With our backs to Powell’s Books, Soden pointed out a museum of the written word where a Mitchell Gold furniture store stands. Walking past the new clothing boutiques and old Portland institutions like Josephine’s Dry Goods, Soden discussed the history of Fabriekstraat, the old heart of the textile industry. The Red Light district came up near Mary’s Club and the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall stood feet away from Tilburg’s auditorium. Tilburg even boasts a “park” of a single, fenced tree, which isn’t too far off from the World’s Smallest Park in the middle of the Naito Parkway. read more here.

Khris Soden will also do the Portland Tour of Tilburg at ZXZW.