North Park Blocks PDX

Arts/Events in the Park

  • Keep Portland Weird (But Safe)

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    This past summer the North Park Blocks experienced a dramatic rise in unlawful activity – traveling gangs, aggressive panhandlers, drugs, public sex, off-leash dog attacks. That situation was turned around when City Hall finally took notice and Portland Police stepped up their presence to enforce the law in the park. We saw smart policing based on…

  • Cities: Contradictions of Capitalism

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    Excerpt from: Naked Cities: The Death and Life of Urban America By Adam Gopnik  The New Yorker Oct 5, 2015 Cities can’t win. When they do well, people resent them as citadels of inequality; when they do badly, they are cesspools of hopelessness. In the seventies and eighties, the seemingly permanent urban crisis became the verdict…

  • Join Us: “Polish The Pearl” Saturday 10/17/15

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    Join neighbors and friends for a fall neighborhood clean-up of the Pearl District! Volunteers meet at Peet’s Coffee to check in, receive a free cup of coffee, get a street assignment, pick up supplies, and head out into the neighborhood to pick up litter. After the event, volunteers turn in supplies and stay for a…