Monthly Archives: May 2020

Portland’s Dangerous Street Plaza Idea

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Jim Blackwood Jr

Alone and masked, during the lock down I have walked many of the business districts in Portland. I set out to record a history of the closing of small businesses, restaurants and bars by photographing every closed sign I could … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Leader

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Jim Blackwood Jr

Five months into our pandemic crisis, I was starved to recall what leadership looked like. Not just leaders in our day to day world, but in our most dire collective moments of crisis. In all my historical reading, I mostly … Continue reading →

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