Construction begins Monday at the long-time location for the iconic statue, Main Street between SW 3rd and 4th. Crews will ...

Portland will restore the historic Thompson Elk statue. Street closures begin July 7, with the $1.5M project expected to last ...

The Elk Statue, which had been in storage since 2020, is set to be returned to its original location on SW Main Street in ...

Officials have delayed the Thompson Elk Fountain’s return several times, originally promising to restore it by the end of 2022. The city approved $1.5 million to refurbish the sculpture in 2023.

The city took down the Thompson Elk in 2020 during the protests against police and racial violence.

Starting Monday, July 7, drivers can expect some road closures as construction work begins to restore the Thompson Elk statue ...

Portland crews will start $1.5 million project to repair the statue and fountain damaged during 2020 protests. The closure is ...

Construction on the Thompson Elk Fountain to return the iconic elk statue to Southwest Main Street in downtown Portland is ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland's famed elk statue will be returned to its rightful place sometime in 2024, according to the Portland Parks Foundation. It was removed during the protests of 2020 after ...

After the Thompson elk was damaged during the political protests of 2020, the Portland Regional Arts and Culture Council brought Krueger in to see if the statue was fixable. “It’s kind of an ...

A fire blazes at the former spot of the elk statue in downtown Portland, Ore., amid protests outside the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and Justice Center, July 18, 2020 (KOIN/Danny Peterson).

The statue, formally known as the David P. Thompson Fountain, was donated by a former Portland mayor in 1900 and is simply an elk standing on top of a water fountain.