Urban Honking

Sunday, July 31

6:00pm Portland Festival Symphony @ Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park
Sunday, July 31, 2011, Peninsula Park – 6 PM
Address: 700 N Rosa Parks Way Map
Brahms: Hungarian Dances 1 & 4
v. Suppe: Light Cavalry – Cameron May, Guest Conductor
BRASS Music by Lombardi, Gabrieli
Berlioz: Hungarian March

Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf
Haydn : Toy Symphony
Park Features: Includes basketball court – outdoor, disabled access: park restroom, disabled access: picnic area, fountain, paths – paved, picnic site – reservable, picnic tables, playground, public garden, rose garden, soccer field, softball field, stage – outdoor, statue or public art, tennis court – outdoor, wading pool or water play feature and wedding site – reservable.

Historical: Peninsula Park is a good example of a formally designed neighborhood park, typical of the early 1900s. It includes the city’s first public rose garden and first community center, an historically designated bandstand, and Portland’s second oldest playground. The park was purchased by the city in 1909 for the sum of $60,000 with funds raised in a 1908 bond measure. Originally owned by local businesswoman Liverpool Liz, it had been the site for a roadhouse and racetrack for quarter-mile horse racing. An autopark and campground were also included in the original parcel. Planned by renowned Oregon architects Ellis Lawrence and Ormond R. Bean, the park was a result of Portland’s 1912 ‘City Beautiful’ movement. Completed in 1913, much remains of the original features, including the lantern-style streetlights, the stone pillars, vast brickwork, and the nearly 100-year-old fountain in the center of the rose garden. -Portland Parks and Recreation