The finest name in lodging, until the rot set in. Closed in 1963, then had a run as a government office building until 1992.

Now the Embassy Suites Portland-Downtown, for which I'm glad: Multnomah is one of those place names that just bugs me. It may be the Mult part, and possibly because they didn't feel as if they needed a vowel before they got to the Nomah part.

Looks rather dull today.