a short history of the people’s bike library of greater portland
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A Short History of the People’s Bike Library of Greater Portland. RyNO DownHill – November 2006. ZooBomB is Born September 2002 Out of a wormhole The confluence of mini-bike riders and urban down-hillers. The People’s Bike Library of Greater Portland. Quickly the new group acquired mini-bikes - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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RyNO DownHill – November 2006
A Short History of the People’s Bike Library of Greater Portland
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ZooBomB is Born September 2002
Out of a wormholeThe confluence of mini-bike riders
and urban down-hillers
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The People’s Bike Library of Greater Portland
• Quickly the new group acquired mini-bikes
• They were locked to a bike rack outside Rocco’s
• The Program of Outreach had begun. Anyone can check out a bike on Sunday night
• The collection was named The People’s Bike Library of Greater Portland
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Rocco’s and the Bike Library =Good relationship
• Never a complaint from Rocco’s
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At Some Point, the Pile Moved across the street from Rocco’s
• Near to the parking lot of the Treasury Building
• In July 2003, a local weekly calls the pile a “kinetic sculpture”.
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Pepper Pop Lock
• In September 2003, two rogue PPB members cut the lock and confiscated the People’s Bike Library.
• About half the bikes were later recovered.
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The Holy Rack is Born• Spontaneous protests erupt
in downtown Portland.• Pilgrims visit the Holy
Rack
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The People’s Bike Library matures• Residents and visitors alike
enjoy the Bike Library
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The People’s Bike Library becomes a Portland Landmark
• May 2004 – I Like Bike• The Pile graces the cover
of Portland’s Inside Guide to Biking.
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The People’s Library Is Living Art
• Seattle Art monthly September 2004
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The Pile is mobile
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Adversary of the Library• Street kids still steal parts
from the Bike Library• Then the city tags the bikes
for looking “Abandoned”
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Pod-sack Island
• In Mid-2006, the pile moved across the street to share the traffic island with the big Pod-Sack.
• A local business owner complains
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October 2006
• The pile moves back, across from Rocco’s
• ZooBomBers and representatives from the City begin meetings to decide on the future of the People’s Bike Library.
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2007 – the Future
• ??
• The future of the Pile is in our hands
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Happy Winter !
• Local weekly devotes their 2006 yearly calendar to Team Hardcore !