Lovejoy Fountain Park (or Lovejoy Plaza) is a city park in downtown
Portland
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,
Oregon
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, U.S.
Description and history
Completed in 1966, the park was designed by American landscape architect
Lawrence Halprin
Lawrence Halprin (July 1, 1916 – October 25, 2009) was an American landscape architect, designer and teacher.
Beginning his career in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, in 1949, Halprin often collaborated with a local circle of modernist a ...
. 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
Keller Fountain Park is a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. Originally named Forecourt Fountain or Auditorium Forecourt, the park opened in 1970 across Third Avenue from what was then Civic Auditorium. In 1978, the park was renamed after ...
.
The park is named in honor of
Asa Lovejoy
Asa Lawrence Lovejoy (March 14, 1808 – September 10, 1882) was an American pioneer and politician in the region that would become the U.S. state of Oregon. He is best remembered as a founder of the city of Portland, Oregon. He was an attorney ...
, one of the first landowners of the Portland town site.
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In addition to the fountain, the park also features a large copper-clad pavilion designed by Halprin's collaborator, American architect ]Charles Willard Moore
Charles Willard Moore (October 31, 1925 – December 16, 1993) was an American architect, educator, writer, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991. He is often labeled as the father of post ...
.Life Magazine
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'' 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."Pettygrove Park
Pettygrove Park is a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. 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. Th ...
, an ensemble considered to be one of Mr. Halprin's masterpieces."
See also
* Fountains in Portland, Oregon Benson Bubblers
More than fifty drinking fountains called Benson Bubblers, named after Simon Benson and designed by A. E. Doyle, are located in and around downtown Portland.
Portland Parks & Recreation
Portland Parks & Recreation maintains fount ...
* List of parks in Portland, Oregon
The city of Portland, Oregon, has more than of public parks and other natural areas, including one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, Forest Park (Portland, Oregon), Forest Park. Many are managed by Portland Parks & Recreatio ...
References
External links
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