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PDX Index: First Thursday

By Eleanor R. Brown

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25 Years since art galleries in the “Northwest Industrial Triangle” began staying open later on Thursday evenings

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1 Gallery owner who (according to some accounts) suggested renaming the area “The Pearl District”

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4,200 residential units added since 2002 in the urban-renewal district that includes The Pearl District

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4 Starbucks opened in the Pearl since First Thursday began

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56 number of galleries and other businesses that now participate in First Thursday

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100 Percentage increase in revenue at Ben & Jerry’s Pearl District location on a summer First Thursday, versus an average day

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11 Years since street-art vendors officially joined First Thursday

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1:2 Ratio of accordion players to acrobats spotted at the First Thursday street-art gallery in July

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Published: September 2011

 

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