X is for...X Marks the Spot
Whoopsidaisy...Guess my Saturday (and Sunday) got away from me and I forgot to post my X topic! So here's to a little catch up :) X is for... X Marks the Spot: Shanghai Tunnels See what I did there? Sneaky sneaky. Anywho, moving on. In the Oldtown/Chinatown area of Portland, there is a magical underground network of tunnels that are less...magical and more maniacal. Comprised of a network of underground tunnels connecting the basements of several hotels and bars along the waterfront of the Willamette River, the Shanghai Tunnels were originally built to move goods from the ships docked along the waterfront into the basements of their respective destinations in order to avoid streetcar and pedestrian traffic. During the height of the shipping days in the Willamette Ports, unsuspecting drunks in the bars above the tunnels would suddenly disappear into the floorboards (through a strategically placed trapdoor), finding themselves...