Gabriel Park, Urban park in Southwest Portland, United States.
Gabriel Park covers 90.65 acres between Southwest 45th Avenue and Vermont Street, with two small creeks and wooded areas. It holds a baseball field, softball field, soccer field, basketball and tennis courts, volleyball courts, a skatepark, a disabled-access play area and restrooms, and two fenced 1.75-acre dog off-leash areas. The Southwest Community Center stands at the northwest corner.
In October 1950 the Parks Bureau bought an 87-acre tract between Vermont and Canby Streets for $120,000. The land had belonged to Ulrich Gabriel, a Swiss immigrant who bought it in 1890, farmed it and ran the Pine Creek Dairy. The Southwest Community Center, funded by Measure 26-10, opened at the park's northwest corner in June 1999.
The Southwest Community Center, at the park's northwest corner, opened in June 1999 after funding through Measure 26-10. It holds an indoor pool, gymnasium, climbing wall and weight room. The park's two fenced dog areas, each 1.75 acres, alternate by season: one open in winter, one in summer, with water fountains and cleanup bags provided.
The park sits at Southwest 45th Avenue and Vermont Street, spread across the Maplewood, Multnomah and Hayhurst neighbourhoods. Paved and unpaved paths link the sports fields, skatepark and picnic sites, and the disabled-access play area and restrooms are step-free. The Southwest Community Center occupies the northwest corner, and the two dog off-leash areas alternate by season, one open in winter and one in summer.
The skatepark opened on July 12, 2008, after the City Council approved funding in November 2006 on a recommendation from commissioner Dan Saltzman. Airspeed Skateparks of Reedsport, Oregon, designed and built it, alongside a second skatepark at Ed Benedict Park in Southeast Portland.
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