Feast your eyes on what downtown Portland + the West Hills looked like in 1898.
This black-and-white photo shows a city none of us alive today are familiar with: from the largely untouched eastern bank of the Willamette River to the buildings that sit at water level on the other side. Sternwheelers are docked at what was then known as Willamette Iron Works and the empty hillside wouldn’t be home to the Pittock Mansion for another 16 years.
Who else wants to jump into the photo and wander the West Hills without worrying about trespassing on private property?
