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Spring Garden Park should
not be subject to noise of
amplified music
Regarding, “Neighbors concerned about
proposed amphitheater in Spring Garden
Park,” by Erik Vidstrand, The Post, August
2016.
I’m writing regarding the inclusion
of a paved amphitheater with
electric hookups to the proposed
“improvements” to Spring Garden
Park.
I am a former resident of the
EDITORIAL
surrounding neighborhood and am
astounded to hear of such a proposal.
Spring Garden Park is a quiet, open
green space, and as such deserves
protecting for that alone. Portland has
many, many venues for amplified music;
a small park in a quiet neighborhood
should not be among them.
There is little parking in the area, for
one thing, and most visitors walk to this
park. I do not imagine teenagers, for
whom this particular feature has been
CORRECTION
Regarding, “Park bureau and school
district continue to test lead levels in
drinking water,” by Jack Rubinger, The
Post, August 2016.
As soon as the Portland Parks
and Recreation director and
commissioner-in-charge became
aware there had been previous water
testing at the Multnomah Arts Center,
which showed some fixtures had
lead levels above the Environmental
P rot ec t i o n A g e nc y ’ s ac t i o nab l e
threshold, the parks bureau closed
off access to Multnomah Arts Center
drinking fountains.
September 2016
touted, will be walking in with their
amplifiable instruments.
People who visited the park when I
lived there walked their dogs, picked
blackberries, had quiet picnics in the
grass and sledded occasionally in the
winter.
If amplified music is a possibility
in our green spaces going forward I
predict there will be much more local
resident opposition to Portland Parks
and Recreation development in the
future.
Noise pollution is difficult enough to
avoid in our urban environment; it is no
small issue that this proposal includes
such an outlier of a feature.
I do not feel it is appropriate for this
or any small green space with adjacent
housing where residents will be held
captive to whatever noise emanates.
Michele Dickson
Portland
Garden Home reader
wonders what happened to
his right to sunlight
Regarding, “Giant cedar tree in
Multnomah Village cut down in July,”
letter with photos from Stewart Rounds,
The Post, August 2016.
In Stewart Rounds’ letter
published in your August edition,
he said “These grand old trees
are a wonderful feature of this
place” in reference to the 60-year-old
ornamental landscape tree that was
recently felled in his neighborhood.
A tree that was likely planted when
the house was originally landscaped
following construction in the mid-
1950s. Hardly a “heritage tree” by
my estimation. Still, a nice big tree.
It’s easy to make demands about
other ’s property when you have no
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Media Relations
Portland Parks & Recreation
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