I snapped this from the bus when I passed by.
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A peace pole is a monument that displays the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth" in the language of the country where it has been placed, and usually 3 to 13 additional translations. The message often is referred to as a peace prayer.The idea of peace poles was first thought up by Masahisa Goi in 1955 in Japan. The peace pole project today is promoted by The World Peace Prayer Society as well as other groups and individuals. The first peace poles outside Japan were constructed in 1983. Since then, more than 200,000 have been placed around the world in close to 200 countries.Peace poles are made of many materials; most are made of wood, while others are made of limestone, copper, plastic or stainless steel. The text might be painted, carved, etched, welded, pasted, or riveted on, or it might simply be a plastic plaque attached with screws. In other cases, it is the careful work of an artist or sculptor.Sometimes the word prayer is avoided so that peace poles are not regarded as religious objects therefore violating zoning restrictions. For example, a Quaker group in New York City ran into this problem year after year, and did not get permission to plant a peace pole in a park. Some manufacturers refer to the wording as a Peace Message for this reason.Peace poles have been placed in such notable locations as the north magnetic pole, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the site of the Egyptian pyramids in Giza, and the Aiki Shrine in Iwama, Japan. Peace poles are commonly installed at high-profile public gathering places, such as community parks or near the entrances of churches or schools. In one case, a garden, created for a wedding, was designed around the peace pole that was its centerpiece. The Republic of Molossia, a micronation, has a peace pole in eight languages. The University of California, Los Angeles has a limestone peace pole with 14 languages directly in front of Kerckhoff Hall.The initial inspiration for planting a peace pole often is as a response to a local historic hate crime, incident or issue. The world's second-largest peace pole, at 52 feet (16 m), is located in Janesville, Wisconsin, at the site of a 1992 KKK rally (Saturday, May 30). Another of the largest peace poles in the world, as measured in tons, is the granite peace pole in Beech Acres Park near Cincinnati, Ohio, inspired by hate literature left in the driveways of Jewish residents.In September 2016, the World Peace Prayer Society and the Little Free Library project announced a collaboration to offer a new peace pole library structure. It features the standard peace pole message of peace – "May Peace Prevail on Earth" – in a six-foot library. Some of these new libraries were installed at locations significant to the civil rights movement, such as the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.The message in each languageThe multilingual inscription of a peace pole constitutes a parallel text with top-to-bottom sentences. Each one is usually shown:rotated clockwise in languages using LTR scripts (English, Latin, ...)rotated counterclockwise in languages using RTL scripts (Arabic, Hebrew, ...)arranged vertically in languages using East Asian scripts (Japanese, Chinese, ...)They can be set in different case styles (sentence case, title case all caps, small caps), even on a single pole.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_pole
Refs: https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67m3734?locale=en and https://www.stphilipneripdx.org/Parish-Life/Our-History
THIS ALL HAPPENED MORE OR LESSSE Division Street, Portland ORCommissioned 2012 by the City of Portland, ORThe moments captured by these sculptures are quiet and simple and everyday, mirroring the familiar scenes that can occur on a street like Division. Unlike a statue of a hero or icon, whose story is legend, these people are like you. They are mysterious, complicated, and everyone is invited to guess what goes on in their lives. The stones are monuments to these moments - platforms for the characters, whose purpose is to draw attention to them, but the surrounding cityscape is their stage.Ref: https://crashstudioart.com/division-street
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References:https://findac.tumblr.comhttps://www.streetartbio.com/artists/fin-dac/https://solterra.com/blog-attitude-9-22-17-2/
Mario DeLeon References:https://racc.org/2021/05/14/artists-and-youth-strengthen-community-connections-within-east-portland/https://katu.com/news/local/former-tagger-combats-graffiti-in-gresham-with-art
Mario DeLeon References:https://racc.org/2021/05/14/artists-and-youth-strengthen-community-connections-within-east-portland/https://katu.com/news/local/former-tagger-combats-graffiti-in-gresham-with-art
Mario DeLeon References:https://racc.org/2021/05/14/artists-and-youth-strengthen-community-connections-within-east-portland/https://katu.com/news/local/former-tagger-combats-graffiti-in-gresham-with-art
Tiny House
Mural by @pushlimitsdaily
Mural by @pushlimitsdaily
Refs: https://www.multco.us/buildings/multnomah-building and https://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure/52533934937/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure/52534880605/in/album-72177720304676156/]2015 close-up snaps.
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure/53139413513/i][https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure/53139413158/]Union Pacific Brooklyn Intermodal Rail Yard
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Wieden+Kennedy is the mind behind some of the most iconic advertising campaigns of the past few decades.by: Joyce OgirriPosted: Sep 6, 2023 / 05:36 PM PDTThe local company is now doing something different, starting a hopeful grassroots effort in Portland.The new mural “Portland Is What We Make It,” located in the southeast part of the city, has businesses saying that it’s hopefully it’s a building block that can start a movement.Weiden+Kennedy says the mural is a call to action. They are calling on people to do things in the city, big or small. Some businesses who partnered with the company say it’s so important to bring life back to Portland.“It’s a beautiful message. A message of hope, change and community,” said Ole Olsen, co-owner of loveTEAK. “I think Portland has so much potential.”Over the years, there’s been an exodus from businesses in downtown Portland. In hopes of changing that trend, the Portland Enterprise Zone lowered taxes for businesses in downtown and the central east side.“It wouldn’t take much to turn that around. It’s just it takes every one of us to do a few things a little bit different,” Olsen said.Loveteak has been located in SE Portland since the pandemic. He hopes the mural and the campaign will have an impact and get more people involved.The kick-off event and gallery show for the new mural is Thursday at Wieden+Kennedy (224 NW 13th Ave.) from 6-8 p.m.Ref: https://www.koin.com/local/a-message-of-hope-new-portland-advertising-campaign-aspires-to-start-a-movement/
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Wieden+Kennedy is the mind behind some of the most iconic advertising campaigns of the past few decades.by: Joyce OgirriPosted: Sep 6, 2023 / 05:36 PM PDTThe local company is now doing something different, starting a hopeful grassroots effort in Portland.The new mural “Portland Is What We Make It,” located in the southeast part of the city, has businesses saying that it’s hopefully it’s a building block that can start a movement.Weiden+Kennedy says the mural is a call to action. They are calling on people to do things in the city, big or small. Some businesses who partnered with the company say it’s so important to bring life back to Portland.“It’s a beautiful message. A message of hope, change and community,” said Ole Olsen, co-owner of loveTEAK. “I think Portland has so much potential.”Over the years, there’s been an exodus from businesses in downtown Portland. In hopes of changing that trend, the Portland Enterprise Zone lowered taxes for businesses in downtown and the central east side.“It wouldn’t take much to turn that around. It’s just it takes every one of us to do a few things a little bit different,” Olsen said.Loveteak has been located in SE Portland since the pandemic. He hopes the mural and the campaign will have an impact and get more people involved.The kick-off event and gallery show for the new mural is Thursday at Wieden+Kennedy (224 NW 13th Ave.) from 6-8 p.m.Ref: https://www.koin.com/local/a-message-of-hope-new-portland-advertising-campaign-aspires-to-start-a-movement/
The Tree Farm, or Tree Farm Building is a six-story building in Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood, in the United States.Description and historyLocated at Morrison and Southeast Third, the building was designed by Brett Schulz Architects; Guerrilla Development and Pro-Teck Construction served as developer and contractor, respectively. More than 50 strawberry trees are installed on the building's exterior. The project reportedly cost $12.7 million.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_Farm_(building)
The Tree Farm, or Tree Farm Building is a six-story building in Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood, in the United States.Description and historyLocated at Morrison and Southeast Third, the building was designed by Brett Schulz Architects; Guerrilla Development and Pro-Teck Construction served as developer and contractor, respectively. More than 50 strawberry trees are installed on the building's exterior. The project reportedly cost $12.7 million.Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_Farm_(building)
Walt Pelett: https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/09/walt-pelett-colorful-founder-of-city-liquidators-dies-at-90.htmlCity Liquidators: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Liquidators
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ref: http://www.meshersupply.com/staticpage.aspx?s=About
ref: http://www.meshersupply.com/staticpage.aspx?s=About
Oak Street Building
Ref: https://www.memorydenpdx.com/about-us
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Ref: https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/09/05/outdoor-supplier-and-military-surplus-outlet-andy-and-bax-is-closing-its-doors/
Ref: https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/09/05/outdoor-supplier-and-military-surplus-outlet-andy-and-bax-is-closing-its-doors/
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The East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District, located in southeast Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The district includes approximately 20 city blocks on or near Southeast Grand Avenue on the east side of the Willamette River, roughly bounded on the south by SE Main Street, north by SE Ankeny Street, west by SE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and east by SE Seventh Avenue. Most structures in the district are commercial buildings rising two to three stories. Immediately to the west of the historic district is Portland's east side industrial area, and to the east are industrial and residential areas.HistoryThe historic district is part of a larger area originally designated in 1850 as the East Portland Townsite. In 1861 James B. Stephens platted the area into 200-foot by 200-foot blocks from a portion of his donation land claim. The townsite was roughly bounded by the Willamette River to the west, 12th Street to the east, Glisan Street to the north, and Hawthorne Street to the south.By 1870, the Oregon Central Railroad included a branch through East Portland, and the community was incorporated in 1871. Commercial development increased, and in 1891 East Portland was annexed into the city of Portland.Designation of buildingsThe historic period of significance for the district is 1883 through 1930. Buildings designated as "primary" contributing properties were constructed between 1883 and 1915. Those designated as "secondary" were constructed between 1916 and 1930.A third designation, "historic but non-contributing," denotes buildings constructed within the period of significance but which have been modernized or altered beyond their historic identity.The East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District includes a total of 74 properties, and 50 are designated either primary, secondary, or historic non-contributing.A fourth designation, "non-contributing," denotes buildings constructed after 1930. The district contains six non-contributing buildings and 18 vacant lots.[5]Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Portland_Grand_Avenue_Historic_District
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Ref: https://www.thegetdownpdx.com
Located on the main commercial street in what was once the city of East Portland, the Barber Block has survived more than a century to become one of southeast Portland’s most significant and recognizable historic buildings.The three-story Barber Block, located at 532 Southeast Grand Avenue in Portland, was constructed in 1890, at an estimated cost of $25,000, for Edward Holman, a local undertaker. Holman named the building after Henry Barber, his father-in-law, who was also in the mortuary business. Barber had come to Oregon in the 1850s, working in the timber industry and then as a surveyor before establishing a successful East Portland mortuary business in 1879. He died in 1898; Holman died in 1920. Architect Thomas J. Jones designed the Barber Block. He had begun designing buildings in Portland in the late 1880s and later became the first staff architect for Portland Public Schools. His work included Portland's Washington High School (1905) at Southeast 14th and Stark Streets, which was demolished after a 1922 fire. Jones also designed Portland's Woodstock School (1911), which still stands.Filling its entire 50-by-100-foot lot, the Barber Block is a skillful blend of architectural styles popular in Portland around 1890. In addition to the Italianate-styled window bays and other late Victorian-era architectural ornamentation, Jones included simulated stone archways over the building entries, reflective of the emerging Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. In the 1920s, a nickelodeon theater operated in the Barber Block, and the building later served as a single-room occupancy hotel with a furniture store on the ground floor. The apartments on the second and third floors remained relatively unchanged, and many residents lived in the building for decades. Over time, however, the building deteriorated and the owner considered demolishing it, especially after it sustained significant roof damage during the 1962 Columbus Day Storm. It wasn't until 1977, when the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, that the owner decided to renovate the building rather than tear it down. Since then, the Barber Block has become a centerpiece of the East Portland-Grand Avenue National Register Historic District.For many years after the building's 1970s renovation, the ground floor of the Barber Block was occupied by Digger O’Dell’s restaurant. In 2011, the building housed a commercial bank, with apartments on the upper floors.Ref: https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/barber_block_portland_/
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Portland Central Eastside Industrial District - Mural by Lords (2023)
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![[https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure/53139413513/i][https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure/53139413158/]Union Pacific Brooklyn Intermodal Rail Yard](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c05ca908a080ce8d9a41b15a02b465b/2e9a7886-a142-486f-a092-930c43d11e54_rw_1920.jpg?h=e2f65c8b98d8ad3b7f3d15c8e93071e5)
![The East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District, located in southeast Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The district includes approximately 20 city blocks on or near Southeast Grand Avenue on the east side of the Willamette River, roughly bounded on the south by SE Main Street, north by SE Ankeny Street, west by SE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and east by SE Seventh Avenue. Most structures in the district are commercial buildings rising two to three stories. Immediately to the west of the historic district is Portland's east side industrial area, and to the east are industrial and residential areas.HistoryThe historic district is part of a larger area originally designated in 1850 as the East Portland Townsite. In 1861 James B. Stephens platted the area into 200-foot by 200-foot blocks from a portion of his donation land claim. The townsite was roughly bounded by the Willamette River to the west, 12th Street to the east, Glisan Street to the north, and Hawthorne Street to the south.By 1870, the Oregon Central Railroad included a branch through East Portland, and the community was incorporated in 1871. Commercial development increased, and in 1891 East Portland was annexed into the city of Portland.Designation of buildingsThe historic period of significance for the district is 1883 through 1930. Buildings designated as "primary" contributing properties were constructed between 1883 and 1915. Those designated as "secondary" were constructed between 1916 and 1930.A third designation, "historic but non-contributing," denotes buildings constructed within the period of significance but which have been modernized or altered beyond their historic identity.The East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District includes a total of 74 properties, and 50 are designated either primary, secondary, or historic non-contributing.A fourth designation, "non-contributing," denotes buildings constructed after 1930. The district contains six non-contributing buildings and 18 vacant lots.[5]Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Portland_Grand_Avenue_Historic_District](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/7c05ca908a080ce8d9a41b15a02b465b/ad0a5585-a117-4e6b-b2ae-7c70627d53d8_rw_1920.jpg?h=b7aad8f4f69fac0db629b6c781694a8e)
