Seen Tuesday around noon on N Albina Ave near the intersection with N Page St. Hammock was strung between a tree and lamp post. I took this photo as I walked by on my way to lunch. Later when I came back the other direction, the young man was taking down the hammock, and after I passed him he went inside the nearest door, apparently his workplace---a creative agency in an industrial warehouse.
Then a few hours later, just around the block on N Russell St I spotted this young woman:
She had a purse and belonging near her head, as one might do while lying on the beach.
It struck me as a natural extension of the growing occupation of the sidewalks by the homeless here in Portland. If they can sleep there, why can't everyone claim that space take a nap there?
On Wednesday the trend was more about sitting than lying down,.
Seen in almost exactly the same spot as the hammock:
And around the corner on N Page St.
When I first told my co-workers about the hammock yesterday, they agreed with me that it could be a new trend.
"In three months there will be a Willamette Week article about it," I predicted. (see: "A Field Guide to Urban Camping", Feb 17, 2016)
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