Eastbank Esplanade

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Coordinates: 45°31′25″N 122°39′58″W / 45.523718°N 122.666149°W / 45.523718; -122.666149 (Eastbank Esplanade midpoint)
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Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade
Pedestrian path facing North towards the Burnside Bridge
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LocationSE Water Ave. and Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates45°31′25″N 122°39′58″W / 45.523718°N 122.666149°W / 45.523718; -122.666149 (Eastbank Esplanade midpoint)
Area10.69 acres (4.33 ha)
Opened2001 (2001)
Owned byPortland Parks & Recreation
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The esplanade's floating section

The Eastbank Esplanade (officially Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade) is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the

Willamette Valley Flood of 1996. It was renamed for former Portland mayor Vera Katz in November 2004[1] and features a statue of her near the Hawthorne Bridge
.

Description

The project, designed by landscape architects Mayer/Reed, cost $30 million,

Sellwood, then east to Gresham, then south to Boring. The esplanade includes a 1,200-foot (370 m) floating walkway, the longest of its kind in the United States.[1] Connected to this is a 120-foot (37 m) public dock.[1]
Thirteen markers along the esplanade correspond to the eastside street grid.

History

Construction began in October 1998, and the walkway was dedicated in May 2001.[1]

The esplanade was closed for 21 days due to high river levels in 2011, the first time it had been closed since it was built.[3]

On the same day in February 2015, two dead bodies were discovered along the esplanade. The events appear to be unrelated.[4][5][6]

Public art

Public artworks installed along the esplanade include Alluvial Wall, Echo Gate, the Ghost Ship sculpture, the statue of Vera Katz and Stack Stalk.

A large section of the esplanade

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Eastbank Esplanade". City of Portland. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  2. ^ "$30M pedestrian walkway project opens Friday". Daily Journal of Commerce. May 24, 2001. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  3. ^ John Tierney (2011-06-20). "Eastbank Esplanade reopens after river levels drop". KATU. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  4. OregonLive.com
    . Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. OregonLive.com
    . Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. OregonLive.com
    . Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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