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Public park in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Lents Park
The park in 2020

Location	SE 92nd Ave. and Holgate Blvd. Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°29′14″N 122°34′14″W / 45.48722°N 122.57056°W / 45.48722; -122.57056
Area	38.07 acres (15.41 ha)
Established	1914
Operated by	Portland Parks & Recreation

Lents Park is a 38.07-acre (15.41 ha) public park in southeast Portland, Oregon's Lents neighborhood, in the United States. Acquired in 1914, 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.

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

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.

References

"Lents Park". Portland Parks & Recreation. Archived from the original on July 19, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
Ashton, David F. "New Lents Park Playground opens". eastpdxnews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
"Police declare riot in North Portland after union headquarters briefly set on fire". kgw.com. 2020-07-18. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
"Portland police kill man at Lents Park in Portland". Oregon Public Broadcasting. 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
Bernstein, Maxine (2021-04-16). "Portland police fatally shoot man in Lents Park". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-17.

External links

Lents Park: Project Overview, Portland Parks & Recreation

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