A great example of the fleeting and utilitarian nature of the “Art Starts Now” portion of the Orange Lining project, the following line’s were installed in Milwaukie along the railroad tracks while a retaining wall was being built east of the tracks. Most of these lines have already been removed from this area because their services were no longer required.
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| “AWAKE” from “AWAKE A THROB OF CRICKETS IT TAKES THE WEIGHT OF YOU”, by Amy MacLennan. |
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| “AWAKE A THROB OF CRICKETS IT TAKES THE WEIGHT OF YOU”, by Amy MacLennan. |
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| “DUSKY WAREHOUSES EYES SHUT BACKS TO THE RIVER”, by Ayelet Amittay. |
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| “I COULDN’T SEE” from Jules Boykoff’s “SHE SNAPPED PHOTOS OF THINGS I COULDN’T SEE”. |
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| “I SING THE ELECTRIC LINES CHARGED FULL WITH SOULS”, by Tiel Aisha Ansari. |
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| “FULL WITH SOULS”, from Tiel Aisha Ansari’s, “I SING THE ELECTRIC LINES CHARGED FULL WITH SOULS”. |
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| “JOURNEY’S GIVE US NEW EYES TO SEE OUR WORLD ANEW”, by Paulann Peterson. Behind Paulann’s line is another line working hard but not in the limelight, “STEEL ON STEEL RACING TO CATCH THE MELODY”, by Gregory Chaimov. |
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| “JOURNEY’S GIVE US NEW EYES TO SEE OUR WORLD ANEW”, by Paulann Peterson. Behind Paulann’s line is another line working hard but not in the limelight, “STEEL ON STEEL RACING TO CATCH THE MELODY”, by Gregory Chaimov. |
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| “NEAR REED I SAW LONG AGO A POND WITH WHITE GEESE”, by Margaret Krausse. |
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| “SHE KNEW SHE WOULD GET THERE IN TIME”, by Peg Butler. |
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| “TO READ THE TRACKS TO NEED TO KNOW”, by David Abel. |
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| Another double layer of lines, in back is “TWITTER CHERRY BLOSSOMS FACEBOOK RAINDROPS”, by Kunal Mehra and in front, “RIVER’S EBB INSCRIBED ON BRIDGE LEGS”, by Charles F. Thielman. |
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