From Mount Tabor’s epic 282 steps to the glass cupola atop 115 steps in Pioneer Courthouse, The Portland Stairs Book features details on twenty outdoor stairs that have amazing stories and something unique to offer an urban explorer. The stairs include the Willamette River Bridge Stairs, The Westover Terraces Steps, and Rocky Butte’s Grand Staircase. The book also features indoor stairs that are perfect for a rainy Portland day and five Stair Trails that lead readers on urban treks that contain hundreds of steps in five different areas of town.
If you ever spent even a few hours in Portland, you have probably been introduced to at least a few of the city's 196 public staircases. These pedestrian-friendly "rise-ways" are comprised, we are told, of more than 9,000 steps and, it seems, an almost equal number of stories. Eager climber Laura O. Foster puts readers on an upward path with this offbeat, uplifting guidebook.
"Thanks to Laura Foster, the author of beloved local guidebooks, Portland Hill Walks and Portland City Walks, the city’s treasure trove of noteworthy staircases are back on display. Foster is known for her firm grasp on Portland’s long forgotten history, much of which we literally step over each day."
Overview
From Mount Tabor’s epic 282 steps to the glass cupola atop 115 steps in Pioneer Courthouse, The Portland Stairs Book features details on twenty outdoor stairs that have amazing stories and something unique to offer an urban explorer. The stairs ...