http://leftbankproject.com Sat, 11 May 2013 03:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://leftbankproject.com/2013/05/streetcar-art-shelter-now-underway/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/05/streetcar-art-shelter-now-underway/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 03:43:45 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4081 RACC and artist Jorge Pardo have begun installing a new Streetcar Art Shelter just outside Leftbank’s front door. This eccentrically shaped sculpture will provide a shelter with “rainy on the outside, sunny on the inside” experience for waiting streetcar passengers. Fabricated of steel, wood and fiberglass, the new shelter measures 35’ long by 18’ wide by [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2013/05/streetcar-art-shelter-now-underway/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/markets-begin-to-sprout-up-around-town/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/markets-begin-to-sprout-up-around-town/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47:09 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4073 Just as broccoli, sweet pea and radish sprouts peek out of the tilled garden beds through the Portland area, six Portland Farmers Market locations are sprouting up around the city. May marks three market openings: Portland Farmers Market at Shemanski Park in the South Park Blocks between SW Salmon & Main from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/markets-begin-to-sprout-up-around-town/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/a-cool-space/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/a-cool-space/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:26:52 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4063 Cool Spaces: Consulting firm gets comfy at the Leftbank Rede Group, a five-person consulting firm, operates from a 2,400-square-foot office at the Leftbank building, 240 N.Broadway St., in Portland’s Rose Quarter district. Rede Group is a planning, research and engagement consultant that works with a variety of public and private organizations to embrace change. Robb Hutson, princial and [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/a-cool-space/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/country-bag-design-contest-unveiling/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/country-bag-design-contest-unveiling/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:00:26 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4049 Join Portland Farmers Market at the musica stage, where they will be announcing the winner of their third annual Reusable Bag Design Contest. The winning student will receive a $1,000 scholarship and their design will be printed on thousands of bags that will be handed out at the market this season. PSU Market, Saturday, [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/country-bag-design-contest-unveiling/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/psu-portland-farmers-market-is-open/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/psu-portland-farmers-market-is-open/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:16:12 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4046 We’re excited too! We’ll see you at the PSU Market on Saturdays, where we can all see our favorite farmers and fill our baskets with fresh produce, pastured meats, farm eggs, artisan cheeses, breads, local wines and so much more! Saturdays, March 16 through December 21 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Mar. through Oct.) 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2013/04/psu-portland-farmers-market-is-open/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/03/leftbank-workshop/ http://leftbankproject.com/2013/03/leftbank-workshop/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:37:49 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4036 Filmed over two days, Tanner Goods cut together a handful of time-lapse shots featuring their crew working a typical eight hour workday at their Leftbank Workshop. For those who haven’t visited their space before, their production is broken into four categories and varies in size depending on how many styles fall within that category [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2013/03/leftbank-workshop/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/10/cool-boots/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/10/cool-boots/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:09:44 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4014 Leftbank’s basement smells like leather. It has ever since Tanner Goods moved in. I love it. I look for reasons to go downstairs. Sometimes I invent reasons. But Tanner Goods doesn’t just lend their light industrial cool (and that leather smell) to the place – though they certainly do that. [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/10/cool-boots/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/09/put-a-bird-in-it/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/09/put-a-bird-in-it/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:36:40 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=4002 Have you seen them? The 7 small works of art and avian architecture gracing leftbank’s lobby right now? I can’t walk by without hearing that They Might Be Giants song. You know the one? “Make a little birdhouse in your soul…” Why are there (supercool) birdhouses hanging in the lobby? It’s [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/09/put-a-bird-in-it/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/09/streetcar/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/09/streetcar/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:50:20 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3998 If you remember miles of orange barrels and Leftbank at the epicenter of traffic standstills that felt like they went on for months at a time, chances are you’re an original Leftbanker. Whether you soldiered through it or came to the neighborhood after tracks were laid, you’re about to have the Portland Streetcar at [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/09/streetcar/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/08/tbib-creative/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/08/tbib-creative/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:38:17 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3992 design + visual communication. TBIB is a boutique design studio with a focus on seducing the eye, the heart, and the mind all at once. Only then can design be effective by creating impact from mere facts, successfully giving a voice to ideas, and resulting in action, not inertia. ]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/08/tbib-creative/feed/