• The Connection Between Smaller Homes and Bigger Living,Amanda Hagen

    The Connection Between Smaller Homes and Bigger Living

    The older I get, the less impressed I am by luxury. Not because beautiful homes don’t matter. They do. Home matters deeply. Especially in a place like Oregon where so much of our lives are shaped by the weather, the seasons, and the landscape around us. But somewhere along the way, my definition of

    View more

  • The Hidden History Behind Portland's Neighborhoods That Every Buyer Should Know,Amanda Hagen

    The Hidden History Behind Portland's Neighborhoods That Every Buyer Should Know

    Portland's current neighborhood map traces directly back to a single afternoon in May 1948, when a flood destroyed Vanport, which at the time was Oregon's second-largest city. The disaster didn't just displace 18,000 people. It triggered decades of housing policy decisions that shaped North and Nort

    View more

  • What Do People Actually Do on Weekends in Portland?,Amanda Hagen

    What Do People Actually Do on Weekends in Portland?

    Portland weekends tend to revolve around a mix of outdoor recreation, neighborhood food culture, and free community events that don't exist at the same scale in most other cities. On a typical Saturday, a Portlander might hike an extinct volcano in the morning, browse 100 vendors at the PSU Farmers

    View more