Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon

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Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon
Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon
Neighborhood representation
Association Rose City Park Neighborhood Association
Coalition Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
Neighborhood geography
Area 3.04 km² (PDF map)
Location Interactive map
Demographics (2000)
Population 8903 (density 2929/km²)
Households 3859 (97% occupied)
Owned 2857 (74%)
Rented 1002 (26%)
Size 2.31 persons (average)

Rose City Park is a neighborhood (and a park of the same name) in Northeast Portland, Oregon. It borders Beaumont-Wilshire and the Hollywood District on the west, Cully on the north, Roseway and Madison South on the east, and Center on the south.

The neighborhood was platted in 1907, the year of the first Portland Rose Festival. Trolley service from Downtown Portland was inaugurated that year by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co., and discontinued November 30, 1936.[1]

In addition to its eponymous park (acquired 1920), other parks in the neighborhood include Normandale Park (1940), Frazer Park (1950, on the site of a former juvenile detention center), and the western part of Rose City Golf Course (1920).

The NE 60th Ave station on the Blue Line and Red Line of the MAX light rail system is on the boundary (Interstate 84) with the Center neighborhood.

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