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Our Park Transforms into Collaborative Artwork
What: FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one summer weekend, we will transform the downtown Portland North Park Blocks into a large-scale collaborative artwork, and then it’s gone, without a trace. Full details here | Photo gallery here When: Saturday,…
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Gentrification and Black Displacement in Hipster Heartland
Hopefully the North Park Blocks is getting it right with preservation of historic buildings through adaptive reuse as schools, retail, creative spaces and a few modestly priced condos. We celebrate the diversity of the people who live, work and enjoy the park and our neighbors – Emerson School, PNCA, WeWork, retail, restaurants, bars, art galleries and sizable…
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Mayor Hales and PDX Sued Over Homeless Camping
Reposted from Oregonian by Brad Schmidt April 20, 2016 Portland’s homelessness crisis hit a fevered pitch Wednesday as a new coalition sued the city and Mayor Charlie Hales, calling Hales’ pro-camping policy an illegal abuse of power because the City Council never signed off. Full story at the Oregonian Read the lawsuit … If successful, the…