The Portland Parks and Recreation department took over care and maintenance of Mill Ends park in 1976. The park was dubbed "World's Smallest Park" by Dick Fagan, a writer for the Oregon Journal who first planted flowers there. This is how the park appeared in 2001.
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The Portland Parks and Recreation department took over care and maintenance of Mill Ends park in 1976. The park was dubbed "World's Smallest Park" by Dick Fagan, a writer for the Oregon Journal who first planted flowers there. This is how the park appeared in 2001.
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A stolen tree, here returned, lies on the ground next to the one the Parks department planted to replace it at Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, on Friday, March 9. The department says they will replant the returned one in another location if it is still viable.
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A stolen tree, here returned, lies on the ground next to the one the Parks department planted to replace it at Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, on Friday, March 9. The department says they will replant the returned one in another location if it is still viable.
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Events at the park have included concerts by the Clan Macleay Pipe Band, picnics, and rose plantings by the Junior Rose Festival Court. Here the park is seen in 2004.
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Events at the park have included concerts by the Clan Macleay Pipe Band, picnics, and rose plantings by the Junior Rose Festival Court. Here the park is seen in 2004.
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The park had to be moved temporarily in 2006 due to construction on Naito Parkway. This photo shows the parks vegetation being moved from its temporary home.
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The park had to be moved temporarily in 2006 due to construction on Naito Parkway. This photo shows the parks vegetation being moved from its temporary home.
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The park was reopened on March 16, 2007, in true St. Patrick's Day style with the Royal Rosarians, bagpipers, and members of the Fagan family, including Dick Fagen's wife Katherine, in attendance.
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The park was reopened on March 16, 2007, in true St. Patrick's Day style with the Royal Rosarians, bagpipers, and members of the Fagan family, including Dick Fagen's wife Katherine, in attendance.
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Mill Ends Park as it appeared in 2012.
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Mill Ends Park as it appeared in 2012.
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