PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BY K.B. DIXON
The local galleries are closed, the Art Museum is closed, but the streets of Portland are open and there is plenty to see thanks to the guild of talented muralists among us. Using the exterior walls of every sort of building, they have over the years cobbled together a sort of open-air museum—one you can visit today from the contagion-free confines of your car. (All photographs are from 2020)
NORTHWEST TWENTY-FIFTH AVENUE AND LOVEJOY STREET
SOUTHWEST ELEVENTH AVENUE AND HARVEY MILK STREET
SOUTHWEST TWELFTH AVENUE AND HARVEY MILK STREET
SOUTHEAST SECOND AVENUE AND STARK STREET
NORTHWEST NINTH AVENUE AND HOYT STREET
SOUTHWEST MADISON STREET AND BROADWAY
SOUTHWEST TWELFTH AVENUE AND WASHINGTON STREET
SOUTHEAST NINTH AVENUE AND HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
SOUTHEAST TENTH AVENUE AND WASHINGTON STREET
NORTHEAST TWENTY-NINTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET
NORTHEAST OREGON STREET AND TWENTY-FIRST AVENUE
NORTHEAST FOURTEENTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET
NORTHEAST SEVENTEENTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET
SOUTHEAST TENTH AVENUE AND DIVISION STREET
NORTHEAST TWENTY-NINTH AVENUE AND ALBERTA STREET
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- For additional information on Portland street art, see Portland Street Art Alliance.
