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183 results for Portland

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The upper trust

19 June 2014

Founded on the ideas of people, planet and profit, Ecotrust has supported civic progress and regeneration in Portland and beyond for more than 20 years. Monocle meets the man behind the mission: Spencer Beebe.

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Home run

21 September 2017

Sliding US sales meant a rethink for Adidas; its global creative director reveals how the brand stepped up.

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Maine Event

17 May 2007

Portland’s annual Maine Boatbuilders Show attracts an unusual mix of salty dogs, day-tripping families and wealthy customers, who fly in on their private jets to inspect the sloops, schooners, kayaks, ketches and yawls –…

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Expo 55: Portland

21 June 2012

The stern influence of the North Atlantic may make Maine’s largest settlement misty and cold for much of the year but that doesn’t prevent the warm, relaxed lifestyle of Portland’s inhabitants from being extremely infect…

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Inner North Portland

17 January 2009

Long overshadowed by Seattle and San Francisco, Oregon’s largest city has achieved its own renown for an outdoors lifestyle, environmental emphasis and clichéd-but-real mania for coffee, beer, food and wine. North Portland…

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Retail Survey: Division Street, Portland, Oregon

14 October 2016

Division Street in Portland, Oregon has witnessed a model retail renaissance. Monocle Films meets the shopkeepers on this once sleepy stretch, which is now the centre of the city’s budding new retail scene.

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The Menu - Portland's food-and-drink scene

25 July 2014

Portland special: We meet the people who make up the food-and-drink scene in Oregon’s most populous city, including Camas Davis, founder of Portland Meat Collective, the recent James Beard Award winner Naomi Pomeroy of…

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John Jay

10 September 2015

For creative mastermind John Jay, a restaurant should focus on ambience as much as food.

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Lobster spot

19 September 2013

If you’re in Maine for any amount of time, leaving without tasting a lobster roll is tantamount to sacrilege. Pay homage at the Eventide Oyster Company…

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 152: Portland’s Koin Center

15 April 2019

Built in 1984, this art deco-style tower by the Hawthorne bridge is one of the most recognisable buildings in the city’s skyline.

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Americas

17 September 2014

On the South America election trail, exploring Canada's oil sands and Oregon's modern-day milkmen.

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Dished up

21 October 2015

We spread the news about a Parisian bakery that combines a contemporary interior with traditional pastries and a café in Istanbul that hopes to turn the city’s tea-drinkers onto coffee. In England, of course, the time…

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Diplomacy

20 October 2016

James Baumgartner, Canada’s man in Portland, on building business ties.

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Americas

15 August 2013

Improvements in Providence, pedalling in Portland and exporting education from Brazil.

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Cities

19 April 2018

Busan’s industrial waterfront gets a makeover and Portland looks to integrate nature.

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Americas

18 August 2016

There’s no love lost between journalists and politicians but at least Portland is in a caring, sharing mood.