Horse-Rings
Horse-rings still exist in Portland--both on residential and business sidewalks. I guess someone thought this ring, across the street from the Pearl Bakery, could stand a little use.
posted by G Zivny @ 8:38 AM
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17 Comments:
I saw the horse, too. Nice touch...
Great photo! Are you still posting or have you stopped?
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lol. Does one say "how Portland"?
one was just installed today (or maybe yesterday) on n. mississippi. much to my little daughters delight, i might add! i have a photo of it, but need to upload it somewhere... probably will stick it on flickr later tonight.
Aha--horse rings are the metal rings at the sidewalk curbs--in old sidewalks they are leftovers from days of old, when people needed to tie up their horses. In newer sidewalks they are purely charming reminders of those days...
I love these horses! I have posted some other pictures here (http://www.federalsustainability.org/horses/horses.htm), in case you are interested. If you know who is putting them out, tell us about it!
Spoke too soon. It is Portland artist, Scott Wayne India (with some more recent help) who has been putting these horses out. Check out his link: http://www.39forks.com/39pages/projects/Horse/HorseMAIN.htm or the article in the "Explore the Pearl" publication http://adserver1.harvestadsdepot.com/portorgonian/ss/045012/
There is another mighty plastic Appaloosa tied up in front of the Delta Cafe at SE 45th and Woodstock!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsheepchase/tags/delta/
Everyone should feel free to jump in and contribute to the project in their own way, to make it theirs. Perhaps decorating the horses differently, putting up new ones, unicorns, etc.
"How Portland" indeed.
Someone put a poem in a frame near one of the Pearl horses, and a block away another horse had a miniature bale of hay. I love this town.
Very funny. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting post - never seen these before - too bad people do not use horses as muc anymore - that would be fun. =)
that's adorable how somone tied a miniture toy horse to that ring!
great colors, btw.
Crazy, isn't it!!!
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