Arts/Events in the Park

  • Help Design Our New Playground

    Come learn about the Parks Replacement Bond-funded replacement of the North Park Blocks Playground at an Open House on Monday, February 29, from 5:30pm – 7:00pm.  A brief presentation will start at 6pm, and Parks project staff & the design team from PLACE will be on hand to answer your questions and take your ideas. Graciously hosted by WeWork –…

  • City Neglect Closes Another North Park Blocks Business

    First, Glyph (another North Park Blocks eatery) closed in Sept 2015. Now Remedy. Remedy Wine Bar featured huge windows that overlooked the North Park Blocks. A park-side location should be an asset to a gracious wine bar. But not when it’s adjacent to a space that city neglect has turned into a de facto homeless encampment. Portland Parks Commissioner…

  • Business Damaged “Beyond Repair” by Influx of Homeless Campers

    BY KATU.COM Staff and Lincoln Graves, KATU News PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland wine bar is closing its doors after being damaged “beyond repair” by the “influx of homeless campers … drug use and other crimes.” Remedy Wine Bar, which has been located on Northwest Everett Street by the North Park Blocks for three years, made…