The Lovejoy Columns, located in Portland, Oregon, United States, supported the Lovejoy Ramp, a viaduct that from 1927 to 1999 carried the western approach to the Broadway Bridge over the freight tracks in what is now the Pearl District. The columns were painted by Greek immigrant Tom Stefopoulos between 1948 and 1952.

Nov 13, 2024 · The exquisite classical sketches and their gritty railyard setting turned the Lovejoy columns into a cultural landmark. Was there a way to demolish the viaduct but somehow save the columns?

Art in public places: the Lovejoy columns. 316 NW 10th, Portland, OR. The Lovejoy Viaduct (or Lovejoy Ramp) was constructed between 1927 and 1928. Its purpose was to allow traffic on Lovejoy to cross over railway yards and get to the Broadway Bridge.

Records, photographs, and ephemera related to efforts to conserve and relocate the Lovejoy Columns. The Lovejoy Columns were ten pillars for the Lovejoy Viaduct in Portland, Oregon, that were painted by Greek American Tom E. Stefopoulos from 1948 to 1952.

Oct 10, 2022 · Two columns stand in Northwest Portland’s Pearl District, rising to meet a viaduct that no longer exists. Their tops are ragged, cleaved from the cement they once supported — prongs of rebar still jutting forth like rusted tendons.

Nov 10, 2004 · Generations of Portlanders grew up counting the Lovejoy columns as one of the city's most unique attractions. In the late 1940s, artist and night watchman Tom Stefopoulos painted fanciful owls,...

Feb 22, 2024 · Have you heard of the Lovejoy Columns? They’re public drawings that are considered to be the very first instance of street art in Portland. Hand-drawn by a Greek immigrant working in the train yards back in the late 1940s, a new project in the Central Eastside is hoping to carry on their legacy.

Jun 27, 2018 · One of the coolest art "exhibits" you'll ever see! The Lovejoy Columns are remnant support columns for a highway viaduct that was (mostly) demolished in 1999. Several of the columns were painted by Tom Stefopoulos, a Greek immigrant, between 1948 and 1952.

Oct 11, 2024 · The Lovejoy Columns, located in Portland, Oregon, United States, supported the Lovejoy Ramp, a viaduct that from 1927 to 1999 carried the western approach to the Broadway Bridge over the freight tracks in what is now the Pearl District. The columns were painted by Greek immigrant Tom Stefopoulos between 1948 and 1952.