PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of his proposed $7.1 billion budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has allocated $1.5 million for the reconstruction of the Thompson Elk Fountain and ...
Courtesy of MIG, Inc. Robert Krueger is a fine art conservator specializing in three-dimensional works – think ancient pottery, family heirlooms and statues. After the Thompson elk was damaged during ...
Dec. 22—The fate of a stately bronze sculpture of an elk that greets visitors upon their arrival at Highland Lawn Cemetery is up in the air after the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 86's ...
PORTLAND, Ore — Portland's famous bronze elk statue will return to downtown Portland more than two years after it was damaged by protesters and removed from its spot on Southwest Main Street, city ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Thompson Elk is the second-oldest piece of public art in the city of Portland, just behind Skidmore Fountain. But the Elk statue, its podium and its fountain base were ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A new partnership is underway to bring back the iconic Portland Elk statue to its original home between Chapman and Lownsdale in 2024, according to the Portland Parks Foundation ...
The 120-year-old bronze elk statue that once stood tall in the middle of Southwest Main Street between Lownsdale and Chapman Squares in downtown Portland will make its return late this year or early ...
Portland’s iconic elk statue — along with its stately granite fountain — could be fully restored and returned to Southwest Main Street by early spring, a city official told The Oregonian/OregonLive on ...
What the fountain used to look like in relation to the traffic lanes. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) A wild elk may look friendly from afar, but those in the know will tell you to be wary – they ...
After months of bureaucratic back-and-forth, Portland officials have agreed to return the city’s iconic elk statue to its longtime home along Southwest Main Street in downtown by the end of this year ...