Pacific Trailways Views- Portland Skyline

I was a pretty independent guy in the 1970's. This image was from one of my trips from Bend to Portland RT, I was all of 16. I had free passes with Pacific Trailways (my job) and Portland was Oregon's biggest city, full of lots of adventure and heartache. (The view is out the window, downtown, past a fellow passenger). All the bus drivers knew me and looked out for me.

Portland Oregon Downtown

Pacific Trailways Terminal (1010 S.W. 6th Avenue) I think this is the block where the Congress Center is now at 1001 S.W. Fifth Avenue (built in 1980). Unfortunately this image is not so clear as this was taken from the passenger window of a Pacific Trailways bus on one of my trips to Portland. The date is summer of 1975.

History-- The old Central Bus Depot was located at 509 S.W. Taylor Street Portland Oregon, by 1970, Trailways operated out of 1010 S.W. 6th Street, now Greyhound transfers are at 550 N.W. 6th Avenue. This image is looking southwest down 5th from Salmon. The buildings are not as close as they appear and it is quite deceiving and hard to identify. For instance the Wells Fargo building is 5-blocks down the street (left). Note-- Identification of landmarks-- finally a breakthrough connected with another image taken in this area. The tall building (left) background is the Wells Fargo Building opened in 1972, the federal style building just next to it (left) is City Hall. The colonnade building (left) foreground is the Multnomah County Courthouse. The tall white building (right) of frame is the Standard Insurance Plaza built in 1963, and finally the building at the right bottom corner of the frame is the old Congress Hotel. So much has changed down here it is hard to locate old landmarks.