Elk Fountain

PBOT releases plan for bike lane around Elk Fountain statue

After months of speculation and back-and-forth at City Hall, the Portland Bureau of Transportation just announced they will stripe a bike lane on SW Main between 3rd and 4th avenues. This is the block where the Thompson Elk Fountain and statue had lived before it was removed following damage it sustained during protests. There was … Read more

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August 11, 2022

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Downtown Portland street with bus, bike rider and the Thompson Elk Fountain on Main.

Hope remains for bike lane on SW Main, even with return of Elk Fountain

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May 10, 2022

Taylor Griggs (Staff Writer)

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Comment of the Week: The Elk will reveal what we stand for

“I’d appreciate if our electeds [would] say something like: the elk is an important symbol for Portland. It’d be good to restore it in its entirety. The world has also shifted… if it literally stands in the way of climate progress then it risks becoming an impediment to our vision for Portland.”

Elk Fountain

April 7, 2022

Lisa Caballero (Assistant Editor)