Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park May 2011
Tanner Springs Park can be found at the edge of the Pearl District, near the Willamette River, in Portland, Oregon. It covers a full city block, nearly an acre of open space between NW 10th Avenue & NW 11th Avenue. It is one of the most amazing & delightful urban parks I've seen. The hardscape blends perfectly with the surrounding modern buildings. The water literally reflects them, & littorally reflects the Willamette River. The Pearl District was once a wetland & lake. Tanner Creek flowed into Couch Lake in the area surrounding Tanner Springs Park. The lake & wetland were filled, then covered with warehouses & railroad yards. The park now lies 20 feet above the former lake. Planning for the park began in 2003. Atelier Dreiseitl, a German design firm, & GreenWorks, P.C., a local landscape architecture firm, were selected to design the park. Construction began in 2004. The name Tanner Springs was adopted in 2005. Tanner Springs Park is entirely planted with western Oregon native plants.
I love this park...it's one of the few parks where I feel the hardscaping is wonderfully sympathetic with the flora...there's another park a few blocks to the south that I can't really stand...mostly hardscape with fountains...great for people to splash in...but not very pretty...imho
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