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The Dolfinger

Dolfinger Building

Artists roam the halls of the Dolfinger Building. Their work is tucked into every nook and cranny of this building that was once a school. Read more →

Portland Museum

Packed full of history, heritage and ephemera from the walls of Portland’s historic buildings – the Portland Museum will engage you with archeology, art and history. You’ll learn something and you’ll be having so much fun you won’t even know it. Read more →

Marine Hospital

You can almost (almost) hear the footsteps of the many sailors and soldiers who recovered from their ailments in the Marine Hospital. You can also check out the juried art show compliments of Louisville Visual Art and enjoy some food, beverages and music. Read more →

Instagram!

There’s somethin’ happening here... #louisvillelove

Day two of @congressforthenewurbanism in our neighborhood was even more action packed than yesterday! Here’s Mayor Greg doing a little groundbreaking for the Montgomery St apartments while Stephanie Kertis simultaneously led a bus tour through our beloved Dolfinger Building, next door to the flying dirt. Viva la Portland! #louisvillelove

CNU comes to Portland! Here’s Dr. John Gilderbloom (@gilderbloom) leading a tour past our favorite Painted Lady. And here’s more about CNU:
Members of the Congress for the New Urbanism (@congressforthenewurbanism) help create vibrant and walkable cities, towns, and neighborhoods where people have diverse choices for how they live, work, shop, and get around. People want to live in well-designed places that are unique and authentic. CNU's mission is to help people build those places.
With nineteen local and state chapters and headquarters in Washington, DC, CNU works to unite the New Urbanist movement. Our projects and campaigns serve to empower our members’ efforts, identify policy opportunities, spread great ideas and innovative work to a national audience, and catalyze new strategies for implementing policy through design approaches.
Thanks for stopping by, y’all come back sometime soon! #louisvillelove #ourportlandbuildings

The locally-sourced, @louisvillevisualart-sponsored driftwood arch at @westernmiddle.arts is open for business. Coming soon, student-painted tree rings to add some fun color to the entrance of one of our most beautiful historic buildings. Check it out sometime! #louisvillelove #ourportlandbuildings

This is Gordon.
Gordon is a living folk hero around all of Louisville, but most specifically Portland. He was destined for community leadership from his childhood in Parkland, where he once sold tickets to compete in a backyard boxing match. The challenger was another local kid named Cassius Clay, and the children lined up around the block. When no one else was brave enough to step into the homemade broomhandle & rope ring, Gordon took it upon himself, “Someone had to do it, so I got in there and ran around ducking and covering without trying to land a punch. To this day I can say I went three rounds with Ali”.
From there, Gordon set his sights on Portland. He was the director of the Boys Club here for 25 years, where he was responsible for integrating the place in both race and gender. During this time, he started the Portland Anchor newspaper in the basement of the club, printing it by hand on a small press, “The press broke the night before we were trying to release the first issue. I called the guys at a local lodge and they arrived a bit drunk and profane, but they somehow fixed the machine and the Anchor debuted on time.” The Boys & Girls Club was rechristened The Anchor Building and is full of new life at 2509 Portland Ave. Fittingly, it’s now the @youngauthorsgreenhouse HQ, furthering Gordon’s legacy in both childhood development and publishing.
Gordon went on to direct the Home of the Innocents for 22 years, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for the organization before retiring in 2015. He’s still an active member of both the the Nulu and Waterfront Botanical Garden boards, as well as advising several other committees and mentoring countless individuals.
At the Portland Festival parade this past weekend, Gordon was given the honorary title of Grand Marshal for a lifetime of service to those of us who need it most. Here he is looking downright Presidential on Portland Ave. Thank you, Gordon! #louisvillelove #ourportlandportraits

Just when you’re starting to feel like you’ve got this place all figured out #louisvillelove

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