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For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure: Portland!

4:02 PM EDT on August 17, 2007

Portland: Celebrating America's Most Livable City
A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr.
Running time: 30:00

StreetFilms videographer Clarence Eckerson Jr. offers the director's cut of his trip to Portland. Clarence made the visit to Oregon last fall, enjoying the hospitality of the Portland Office of Transportation.

You may have seen previously posted clips from this vid on StreetFilms. Here it is in its 30-minute entirety, including 12 minutes of additional footage from "one of America’s most livable places to reside."

Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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