For the palette, he borrowed the distinctive green of the concourse ceiling, as did Richard Rodriguez, 32, a freelance designer who lives in Brooklyn.
But when the team started out a dismal 1-8, the dinners, which are hidden behind cinder block walls in the so-called green room on the sixth-floor concourse, also provided a side benefit: they kept the coach of a struggling team cloistered from impatient fans.
But with all the fuss being made over the Grand Concourse and its jade-green astrological ceiling, let us not overlook that architectural and gustatory gem, the Oyster Bar.
Purple and green lights frame the windows of King Concourse Deli & Grocery.
On the stadium's main concourse, another duo clad in the green of Mexico had an onlooker dab the French tricolor on their cheeks.
A green street sign hangs at the corner of Concourse Village East and 156th Street, the font shrunk to fit all the letters in a mouthful of a name from generations past: Thurman Munson Way.
At Graf-Adolf-Platz, artist Manuel Franke created an immersive journey where sweeping layers of green rock strata accompany passengers down to the concourse and combine hand-painting with laminated security glass.
The concourse is one of the so-called "green-lighted" projects that can proceed under a 2006 court settlement that ended a lawsuit brought by neighborhood groups opposed to the ambitious airport development plans of former Mayor James Hahn.
The main concourse, disjointed and dysfunctional, remains beneath an irrepressibly ugly green awning – a 1972 extension housing coffee shops, a WHS Smiths and indeterminate sandwich sellers.
It's not an uncommon sight on the PDX concourse to see travellers taking selfies of their shoes on the green, blue and pink carpet – there are more than 20,000 Instagram pictures tagged with the #pdxcarpet hashtag – and for Portlanders it's a welcome mat that says they have arrived home.
