Keller Fountain Park is a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon.[1] Originally named Forecourt Fountain or Auditorium Forecourt, the 0.92-acre (0.37 ha) park opened in 1970 across Third Avenue from what was then Civic Auditorium. In 1978, the park was renamed after Ira C. Keller, head of the Portland Development Commission (PDC) from 1958 to 1972.[1][2] Civic Auditorium was renamed as Keller Auditorium in 2000, but is named in honor of Ira's son, Richard B. Keller.
The central feature of the park is the concrete water fountain. Keller Fountain is often noted as a memorable feature of the public landscape in downtown Portland, and in 1999 was awarded a medallion from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The fountain was designed by Angela Danadjieva using inspiration from waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge located east of Portland. While the park is named Keller Fountain Park, the fountain itself is named Ira Keller Fountain. The fountain's pools hold 75,000 US gallons (280,000 L; 62,000 imp gal) of water, while the waterfalls pump 13,000 US gallons (49,000 L; 11,000 imp gal) per minute over the cascade.
^ ab"Keller Fountain Park". Portland Parks & Recreation. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
^Huxtable, Ada Louise (June 21, 1970). "Coast Fountain Melds Art and Environment". The New York Times. p. 53. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
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