Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymon

Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of the Portland Building , in downtown Portland, Oregon , at 1120 SW 5th Avenue. It is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty . [ 1 ]

The statue is based on the design of the city seal . It depicts a woman dressed in classical clothes, holding a trident in the left hand and reaching down with the right hand. The statue is above street level, and faces a relatively narrow, tree-lined street. An accompanying plaque contains a poem by Portland resident Ronald Talney .