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Peninsula Park is a public park in the Piedmont neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The 16.27-acre (6.58 ha) park is located in the North Portland neighborhood and contains an outdoor swimming pool, community center, baseball fields, playgrounds, basketball courts, tennis courts, covered picnic areas, a historic gazebo and other ...
Around 11:45 p.m., at Peninsula Park, a civil rights vigil transformed into at least 150 people marching to the boarded-up PPA police union building, in which demonstrators set two dumpsters on fire and barricaded roads. Around 12:40 a.m., police declared a riot and dispersed the crowd after the building's plywood-covered entrance was set on fire.
Peninsula Park and Rose Garden 700 N Rosa Parks Way 16.34 acres (6.61 ha) Acquired in 1909, Peninsula Park includes basketball and tennis courts, soccer and softball fields, a playground, covered picnic tables, the city's first public rose garden, and a 100-year-old fountain. [27] Pier Park: N Lombard St. and Bruce Ave. 85.00 acres (34.40 ha)
Many rose gardens are found throughout Portland, the most prominent of which is the International Rose Test Garden. Peninsula Park became the city's first public rose garden in 1909 when it was purchased for $60,000 ($2,034,667 in 2024 [10]) with funds raised in a 1908 bond measure. [11]
Chimney Park. Clatsop Butte. Clinton Park (Portland, Oregon) Colonel Summers Park. Columbia Park (Portland, Oregon) Couch Park. Council Crest Park. Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. Cully Park.
Washington Park (Portland, Oregon) / 45.51583°N 122.70750°W / 45.51583; -122.70750. Washington Park is a public urban park in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It includes a zoo, forestry museum, arboretum, rose garden, Japanese garden, amphitheatre, memorials, archery range, tennis courts, soccer field, picnic areas, playgrounds ...
Point Ruston is a developer’s dream, an upscale, mixed-use retail paradise on Tacoma’s waterfront, but it lacks one famous Northwest feature: trees.
Forest Park (Portland, Oregon) / 45.54528°N 122.73611°W / 45.54528; -122.73611. Forest Park is a public municipal park in the Tualatin Mountains west of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Stretching for more than 8 miles (13 km) on hillsides overlooking the Willamette River, it is one of the country's largest urban forest reserves.