December 10. 2003 ®l|c Jîortlanb (Oh semer Page AS \d\crtise with diversity in |JortIanb ( P h s c v u e v Call 5O3-288-OO33 ¡ emailads@portlandobserver.com A 12 foot bronze vine representing jazz, art and industry is installed along Interstate Avenue in the • historic Albina neighborhood. Thursday's installation marked one o f the last major art pieces to go in along the 5.8-mile Interstate MAX line. Albina’s Indomitable Spirit A sculpture created to sym bol ize the indom itable sprit o f A lbina in overcom ing a history o f neglect, racism and urban renew al w as in stalled T hursday on N orth Inter state Avenue. The bronze vine bursts from the pavem ent and flow ers into repre sentations o f jazz, the arts, and in dustries o f the A lbina neighbor hood. North west artists W ayne C habre and Jeanne M cM enem y created the artw ork “Second G row th" for the A lbina/M ississippi Street Station. Interstate MAX will open M ay 1 four m onths ahead o f schedule and under budget. THURSDOM-SOTURDOM oecemBenn-13 8-oopm linCOln HQll. schooi of Fine e peoFoominq o pts poRTlono stqts univoosny TICKETS: $12 Students and Seniors. $24 Adult, s««« foe Additional PSU Box Office (inside Smith Center, 1825 SW Broadway), 503-725-3307 and ticko trru tatar, 503-224-4400 Information: 503.245.1600 e xt. 201 SPONSORED BV www.whitebird.org f WILLAMETTE W EEK Eastside Streetcar Gains Momentum City considers • using Broadway Bridge to link service by J aymee R. C uti T he P ortland O bserver Functionality and nostalgia may soon com bine to bring m odern transportation to northeast P ort land. Longtim e residents may rem em ber a trolley once passing through the northeast corners o f the city. If federal dollars com e through, the Portland Streetcar could serve new parts o f the city. A m ong a $2.5 million federal ap propriation, $29(),(XX) is earm arked to plan and analyze routes and reno vations needed to extend the west- side streetcar o v er the B roadw ay Bridge and add four miles o f service through Lloyd and Central Eastside Industrial districts. The proposed extension would serve the Rose Q uarter Arena, the O regon C onvention C enter and The O regon M useum o f Science and Industry. T he project should pick up m o m entum quickly, according to the city spokesm an Scott Farris. T he com plete Streetcar ex ten sion com es with an estim ated $37.5 m illion construction cost. “ W e still h av en 't figured out how to do that yet," says Farris, but adds that a variety o f sources, in cluding another federal appropria tion could foot that bill. The Streetcar expansion, Farris said, is part o f the c ity 's broad public transportation vision, w hich may som eday include w ater taxis on the W illam ette River. “A num ber o f years ago, P ort land had an extensive streetcar network serving east Portland. Over tim e, m ass transit was no longer en vogue and everything w as being done forthe autom obile. Now w e’re going back to that public tran sp o r tation goal and the Streetcar is part o f a much broader strategy that will serv e P o rtla n d ’s tra n sp o rta tio n needs o v er the long term .” IMMWMMMRMNMMMMMN Free Haircuts Professional haircutters are once agai n poi sed to ha ve deserv i ng k ids looking their best for the holidays during a C hristm as H aircuts event at the Salvation Arm y Mixtre Street C orps and C om m unity Center, 5325 N. W illiam s Ave. Free haircuts are offered on a first com e, first serve basis from 10 a.m . to 3 p.m. M onday, Dec. 22 for boys and girls ages 16 and under. 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