Portland’s Last Thursday Is Back! | Pictures, Video, & New Organization
May 23, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE
Last Thursday
Alberta Street
Portland, Oregon
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Update: Portland Last Thursday Info: Street Closures, Parking, Vendors, Noise, Bathrooms, Etc
Portland’s weather does not look like it will fully cooperate, but Alberta will be shut down to auto traffic for the first time this year for the Last Thursday festival (closures are scheduled til October). We were contacted last week by a new organization working with the city of Portland called Friends of Last Thursday (FoLT). It is composed “a group of citizen stakeholders who are trying to build the capacity to take over financial and logistical responsibility for the event.”
From Tucker Teutsch (coordinator with City of Portland): “It is really a watershed year for last Thursday as we work to make the event self-sustaining, safe, and fun for all involved, without sacrificing the flavor of this funky Portland event.”
So, it appears there will be more organization coming to the event and more information about what you can see, specials in businesses, etc as well.
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Our new Portland App for PDX Pipeline is now available for iPhones, Android phones and iPads!
Now, you can have all of the great Portland events from our website in the palm of your hand including Portland Last Thursday info when you're out on the town.
Download the App for iPhone here
Download the App for Android here
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On Twitter? We will be using the @lastthursday account to relay information about the event as always. Also use the #lastthursday hashtag to talk about the event and we retweet many of those.
Pictures: You can see many great Last Thursday pictures in our flickr group by going here.
Video: Next Stop (a national show on Fox) has a 20 minute show on Portland including food carts with Mayor Sam Adams, Widmer Oktoberfest, Floater at Crystal Ballroom, AND the Last Thursday festival featuring March Fourth Marching band at Alberta Rose Theater here: nextstop.tv/2011/01/next-stop-portland/
