Portland, OR - roughly 550,000 in city, 2,200,000 in metro area

Other aerial tours:

Seattle (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=215371)
Spokane (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=220709)

Downtown Portland along the Willamette River, looking NE. Columbia River & PDX airport in distance. Portland State University SE of downtown. Rose Garden, home of NBA Blazers is on the hill across the river from downtown.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_041.jpg


Looking North. Oregon Health & Sciences University (Oregon's med school) is on the hill south of downtown.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_039.jpg

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_037.jpg


Looking W.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_036.jpg


Looking E.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_017.jpg


Looking SW.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_052.jpg


Looking W.over the West Hills. Forest Park is the forest along the ridge NW of downtown. Washington Park & Oregon Zoo is to the right of where the freeway cuts through the hill.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_034.jpg


Over Portland's hot Pearl District, home of a condo boom & development, looking South.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_025.jpg



Looking East.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_018.jpg


Looking ENE. Mt. Hood in distance. Columbia River runs along left side of pic in distance.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2004/ORPOh040429D_015.jpg


Port of Portland. Looking SSE to downtown down the Willamette R. University of Portland at bottom of pic next to river.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2002/poh2002_124.jpg


Looking E. up the Columbia from its junction with the Willamette towards PDX airport.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2003/ORPOh030813N_106.jpg

Jantzen Beach on Hayden Island in the middle of the Columbia on the Oregon side. No sales tax in Oregon so folks from Vancouver, WA do much of their shopping on the Oregon side of the river..


http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2002/poh2002_068.jpg

Jantzen Beach. Downtown Vancouver, WA across river. Historic Ft. Vancouver on right side of pic.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2002/poh2002_069.jpg


Looking SW to downtown from the airport.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2002/poh2002_007.jpg


Portland International Airport (PDX) along the Columbia River. Vancouver, WA (population of roughly 150,000) on opposite bank.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2002/poh2002_079.jpg


Looking NE.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/portland/2002/poh2002_165.jpg


Most of the city limits of Portland are in this photo. Looking Westish.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/gresham/2002/grh2002_052.jpg


Gresham & other of Portland's eastern suburbs looking North across the Columbia to rapidly growing Clark County, WA. Mt St. Helens & Mt. Rainier in upper right.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/clackamas/2004/ORCLh040429D_048.jpg


Looking NW down McLaughlin Ave (99 E).

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/gladstone_oak_grove/2002/glh2002_008.jpg



Looking NE over Tualitin & Lake Oswego, home of one of Portland's hot commerical districts. S. Portland in distance.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/tualatin/2002/tuh2002_004.jpg


Looking North from Lake Oswego.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/lake_oswego/2003/ORLOh030813N_045.jpg


Downtown Lake Oswego.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/lake_oswego/2002/loh2002_006.jpg


Tigard, Beaverton & other western Portland suburbs. Looking North.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/tigard/2003/ORTIh030813N_010.jpg


More western burbs.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/hillsboro/2004/ORHIh041217N_149.jpg



Beaverton looking West. Nike Headquarters (white buildings around small lake) on upper right.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/beaverton/2004/ORBEh040908D_006.jpg


Hillsboro, Portland's far west suburb, looking West.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/hillsboro/2004/ORHIh040908D_133.jpg


Looking East to Portland.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/hillsboro/2004/ORHIh040429D_099.jpg


Wilsonville. I-5 crosses the Willamette. Looking north across Tualatin Valley towards Portland.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/wilsonville/2002/wih2002_009.jpg


Oregon City looking NW towards downtown Portland.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/or/oregon_city/2002/och2002_006.jpg


Washougal & Camas, WA.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/wa/washougal/2002/wah2002_012.jpg


Vancouver, WA looking West towards downtown Vancouver.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/wa/vancouver/2004/WAVAh040429D_008.jpg




Battle Ground, WA with Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, & Mt. Adams in distance.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/wa/battle_ground/2004/WABAh040429D_013.jpg


Ridgefield, WA, birthplace of U-Haul (20 miles North of Portland ) with Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, & Mt. Adams in distance.

http://www.aerolistphoto.com/images/wa/ridgefield/2004/WARIh040429D_008.jpg

Awesome Pics. I love aerials. Portland is a nice city.

Great aerial pics!!

Portland is a great city with a nice atmosphere, but they really need to build up that skyline.

In one of this pics I can see Southridge High School anbd Beaverton High School in Beaverton!!!
very nice pics!!
I just loved!

I have heard great things about Portland and this really shows how cool it is. Thanks for the pics:bow:

Great Pics!

:)

Love it! :)