Lloyd District | |
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_in_2016.jpg)  .jpg) _cropped.jpg) Clockwise from top left:Streetcar on 7th Ave, Lloyd District viewed fromPittock Mansion,Moda Center,Lloyd Center entrance | |
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| Coordinates:45°31′51″N122°39′38″W / 45.53079°N 122.66065°W /45.53079; -122.66065 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| City | Portland |
| Government | |
| • Association | Lloyd District Community Association |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.43 sq mi (1.11 km2) |
TheLloyd District is a primarily commercial neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections ofPortland, Oregon, United States. It is named afterRalph Bramel Lloyd (1875–1953),[3][4] aCalifornia rancher, oilman, and real estate developer who moved to and was an early commercial developer for the area in 1905.[5]
The Lloyd District is bounded by theWillamette River on the west, NE Broadway on the north, NE 18th Ave. on the east, andInterstate 84 on the south. Adjacent neighborhoods areEliot andIrvington to the north,Sullivan's Gulch (with which it slightly overlaps) on the east,Kerns on the south, andOld Town Chinatown (via theSteel andBroadway bridges over the Willamette) to the west.
The area west ofInterstate 5 is called theRose Quarter, home of theModa Center (originally Rose Garden Arena) andMemorial Coliseum. Prior tourban renewal in the 1950s, this area was anAfrican American residential community, including many who had lost their homes in theVanport flood of 1948.[6]
Most of the district lies east of I-5, where theOregon Convention Center andLloyd Center Mall are the principal landmarks. The area includes restaurants, shops, hotels, movie theatres, condominiums and apartments, and office buildings (the largest being theLloyd Center Tower, standing at 20 floors and 290 feet).
The neighborhood is accessible usingpublic transportation.TriMet buses and MAX trains provide frequent service in the district, as well as a commuter express bus route formVancouver viaC-Tran. It is served by all four lines of theMAX light rail system. FourBlue Line andRed Line stations (Rose Quarter Transit Center,Convention Center,Northeast 7th Ave, andLloyd Center/Northeast 11th Ave) and oneYellow Line station (Interstate/Rose Quarter) are within the district. ThePortland Streetcar system began serving the district in 2012, with the opening of a new east-side line, originally called the Central Loop; this was renamed theLoop Service in 2015.
From 2001 to 2012, TriMet'sFareless Square covered a narrow portion of the Lloyd District, making bus and MAX service free in the designated area (which included all four MAX stations within the district). However, free rides on buses were discontinued in January 2010, the fareless area being renamed the "Free Rail Zone",[7] and even the free light rail service was discontinued effective September 1, 2012.[8]
Several high-rise apartment complexes are under construction along the Holladay Street corridor.[9] The first development is the 657-apartment,Hassalo on Eighth, composed of three buildings on a superblock, and including over 1,000 bike parking spaces.[10] It topped out in February 2015, and was completed in October 2015.[11][12]Oregon Square, a 1,030-apartment development by American Assets Trust, is under consideration for across Holladay on the site of several low-rise office buildings.[13] A 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) public plaza would be constructed in the center of the block.[14] Further East, 980 apartments are proposed for the site of the Regal Lloyd Center 10 movie theater.[15]
A 174-roomRed Lion hotel, built in 1962 as the Cosmopolitan Motor Hotel, was purchased for $12.5 million in 2013 by Grand Ventures Hotel.[16] After a $15 million renovation from 2013–2015, it reopened as the upscaleHotel Eastlund.[17]
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