The city of Portland set aside $1.5 million for the restoration project, and the Portland Parks Foundation says donors kicked in $160,000 more to seal the deal.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland’s famed elk statue will be returned to its rightful place sometime in 2024, according to the Portland Parks Foundation. It was removed during the protests of 2020 after demonstrators lit bonfires around the base of the bronze statue.
The statue was just one part of the Thompson Elk Fountain between Chapman Square and Lownsdale Square on Southwest Main Street in downtown Portland. While the statue itself wasn’t damaged, city officials removed it in early July of
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