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wet forest moon folklorist Nov 9

this is now Post One in a thread about the St Johns Bridge as creative subject, pervasive and multi-scale geographic icon, emblem and weaver of disparate social identities, evocative example of how public landmarks can form community through the sheer power of good design, and ultimately, symbol of sacred human solidarity forging ahead amid chaos and crisis. in this essay I will

wet forest moon folklorist Nov 15

In this depiction, the St John’s Bridge is presented as a haven for pets!

I’ve noticed most representations of the St John’s bridge do not include its heavy car and truck traffic, but instead extract the bridge from its automotive obligations and place it in the realm of play, fantasy, and pleasure, like we see here 🐕 🐶🐩

wet forest moon folklorist Nov 15

hard to get a good photo of this work in a glass frame under fluorescent lights, but you get the idea. long live both the St John’s Multnomah County Health Center, and the person who memorialized it with this gorgeous needlepoint that contextualizes the medical center inside the heart of the St John’s Bridge

wet forest moon folklorist Nov 28

I walked by this inventive residential mural for months before noticing it too features the st johns bridge! the iconic bridge serving here, as it so often does, as a cathedral-esque background for dreamscapes

also, it’s #Fensterfreitag !

wet forest moon folklorist Nov 28

in another instance of residential St. John’s bridge iconography, dual st johns bridge inspired yard sculptures frame the entry of this St John’s neighborhood home

wet forest moon folklorist Nov 30

“the beloved St Johns Bridge” letterpress print by Quail Lane Press, a woman-owned, black-owned print house in Milwaukie, Oregon

wet forest moon folklorist Jan 3

a St. John’s bridge painting centered within a full facade mosaic style mural featuring mostly regional soccer iconography

wet forest moon folklorist Jan 19

the St Johns bridge appears as a window insignia at the Blue Bird Tavern, a dive bar that does its part keeping downtown st johns rambunctious

wet forest moon folklorist Feb 15

Totoro and st johns bridge on a garage wall down by the river

wet forest moon folklorist Feb 15

a Portland Vespa club “spring scoot” poster feat. st johns bridge (and big Vespa moves)

wet forest moon folklorist Feb 16

st johns bridge appears (small, plastic) in several displays at the weekends-only Portland Crystals showroom tucked deep in a warren of studios and open wiring in an old industrial building below the st johns bridge (large, concrete and steel)

wet forest moon folklorist Feb 16

postcards on display at the Portland Crystals “showroom”

wet forest moon folklorist Feb 24

One of at least 3 st johns bridge street murals nearby. my dog walked right in as I took the photo so here he is too.

wet forest moon folklorist Feb 26

St Johns Bridge as an eye catching vehicle wrap on this construction company van

wet forest moon folklorist Mar 15

St Johns bridge graces this ICE out of PDX art by a local HS student, printed on merch as a fundraiser for Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition

https://www.bonfire.com/ice-out-of-pdx-color/

wet forest moon folklorist Mar 22

what says Portland Ketchup more than st johns bridge at sunset?

wet forest moon folklorist Mar 29

Somehow I ride by this all the time and just now noticed the st johns bridge mural on the auto shop on N Willamette

wet forest moon folklorist

St Johns bridge graces the 360 wraparound mural in the gym at Peninsula Elementary