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(DIR) Post #AyADCDFuleLBvi0Mme by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-08-30T19:10:25Z
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bought a bouquet from a fella at the St. John’s farmers market with the St. John’s bridge tattooed on his arm, and so begins what I intend to be a longer term thread of local St. John’s bridge iconography #pdxhttps://alaskan.social/@seachanger/115059278350064100
(DIR) Post #AyADCEVY70RPoUKMnA by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-08-30T19:32:24Z
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everyone wants to paint the bridge on stuff, including intersections, I’ve seen two different St. John’s bridge street murals so far #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCFby0dAXEgL0Qy by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-08-30T20:05:06Z
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I’ll of course get to all the major St. John’s bridge murals, but what about all the little DIY St. John’s bridge paintings on like peoples random porches and shit? how many neighborhoods have this level of allegiance to a local landmark? #pdx
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2025-09-03T05:04:00Z
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actually hadn’t noticed this mural included the st johns bridge on one corner but it’s in downtown st johns so of course it does #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCH8GM2b3x8SJPc by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-03T05:08:39Z
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spotted this ancient bumper sticker on a lifeless old car, elegant how there’s no slogan, just the St. John’s bridge #pdx
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2025-09-03T05:11:39Z
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there’s only one photo-realistic mural of the St. John’s bridge (that I’ve seen) and it is at the sky high pot shop. a little hard to see in this photo but the words Sky High are placed in gothic lettering on either side of the tallest point of the bridge’s highest arch, as if that’s where the store’s products will take you. I like how this mural features a reflective pond that doesn’t exist irl, but does relate visually to other tienda style murals on the block #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCIKLuZrTev7TtY by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-03T05:23:09Z
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the St. John’s bridge appears in the logo of two different food cart parks, including the cathedral park food carts, whose logo captures the sight line where one main arch is framed inside the other main arch, very pleasing to the eye and arguably one of the most compelling aspects of the bridge’s design #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCIqxxJwvI4NWjI by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-03T05:28:41Z
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a popular bumper sticker showing how the St. John’s bridge overlaps and possibly causes the love we feel for the St. John’s community #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCJbPAf61c66c76 by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-04T03:11:30Z
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the first anthropomorphic St. John’s bridge I’ve seen is on this mural at the used clothing store Shirtzenpantz #pdx
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2025-09-05T03:57:11Z
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St John’s bridge retooled as a farm implement in this community garden mural #pdx
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2025-09-05T04:08:15Z
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this is my photo of a photo that is posted as a large sign in someone’s front yard, apparently referencing a former exhibit, it begins “I AM FROM ST JOHNS. I AM FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CUT. THE PLACE WHERE TWO POWERFUL RIVERSMEET BENEATH THE MAJESTIC BRIDGE THAT FRAMES ST JOHNS. THE SAME BRIDGE MY MOTHER THREATENSTO JUMP FROM WHEN I MISBEHAVE. THE SAME POLLUTED RIVERS THAT TEMPT ME ON HOT SUMMER DAYS…” #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCM5xu0jJLSQ31c by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-06T19:42:57Z
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St. John’s bridge merch from Alshiref Designs, an artist who prints lots of Pdx bridges but like especially the St. John’s bridge https://amitypdx.com/collections/alshiref-designs#pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCMbW0hy0vJBFCa by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-06T19:50:18Z
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Alshiref Eskander is also the designer of the St John’s neighborhood flag. you can see from their profile pic that they, like many, also personally identify with the bridge. several of my neighbors fly this flag and I am gearing up for the purchase cuz why not https://amitypdx.com/products/st-johns-flag #pdx
(DIR) Post #AyADCNGHZ8ZoxkFnkG by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-07T03:38:02Z
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rode my bike 18 mi round trip to Alshiref’s downtown #pdx shop to get the tee. he was there! and showed me how he prints his designs himself behind the counter. we fangirled hard together about the St. John’s bridge (honestly cathartic to check in with a kindred spirit on this topic). he said when people complain his print is upside down he looks down at it and exclaims NOT FOR ME! 😂 he said he’s Egyptian and so he flipped it to pick up on traditional Egyptian collar type shirt designs
(DIR) Post #AyADCO4cXyqJTro0Cu by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-07T03:46:15Z
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Alshiref also tried to upsell me on this limited edition (last one!) ply pannier set—st John’s bridge art collab he did with his friend. I was VERY tempted but didn’t have a rear rack on my bike at the time so couldn’t get them back to my house. They buckle together but then the handles fold up so you can easily carry them together, very functional design. I MIGHT go back and get them. I MIGHT #pdx
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2025-09-07T15:53:23Z
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Alshiref was out when I first got to his downtown shop so I wandered into Kiriko shop next door which has tons of cool Japanese stuff, a line of re-tooled durable luxury clothing items using older Japanese fabrics, and apparently one custom handkerchief design for tourists honoring their Portland location which (of course) features the St John’s bridge, showing how the bridge often signifies not just love for St. John’s but also for the whole city https://kirikomade.com
(DIR) Post #AyADCPfsawEyRiFGvA by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-07T17:37:36Z
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I met Mel the artist behind Hello Magnolia printshop (“anti capitalist, paper centric”) at the annual St. John’s art walk a few weeks ago. like me, they enjoy just walking around looking at the bridge and generally feeling creative. I bought their original Polaroid emulsion lift “bridge dyptich” after our chat, which I think captures those vibes pretty well https://www.hellomagnoliaprintshop.com/product/original-polaroid-emulsion-artwork
(DIR) Post #AyADCQaxAjtVIiwqsi by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-10T03:08:44Z
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this St. John’s bridge mural has cut outs and backlighting so at night the multicolored buildings painted on either side of the bridge have their lights on. I like how the artist included everything but the willamette river
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2025-09-13T03:20:02Z
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a photo I took under one of the newly replaced St. John’s bridge Gothic arch supports. from this spot, you feel/hear different passing motor vehicles vibrate the bridge like a stringed instrument. semis are big bass, the order of cars syncopates and strums
(DIR) Post #AyADCXmCTK39ZdGQsq by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-07T04:13:07Z
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omg should I get a tattoo of this
(DIR) Post #AyADCZEx1uds75iuKu by seachanger@alaskan.social
2025-09-13T03:24:51Z
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here’s a photo of one of the newly replaced supports. through it you can see that the next arch support is currently scaffolded and wrapped in white plastic as they deconstruct the century old decaying concrete and construct its replacement. the previous post is a photo taken standing under the center of that first newly reconstructed arch looking up