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Explore Historic Downtown Astoria!
The best part is, everything is within walking distance of the market! Get to the Astoria Sunday Market without your car!
Step outside the Sunday Market to discover magical Historic Downtown Astoria. Resurrected
twice from ores and almost noa}ng on oshing piers, you will ond a treasure trove of treats and
unique experiences. Choose from dozens of delicious restaurants, view gallery aver gallery of
one art, and con}nue your shopping at our unique locally-owned shops. Don9t forget to grab a
crav beer at one of our many local breweries!
Downtown Astoria Museums
As the orst American setlement West of the Rockies, our museums tell wonderful stories.
Clatsop County Historical Society www.cumtux.org
Flavel House Museum (8th & Duane)
Heritage Museum (16th & Exchange)
Oregon Film Museum (8th & Duane)
Columbia River Mari}me Museum (1792 Marine Drive)
Other Things to Do!
Astoria River Walk is a great way to get some exercise and enjoy amazing views. The River
Walk stretches the en}re length of town from the Port on the west end to the Alderbrook
neighborhood on the east end. Astoria Sunday Market is just two blocks from the river walk at
the end of 12th and it is a comfortable walk to the Columbia River Mari}me Museum and for
the more adventurous to Pier 39 (about another mile east).
The park at the Astoria Column is open with stunning views of the en}re region (even without
climbing the column!) astoriacolumn.org
COLUMBIA RIVER
It9s a Beau}ful Day in the Neighborhood&
One of Astoria9s many charms is our delighvul neighborhoods.
Historic Downtown is the heartbeat of Astoria stretching from 5th Street to 17th and from the
waterfront to Exchange Street. Listed on the Na}onal Historic Registry, this neighborhood is the
primary entertainment, dining and shopping district for the community with easy walking access
to the river walk, waterfront, historic buildings, and museums.
Union Town is one of the oldest neighborhoods and is also listed on the Na}onal Historic registry.
Union Town is the area from the Dough Boy display to the roundabout and from Alameda to the
water. The West Mooring Basin and its marina is a popular place to enjoy the beauty of the area.
Alameda ofers an almost pris}ne street of 1890 3 1910 homes. This neighborhood ofers hotels,
two canneries, a shipyard and three of the oldest bars on the coast!
Upper Town (meaning upper Astoria) was historically the sec}on of town separated from
downtown by Scow Bay. Its borders are 40th on the east, the area where the street numbers skip
from 23rd to 26th on the west, the river on the north, and Irving on the south. For reference, a
scow is a nat-botomed barge. Today Upper Town is most noted for the Fireoghter9s Museum
located at 29th and Marine Drive. Also in this neighborhood are some historic buildings, including
a pub called Desdemona 3 afec}onately referred to as <The Dirty D= in homage to its once rough-
and-tumble past that included a reputa}on for its trap-door where unlucky fellows would be
shanghaied.
East of town is home to the historic Pier 39 that ofers a cannery museum, brewery and
restaurant, cofee shop, overnight accommoda}ons, a crab company and variety of other goods
and services. Access to Pier 39 is over a wooden pier that juts out into the Columbia River and can
be accessed by foot or car.
Alderbrook is located just of Highway 30 east of town and is the collec}on of homes that can be
seen below the highway. Established in the late 18009s, at one }me it was its own community with
a mill, canneries, a school, and church 3 all connected to the rest of Astoria via a trolley car. Today
the Astoria River Walk connects Alderbrook to downtown and beyond. Walking across the old
railroad trestles provides a stunning view of the river and the community.
Astoria has many other neighborhoods that locals oven reference including Peter Pan, the South
Slope (WWII and newer homes), Miles Crossing, and Jefers Garden 3 each with their dis}nct
personali}es.
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