Fashioned after Washington DC, this neighborhood was the brainchild of William S. Ladd, the fifth mayor of Portland. Like spokes on a bicycle, the streets at Ladd's Addition radiate from the central park. In 1891, Ladd began developing this close-knit neighborhood. Although World War I delayed construction, most of the grand old homes were built from 1910 to 1925. Now, the neighborhood exudes an old-world charm with its beautiful architectural styles. The community and Portland Parks & Recreation maintain the neighborhood's five small parks.
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Between Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Division Street from 12th to 20th avenues Portland, OR 97214 ·2288.15 mi
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If you like architecture, you'll love this neighborhood. It was a planned community, but they didn't impose a uniform style on the homes, so there's a huge variety of everything from craftsmen homes to southern mansions. At each of the little parks, gthere's a rose garden.
MoreThe entire rest of the city operates rather simply on a north-south, east-west grid that's fairly easy to navigate. Whenever I have to bike or walk through this particular neighborhood, I end up always feeling slightly ill at ease ... because I can never remember how to maneuver my way through the diagonals and circles with somewhat identical rose gardens in the center. I bike a ways and end up staring at another rose garden that looks somewhat like the last one, so that I feel like I am making little progress -- while all the time, I am drifting further and further away from my destination I want to find on Division or beyond. I'm usually looking out for zooming bicyclists to notice the nice old houses and trees ... let alone the roses. Usually, I just feel lost. The only exception is that I try to get down there once a year around this time (October or November) to walk in the fallen leaves, which I find oddly relaxing.
MoreTake a walk, rent a bike or a scooter like we did to immerse yourself in the culture of Ladd's Addition. Uniquely layed out neighborhood with huge shade trees, historic homes, and the traffic circles are rose gardens and parks for the community to enjoy. Take a step back in time and bring along a picnic or book to read while you experience the most serene metropolitan neighborhood I've been in.
MoreTake a walk around all the 5 gardens set like lovely stones in the diagonally planned streets; have tea at the center, roses in bloom or rain.
MoreIf you are interested old homes and old historical neighborhoods, you will thoroughly enjoy this! It reminds me of some of the beautiful old neighborhoods in Denver. It has a unique street plan with diagonals and circles, and several islands with nothing but roses and other taste;full landscaping. It's certainly a charming place to visit and even more so in which to live.. You will surely enjoy the homes and the gardens
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