Rendering from the Western Promenade Master Plan
Tonight, the Historic Preservation Board is likely to approve the Western Promenade Master Plan. The Plan, developed by KZLA Landscape Architects and the City of Portland, with input from the public and the Friends of the Western Promenade, will preserve and rehabilitate this historic designed landscape.
Greater Portland Landmarks supports the proposed Master Plan for the Western Promenade. We commend the work of the Friends of Western Promenade, who worked closely with the City in commissioning the plan according to national and local historic preservation standards. The plan supports a wide range of community uses, such as family-oriented concerts and programs at the bandstand, play spaces, recreational uses, and an improved dog park.
The plan calls for increasing pedestrian connections between Valley Street and the Western Promenade with path improvements and stairs, restoring significant view sheds, the removal of invasive species, and the addition of interpretive elements. These projects will enrich the experience of this important historic park, and we look forward to seeing the Promenade’s future.
The Western Promenade was designed by the landscape architecture firm Olmsted Brothers in 1904, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 1989.
Press
Future of Portland's Western Promenade up for discussion, Portland Forecaster, June 29, 2019
Restoration, upgrades in works for Western Prom, Portland Forecaster, December 18, 2019