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Welcome to Goose Hollow

CURRENT EVENTS:

  • 2023 Goose Hollow Elections.  We will be holding Board Member elections at our GHFL Annual Meeting scheduled in-person at the Multnomah Athletic Club for Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7pm, and also broadcast via Zoom.  Five Board positions are open.  Personal statements of the current nominees can be found here, although we welcome nominations from the floor at the event.  We look forward to seeing you there. 
  • GOOSE HOLLOW DAYS 2023.  Thank you to all of our vendors, neighbors, and guests, who made the Street Festival for 6th Annual Goose Hollow Days a roaring success.  But more is on tap.  Stop by Zion Lutheran Church on Sunday, Sept. 17 1pm for a History Talk about the Goose Hollow neighborhood (est. 1845) and a Walking Tour through the neighborhood starting immediately afterwards (about 2:30pm).  Finally, join us Sept. 23 at the Goose Hollow Inn at 5pm for the start of our Heritage Tree Tour through the Goose Hollow neighborhood.
  • GHFL Annual Picnic (July 23, 2023). The neighborhood residents, businesses, and their guests are invited to attend our annual GHFL picnic, hosted by the Timbers/Thorns, on the Duracell Deck of Providence Park with food and drinks aplenty.  We'll be giving away Goose Hollow swag, and there will be all sorts of drinks and food provided gratis.  Come meet your neighbors and have some fun.  Festivities begin 3pm and run to 6pm, with entry throught the Providence Park entrance by Gate A (East side).
  • 2022 Goose Hollow Elections.  Congratulations to new Board members Douglas Cook, Forrace Garcia, J. Charles Griggs, and Jerry Powell who join reelected Board members Tiffany Hammer and Vadim Mozyrsky on the current 11-member GHFL Board.  Personal statements by these Board members can be found here.
  • Goose Hollow Days 2022.  Our annual neighborhood street festival is in the books.  Thank you to all who attended.  The event spaned three days and included a day-long street festival with local vendors, entertainment, food, and prizes (Saturday, Sept. 17), a tour of heritage trees in Goose Hollow led by Hoyt Arboretum staff (Friday, Sept. 16), and a history talk and walk through the neighborhood (Sunday, Sept. 18).  Further information can be found on our Goose Hollow Days page, and vendors are welcome to contact us if you are interested in participating next year. (poster) (Vendor Agreement)
  • 2020 Census Data is HERE!!  Portland State University's Population Research Center has just released their analysis of 2020 census data for the Goose Hollow neighborhood.  We now have over 7000 people living in Goose Hollow--an 11% increase over 2010--while median home prices and rents have increased by around 50%.  The number of children has increased by over 50%, but severe overcrowding (defined as >1.5 persons per room) has increased by 254%. (Portland Demographics)
  • Goose Hollow ANNUAL PICNIC. Thank you to the Timbers/Thorns for hosting our annual GHFL picnic at Providence Park on Aug. 7, 2022.  Over 120 of our friends and neighbors enjoyed a lovely day on the Penthouse Duracell Deck of Providence Park with food and drinks aplenty.  We enjoyed meeting everyone who attended, and wish to extend our congratulations to those who won some Goose Hollow swag.  We'll do it again next year.
  • 2021 GHFL Elections. Congratulations to new Board members Steve Atkins, Laurie Goldsmith, and Linda Rankin for their election to the GHFL Board.  Meet all of your GHFL Board Members and read the President's Letter.
  • Block 7/Modera Main.  The final design for this 17-story, 336-residential unit, 403-parking spot project has been approved by the Portland Design Commission.  An Appeal by the neighborhood to City Council was officially rejected after hearing.  A Notice of Decision issued Jan. 18, 2022 which triggers a 21-day appeal deadline to LUBA.  Other supporting documents including an Order of Council, and the Council Findings and Conclusions.
  • Goose Hollow Days Street Festival.  Thank you to the vendors, performers, and visitors for a celebration of Goose Hollow with music, local businesses, food, and drink.  Let's do it again next year.  For those who missed it, we had: Oct. 8 tree tour given by the Hoyt Arboretum; Oct. 9 festival 10am-6pm; Oct. 10 history talk/slideshow and walking tour.  (poster) (Vendor Agreement)
  • Goose Hollow Fact Sheet. Get to know your neighborhood with our new fact sheet.  Demographic data will be updated as soon as the 2020 census data is available.
  • Active/Proposed Construction Projects [updated September 23, 2021] (here) (cranes)
  • COVID Update.  We have resumed regular meetings and will update you all through our notification system as to time, place, and agenda.  Look for emails showing agendas and Zoom links.
  • Walking Patrol.  The GHFL is organizing a walking patrol in cooperation with SOLVE.  Walk with your neighbors and help improve the neighborhood.  Come to the monthly training meetings to learn more about schedule and location.  (flyer)
  • Lincoln High School. The Design of the new $200 million Lincoln High School on the west end of its existing campus is getting closer to completion.  The old school building will remain open during construction.  When the new building is completed August 2022, the old building will be demolished to make way for a new athletic field by 2023.  Updates here.
  • Protecting Goose Hollow Views -- Presentation made to Portland Planning Bureau on March 3, 2016 highlighting reasons for continuing to protect views both to and from the Vista Bridge in the CC2035 Plan.  Related links:
    • 1991 Scenic Resources Protection Plan
    • 2016 Central City Scenic Resourcs Protection Plan DRAFT
    • 2016 Southwest Scenic Views DRAFT
    • 2016 View Streets and River Access Ways DRAFT
    • 2016 Map App showing zoning and height changes in Central City
  • Sign Caps -- Goose Hollow has now completed the largest sign cap installation in the city's history, which complements the banner project completed 2010.
  • Goose Hollow IN THE NEWS -- The Goose Hollow neighborhood has appeared in several international publications, including The Guardian and Mental Floss.

The Goose Hollow Foothills League Neighborhood Association, established in the 1970s, is host to four historic residential communities -- King's Hill, Gander Ridge, Vista Ridge, and The Hollow (the lower elevations) -- which are now collectively called Goose Hollow. (map)  A hundred years earlier, however, the name "Goose Hollow" applied pejoratively to only the lower elevations around the path of Tanner Creek that was the primary residence for a substantial goose population and to Chinese vegetable farmers.  A century ago, this creek was buried and the Tanner Creek Gulch infilled to form the basin of the bowl that is now modern-day Goose Hollow, an area that not only refers to the flats but also the adjacent heights (King's Hill, Vista Ridge, Gander Ridge) and Canyons (Tanner Creek Canyon, Cable Car Canyon).

The four areas that comprise Goose Hollow each have their own separate character.  The lower elevations (The Hollow) of Goose Hollow have an area of older brick apartment houses and condos mixed together with historic Queen Anne vernacular cottages as well as commercial and light industrial spaces.  The northern end of The Hollow was intermittently (c. 1910s-1970s) called the the Lownsdale District in honor of Goose Hollow's first resident, though that name was never historically significant.  The Goose Hollow area called King's Hill once hosted the residences of Portland's turn of the century wealthier merchants, now partly infilled with higher density apartments and offices.  Goose Hollow's Gander Ridge and Vista Ridge areas are at the east and west foot, respectively, of Portland Heights and at the south edge of Goose Hollow's bowl.

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