A 21+ event with a bit of an academic twist: Doug Kenck-Crispin, historian for orhistory.com, will be hosting a walking tour of the Portland of yesteryear this Saturday. Before Portland was branded as “quirky” by the Independent Film Channel, it had a reputation as a center for danger and debauchery. The tour will highlight the notable sordid locales of the time in the area now known as Old Town, which some of you may know as the home of this iconic sign:
If you’re under twenty-one, out of town, or otherwise occupied this Valentine’s Day weekend, no worries! Orhistory.com is a great resource for all things PCNW history, and their (NSFW) podcast “Kick Ass Oregon History”.
