Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the south east section of
Portland, between SE Stark St. and SE Hawthorne Blvd. (north to south) and from SE 28th Ave. to SE 49th Ave. (west to east). The Sunnyside Neighborhood motto is "Proud Past, Bright Future". Sunnyside has a "strong sense of Portland individuality" with many locally owned coffee shops and businesses. Sunnyside is sometimes referred to as the Belmont neighborhood, for its main commercial street, although technically the unofficial geographical area known colloquially as
Belmont borders both Sunnyside and
Richmond neighborhoods. Sunnyside is bordered by
Laurelhurst to the north,
Richmond to the south,
Buckman to the west, and
Mount Tabor to the east. Because of its
Victorian architecture and
bohemian culture, Hawthorne/Belmont is often compared to
San Francisco's
Haight Ashbury district. Sunnyside has been called Portland's "uncontested champion of eco-consciousness".