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The Weekly Wander by City Cast PortlandSeptember 6Banners and window art on the Moda Center show Portland Trail Blazers figures and history. In front of the arena, a person rides a bike by a sign that spells out Rip City.

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The Weekly Wander by City Cast PortlandSeptember 6An aerial shot shows the roof and twin glass spires of the Oregon Convention Center, with high-rise office buildings of the Lloyd District in the background.

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The Weekly Wander by City Cast PortlandAugust 16Two people walk along the crosswalk outside the Bagdad Theater & Pub, a historic building along Portland’s Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. Its Middle Eastern-inspired marquee shows times for “A Quiet Place, Part 2”.

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The Weekly Wander by City Cast PortlandAugust 16An ochre couch sits in the showroom at Vintage Pink in Portland, Oregon.

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The Weekly Wander by City Cast PortlandAugust 9Alternating images show scenes from the 2025 edition of the Portland Classic, a non-major tournament on the LPGA Tour.

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The Weekly Wander by City Cast PortlandAugust 9A person floats on greenish-blue water in a yellow kayak, photographed from above.

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