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Things About Portland That Suck
Not everything can be perfect
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Nov 13, 2008cyclotram
A few photos of Facing the Crowd, the huge creepy face sculptures outside PGE Park. There are two faces, one in front of each entrance to the stadium, to guarantee that all visitors get creeped out before the big game starts. This one's at the east entrance, and is supposed to evoke a child's face. Which it totally does. Just like Chucky. Run away!!!
Portland Public Art rants about the faces in "Results of 'informal' and 'murky'" and a followup, "Government + art = oil + water"
The faces are also #24 at Things About Portland That Suck.
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Mar 15, 2008Public Press - Portland Metro Area
Truth posted a Local Blog in Portland:
from the Things About Portland That Suck feed...The week of December 15th, 2008, the Portland area was hit by a "arctic blast." Temperatures hovered around freezing. The rain we are accustomed to turned to flaky snow. What does this gentile early freeze do to the metro area?
Sends us into the Portland Inclement Weather Pandemonium!
Four (five in some areas) days [...]
Dec 12, 2008
An important journey on your way to becoming a Portlander (for all you just-got-to-towners), is the Waterfront Jog (or Yog, if you will). The Waterfront is comprised of sidewalk along the East and West side of the Willamette River in downtown. The Waterfront jog is a 2.5 mile loop of pavement between the [...]
Nov 18, 2008
As I write this, I can hear all my Asians friends in Portland (more like Beaverton/Gresham) screaming a big "I TOLD YOU SO!" But no matter how many times I've been told not to eat there, I still go. Where else in town can I get Black Pepper Chicken, Orange Chicken and Chow [...]
Nov 13, 2008
Let's face it Portlanders, we aren't hip. Sure, we try very hard to be "with the times" and even have some ink in a places we are able to cover up in the work place. If I'm describing you, then you're in luck. Backspace Lounge is the one place in Portland you can go [...]
Nov 6, 2008
US Senator Jeff Merkley was born in the beautiful swamp known as Myrtle Creek. Spending little of his childhood there, his family moved to Portland, Oregon where opportunity exists. Merkley would gain political influence through his collegiate career, eventually finishing his Master of Public Policy degree at Princeton University. The seed was planted, [...]