![]() A team of City experts is exploring options to replace it with a smaller base that would no longer operate as a fountain. The Water and Parks & Recreation bureaus teamed up to salvage as much stone as possible and cover the site in gravel.īut the historic fountain would be difficult to rebuild. The Regional Arts & Culture Council has stored the elk safely and fully restored it with funding from the City’s arts insurance policy.Ĭity officials went to great lengths to preserve the base and fountain, too. ![]() ![]() To protect the statue, the City’s nonprofit arts partner removed it on July 2, 2020. Protestors lit several fires in the fountain’s troughs and destroyed portions of the granite. Nine years later, as a racial justice reckoning swept the United States, downtown Portland became a focal point for nightly protests. The elk’s antlers were damaged by protestors during the Occupy Movement of 2011. ![]() A crane removes the Thompson Elk from downtown Portland following damage sustained during protests. ![]()
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