Lents Park Explained

Lents Park
Location:SE 92nd Ave. and Holgate Blvd.
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:45.4872°N -122.5706°W
Area:38.07acres
Established:1914
Operator:Portland Parks & Recreation

Lents Park is a 38.07acres public park in southeast Portland, Oregon's Lents neighborhood, in the United States. Acquired in 1914,[1] the park features the Charles B. Walker Stadium (home of the West Coast League's Portland Pickles collegiate baseball team), and has a new playground to replace one built in the 1970s.[2]

Lents Park was the site of at least one Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020.[3]

In April 2021, a man was shot in the park by the police that responded to multiple calls about a man with a gun. A replica gun was recovered.[4] [5]

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  1. Web site: Lents Park . . July 19, 2020 . July 19, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200719140016/https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=234 . live .
  2. Web site: Ashton. David F.. New Lents Park Playground opens. 2020-07-19. eastpdxnews.com. 2020-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200721132431/https://eastpdxnews.com/general-news-features/new-lents-park-playground-opens/. live.
  3. Web site: 2020-07-18. Police declare riot in North Portland after union headquarters briefly set on fire. 2020-07-19. kgw.com. en-US. 2020-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719061542/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/portland-police-bureau-said-it-encourages-peaceful-demonstrations/283-d93509aa-5f34-4adb-98cc-fe295be00af6. live.
  4. Web site: 2021-04-16. Portland police kill man at Lents Park in Portland. 2021-04-17. Oregon Public Broadcasting. 2021-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416185111/https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/16/portland-police-shooting-lents-park/?__twitter_impression=true. live.
  5. Web site: Bernstein. Maxine. 2021-04-16. Portland police fatally shoot man in Lents Park. live. 2021-04-17. The Oregonian. en. 2021-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416220110/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/04/officers-responding-to-police-shooting-in-se-portland-park.html.