South Park Blocks
The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. The Oregonian has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 5:00 AM—9:00 PM
- Type: Park
- Description: family park in downtown Portland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portland Art Museum and Mill Ends Park.
Portland Art Museum
Museum
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The Portland Art Museum is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet, with more than 112,000 square feet of gallery space.
Mill Ends Park
Park
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Mill Ends Park is the smallest urban park in the United States. It consists of 1 tree, located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway next to Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the Willamette River near SW Taylor Street in the downtown core of Portland, Oregon, United States.
In the Shadow of the Elm
Work of art
In the Shadow of the Elm is an outdoor 1984 sculpture by Paul Sutinen, located at the South Park Blocks in Portland, Oregon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Portland and Southwest Portland.
Downtown Portland
Suburb
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Downtown Portland is the central business district of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is on the west bank of the Willamette River in the northeastern corner of the southwest section of the city and where most of the city's high-rise buildings are found.
Southwest Portland
Southwest Portland comprises the part of the city south of Burnside and west of the river, including the downtown core and Washington Park.
Goose Hollow
Suburb
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents' practice of letting their geese run free in Tanner Creek Gulch and near the wooded ravine in the Tualatin Mountains known as the Tanner Creek Canyon.
South Park Blocks
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Multnomah, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.51362° or 45° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
-122.68415° or 122° 41′ 3″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Operator
Portland Parks & RecreationOpen location code
84QVG878+C8OpenStreetMap ID
way 130670496OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5753484Wikidata ID
Q7568155
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“South Park Blocks” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “South Park Blocks”
- Cebuano: “South Park Blocks”
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Highlights include Lincoln Hall and Jeanne Manor Apartment Building.
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