Come celebrate the completion of light rail construction along NW 6th Ave

Posted by Christian
April 10, 2008

TriMet is done with construction along NW 6th Ave in downtown… and we’re all invited to celebrate with them! On May 1st, TriMet is having a 6th Avenue Street Fair from 5 - 9pm. Details from the news release:

6th Ave Street Fair
Thursday, May 1st 5-9 p.m.

* Pedi-cabs will provide free rides up and down 6th Avenue between NW Burnside and Hoyt streets
* Portland Classical Chinese Garden is free during fair hours
* Artist Dane Wilson’s work at the Rake Art Gallery; Artists Ted Katz and Dorothy Goode’s work at Butters Gallery
* A farmers market will be located near the Greyhound Station
* A skateboarding jam in front of Cal Skate

Cover charges apply to the following club shows:

* Punk Rock show at Club Satyricon starting at 6 p.m.
* Susannah Mars and Tom Grant will perform at Wilf’s starting at 7:30 p.m.
* Comedian Jeff Burghart will perform at 8 p.m. at Harvey’s Comedy Club

The street fair is the second in a series of The Next Big Thing Downtown events. Each event will celebrate completion of major construction of different segments of the Portland Mall Light Rail project, set to open in Sept. 2009. The Mall project is more than 50 percent complete; heavy civil construction is 78 percent complete.

I’ll make it out there…

TriMet

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