Old Town/Chinatown News - Page 36

2oh1 · #**701** Posted: **Apr 23, 2013, 4:39 PM**

Where in Old Town is this?

Derek · #**702** Posted: **Apr 23, 2013, 5:14 PM**

NW 2nd and Burnside/Couch I believe.

RainDog · #**703** Posted: **May 18, 2013, 5:03 AM**

So I was walking through old town this afternoon and noticed a bunch of large colorful objects on the sidewalk along Davis street. They were maybe 12' tall and looked kinda like oversize pieces of blown glass. They also appeared to have solar panels on the top portion... Though I didn't get too good of a look so I might be mistaken on that. They're were at least four of them, the furthest west one being right in front of the old customs house.

Does anyone know what the deal is with these? Is this a permanent public art installation? Google wasn't coming up with anything.

tworivers · #**704** Posted: **May 18, 2013, 7:18 AM**

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They were maybe 12' tall and looked kinda like oversize pieces of blown glass.

Ha! I suspect that they are classic pieces of Portland Public Art. Haven't seen them in person yet but they are definitely getting noticed, as evidenced by my Facebook feed:

maccoinnich · #**705** Posted: **May 18, 2013, 7:00 PM**

Is there no end to the terrible public art the RACC inflicts on us?

65MAX · #**706** Posted: **May 19, 2013, 4:36 PM**

I like it. And there's four of them? I'll have to go take a look.

Nobody has any other information on these?

RainDog · #**707** Posted: **May 19, 2013, 9:40 PM**

Yeah at least four, at intervals on either side of the street, you can partially see the furthest west one at the very far right of that picture. It's that orange shape over there.

I personally find them quite attractive, though maybe oddly placed.
It's kind of funny how polarizing public art tends to be.

Derek · #**708** Posted: **May 31, 2013, 2:22 AM**

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but Subway is opening up a store at NW Second and Couch.