July 13, 2025

Parks

Investment

FDR Park opens new Gateway Plaza, with more to come

FDR Park has been around since the Philadelphia World’s Fair in 1926, and some of its infrastructure dates back to that time. It was originally called Olmstead Park, for the landscape firm that designed it, and re-named after president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1955. In the 21st century, the 348-acre park struggled with underfunding, flooding

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Funds

Portland residents react to moving funds from police to parks and recreation

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Some Portland residents are not happy with Wednesday night’s City Council decision to reduce funding for parks. Although city councilors worked to pass an amendment to soften the blow by adding money to the fund by virtue of reducing some of the increased money earmarked for police, and the creation of

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