Pettygrove Park
| Pettygrove Park | |
|---|---|
 The park in 2010 | |
 | |
| Type | Urban park |
| Location | SW 1st to 4th Ave between Market St. and Harrison St. Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′39″N 122°40′43″W / 45.510937°N 122.67875°W |
| Area | 1.17 acres (0.47 ha) |
| Created | 1966 |
| Operated by | Portland Parks & Recreation |
| Status | Open 5 a.m. to midnight daily |
Pettygrove Park is a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.[1] It is the second park in a series of urban open spaces designed by American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin in the South Auditorium District urban renewal area. The soft mounds of landscaping are responsible for the park's nickname of 'Mae West Park'.[2][3]
Description and history
Pettygrove Park is bounded on all sides by pedestrian malls, which connect to other parks, including
The park was named for Francis Pettygrove, one of the early settlers of the Portland townsite. The same coin used by Pettygrove and settler Asa Lovejoy to determine whether the city would be named Portland or Boston was flipped to determine which park in the open-space sequence would be Lovejoy and which would be Pettygrove.[5][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Pettygrove Park". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- Oregon Journal. 1966-07-28.
- OCLC 449857189.
wryly pointed out that Pettygrove Park's voluptuous berms had quickly earned the plaza a nickname: 'Mae West Park'
- OCLC 449857189.
- ISBN 978-0-87595-104-1.
