We get hot mid-summer days in the Willamette Valley. But, we have low humidity. As a result, the evenings are cool and refreshing - a perfect time of day to get in an urban walk-about ...br/ br/Located only a couple blocks from our condo residence in downtown Salem, Oregon, the Grand Theater was built as a lodge hall and opera house in 1900. It remains in use - showing art films and hosting live theater productions (unfortunately on hold during the COVID pandemic).