John's Landing is located in Southwest Portland near the Willamette River  and the Sellwood bridge. Two main roads run through the neighborhood, those are Corbett and Macadam Avenues. I-5 surounds the district on one side as well as the Willamette river on the opposite side, creating about ten blocks of width and three miles of length. 

The name John's Landing name originated from the B.P. John Furniture company, which dominated the area in its industrial past, as well architect John W. Storrs and John D. Gray. The two architects privately developed the area from its former state, industrial and commercial, to its current established residential. John's Landing was formerly known at Fulton. It's also be known as Southwest Portland, Willamette Park neighborhood, and the Macadam district