Tri It, Public transit mural in Brooklyn neighborhood, Portland, US
Tri It is a 1,250-square-foot mural by Blaine Fontana, with Gage Hamilton, David Rice, and Zach Yarrington, on the wall outside the TriMet Bus Maintenance Facility in Portland's Brooklyn neighborhood. It runs as a timeline from the east end on Southeast Holgate Boulevard, starting with westward expansion before 1872, and ends around the corner on Southeast 17th Avenue with Tilikum Crossing (2015).
This mural was created in 2015 and documents Portland's transportation history starting from 1872 to the present day. The visual representation shows how public transit systems changed over more than a century.
The title plays on TriMet's name: "Tri-It" was an advertising slogan the agency used in the late 1970s, when its name still carried a hyphen. The mural runs as a timeline, starting at the east end on Southeast Holgate Boulevard with westward expansion before 1872 and ending around the corner on Southeast 17th Avenue with Tilikum Crossing (2015).
The mural is located across from the MAX Orange Line station at Southeast 17th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard, making it easy to view from the street throughout the day. The position allows you to see the artwork while waiting for a bus or walking past the facility.
The title plays on TriMet's name: in the late 1970s the agency used "Tri-It" as an advertising slogan, hyphen included. The mural's timeline ends around the corner on Southeast 17th Avenue with a depiction of Tilikum Crossing, the light-rail bridge that opened in 2015, the same year the mural was painted.
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