District 3 · Plaza or memorial · 2.7 acres

Ladds Circle and Squares

Plaza or memorialPublic entry unverified

Public ownership and inventory records do not establish permission to enter. Public-entry status is separate from wheelchair accessibility.

Classification and evidence

a plaza, square, or memorial with no play or sport facilities Classification: inferred.

Source captured: 2026-06-02. Human verification: Pending.

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Council district: District 3
Kind: Plaza or memorial · 2.7 acres

From the City's park records.

Visitor amenities

Published amenities are checked separately from entry conditions. Each links to other documented locations; confirm current hours before visiting.

No visitor activities are verified from the available entry and amenity evidence. Inventory records alone do not establish public use.

Potential additions to investigate

Passing the initial size-and-type screen is not a feasibility finding. Usable space, existing uses, habitat, public access, utilities, permission, construction costs, and ongoing maintenance funding require site-specific review. Missing acreage or uncertain classification remains unassessed.

Enabling assets recorded

The available evidence does not establish a complete set of enabling assets for this screen.

One addition to investigate

No single-addition candidate passes this preliminary screen.

Inventory-based screening only. Recorded assets do not establish opening hours, program staffing, permission, or operating funding. Potential additions require review of usable space, habitat, utilities, access, and ongoing maintenance. Unverified properties remain unassessed.

School grounds nearby

Public school grounds within a half mile, by straight line. What is listed is what OpenStreetMap mappers have recorded, not an inventory. The district sets public access.

Abernethy Elementary · Portland Public Schools · 3.8 acres
0.2 mi
On record: 3 four square pitchs, 1 playground, 1 baseball pitch, 1 soccer pitch, 1 basketball pitch. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: playground.

Beyond parks explains what opening a school ground would take.

School grounds: Metro RLIS. Features inside them: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Through the year

Seasonal facilities and listings captured by the Atlas. These records do not measure attendance, utilization or all activity at the site.

Counts describe captured listings, not attendance or all activity. No listings captured does not mean the site is unused.

Winter

Dec–Feb

Dark by 5 and wet most days: cover, lighting, indoor rooms, and paths that drain.

No seasonal facilities verified in this index

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

Spring

Mar–May

Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.

No seasonal facilities verified in this index

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

Summer

Jun–Aug

Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.

No seasonal facilities verified in this index

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

Fall

Sep–Nov

Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.

No seasonal facilities verified in this index

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

What the record holds here, by season

Season	Programs	Recurring events	One-time
Winter Dec–Feb registration opens 10/08 (activities Nov 2 – Dec 13 and winter-break camps Dec 21 – Jan 3)	—	—	—
Spring Mar–May Recorded from 2026-06-11	0	0	0
Summer Jun–Aug Recorded from 2026-06-11	0	0	0
Fall Sep–Nov Recorded through 2026-09; 2 months still to come	0	0	0

Our reading of the calendar

Which facilities count as in season is our model of Portland's year (splash pads and wading pools in summer, fields and gardens spring through fall, everything else year-round) — not the City's schedule. Check posted hours for pools, splash pads, and restrooms. From 12 weekly catalog snapshots (2026-06-11 to 2026-09-07). "Programs" are distinct titles; "sections" are the catalog's individual records — a swim level at one time slot for one week is one section. Complete through 2026-09; later months fill in as registration opens. Winter counts fill in when winter registration opens.

What's on

No current listings were captured and matched to this property. This does not establish that no activity takes place. See the citywide calendar and programs.

Partners & friends

The whole ecosystem

Community organizations that steward, fund, operate, or run programs at Ladds Circle and Squares. Labels show what is confirmed and what is still being filled in.

Friends of Ladd's Addition GardensStewards this parkConfirmed

Friends groups

Portland.gov — Ladd Circle Park & Rose Gardens

Open profile

Support this park

Real ways to help Ladds Circle and Squares and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.

Donate via Portland Parks FoundationThe independent nonprofit philanthropic partner for Portland's parks. Gifts support parks and programs citywide.Volunteer with Portland Parks & RecreationJoin official PP&R volunteer and stewardship programs, from work parties to ongoing roles.Find park partners and friends groupsDozens of community organizations steward specific Portland parks. See who works where.

How it's holding up

The City's own inventory of what is here and the condition it last recorded for each item. Dates are the source's; old dates mean no newer public assessment, not that nothing has happened since. PP&R does not publish itemized repair costs, so needs appear without dollar figures.

Condition across all assets

Citywide condition atlas

Across 17 assessed assets at this park, 6% are in poor or very-bad condition (rated 4–5). Pooled from the City's public assessment layers — buildings, bridges, playgrounds, courts, fields, fences, paths and amenities.

This count comes from the City's rated asset layers; the “Public assets” list below is a separate furnishings inventory, so its items and scores are counted separately and the two totals need not match.

Good · 4Above fair · 3Fair · 9Poor · 1Very bad · 0

Assessed asset families here

Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)

Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); no score means not yet assessed and is excluded. Park trees are inventoried separately and not counted here. No repair costs — those aren't published.

Repair ledger

Each row is one record from PP&R's public asset layer. No itemized repair cost is published for these records, so none is shown. Dates are the source's last published assessment; treat older ones as unverified.

Asset	Condition	Status	Replacement	Assessed
Bench Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 6547	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-08-31

Showing all 1 public repair candidates.

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Public assets

All 19

Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.

Bench×12

4×13×32×31×4–×1

Permanent Bollard×6

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Memorial×1

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This page, on a sign

The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →

https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/ladds-circle-and-squares-221?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_221

Where this comes from

Facilities from the City's amenity pages and asset layers; hours, photo, and history from the City's park page; programs and events from its catalogs; condition from PortlandMaps public records. Where the City publishes nothing, this page says so instead of guessing.