thumb|right|200px|The esplanade's floating section
The Eastbank Esplanade (officially Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade) is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. Running through the Kerns, Buckman, and Hosford-Abernethy neighborhoods, it was conceived as an urban renewal project to rebuild the Interstate 5 bicycle bypass washed out by the Willamette Valley Flood of 1996. It was renamed for former Portland mayor Vera Katz in November 2004 of which $10 million built a lower deck on the Steel Bridge.
On the same day in February 2015, two dead bodies were discovered along the esplanade. The events appear to be unrelated.
Public art
Public artworks installed along the esplanade include Alluvial Wall, Echo Gate, the Ghost Ship sculpture, the statue of Vera Katz and Stack Stalk.
See also
- Kevin Duckworth Memorial Dock
References
External links
- Portland Development Commission Eastbank Esplanade site
- American Society of Landscape Architects, 2004 Design Award of Merit