The view from the new silver spheres strung across the sky here will not always be as stunning as it was on this sunbeam weekend: Mount Hood regal in the late light, Mount St. Helens a mystery in the distance, the downtown skyline sharp but self-effacing, smart enough to know its place amid mightier peaks.Yet even if the opening of the Portland’s newest and most exotic form of public transportation — the $57 million Portland Aerial Tram — had been met with the more customary drizzle and drear of winter here, the ride would still have been a thrill.—by William Yardley, The New York Times
