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... that the South Park Blocks (pictured) have been called the "extended family room" of Portland, as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as the city's "living room"?
... that Sylvester C. Simpson was the first Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oregon and worked to get a book authored in part by his brother selected as the state's reader?
... that the Admiral Apartments, built in 1909, had "sporting girls" (prostitutes) operating out of it by 1913?
... that as a high school senior, Jordan Poyer was named the Oregon player of the year in both baseball and football?

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