Portland Streetcar has installed etched glass panels in selected streetcar shelters:
South Waterfront
The following four shelter desings feature a common background image — A segment of an 1889 Portland River illustration, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society.
SW Moody & Gibbs Shelter
Sponsored by Williams & Dame Development, Inc./North Macadam Investors, LLC
- Left panel photo – SW Caruthers Street, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
- Center panel – First House, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
- Right panel, lower right – Indian lodge, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
SW Bond & Lane Shelter
Sponsored by Gerding Edlen Development
- Left panel photos – Commercial Iron Works, Oregon Historical Society image CN 017545, Guns from USS Baltimore at Zidell, OrHi 106000
- Center panel photo – Ross Island Bridge Search Lights, OrHi 5691
SW Lowell & Bond Shelter
Sponsored by Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
- Left panel photos – street scene, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
- White House, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
OHSU Commons Shelter
Sponsored by Oregon Health & Science University
- Left panel photo – Marquam Gulch, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
- Center panel photo – Marquam Hill, from the collections of the Oregon Historical Society
Portland State District
SW 3rd & Harrison (Southbound) Shelter
Sponsored by 200 Market Associates
- Background photo – South Portland circa 1910, Oregon Historical Society image OR58981
- Left back panel photos –
- Top: Lovejoy Fountain, OrHi 74432
- Bottom: PDC Chair Ira Keller, Portland Mayor Terry D. Shrunk, and landscape architect Lawrence Halprin reviewing Halprin’s model for the Forecourt Fountain (later Ira’s Fountain), OrHi 81930
SW 3rd & Harrison (Northbound) Shelter
Sponsored by 200 Market Associates
- Background photo – South Portland circa 1910, Oregon Historical Society image OR58981
- Left back panel photo – C. Bruce Forster 1981 photo of the South Auditorium District, provided by Portland Development Commission
Downtown
SW 10th & Madison Shelter
Sponsored by Eliot Tower
- Background photo – Tracks, 10th & Alder, ca 1921, Oregon Historical Society image COP 01837
- Left side panel photo – Portland Art Museum photo by Al Monner, OrHi 46503
- Left back panel photos – Thomas Lamb Eliot, ca 1932, OrHi 82629, SW Park at Madison, ca 1924, OrHi 81930
Pearl District
NW 10th & Northrup
Sponsored by Hoyt Realty
- Background photo – Hoyt Street Freight Station, ca 1930s, Oregon Historical Society image OrHi 64167
- Left side panel photo – Daniel H. Lownsdale, Oregon Historical Society image OrHi 13420
- Left back panel photo – Canyon Road (Old Plank Road), Oregon Historical Society image OrHi 20702-A
Westside Standard Etching
NW 12th & Northrup
Sponsored by The Sitka
Loop Alignment
The following two shelter designs are installed in each of the new Loop stops on the east side of the river.
Lloyd District
The imagery etched into the glass of the Streetcar shelters in the Lloyd District includes a view across the Lloyd District to Mt. St. Helens with the Convention Center in the foreground and an abstracted aerial view of the Willamette River, Downtown, the Central Eastside, and the Lloyd District. Large roses evoke the Rose Quarter.
Central Eastside
The imagery etched into the glass of the Streetcar shelters in the Central Eastside includes an abstracted representation of the 1890s Barber Block building in the heart of the District and aerial view of the Willamette River, Downtown, the Central Eastside and the Lloyd District. Lare cabbages evoke the produce markets prevalent in the area since the 1860s.
Credits
Project Management: Portland Streetcar, Inc.
Panel Design and Production:
- Linda Wisner, Wisner Creative, 503.282.3929 www.wisnercreative.com
- Chet Orloff, Oregon History Works, chetorloff@msn.com, 503.223.5932
Panel Etching: Moon Shadow Etchers. Inc., 503.668.6154, www.moonshadowetchers.com
Panel Installation: Warren Pacific
Project Assistance: Nicole Peterson
Resources:
- Richard Thompson, author of Portland’s Streetcars, 2006, Arcadia Publishing Co., Charleston, S.C.
- Stephen Leflar, author of THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: A History of South Portland, Portland, 2007
- Oregon Historical Society
- Halprin Landscape Conservancy, Marcy McInelly