What is significant about Mill Ends Park in Portland OR?

The park was a small circle 2 ft (0.61 m) across, with a total area of 452 sq in (0.292 m2). It is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, which first granted it this recognition in 1971.

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What is the smallest playground in the world?

Mill Ends Park
The world’s smallest park is Mill Ends Park on a safety island on SW. Front Avenue, Portland, Oregon, USA. The park is a circle of 60.96 cm (24 in) diameter, which is 2,917.15 cm² (452.16 in²) in area.

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What does Mill Ends mean in Portland Oregon?

Fagan wrote a very popular column about this park called Mill Ends, which is a lumber term for rough irregular ends of boards from lumber mills.

How did the Mill Ends Park get its name?

When the pole failed to appear and weeds sprouted in the opening, Dick Fagan, a columnist for the Oregon Journal, planted flowers in the hole and named it after his column in the paper, “Mill Ends” (a reference to leftover irregular pieces of wood at lumber mills).

When was Mill Ends Park moved to Naito Parkway?

In 2006 the park was temporarily moved (seven feet away) while construction on the Naito Parkway took place. It was replaced on March 16, 2007 to a full St. Patrick’s Day celebration complete with bagpipers and Irish folk music, with Dick Fagan’s wife Katherine and family proudly in attendance.

Why is Prince’s Park Bigger Than Mill Ends?

The next month, officials from Burntwood complained to Guinness, claiming that Mill Ends was not large enough to be a park and that Prince’s Park, smallest in the UK, should hold the world record since it “has a fence around it” among other features.