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A few cherry blossoms in Portland Center Park, which turns out to be the name of the little park that's home to Rusting Chunks #5. Or so I've concluded. There's no actual sign anywhere giving the name. And to confuse matters further, the page on the Parks Bureau's website has a photo of the Chimney Fountain instead of the park itself -- the fountain's a good two blocks north, it's maintained by the Water Bureau, and the land it sits on is city street right-of-way. But other than all that, sure it's part of the park. I mean, if we're going to be all pedantic and fussy about it, which I am, as usual.
Oh, and the city's official SW Portland Walking Map shows the actual park but doesn't give a name, and attaches the "Portland Center Park" label to another chunk of greenspace that doesn't actually exist in the real world. It would be directly under the Lovejoy Fountain Apartments swimming pool, if I'm not mistaken.
But of course you knew all this already, because you number among my nano-legion of truly longtime Gentle Readers, and you remember my previous hair-splitting episode about the place back in this post from back in May '06. I suppose this humble blog's reached the point where everything old is new again, but with better photos this time. Or whatever.
In any case, these photos are closeups of a couple of the cherry trees ringing the Rusting Chunks plaza. Cherry blossom season is by far the best time to visit the park -- the rest of the year it's basically just rust and chunkiness. And I'm afraid you've already missed cherry blossom season '09. So mark your calendars, I guess.
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