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Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
The
Pearl District
is an area of
Portland, Oregon
, formerly occupied by
warehouses
, light
industry
and
railroad
classification yards
and now noted for its
art galleries
, upscale businesses and residences. The area has been undergoing significant
urban renewal
since the mid-1980s when it was reclassified as
mixed use
from industrial, including the arrival of artists, the removal of a
viaduct
and construction of the
Portland Streetcar
. It now mostly consists of high-rise
condominiums
and
warehouse-to-loft conversions
.
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