Buckman, Portland, Oregon

Infobox Neighborhood Portland OR
neighborhood_name = Buckman
association_name = Buckman Community Association
association_website = http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/portland/buckman
coalition_name = Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
coalition_website = http://www.southeastuplift.org
area = 2.99
map_url = http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=58359
portlandmaps_x = 7650143.242
portlandmaps_y = 682276.565
censusyear = 2000
pop_total = 7923
pop_density = 2650
households_total = 4312
occupancy = 94
households_owned = 710
households_owned_pct = 16
households_rented = 3602
households_rented_pct = 84
household_size = 1.84
footnotes =

Buckman is a neighborhood in the Southeast section (and tiny portion of the Northeast section) of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood is bounded by the Willamette River on the west, E Burnside St. on the north (except for a triangle between NE 12th Ave. and NE 14th Ave. in which NE Sandy Blvd. forms the northern border), SE 28th Ave. on the east, and SE Hawthorne Blvd. on the south.

Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School is Portland's premier arts-integrated elementary school.

The neighborhood is named for late 19th century orchardist, and school board and city council member, Cyrus Buckman.

Three bridges connect Buckman to neighborhoods in Southwest Portland across the Willamette: the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood via the Burnside Bridge, and Downtown Portland via the Morrison and Hawthorne Bridges.

Two popular retail districts lie partially within Buckman: the [http://www.belmontbusiness.org/ Belmont District] and the Hawthorne District.

The neighborhood also includes [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=12 Colonel Summers Park] (1921), [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=89 Buckman Community Garden] (1980), and much of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (acquired 1998, opened 2001).

External links

* [http://www.ceic.cc/ Central Eastside Industrial Council]
* [http://www.belmontbusiness.org/ Belmont Area Business Association (BABA)]
* [http://www.thinkhawthorne.com/ Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association]
* [http://www.buckmanelementary.org/ Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School]
* [http://www.portlandneighborhood.com/buckman.html Guide to Buckman Neighborhood] (PortlandNeighborhood.com)
* [http://www.portlandground.com/archives/buckman/ Photographs of Buckman] (PortlandGround.com)
* [http://www.portlandoctopus.com/portland-neighborhoods/buckman/ Buckman neighborhood and community information]
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