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Type
  
Created
  
1966

Phone
  
+1 503-823-7529

Location
  
Area
  
3,035 m²

Lovejoy Fountain Park

Operated by
  
Portland Parks & Recreation

Status
  
Open 5 a.m. to midnight daily

Address
  
1990 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 5AM–12AMMonday5AM–12AMTuesday5AM–12AMWednesday5AM–12AMThursday5AM–12AMFriday5AM–12AMSaturday5AM–12AMSunday5AM–12AM

Similar
  
Keller Fountain Park, Freeway Park, Jamison Square, Portland Plaza, Tanner Springs Park

Portland 360 lovejoy fountain park


Lovejoy Fountain Park (or Lovejoy Plaza) is a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Completed in 1966, the park was designed by American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. The park was the first in a series of fountains and open space designed by Halprin in the South Auditorium District urban renewal area. The stark concrete contours of the park are bounded by tree-lined pedestrian malls that connect to other parks, including Keller Fountain Park. The park is named in honor of Asa Lovejoy, one of the first landowners of the Portland town site.

In addition to the fountain, the park also features a large copper-clad pavilion designed by Halprin's collaborator, American architect Charles Willard Moore.

Shortly after opening, Life Magazine published a three-page pictorial Mid-City Mountain Stream which described the park as a "piece of wilderness transplanted—wet and dry, glittering and static—which effectively invites wading and clambering and contemplation."

The Halprin Landscape Conservancy was formed in 2001 to "spruce up and protect Lovejoy Plaza, Ira Keller Fountain, and Pettygrove Park, an ensemble considered to be one of Mr. Halprin's masterpieces."

References

Lovejoy Fountain Park Wikipedia


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