Unique Station Features
- Flashbird Bridge: Designed by Ed Carpenter and KPFF Engineering, the bridge was meant to be inspired by its location near the Columbia River and the Portland International Airport. The form is meant to suggest a creature that might swim or fly.
- Furniture: Designed by Peter Reiquam, two pieces symbolizing home and office for the direction one is going, adorn the platform.
- Windscreen: Christine Bourdette and Vicki Scuri worked with the project architects to design the windscreen in ceramic frit.
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Dining table and chairs
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Office seating
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Flashbird bridge viewed form station platform
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Flashbird bridge viewed from Transit Center
Read more about this topic: Parkrose / Sumner Transit Center
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