The move comes five years after crews fenced off the park for safety reasons.
PORTLAND, Oregon — The city is moving forward with plans to demolish O’Bryant Square, the condemned city park on Southwest Harvey Milk Street.
On Wednesday, Portland City Council members voted to spend $4.5 million to tear down the park. The process will include filling in a structurally unsound garage below ground, leveling the infrastructure and covering it with grass. Trees that are currently planted at the park will remain.
The park was once a center for civic beauty and activity, and featured a large fountain that was dedicated in 1973.
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