Buckman, Portland, Oregon
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| Neighborhood representation | |
| Association | Buckman Community Association |
| Coalition | Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program |
| Neighborhood geography | |
| Area | 2.99 km² (PDF map) |
| Location | Interactive map |
| Demographics (2000) | |
| Population | 7923 (density 2650/km²) |
| Households | 4312 (94% occupied) |
| Owned | 710 (16%) |
| Rented | 3602 (84%) |
| Size | 1.84 persons (average) |
Buckman is a neighborhood in the Southeast section (and tiny portion of the Northeast section) of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood is bounded by the Willamette River on the west, E Burnside St. on the north (except for a triangle between NE 12th Ave. and NE 14th Ave. in which NE Sandy Blvd. forms the northern border), SE 28th Ave. on the east, and SE Hawthorne Blvd. on the south.
Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School is Portland's premier arts-integrated elementary school.
The neighborhood is named for late 19th century orchardist, and school board and city council member, Cyrus Buckman.
Three bridges connect Buckman to neighborhoods in Southwest Portland across the Willamette: the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood via the Burnside Bridge, and Downtown Portland via the Morrison and Hawthorne Bridges.
Two popular retail districts lie partially within Buckman: the Belmont District and the Hawthorne District.
The neighborhood also includes Colonel Summers Park (1921), Buckman Community Garden (1980), and much of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (acquired 1998, opened 2001).
[edit] External links
- Central Eastside Industrial Council
- Belmont Area Business Association (BABA)
- Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association
- Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School
- Guide to Buckman Neighborhood (PortlandNeighborhood.com)
- Photographs of Buckman (PortlandGround.com)
- Buckman neighborhood and community information
