Irving Park is a city park in northeast Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Measuring about 16 acres (6.5 ha), it was designed by landscape architect Florence Holmes Gerke.[2] It is located at Northeast 7th Avenue and Fremont Street in the Irvington neighborhood. The park is on land that was originally owned by William Irving, for whom the neighborhood was named. The Irvington Racetrack once occupied part of the land.[3]
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 Basketball court in the park, 2010 | |
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | NE 7th Ave. and Fremont St. Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°32′49″N 122°39′23″W / 45.54694°N 122.65639°W[1] |
| Area | 16.08 acres (6.51 ha) |
| Designer | Florence Holmes Gerke |
| Operated by | Portland Parks & Recreation |
| Status | Open 5 a.m. to midnight daily |
Irving was a mid-19th century mariner who operated ships on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Arriving in Oregon in 1849, he soon acquired a donation land claim. In 1858, he sold his steamship interests in Oregon and moved to British Columbia in Canada. His land claim, left to heirs, became the Irvington subdivision in 1887. Irving Street in Portland is also named for him.[4]
Park amenities include fields for baseball, softball, and soccer; courts for basketball, tennis, and volleyball; paved paths, picnic tables, a playground, a horseshoe pit, and an off-leash area for dogs.[3] The park is open daily from 5 a.m. to midnight.[3] Hours for the off-leash area are from 5 to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight from June 15 through September 1. From September 2 through June 14, off-leash hours are from 5 to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to midnight.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Irving City Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ "Obituary: Landscape Designer, Editor Dies". The Oregon Daily Journal. 24 August 1964. p. 6. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Irving Park". City of Portland. 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ Snyder, Eugene E. (1979). Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origins. Portland, Oregon: Binford and Mort. pp. 154–55. ISBN 0-8323-0351-8.
- ^ "Irving Park Off-Leash Area" (PDF). City of Portland. June 15, 2005. Retrieved December 5, 2010.