Portland's Olmsted Parks Plan
August 24, 2013 |
The first-ever AHC bicycle tour! Bring lots of water and a snack and enjoy a lazy summer afternoon ride through Southeast Portland’s historic Olmsted landscapes, designed or influenced by America’s premier landscape architecture firm and by their visionary 1903 Portland Parks Plan.
This mostly-level tour asks participants: What are the Olmsted lessons for the 21st century?
Along the way you’ll explore these great places: the Springwater Corridor, Ross Island Park, Sellwood Park, Sellwood Bluff Parkway, Eastmoreland and Reed College Place, Reed College Campus, Kenilworth Park, Laurelhurst Park, Dr. James Hawthorne Gravesite, Ladd Circle, and Ladd/Elliott boulevards.
The tour ends at the lost 1907 site of Hawthorne Park and Asylum Creek. Tour-goers are then invited to the nearby Madison’s Grill, at SE 11th and Madison for an optional no-host gathering to discuss Portland parks, past and future, right where the former 25-acre Hawthorne Asylum grounds once stood. Tour guides Steve Dotterrer and Richard Ross have worked for several decades as Portland region planners, historians, and preservationists. Maps will be provided.
This tour is intended for intermediate skill cyclists, age 18 and over.
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Website:
visitahc.org/content/portland-s-olmsted-parks-plan-a-bicycle-tour |
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| Location Information |
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Architectural Heritage Center |
701 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214 |
| Website:
www.visitahc.org |
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| Contact Information |
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Val Ballestrem |
| Email:
info@visitahc.org |
| Phone:
503.231.7264 |
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