Lloyd Center - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Lloyd Center - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Lloyd Center - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Lloyd Center - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Ref:L https://www.portland.gov/parks/eastbank-esplanade
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Steel Bridge - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Steel Bridge - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Ref: https://www.multco.us/earthquake-ready-burnside-bridge
Ref: https://www.colliers.com/en/united-states/cities/portland
Thank you to another Flickr member who pointed me to the film below. The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal (HD)The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal is a short experimental documentary that examines the unexpected artistic merits of graffiti removal efforts. The film makes a dry, tongue-in-cheek argument that graffiti removal has become one of the more intriguing and important art movements of the 21st century.Directed by Matt McCormick and narrated by Miranda July, The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen at festivals, museums, and art galleries around the world. It won many awards, received fantastic reviews, and was named in ‘Top 10 / Best of 2002’ lists in The Village Voice, Art Forum, and Filmmaker Magazine.Originally shot on 16mm film, The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal was remastered to 4K digital video and re-released in 2022 thanks to a generous grant from The Sundance Preservation Fund. The remastered film then screened at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival as part of their 40th Anniversary program.Director: Matt McCormickNarrator: Miranda JulyWritten by: Avalon Kalin and Matt McCormickCyclist: Tasha ChristensenGraphics: Topher SinkinsonCamera, editing, and sound design: Matt McCormickRef: https://vimeo.com/368367
These plaques are at the entrance to The Haseltine Building. The he Haseltine Building is a historic property in Portland, Oregon near the Willamette River and on the edge of the city's Central Business district. Located at the intersection of Southwest 2nd Avenue and Ash Street, the building was designed by architects McGraw & Martin, and built in 1893. It was originally used by J.E. Haseltine & Co., a family owned and operated company that sold hardware, supplies and equipment from 1883- 1961. The building underwent a significant renovation in 2020. Today, it is primarily an office building home to a variety of tenants who appreciate its rich history and irreplaceable visual elements, such as the red brick, and giant old-growth timber beams and columns.As of December 2021, the building had four suites totaling 6,173 square feet available for lease. Marketing materials for the property highlight a number of tenant amenities, including a bike room and shower facilities, new common area finishes, operable windows and easy access to parking and public transportation.Ref: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haseltine_Building">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haseltine_Building</a>
These plaques are at the entrance to The Haseltine Building. The he Haseltine Building is a historic property in Portland, Oregon near the Willamette River and on the edge of the city's Central Business district. Located at the intersection of Southwest 2nd Avenue and Ash Street, the building was designed by architects McGraw & Martin, and built in 1893. It was originally used by J.E. Haseltine & Co., a family owned and operated company that sold hardware, supplies and equipment from 1883- 1961. The building underwent a significant renovation in 2020. Today, it is primarily an office building home to a variety of tenants who appreciate its rich history and irreplaceable visual elements, such as the red brick, and giant old-growth timber beams and columns.As of December 2021, the building had four suites totaling 6,173 square feet available for lease. Marketing materials for the property highlight a number of tenant amenities, including a bike room and shower facilities, new common area finishes, operable windows and easy access to parking and public transportation.Ref: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haseltine_Building">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haseltine_Building</a>
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5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Ref: https://www.spencerkeetoncunningham.com
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The Benson Hotel - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
US Bank Building - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Portland's Weather Machine - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Portland’s whimsical Weather Machine has been forecasting from Pioneer Courthouse Square since 1988Published: Jan. 11, 2020, 10:00 a.m.By Samantha Swindler | The Oregonian/OregonLiveSince 1988, the noontime mechanical performance of the Weather Machine has been delighting and confusing visitors to downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. Every day, the one-of-a-kind, whimsical creation announces the day’s weather with a fanfare of trumpets, a spray of mist and a cast of creatures.But most passersby have no idea what it is.“It’s really fun to go down there and to monitor what people know about it, or which people come to gather to watch it,” said Luke Grimm, the self-proclaimed “Weather Wizard” who maintains the machine.His parents were part of the team of artists who built the sculpture, and for years he’s been coming downtown to watch people’s reactions to the performance. It starts with a recording of trumpets blaring from unseen speakers in the square.“First, they’re caught off guard, like, ‘What is this?’ I can see the look of bewilderment in their eyes,” he said. “And when you see their attention has finally seen the Weather Machine, they’re just captivated by it. It’s really fun to watch people discover something that they’ve never seen before.”The story of the Weather Machine begins with the story of Pioneer Courthouse Square, which opened in 1984. The square was created by a design team led by Will Martin, an eccentric Portland architect with a sense of flair. A 1985 article in The Oregonian described Pioneer Courthouse Square as “the crowning touch of whimsy on Portland’s center of whimsy.”From the beginning, Martin designed the square with plans to install a “Weather Machine” on a bronze column in the northwest corner. Martin made his own, highly ambitious (some might say impractical) sketches that featured bursts of fire, falling water and mechanical statues powered by a windmill. His wildest idea was titled “Will’s Wacky Weather World.”But Martin would never live to see his, or any other, Weather Machine built. He was killed, along with his son, in September 1985 when the single-engine plane in which they were flying crashed in Grand Canyon National Park.A year after his death, the city held a design competition for “a unique yet practical work of art … easily visible from all vantage points and designed to indicate current weather conditions and anticipated changes through the use of a symbol system.”Among those asked to judge the Weather Machine entries was Dick Ponzi, best known today as the founder of Ponzi Vineyards and of Portland’s first craft brewery, Columbia River Brewing, later renamed BridgePort Brewing. Ponzi came to Oregon in 1969 to grow pinot noir grapes. Before he moved here, he’d been a mechanical engineer for Disney, designing some of the original rides for Walt Disney World. If you wanted some mechanical whimsy, Ponzi was your man.But after attending a meeting about the competition, he had a better idea.He wanted to enter.Dick Ponzi, one of the creators of the Weather Machine in Pioneer Courthous Square, holds a cartoon by Jack Ohman depciting the machine.Ponzi approached three of his artist friends – Roger Sheppard and husband and wife, Ray and Jere Grimm – to put together a proposal. The Grimms had recently returned from a tour through Germany, where they were inspired by the cuckoo clocks in public squares.“We did hundreds and hundreds of drawings,” Jere Grimm said. “The concept arose that maybe we could perch a sphere on top of the column, and that sphere might contain a performance piece that was kind of a surprise.”They decided on three creatures that would unfold out of the sphere, to a spray of mist and a burst of music, and forecast the day’s weather. A dragon, made of hand-pounded copper that aged to a gnarly green, represented nasty weather. A gold-plated sun named “Helia” meant clear skies. And a blue heron made of aluminum forecast a drizzly, overcast day.They won the competition, and spent the next 11 months fabricating and assembling the Weather Machine at Ponzi Vineyards. The piece cost an estimated $60,000 to complete.“My job was to get all these creatures into a big sphere and have one of them come up depicting the weather,” Ponzi said. “There’s technical necessity, but whether it’s beer, wine or a piece of sculpture, there’s a little aesthetics involved also.”The Weather Machine also includes a column of lights that tells the temperature. Each red bulb, when lit along the pillar, represents 10 degrees; each white bulb represents two degrees. A plaque at the base of the column explains how to interpret the symbols.A crowd turned out for the Weather Machine’s dedication in 1988, which included a proclamation by Mayor Bud Clark and a special live broadcast from “Today” show weatherman Willard Scott.“We told them we would guarantee it for, I think, five years,” Ponzi said. “I didn’t think it would last this long, but I’m sure pleased.”Roger Sheppard and Ray Grimm have since passed away. Luke Grimm is now the protector of his father’s legacy. He regularly checks the air compressor that raises and lowers the creatures, changes light bulbs, and sets the day’s weather. Sensors automatically detect the temperature and light the bulbs along the side of the sculpture. But the selection of the day’s creature is still done manually each day, by either Luke Grimm or the maintenance and security staff of Pioneer Courthouse Square.Luke Grimm is teaching his daughter, and when they’re a bit older, Dick Ponzi’s grandchildren, how to operate the machine and be the next generation of Weather Wizards. After all, it’s part of their family legacy.“I always feel like my dad’s looking down us out there, watching everybody in the square,” he said.Ref: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/01/portlands-whimsical-weather-machine-has-been-forecasting-from-pioneer-courthouse-square-since-1988.html
Ref: https://pioneercourthouse.org/architecture.html
PIoneer Courthouse Square - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Plaque for the sculptureBoth sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Reflections
City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Plaque for the sculptureBoth sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Reflections
City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Plaque for the sculptureBoth sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Reflections
Portlandia - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Justice Center - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Building - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Building - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Building - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
KOIN Tower (formerly KOIN Center) is a 155.15 m (509.0 ft), 35-story, skyscraper in Portland, Oregon, United States. The building, the third-tallest in the city, was designed by the firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership and opened in 1984 at a cost of US$48 million.HistoryThe building was originally named Fountain Plaza, but it quickly came to be known as the KOIN Center reflecting the name of its highest-profile occupant, KOIN television, the CBS affiliate in Portland. The building was controversial while being constructed because its location blocked the view of Mount Hood that had long been seen by drivers emerging from the Vista Ridge Tunnel under Portland's West Hills going eastbound on U.S. Route 26.KOIN Center was the first building completed in a projected three-block development sponsored by the Portland Development Commission (PDC) that also included the city blocks immediately to the north and east. The latter was the long-time location of the KOIN broadcast studios and offices, which relocated to the KOIN Center upon its completion. Of the additional projected buildings, only the Essex House apartments, occupying half of the northern block facing SW Third Avenue were completed, in 1992. A 15-story office building on the eastern block, 100 Columbia, was proposed but construction never commenced. This building has now been cancelled.The PDC had a number of goals in sponsoring the Fountain Plaza project. One was to provide a link between the government and central business core of downtown and the nearly completed South Auditorium redevelopment district immediately to the south. This redevelopment project, initiated in 1960, had been the first for the PDC and, though controversial at the time, has been considered by some to be one of the nation's few successful such projects from that era. Reflecting that goal, the southwest entrance to the KOIN Center faces its own street-corner plaza diagonally across the intersection from the Ira C. Keller Fountain, making a visual and pedestrian connection that important public space. The Keller Fountain, built in 1970 and originally named the Forecourt Fountain in reference to the adjacent Municipal (now Keller) Auditorium, was described by New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable as maybe "one of the most important urban spaces since the Renaissance." It is this fountain that gave the name to the KOIN Center project. A second goal of the PDC in proposing this mixed-use building was to promote the type of condominium apartment living common in the central business districts of large cities such as New York City and Chicago but not in Portland at the time.The firm of Olympia & York of Oregon, a joint venture of Olympia & York Properties of Toronto and Arnon Development, both Canadian-owned, won the PDC competition for the Fountain Plaza project and completed the building in 1984. Between 1992 and 1995, the real estate holdings of Olympia & York of Toronto were auctioned off in bankruptcy court, with the KOIN Center going to an ownership group headed by the Louis Dreyfus Property Group (LDPG) in 1993. The LDPG owned the building until it was sold on July 3, 2007 to a group of California investors for US$109 million, a purchase that included the two remaining building sites for potential high-rise office and residential development. In August 2009, these investors, including the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and CommonWealth partners, surrendered control of the KOIN Center after defaulting on their mortgage of US$70 million from the New York Life Insurance Company. The condos on the upper floors are owned separately and were unaffected by the default.In December 2009, Portland-based American Pacific International Capital purchased the office portion of the building for between $50 and $60 million, approximately half the US$109 million paid by CalPERS in 2007. ScanlanKemperBard bought the office tower for $88 million in January 2015. In 2016, the building underwent major upgrades, including a full renovation of the main lobby, improvements throughout the building and some vacant suites. The lobby is home to a 32-screen media wall, which is the largest media wall in the city of Portland. As part of the improvements, KOIN Center underwent a rebranding and was renamed KOIN Tower.DesignKOIN Tower occupies an entire city block and is clad in orange brick and trimmed with white limestone at the base; the sloping roof forming the pyramidal crown is prefinished galvanized steel. The ziggurat-like profile and blue crown sets it apart from most of the other buildings in the downtown Portland area and gives it an instantly recognizable appearance, "one of the most important things a downtown skyscraper can accomplish." The step backs in its footprint with increasing height and its multi-faceted form are reminiscent of the Art Deco skyscrapers of the 1920s, leading some commentators to describe its architecture as Neo-Art Deco. In addition to the KOIN broadcast studios and offices below grade, the building has three principal functional programs, each with its own entrance and distinctive facade—commercial/office on SW Columbia Street, retail and former theater space on the southwest corner, and residential condominiums on SW Third Avenue. In addition, a restaurant space has its own entrance on SW Clay Street. Thus, the building relates to its surroundings in several distinct ways. Of these, most important is the southwest corner as an extension of the public space represented by the Keller Fountain and adjacent Keller Auditorium. A feature unique in Portland, and resulting from the multi-block nature of the original project, is the location of the entrance to the underground parking and loading docks on the adjacent block to the east. This spares any of the four street frontages from accommodating a parking entrance or loading dock, a distinct design advantage for a building on one of the small 200 by 200 ft (61 by 61 m) blocks typical of downtown Portland.The limestone at street level is rich with fossils — including sand dollars, byrozoa, and barnacles — as well as pieces of green chert.Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOIN_Center
Black Box | KOIN Tower - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Manuel Izquierdo's The Dreamer was funded by the Portland Development Commission and installed at Pettygrove Park (Southwest 3rd Avenue between Market Street and Harrison Street) in downtown Portland in 1979. The Oregon Encyclopedia contributor Roger Hull described the sculpture as a "flowing, abstract form poised on a geometric base sited in a pool of water. Organic and voluptuous, it is a modern river goddess. Izquierdo's faultlessly drop-welded seams (internal to the work and thus invisible) give the piece a taut clarity despite its sensuousness." Izquierdo purchased and cleaned surplus Navy bronze, then filled the sculpture with foam so that falling rain would create a "gentle sound like a kettledrum", rather than a ringing sound produced from rain hitting a hollow structure. He has said the work "speaks of hope, of beauty and serenity, of love, and for a better life in our midst".The Dreamer is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the sculpture.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreamer_(sculpture)
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Related article: https://bikeportland.org/2023/02/02/what-makes-better-naito-so-great-369994
Save Oregon - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Tilikum Crossing - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
Tilikum Crossing - 5/19/2023 Downtown Portland Loop Walk
