User:Truflip99/sandbox/Central Eastside, Portland, Oregon

Central Eastside is a sub-district in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is situated along the east bank of the Willamette River and makes up a part of Portland's Central City district.

History
In 1845, Oregon Trail pioneer James B. Stephens laid claim to 640 acre of land situated east of the Portland townsite directly across the Willamette River. This land had been controlled by John McLoughlin of the Hudson’s Bay Company. The area consisted of orchards and hay, and its location along the east bank of the river—with its marshes, creeks, and sloughs—made development particularly challenging. Along with neighbors William and Ann Frush, Stephens established the Stark Street Ferry linking the east and west sides of the river in 1848. A mule on a treadmill powered the paddle wheel. The Oregon Central Railroad broke ground at the settlement, which by then was being referred to as East Portland, on April16, 1868. A railroad extended from Salem the following year, helping to start the development of an industrial economy based on the shipment of agricultural products to and from the Willamette Valley. The railroad's presence led Stephens to incorporate the City of East Portland in 1870.

By the time the population of East Portland had reached 4,000 in 1880, Portland had a population of over 21,000. Around this time, the outskirts of East Portland were beginning to transform into residential suburbs. The city's waterfront was starting to take shape as an industrial and commercial center, with its fruit and vegetable canneries, meat packing facilities, grain mills, and other industries. On April 12, 1887, the Morrison Bridge spanned the Willamette River for the first time.

Transportation
The Marquam Bridge carries Interstate 5 from the west side of the Willamette River along the western limits of the Central Eastside through to the Lloyd District.

Links

 * https://prosperportland.us/portfolio-items/central-eastside/
 * https://beta.portland.gov/cc2035/about-portlands-central-city-and-cc2035-plan
 * https://www.pdx.edu/sba/sites/www.pdx.edu.sba/files/01%20Central%20Eastside%20-%20Guo.pdf
 * https://ceic.cc/about/
 * https://beta.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2020-01/adopted-se-quadrant-plan.pdf
 * https://beta.portland.gov/sites/default/files/2020-01/portlands-central-eastside-2013.pdf

History

 * https://www.pdx.edu/sba/sites/www.pdx.edu.sba/files/01%20Central%20Eastside%20-%20Guo.pdf

Division

 * https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/642660
 * https://beta.portland.gov/bps/cc2035/about-portlands-central-city-and-cc2035-plan

Demographics/development

 * https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/09/12/portlands-central-eastside-saw-the-fourth-highest-increase-in-millennial-residents-of-any-large-u-s-city-according-to-new-report/
 * https://www.southeastexaminer.com/2018/07/the-urbanization-of-the-central-eastside/