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Goldmark Jewelers to close after 46 years as other downtown business owners contemplate their futures Updated May 14, 2021; Posted May 04, 2021 Goldmark Jewelers will close at the end of June after 46 years in downtown Portland.Jamie Goldberg/Staff Facebook Share Cal Brockman has spent the last 46 years designing and creating custom jewelry at his downtown Portland store, Goldmark Jewelers. Until last year, he had no plans of vacating his longtime storefront at the corner of Southwest 10th Avenue and Southwest Taylor Street. But foot traffic plummeted downtown after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while vandalism spiked as nightly protests consumed downtown last summer. Two windows and the glass door at Brockman’s store were shattered on three separate nights. ....
April 17 2021 A fatal police shooting spurred a nighttime crowd that smashed windows and set fires in downtown Portland on Friday. Fires, gunshots and broken glass set the beat for a riotous evening in downtown Portland on Friday, April 16. Portland Police Bureau officers made multiple arrests, while Portland Fire & Rescue crews were kept busy extinguishing at least a half dozen separate blazes, including a major fire that engulfed the awning and boarded-up windows of the Pioneer Tower building immediately adjacent to the downtown Apple store. Demonstrators gathered in the heart of the city for two events: a peaceful vigil that saw candle-bearing marchers briefly shutting down traffic on the Hawthorne bridge, and a separate direct action -style protest that gathered at Director Park. ....
April 17 2021 A fatal police shooting spurred a nighttime crowd that smashed windows and set fires in downtown Portland on Friday. Fires, gunshots and broken glass set the beat for a riotous evening in downtown Portland on Friday, April 16. Portland Police Bureau officers made multiple arrests while Portland Fire & Rescue crews were kept busy extinguishing at least a half dozen separate blazes, including a major fire that engulfed the awning and boarded-up windows of the Pioneer Tower building that is immediately adjacent to the downtown Apple store. Demonstrators gathered in the heart of the city for two events: a peaceful vigil that saw candle-bearing marchers briefly shutting down traffic on the Hawthorne bridge, and a separate direct action style protest that gathered at Director Park. ....
Fortress Apple: Metallic fencing shields reopened downtown Portland store Updated Mar 01, 2021; Facebook Share An imposing fence surrounding the Apple store in downtown Portland is not a permanent fixture but could remain in place through mid-April, according to the company and city officials. The tall metallic barrier appeared suddenly last week as boards covering the building came down and the store reopened for the first time since late May. Its presence has prompted comparisons to a prison entrance or military checkpoint in a desolate city center still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, months of racial justice protests and occasional rioting. It is also reminiscent of the barriers placed outside the Multnomah County Justice Center and Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse as demonstrators clashed nightly with police for most of last summer. ....