Buckman

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...