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Portland’s tiny park is barely two feet wide

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Calling a microscopic, neglected patch of dirt containing a single sad fern a 'city park' is easily the most aggressively hipster thing Oregon has ever legally achieved. Mill Ends Park was originally just a designated hole for a light pole that never arrived. Instead of paving it over, the city stubbornly doubled down, proving that adequate urban zoning is completely subjective.

Portland’s tiny park is barely two feet wide
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