Bridge City

March 2, 2017

This post contributed by Tianna Lewis.

Bruce Clark, Steel Bridge Portland — Bruce Clark, Steel Bridge Portland

Portland is known for it’s many bridges. Each one beautifully reflects the different times in which they were built. But they also serve a great purpose; they join two separate places together. On that note, I invite you to travel along Portland’s bridges, not from east to west or north to south, but from the real towards the abstract. We’ll start off with clearly discernible imagery, but as you scroll through, things will get looser, stranger, until you may not be able to see a bridge at all; maybe just the thought or memory of one. Enjoy.

Don Schwartz, Tilikum Crossing — Don Schwartz, Tilikum Crossing

Kevin Farrell, 3rdStreetBridge — Kevin Farrell, 3rd Street Bridge

David Mathew, Fremont Bridge — David Mathew, Fremont Bridge

Christopher Mooney, Cathedral Park — Christopher Mooney, Cathedral Park

Beth Kerschen, Crossing the Willamette #5 — Beth Kerschen, Crossing the Willamette #5

Molly Cliff Hilts, Sellwood Bridge — Molly Cliff Hilts, Sellwood Bridge

Sidonie Caron, Tilikum Crossing — Sidonie Caron ,Tilikum Crossing

Hebe Greizerstein, Tilikum — Hebe Greizerstein, Tilikum

Paul Zegers, Birmsode Bridge II — Paul Zegers, Birmsode Bridge II

David McBride, Portland City Bridges — David McBride, Portland City Bridges

Leland John, Willamette Falls and Bridge: Sunset — Leland John, Willamette Falls and Bridge; Sunset

Jean Thomas, Hawthorne Multiples — Jean Thomas, Hawthorne Multiples

Bruce Ulrich, Bridging — Bruce Ulrich, Bridging

Tom Relth, Bridge Over 4 — Tom Relth, Bridge Over 4

Candace Primack, Crossing to Safety — Candace Primack, Crossing to Safety

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These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River.

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