Flip 21--Laurelhurst Park and Surroundings
10/30/16 Sunday 10:00 AM Location: Laurelhurst Park and points east It's hard to believe that it has been more than five years since touching this project. Today's flip takes me back to the neighborhood where it began in 2007, Laurelhurst. In fact, long before even that, I have memories of my parents taking me to feed the ducks on the pond in Laurelhurst Park. It may also be that some of the first photos I ever took were of ducks on that same pond. The park has an interesting history. According to the city's webpage , the parcel of land on which it sits was purchased in 1909 from the estate of William S. Ladd, one of the city's founding fathers. The spring-fed pond--Firwood Lake--which is one of the park's most famous features, was once a watering trough for cattle and swimming hole for neighborhood residents. That was before 1912, when Portland Park Superintendent Emanuel Mische designed what we know today as Laurelhurst Park. Before coming to Por
