Last Monday we headed up to Portland’s fifth quadrant to visit a very special place: City Repair’s Boneyard. We’ve received word that the location is no longer viable for storage and they everything must be cleared by the 12th (that’s almost two weeks notice! one of the longest heads Ive encountered in my time with City Repair). So Roberto Cassanueva, Mark Lakeman and I took a trip to North Portland to assess the situation.
We’ll have having a workparty this Saturday, the 12th to sort out chuck from cherish. There’s a ton of miscellaneous building material (mostly wood) that’s going to go to either the rebuilding center or your pickup.
When 10 – 3pm, Saturday March 6th
Where 9907 NE Clarendon St, N Portland, 97203
Contact Mark Lakeman if you’re interested 503 381 5885
Even if you don’t have a truck, we would love help moving our stuff to a new home. While we’re on the subject, anyone have some sheltered storage space for some ancient City Repair artifacts?
Oh Nopo… It actually reminds me very much of rural Iowa, maybe that’s why I feel strangely comforted every time I go there.
Not really relevant, but how many of you can’t help but think T-Duck when you see this?! Mobile Tea House Speed Boat?
So this is it, the elephant City Repair graveyard. Probably not the most exciting thing to look at, unless you have a junk fetish like Martin does. For me, the excitement comes from a closer inspection. After first its just an ordinary junkyard, but as I looked around, little fossils of City Repair revealed themselves to me. Can you spot some?
Even in a junkyard, still exemplary of City Repair: A sprig of color in an otherwise sullen landscape. Some mystery, some intrigue, like it’s part of something greater.
That little piece of wood was part of something bigger. A T-Horse wing. The original T-Horse. Many people have never seen the original T-Horse. Most of us are only familiar with the current T-Pony (We just call it the T-Horse).
You probably haven’t seen the T-Horse, but if you came to VBC09, then you sat under its wings in the outside gathering space by the entrance. The Horse herself is no longer around, but she keeps on giving. All her wings and structures continue to be used at our events.
Earthday flagpoles unfortunately left out tarpless. these will need some good loving before our upcoming celebration in April.
Here’s Martin, curator of the site. Not sure if he’s a genius or insane. One thing’s for sure: the man’s got PLANS!
Oh my, what an impressive stack of signage. Ima probably going to snag a few and make me an chicken coop.
It was just standing there at the back of the site, quietly, watching us as we fumbled around and got dog poop on our shoes. I kept throwing glances as it. It sat there so silently, but I knew that it had stories to tell…
