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5 unusual facts about Hollywood District


Alameda, Portland, Oregon

Alameda is located between the business districts of Beaumont Village and the Hollywood District.

Beaumont-Wilshire, Portland, Oregon

"Beaumont Village", located on NE Fremont Street, from NE 33rd Ave. to NE 50th Ave., is the main commercial district in the neighborhood, but the neighborhood also lies within walking distance of the Hollywood District, a major commercial and shopping area to the south.

Grant Park, Portland, Oregon

The neighborhood is bordered by Alameda and Beaumont-Wilshire to the north, Rose City Park to the east, Hollywood District, Laurelhurst, and Sullivan's Gulch to the south, and Irvington to the west, and best known as the setting for Beverly Cleary's Klickitat Street series of books.

North Tabor, Portland, Oregon

The Banfield Expressway (Interstate 84) forms its northern boundary, separating it from the Hollywood District, Rose City Park, and Madison South neighborhoods to the north.

Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon

It borders Beaumont-Wilshire and the Hollywood District on the west (at NE 47th Avenue), Cully on the north (at NE Fremont Street), Roseway and Madison South on the east (at NE 65th Avenue), and Center on the south (at the Banfield Expressway and MAX transit line).


Paul H. Lamport

His 1966 attempt to expand the borders of the Hollywood district to include Universal City and part of North Hollywood failed in the midst of objections from those areas.


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