Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain
This park was not originally part of the Sequence, but due to the popularity of Lovejoy and Pettygrove, Halprin was invited to design the landscape. The challenge lay in the steeply sloped topography of the site; working with Danadjieva, Halprin inserted a deep and powerful urban waterfall. He envisioned the fountain as a theater set or an event space, rather than a fountain solely for viewing. The movement of water and people is carefully choreographed. Visitors are invited to interact with the water by wading into the pool, splashing under the falling water, or even dancing atop the geometric concrete forms.
Ira Keller Forecourt Fountain is included in the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Portland Open Space Sequence, and is stewarded by the Halprin Landscape Conservancy (2001).
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