Sunday, August 23, 2015

South Park Blocks #18: Memorial Tree & In the Shadow of the Elm

IMG_2273 Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Tree in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Tree on February 15, 2010

Two more Park Blocks down, between Clay and Market, is this tree, planted on April 27, 1995 by the Arab-American Community Center of Oregon and Portland State University in memory of the victims of the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

IMG_2272 Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Tree Plaque in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Plaque on February 15, 2010

This block also contains a granite mosaic called In the Shadow of the Elm by Paul Sutinen. Installed in 1984, it depicts the shadow of a tree that could have once existed here.

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