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CHARACTERS BY EDWARD JUAN. COMIC BY CAROLYN MAIN. PHOTOS BY AARON WALKER.

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Lucy is a squirrel and Spark is a pigeon. They live in Portland, Oregon, where they love to explore! Like any bird and squirrel, they get excited about shiny objects, tall trees, and anything they can climb on. Don’t you?

I’m Lucy, and this is Spark.

We’re Portland explorers!

Like Lewis & Clark! But, We’ve never seen you before.

How did you get to the top of this building? I climbed!

I flew!

Not YOU! I’m asking HER, the bronze lady with the pitchfork.

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Do you know the word "pterodactyl"? It means a sort of dinosaur-bird, and it sounds like TERRible, ROad, DAd, Cat, unTIL.

Were you flown here by a flock of prehistoric

pterodactyls?

Did you ride down the river on the back of

the Loch Ness Monster?

the Loch Ness Monster is a dinosaur that people say they've seen swimming in a lake called Loch Ness in Scotland. Is it real? Who knows? We do know that there's no such monster swimming in Portland's river, the Willamette.

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Look! Lucy and Spark found a plaque at Portlandia, the statue! You’ll often see these beside sculptures. This one has a poem.

Portlandia is HUGE!!If standing, Portlandia would be about 50 feet tall. She was placed on her perch on October 6, 1985, which makes her a Libra!

Miss, can you please tell us how

you got here?

She’s a statue!

Portlandia! Isn’t that a show?

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That’s so old!

Are you as old as

dinosaurs?

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Who else has a trident? Neptune, the

famous Roman god of the sea!

The Portland Building is downtown on 5th and Jefferson. It was built in 1980, and its architecture style, called “postmodern,” is very creative. In fact, the building’s architect Michael Graves won a contest to get his design built. You can ride TriMet there. Look for green tile, coral- colored stripes, and Portlandia, of course!

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heavy.

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Guess who else is made of copper? The Statue of Liberty in New York City is the only copper statue bigger than Portlandia in the United States.

Portlandia was built in sections near Washington, D.C., and sent in parts to Portland by ship. She was put back together like a jigsaw puzzle when she arrived in her new home.

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You look kinda shiny!

Like a penny!

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For more adventures with Lucy & Spark visit

artslandiakids.com!

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We will!

You’ve been here ever since?

Come on! We’ve got more statues to see!

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