Pettygrove Park, Portland, Oregon
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N 45° 30.644 W 122° 40.731
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Pettygrove Park is located between Third and Fourth on SW Hall. The best way to reach both Pettygrove Park and Lovejoy Park is to ride the free streetcar south past Portland State University getting off at SW Third Avenue and Harrison Street. Pettygrove is north and Lovejoy is south of the streetcar stop.
Waymark Code: WMJJ8
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2006
Views: 61
In 1843, Francis Pettygrove won a two out of three coin toss with Asa Lovejoy and thus had the right to name the city after his hometown of Portland, Maine. If Asa Lovejoy had won, he would have named the city after his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. The same coin that Pettygrove and Lovejoy used was flipped to determine which of the two neighboring parks would be named Lovejoy and which would be named Pettygrove.The striking feature in Pettygrove Park is Manuel Izquierdo’s design of a reclining woman, “The Dreamer.” Izquierdo said that “’The Dreamer’ speaks of hope, of beauty and serenity, of love, and for a better life in our midst.” He filled the bronze sculpture with foam so that falling rain would make a gentle sound like a kettledrum rather than the ringing it would make if hollow.
Instructions for logging waymark: visit Pettygrove Park. A photograph is required of the bronze plaque or the park sign with you and/or your GPSr in the picture.