Vista Bridge Centennial Celebration
and Goose Hollow Days Street Festival:
SAVE the DATE: August 30, 2026
11 am-4 pm
Atop the Vista Bridge
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CALLING ALL LOCALS...
Visions and Vistas: A participatory art project celebrating 100 years of the Vista Avenue Bridge ...
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There is something empowering about standing on the Vista Avenue Bridge or seeing it from somewhere in Goose Hollow. In that moment, what you’re seeing has never been seen before: not from that angle, in that light, or at that exact time. The bridge—whether you’re standing on it or looking up at it—gives many of us the feeling that our perspective matters.
That idea was part of its original vision. In the early 1900s, the Olmsted Brothers recommended building the Vista Avenue Viaduct so Portlanders could stroll, pause, and gaze beyond the city, especially toward Mount Hood. One hundred years later, the bridge still offers that gift.
Most of us who live here carry a memory of the bridge: walking across it with someone we love, standing beneath it to escape the rain, or passing over it as part of a daily route through the neighborhood.
This project invites Goose Hollow residents and the broader public to share their views of and from the bridge. We welcome drawings, photographs, paintings, poems, stories, videos, and regional memorabilia such as postcards, brochures, or newspaper clippings. Works may be recent or decades old, abstract, or documentary.
Contributions will be exhibited in the Goose Hollow neighborhood and featured as part of the Vista Bridge Centennial Street Festival August 30, 2026, with additional works included in an ongoing digital collection.
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