Nearly 20 vacant small businesses in Old Town have un-boarded their windows in the name of art.

No Vacancy Window Gallery is an art exhibit that starts on the White Stag Block at 70 NW Couch St., and travels under the Chinatown gates on Northwest Fourth Avenue and Burnside Street. It’s free and on view 24 hours a day now until Dec. 1. The goal of the No Vacancy pilot project is to fill empty spaces in the neighborhood with creative energy. There’s photography, textiles, sculpture, paintings and art installations, all peeking out from windows that have been covered up for years, in some cases.

The project is led by real estate strategy firm Field States and supported by Prosper Portland and the Old Town Community Association. Organizers call it an “open-air” art gallery—flipping that load

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