I love artistic references to Portland's industrial/manufacturing past. Key point: Past. It'd be nice to see the city manufacture more these days. I just guess there isn't the cheap labor pool unless it's to build bikes. I wonder if anyone'd be interested in opening a straightforward factory to manufacture fair trade iPhones. Like: It's $1,500 instead of $400. But it was made in the U.S. by unionized labor.
On one hand, this seems to me to be one of the more interesting pieces of public art around the city, but at what cost?
I think those funds could have been better spent elsewhere.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25654895@N06/…
I think those funds could have been better spent elsewhere.