Mysterious art in Portland’s rail yards sparked awe for decades, but efforts to save it foundered

Published on: 12/15/2025

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Tom Stefopoulos created art on the pillars of the old Lovejoy Viaduct in the 1940s and '50s. (The Oregonian)

The drawings were an underground secret of sorts, hidden away for years in a grimy, abandoned part of town, appreciated chiefly by local railroad men and lost souls who’d skidded past skid row.

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