott

EDITOR'S NOTE

Watershed Politics

Lawrence Halprin's designs for Keller Fountain and the farms and vineyards of the Willamette Valley

05/01/2013 By Randy Gragg

NEWS

A New Future for Oregon Forests

How innovative loggers and environmental capitalists are redefining timber.

05/01/2013 By Zach Dundas

FEATURE

Pushing Boundaries

Four decades ago, Gov. Tom McCall asked the Willamette Valley's citizens how they wanted Oregon's heartland to look in 30 years. We may need to ask again.

05/01/2013 By Randy Gragg

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