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Industrial Base
Albina/Mississippi Station Tri-Met Interstate Light Rail Line, Portland, Oregon. 2004 • Bronze, powder-coated steel, 4' x 6' x 3' This bench (one of two) references the neighborhood surrounding the station, where early Irish, Polish and African American immigrants worked in the nearby shipyards and other industries. |
Intertwined (detail)
Albina/Mississippi Platform Tri-Met Interstate Light Rail Line, Portland, Oregon. 2004 • Sheet Bronze, 4' x 6' x 1/4". Song lyrics etched into sheet bronze inset into the platform pavement celebrate the various ethnic communities historically represented in the neighborhood–Polish, Irish, and African-American. The roots, trunk and branches of a vine-like tree intertwine and separate as the cultures interact but maintain their separate identities. |