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GOOSE HOLLOW: THIS BUD'S FOR
YOU
BOUNDARIES:
I-405, W. Burnside St., SW Jefferson St., Washington Park
DISTANCE:
2 miles
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate-strenuous (hilly in places)
PARKING:
Free street parking
PUBLIC TRANSIT:
TriMet Bus 15 (SW Morrison St. and 16th Ave.), MAX Red and Blue
Lines (Jeld-Wen Field Station)
Goose Hollow as an entity actually predates incorporated Portland by about six years.
Daniel Lownsdale, who built the first house here, ran a tannery on the site that be-
came Civic Stadium (now Jeld-Wen Field, home of the beloved Portland Timbers soc-
cer team). Years later, the area was named for the flocks of geese that used to roam
around here—although you'd be forgiven for thinking it's because of the cozy and
well-loved Goose Hollow Inn, the pub that former mayor Bud Clark has owned here
since 1967. When Clark first opened the place, the neighborhood hadn't quite estab-
lished a strong sense of identity, so Clark gave his pub a historical name in hopes of
reviving the Goose Hollow spirit. This apparently worked like a charm, as the name
has stuck since the 1970s and the neighborhood seems to have coalesced around it.
Start at SW Morrison St. and 18th Ave., at the corner of Jeld-Wen Field.
Walk up Morrison alongside the stadium. At SW 20th Ave., turn
left—but not before taking note of the remarkably disturbing happy-face
bronze sculpture at the corner, one of a matched pair, presumably inten-
ded to keep the faint of heart from entering the stadium to watch a game.
On your left as you walk up the hill, you have a chance to peer down at
folks in the exclusive Multnomah Athletic Club doing their workouts.
(Hey, if they didn't want anyone to look, they wouldn't have put win-
dows there.) Turn right on SW Salmon St., then right again briefly on
SW King Ave.; then make a quick left onto SW Park Pl. The houses up
here are enormous and beautiful, with tons of character.
Continue up SW Park Pl. all the way to the point at which it dead-ends
in stairs leading up to a garden. If you're so inclined, you can continue
along this path to reach the Washington Park International Rose Test
