Tuality Hospital / Southeast 8th Avenue

Tuality Hospital/Southeast 8th Avenue
MAX light rail station

Station from the southeast
Station statistics
Address Southeast Eighth Avenue & Washington Street
Hillsboro, OR
Lines MAX Light Rail
  Blue Line
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Parking None
Other information
Opened September 12, 1998
Owned by TriMet
Fare zone 3
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
Blue Line

The Tuality Hospital/Southeast 8th Avenue station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1998, it is the 18th stop westbound on the Westside MAX. The station has a single island platform with a passenger shelter, with the station primarily serving the Tuality Community Hospital campus.

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History

In 1994, construction of the Westside MAX project began. On September 12, 1998, the station opened along with the rest of the Westside MAX line.[1] In September 2006, the Pacific University Health Professions Campus opened next to the station.[2] Pacific decided to build the campus there due partly to the presence of the station.[3] Pacific opened a second building in August 2010 while the city, in a joint venture with the hospital and school, opened the Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility the following month.[4] In March 2011, TriMet received a federal grant to pay for the installation of security cameras at the station.[5]

Amenities

The station is located on Southeast Washington Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues.[6] One block from Tuality Hospital, the handicap accessible single island platform is in TriMet's fare zone 3.[6] Designed by OTAK Inc., the station does not have a park and ride facility, but bike racks are available at the station.[6]

Artwork

The public art at the station relates to the hospital, with themes of hope, light, and healing.[7] Individual pieces at the station includes 300 bronze swallows, considered a symbol of hope.[8] Implanted into the concrete, the swallows are accented by a quote from Shakespeare, while swallows also adorn the weather vanes that sit atop the passenger shelter.[7] Other artwork at the Tuality station includes a picture of Minnie Jones Coy (the founder of the hospital) and the "Quilt of Traditional Remedies" by Jane Kies.[7] Recipes for old medicinal remedies are etched into the glass windscreen in the passenger shelter,[9] while traditional medicine plants grow around the station.[7]

References

  1. ^ Mapes, Jeff. Gore walks tight line on Clinton. The Oregonian, September 13, 1998.
  2. ^ Demlow, Kay. Neighborhood Roundup: Pacific U. classes set to begin in new building. The Oregonian, August 31, 2006.
  3. ^ “MAX is 10 and still on track”, The Hillsboro Argus, September 11, 2008.
  4. ^ Lang, Joe (September 8, 2010). "Health campus, transit facility launched amid fanfare". The Forest Grove News-Times. http://www.fgnewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=128392687966699500. 
  5. ^ Rose, Joseph (March 31, 2011). "TriMet gets federal grant to install security cameras at 10 final MAX stations". The Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/03/trimet_gets_federal_grant_to_i.html. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b c Tuality Hospital/SE 8th Ave MAX Station. TriMet. Retrieved on July 10, 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d Art on Westside MAX Blue Line. TriMet. Retrieved on July 10, 2008.
  8. ^ Hamilton, Don. Sculptures will let riders know which way wind is blowing. The Oregonian, July 23, 1997.
  9. ^ Colby, Richard N. Tracking art plans. The Oregonian, August 3, 1995.

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