PORTLAND, Ore. — Following more than a year of maintenance, the water is flowing once again at the iconic Ira Keller Fountain in downtown Portland. The fountain roared back to life on Tuesday ...

Following more than a year of maintenance, the water is flowing once again at the iconic Ira Keller Fountain in downtown Portland. The fountain roared back to life on Tuesday, after lying dormant ...

Portland’s iconic Thompson Elk Fountain remains on schedule to return to its downtown pedestal in one year, the Portland Parks Foundation told the Portland City Council at Wednesday’s meeting.

Portland Parks & Recreation will continue to partner with the Halprin Landscape Conservancy to complete a full restoration of Lovejoy Fountain Plaza and the Open Space Sequence’s other plazas by ...

A public fountain in Portland’s South Park Blocks that depicts a scene from the Torah and the Old Testament and was donated to the City of Portland by Jewish Immigrant Joseph Shemanski in 1926 ...

The historic Ira Keller Fountain in Portland, Oregon has been running dry for close to a year due to major repairs needed to its internal pump system, and is unlikely to be fixed for several more m… ...

Portland’s iconic elk statue will return — and it’ll be on top of a new or repaired fountain — according to a resolution filed by two city commissioners. June 21, 2025 contribute now ...

The Thompson Elk Fountain was donated by former Portland Mayor David Thompson in the early 1900s. As the founder of the Oregon Humane Society, Thompson wanted to pay respect to the wildfire that ...

The background: The fountain was a gift to the people of Oregon from former Gov. Charles Sprague and his wife, Blanche, a $100,000 bequest to beautify the Capitol Mall.