And chalk!? Brings up visions of Bert in Mary Poppins. Doesn't it rain in Portland? Killjoys.

On many levels, that is painful to read.

Maybe I missed something. Are the "rules of conduct" for Director Park different from other parks in the city?

Painful indeed... We paid someone to come up with this verbal spew. Did anyone pause to think that graffiti is already against the law? Oh God! It's just so awful...

Are the "rules of conduct" for Director Park different from other parks in the city?

Yes.

not to worry , that is such a cold souless place I will never go there. It makes the permanent construction pit next door look inviting. Gotta love the glass roof that is so high that rain will soak everything under it.

Presumably the rules there are different because virtually 100% of the park contains surfaces that could be tagged, as opposed to parks that have things like trees and grass and bushes. That being said, the "any reasonable person" section is a loophole big enough to drive a truck through.

Oh, look, a loophole.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, graffito is "a method of decoration in which designs are produced by scratches through a superficial layer of plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a ground of different color."

Get out your chisels and icepicks ...

Jack -

Of course it comes from the only Bureau run by a lawyer.

Have you read anything in the OAR or Federal Register or CFR lately? Especially in 26 CFR....

It lawyer language writ large

Director Park is great. There are not many trees in Pioneer square either and--lo and behold--people sometimes go there. In fact, as I remember, there are probably more trees in Director, it's just they're young and small. Wait til they grow up. DP has lots of good places to sit, a cafe (coming), and cover from the rain. Cool.

Director Park is great. There are not many trees in Pioneer square either and--lo and behold--people sometimes go there.

Pioneer square's not a park, and has different rules. And, there are about six trees in Director "Park", which are of the short, small canopy variety. Remember what they're planted on top of?

DP has lots of good places to sit, a cafe (coming), and cover from the rain.

Sorry, but most of that space under the canopy will be filled by businesses (first the cafe, then carts). The rest is an oversized water feature (with limited seating, and dry in winter) and a half rectangle of bench surrounding a large checkerboard. Unless you crowd under the canopy between the cafe and other buildings, seating will be limited.

Let's be honest. It's not a park, it's a fantastically expensive parking garage cover. If you want to compare it to something, compare it to another nearby "park", which is often filled with the homeless, with drug deals, with late night fights and skateboarders, and a variety of other interesting activities. This one will be different--at first--because it'll be brightly lit, frequently patrolled, and monitored by security cameras--in other words, it'll be a carefully controlled experience that everyone is paying dearly for.

Why should I be asked to pay for a cover for a parking garage that's going to line the pockets of one person?

No hop-scotch in your parks.

That sounds like an invitation to bring all your small children to the 'park' with their colored sidewalk chalks.

I want to see burly cops tazing pre-school children in the city center. Maybe we'll get to see a knee-drop on a toddler...because she was kicking and screaming about her chalks being confiscated.

Cafe?

In the middle of downtown Portland, they need to put a cafe on public land? Aren't there already cafes in the vicinity?

This is one of that sleazeball Grimwad's ventures, isn't it? He likes to install commercial ventures in public parks.

Next up, a street toilet!

It is against the law not to clean up after one's dog defecates in a city park, but is it also against the law to enter a city park with the intention of not cleaning up after one's dog defecates? That is, is there a discernible and demonstrable difference between not cleaning up one's dog's feces out of ignorance of one's dog having defecated and not doing so out of an intention not to do so?

And why is it against the law not to clean up after one's canine defecates in a city park but not, apparently, against the law not to clean up one's cat's feces?

Pioneer Square PARK is so a park. Replete with their own Pinkerton-men. Did you know that Portland Parks contracts-out their 'security'? Did you know those contract, ahem, 'officers', carry a side-arm? Can you tell the difference between them and actual cops? No? Uh-huh.

Wonder if Jordan Schnitzer wrote these rules in order to "enhance" and "protect" the family image.

Gee, Jack, it is as if you never heard of anyone being caught with burglar's tools. Of course, they are hard to find at the hardware store because they look so much like the regular tools. You have to look very carefully to see their intent.

Have surveillance cameras been installed in Director Park to provide documentation of presumed crimes of intention? Will arrests be made or tickets sent via USPS? Is there room enough in the jails to hold the miscreants?