{"id":490591,"date":"2026-06-22T22:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490591\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:44:15","slug":"crews-close-area-around-iconic-elk-statue-in-portland-to-repair-damage-to-fountain-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490591\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews close area around iconic Elk Statue in Portland to repair damage to fountain base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 The Thompson Elk Statue and Fountain will close again Monday, roughly two months after the iconic downtown Portland fixture made its return to the pedestal on Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Portland is closing Main between Third and Fourth avenues to repair some damage to the granite fountain at the pedestal base.<\/p>\n<p>A semi truck hit the corner of the fountain back in April, chipping the stone and leaving an oil stain.<\/p>\n<p>The city expects the repairs to take about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/amazing-america\/elk-fountain-return-reflects-portland-history-resilience-oregon-history-iconic-amazing-america-250-historical-society-downtown-local-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elk Fountain&#8217;s return reflects Portland&#8217;s history, resilience<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The damage happened nearly two weeks after the elk statue was repositioned at its post downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The statue was removed during the 2020 protests after several fires damaged the structural integrity of the base, creating a fall risk for the elk.<\/p>\n<p>Once traffic reopens, Main Street will limit some truck traffic for longer vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (12)<\/p>\n<p>TriMet says public transit buses will still be allowed to use the street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 The Thompson Elk Statue and Fountain will close again Monday, roughly two months after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-490591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}