Downtown Portland Neighborhood Overview

🧭Bordered by: Commercial Street and Portland Harbor south, Franklin Street Arterial east, Cumberland Avenue north, State Street west, wrapping Old Port and the Arts District

📌Widely recognized as the place for: First Friday Art Walks, co-working spaces, and that restaurant you've been meaning to try

👕You can spot a Downtown Portland local by: Bean backpack, brightly colored hair, business suit and ball cap, sensible flats

👍Locals live here because: walk everywhere, live upstairs and work downstairs, work upstairs, the smell of sea salt in the air

👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: unhoused people escaping the elements in the library, delivery truck mayhem, police, fire, and ambulance sirens at all hours

✨The vibe around Downtown Portland is: faster-paced, artsy, buzzy, tourist sprinkled