The Friday Profile: Boris and Melissa Kaganovich, Portland’s merry pranksters of street reinvention
The pair hope to leave Portland with an unfamiliar and powerful insight: sometimes, improvisation works.
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The pair hope to leave Portland with an unfamiliar and powerful insight: sometimes, improvisation works.
One of Portland’s top tourist attractions seems poised to become dramatically less car-oriented by the start of 2016.
Two months after a popular demo, permanent changes are afoot.
The experimental protected bike lane and pedestrian plaza seem to be reshaping how the city sees the street.
Of all the ideas, gripes and raves, one of the reviews was my favorite.
It’s amazing what a few cones, hay bales, and barriers can do.
Boris Kaganovich of Better Block PDX with a half-built planter in the rooms where he and other volunteers have been preparing for a “pop-up” plaza and protected bike lanes on 3rd Avenue.(Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland) Working every evening for two weeks in a warren of unfinished rooms three stories above Old Town, more than a dozen enthusiastic … Read more
The three-block project will be one of the country’s largest pop-up projects ever.
One of the organizers for local group Better Block PDX has made a nice video of how Portlanders responded to two temporary public spaces the group created over the weekend at one of Portland’s most interesting intersections.
A group of locals are celebrating the summer by trying something new for one day at 26th and Clinton.
A display on SW Stark drew large crowds to enjoy public space that’s usually dominated by private automobiles.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland took part in PARK(ing) Day today. The global event, which started in San Francisco in 2005, seeks to create temporary public spaces in what are usually used as auto parking spots. This year … Read more
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