South Park Blocks
Public park in Portland, Oregon, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon.[2] The Oregonian has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room".[3]
South Park Blocks | |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Portland, Oregon |
Coordinates | 45°30′45″N 122°41′06″W[1] |
Area | 8.76 acres (3.55 ha) |
Operated by | Portland Parks & Recreation |
Status | Open 5 am to 9 pm daily |
Twelve blocks in length, it is intersected by the Portland Streetcar and forms the Portland Cultural District and the greenspace at the center of Portland State University.[4] The New York Times stated the blocks are "literally at the heart of the city's cultural life."[5] Public artworks in the park include Shemanski Fountain (1926), In the Shadow of the Elm, Peace Chant, (1984), Alexander Phimister Proctor's Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, and a statue of Abraham Lincoln. The park also contains approximately 337 elm, oak, and maple trees valued at $3.4 million, as well as roses.[6][7] A plaque from the Lang Syne Society was placed in the South Park Blocks at Jefferson Street in 1991, commemorating the Great Plank Road.[8]