PORTLAND, OR — City leaders and local news outlets confirmed this week that Portland’s downtown is officially “back,” citing increased foot traffic, renewed holiday shopping interest, and a thriving public yoga scene that appears to require no studios, memberships, or basic awareness of surroundings. Once written off after years of pandemic closures, protest-related fires, and the kind of civic soul-searching that ends with plywood murals, downtown Portland is now being celebrated as vibrant...