Free newspaper about the mall, for the mall
Lloyd Center Mall
Portland, OR
2023-on
Supported by a $5,000 grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council
Planet Lloyd Newspaper is a free community paper about Portland’s quintessential cultural gem, the economically-teetering but artistically-thriving Lloyd Center Mall. On the brink of expiration for the last ten years, this legendary shopping center (where U.S. figure skater and iconic underdog Tonya Harding learned to skate, by the way) currently embodies capitalism turned inside out. Its precarious state means cheap rent, and that means that instead of a Macy’s, a Foot Locker or a Claire’s, there’s a pinball museum, a synthesizer library, a chess club, a roller skating school, a youth arts space, two art galleries, a magic shop—but possibly not for long. The end of Lloyd as we know it is a constant, looming threat, as the developers scramble to make it profitable again. And that makes documenting the half full universe of this half empty mall all the more vital.
In 2025, during my artist residency at ILY2 Too Gallery inside Lloyd Center Mall, Planet Lloyd established a video department as well. See @planet.lloyd for field reports by Dan Jarvis-Holland and Matt Henson.
To contribute to a future issue, email lloydcentric@gmail.com.
Issue 1
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Contributors
Simeen Anjum, Lou Blumberg, Luz Blumenfeld, Adela Cardona Puerta, Olivia DelGandio, Clara Harlow, Michelle Illuminato, Manfred Parrales, Gilian Rappaport, Nina Vichayapai, Midori Yamanaka
The first 100 copies were printed at Secret Room Press during its residence inside Lloyd Center Mall. 2,000 additional copies were later printed by Eagle Press and distributed throughout the mall.
Issue 2
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Contributors
Jess Andra, Aidan Ashland, Angelo Belrose, Lou Blumberg, Cameron Crowell
Andrea Glaser, Violet Gray/Wet Velvet, Matt Henderson, Clara Harlow, Lib Morey, Chris Spencer, Timothy Tran, Katrina Weires. Layout by Wes Mueller
1,000 copies were printed by Eagle Press.