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Photos: Sand in the City hits Pioneer Courthouse Square
The 20th annual Yoshida鈥檚 Sand in the City event kicked off a three-day run on Friday with a sand castle building competition at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland.
Firms win contest with 鈥�30,000 Leagues Under the Square鈥�
A team of staffers from SRG Partnership and PAE Consulting Engineers built the winning sand sculpture Friday in Yoshida's Sand in the City competition at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Playing with sand for a good cause
The annual Yoshida’s Sand in the City event kicked off Friday with a sand sculpture building competition at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Several teams of local architecture, construction and engineering firms […]
Sand in the City 2012
Sand in the City is a sand sculpture design competition that benefits Impact NW's Children, Youth and Family Services program.
What’s so great about Canstruction?
What鈥檚 the point of highlighting Canstruction and Sand in the City? Clearly they are great programs that provide a tremendous benefit to our community, but the same can be said for numerous groups and causes around town. So then why, in a time of limited philanthropic funds, should the A/E/C community come out in force to support these efforts? Well, if you鈥檝e ever had the pleasure of competin[...]
Castles go up for Sand in the City fundraiser
The annual Sand in the City fundraiser at Pioneer Courthouse Square was held Friday. The three-day event, which kicked off with Friday's sand sculpture building contest, is held as a benefit for Impact Northwest.
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