Esther Short — Who’s the Main crane brain? And why? Katelyn Carbajal said she and her supervisor at Beigeblond Hair Salon, 909 Main St. in Vancouver, noticed the evening of Feb. 15 a few paper cranes, folded in the Japanese origami style, tucked here and there around the storefront.
On Feb. 16, they came in to discover more paper cranes hidden all over the streetscape — in bushes, standpipes and window ledges, all over Main and even over by the new library. “We don’t know who’s doing it, but it’s kind of nice,” Carbajal said.
The owner of Beigeblond, Brett Allred, added, “I feel the gesture … by someone in our area to spread this gift is a very selfless act.” Here at The Columbian, we thought first of the devastating Japanese earthquake of 2011 — and a crane-making workshop in Uptown Village soon after — but since the disaster was on March 11, this doesn’t appear to be an anniversary remembrance.
So who hid the cranes on Main? (Call us at 360-735-4525 if you know the answer.) In Japan, cranes are a symbol of good luck, prosperity, happiness and peace.
