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Ed Benedict skate plaza progress

In the two years since Pier Park skatepark’s reopening Portland has built an additional three skateparks and work is proceeding on the Ed Benedict plaza-style skatepark. There’s actually a lot of progress in the last two weeks. It looks good. I heard some kids ask one of the two workers how much longer and he […]

Ed Benedict skatepark progress Portland, Oregon

Ed Benedict progress

Newline Skateparks and California Skateparks have some concrete poured at Ed Benedict Skate Plaza in southeast Portland, Oregon. I hadn’t been out there for over a month so I was excited to see some concrete. The sign says it’s supposed to open early fall 2008. Looks like there is still a lot of work to […]

Ed Benedict Percent for Art project

Dan Garland has been awarded the commission for art for the Ed Benedict skate plaza. Dan is a skater as well as an artist: Here is how he describes the project: Basically, I wanted to create an installation that speaks to the interface between man and nature and point towards balance as a solution. I […]

Ed Benedict design at SPS

Kyle Dion from New Line Skateparks graciously provided the renderings from tonight’s Ed Benedict presentation for us to share. I posted them at Skaters for Portland Skateparks The dozen or so guys that showed up for the meeting seemed pleased with the design. You can comment on the plaza design on the Portland Parks website […]

Ed Benedict design meeting tonight

New Line will show a design for the Ed Benedict Skate Plaza. 7:00-8:30pm Earl Boyles Elementary School Cafeteria 10822 SE Bush Portland, Oregon Ed Benedict drawing borrowed from the Animation Blast website.

Ed Benedict Park meeting September 13th

PP&R has finalized the public design meeting schedule for the Ed Benedict Skate Plaza project. Ed Benedict Park Public Open House/Workshop Meetings to review design ideas and provide input into Portland’s first skate plaza. Early Boyles Elementary School Cafeteria (10822 SE Bush St.; 1 block south of SE Powell Blvd.) First Meeting is September 13th; […]

Ed Benedict goes to Newline/California Skateparks

California Skateparks & New Line Skateparks are the team that the Evaluation Committee selected. Purchasing is approaching them with regards to signing the contracts.

Construction started on new Venice skatepark

Curt Stevenson tipped me off that construction on the new 16,000 square foot Venice skatepark has broken ground. It’s a Wormhoudt design, but I don’t know who is building it. according to Yo Venice, the construction is supposed to take an inhumane TEN MONTHS! Really? That seems absurd, but then again, those California construction companies […]

Maps to the Skaters… Holmes!

Does anyone remember this guy from way back in the beginning of the Oregon Skatepark boom? So far back, in fact, that this is a scan of a photograph taken with actual film. I think we only had Newberg (where this was taken,) Ausmville, Lincoln City, and Waldport when this was taken. Of course, Burnside, […]