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Terry Schrunk Plaza is a park located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Located in between the Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building and Portland City Hall , and adjacent to the Plaza Blocks , it is owned and operated by the federal government .
Occupy Portland was a collaboration that began on October 6, 2011, in downtown Portland, Oregon, as a protest and demonstration against economic inequality worldwide. The movement was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on September 17, 2011.
Block 216 is a high-rise building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The 35-story building replaced the Alder Street food cart pod and parking lot between 9th and 10th avenues and Alder and Washington streets. At 460 feet (140 m) tall, it is Portland's fifth-tallest structure. [1]
Still in existence, this was the company's first Oregon outlet and its 40th overall. [18] In 2001, the completion of Fox Tower, a skyscraper on the block immediately southwest of the square, caused controversy among citizens because it blocks sunlight from reaching the majority of the square during the afternoon and evening hours. [citation needed]
According to a front-page story in the May 25, 1913, edition of The Oregonian: [5] "One-half of the building will be eight stories in height, with frontage on the Washington Street side, while the Stark Street side will be three stories high. In addition to a deep basement there will be a sub-basement on the part of the block facing Tenth street.
The White Stag Block in 2013. The White Stag Block facility refers to the Bickel Block Building, the Skidmore Block Building, and the White Stag Building, in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. It was purchased by the University of Oregon Foundation in 2015. [1] [2] [3]
Farewell to Orpheus, created by former Portland State University (PSU) art professor Frederic Littman in 1968, [1] [2] is located at Southwest Montgomery Street in the South Park Blocks. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It depicts Eurydice and was installed in 1972–1973 as part of the South Park Blocks Urban Renewal Development Project.
Shemanski Fountain, also known as Rebecca at the Well, is an outdoor fountain with a bronze sculpture, located in the South Park Blocks of downtown Portland, Oregon, in the United States. [1] The sandstone fountain was designed in 1925, completed in 1926, and named after Joseph Shemanski , a Polish immigrant and businessman who gave it to the city.