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22 MISSISSIPPI TO KILLINGSWORTH:
UPWARDLY MOBILE
BOUNDARIES: NE Killingsworth St., N. Mississippi Ave., N. Tillamook St., Martin Luth-
er King Jr. Blvd.
DISTANCE: 2 miles
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
PARKING: Free street parking
PUBLIC TRANSIT: TriMet Bus 6 (NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and NE Killings-
worth St.), MAX Yellow Line (Albina/Mississippi Station)
The Mississippi neighborhood is one of the more recently reinvigorated (or gentrified,
if you must) parts of town. Walking through it still brings the excitement of discovery,
and though it's not exactly rough around the edges anymore, it nevertheless preserves
its past, often in the form of lovingly restored buildings with wholly new functions.
With this walk, we follow North Mississippi Avenue from end to end and then join up
with North Killingsworth Street, one of Northeast Portland's main thoroughfares.
Start at the Albina/Mississippi MAX Station. From here, turn right onto
N. Mississippi Ave. One block up, N. Russell St. is worth a one-block side
trip in either direction: to the left you'll find Widmer Brewing Company,
one of Portland's pioneering brewpubs, housed in a former theater
building; to the right (uphill) is one of the local McMenamin Brothers'
more agreeable properties, the White Eagle. Once upon a time, the White
Eagle was a fairly disreputable hotel and rowdy dock-worker drinking
establishment, nicknamed the Bucket of Blood for its frequent and messy
bar brawls. These days it's a perfectly civilized bar-restaurant with live
country-folk music most nights. It's supposed to be haunted, so stay
alert. (There are also hotel rooms upstairs, if you're thinking of staying
awhile.)
But don't get sidetracked for too long; we're just getting started. Contin-
ue straight ahead along N. Mississippi Ave., following the S-curve of the
road as it passes beneath the I-5 and I-405 overpasses. It's a fairly steep
climb to the top of the hill, but the path flattens out just past N. Fremont
St.
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