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Just for kicks, here are some more random facts to warm up about the City of Roses:
• Benson Bubblers were created to discourage employees from drinking alcohol during working hours. Simon Benson developed the idea to put 20 of the freshwater fountains we see today, scattered throughout the city of bridges and beer, when he smelt the strong scent of alcohol in his mill one day. The workers used the excuse that there was no fresh drinking water around the city, so they were left to drink what flow from Portland taps. Once the fountains were distributed around the city, beer consumption decreased by 25%. Today there are 41 Benson Bubblers, with one in Portland’s sister city, Sapporo, Japan.
• The Pillar of Books at Powell’s Books’ NW entrance comprises eight of what Powell’s believes are the world’s great books, each titled in their original languages. The pillar includes: Mahabharata, an epic poem of India; 1000 Nights and a Night, a classic collection of Arabic Tales; Hamlet, Shakespeare’s play; War and Peace, Tolstoy’s classic; Tao te Ching, the basis of Taoism by Lao Tzu; Psalms, Hebrew poetry from the Old Testament; The Odyssey, Homer’s epic tale of the Greek world; and The Whale, the original title of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Around the pillar in Latin, the words, ”Buy the Book, Read the Book, Enjoy the Book and Sell the book” are written.
• The Portland Symphony is the oldest orchestra in the west, and was established in 1896.
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• Benson Bubblers were created to discourage employees from drinking alcohol during working hours. Simon Benson developed the idea to put 20 of the freshwater fountains we see today, scattered throughout the city of bridges and beer, when he smelt the strong scent of alcohol in his mill one day. The workers used the excuse that there was no fresh drinking water around the city, so they were left to drink what flow from Portland taps. Once the fountains were distributed around the city, beer consumption decreased by 25%. Today there are 41 Benson Bubblers, with one in Portland’s sister city, Sapporo, Japan.
• The Pillar of Books at Powell’s Books’ NW entrance comprises eight of what Powell’s believes are the world’s great books, each titled in their original languages. The pillar includes: Mahabharata, an epic poem of India; 1000 Nights and a Night, a classic collection of Arabic Tales; Hamlet, Shakespeare’s play; War and Peace, Tolstoy’s classic; Tao te Ching, the basis of Taoism by Lao Tzu; Psalms, Hebrew poetry from the Old Testament; The Odyssey, Homer’s epic tale of the Greek world; and The Whale, the original title of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Around the pillar in Latin, the words, ”Buy the Book, Read the Book, Enjoy the Book and Sell the book” are written.
• The Portland Symphony is the oldest orchestra in the west, and was established in 1896.
Come back soon, there will be updates soon! Thanks, again!
Play nice.
