My title is taken from the quote hidden in the waters of this wonderful fountain. The quote seems very appropriate for the times we are living in, and the fountain is perfect for this month’s Squares Challenge as it brings squares, rectangles and geometry alive.
13,000 gallons of water per minute cascade through its many terraces and platforms, and when you stand in the centre of it you’d almost think you were in the middle of a forested gorge. Instead you are just a few yards from the Civic Auditorium in downtown Portland.
This masterpiece was designed by Angela Danadjieva, a landscape architect from Bulgaria who initially worked in the Bulgarian film industry as an art director and set designer. By the mid 1960s she had returned to her architectural roots and was working on urban design and city planning on the west coast of the United States. This fountain was her first large scale project but she is more well known for her creation of Freeway Park in Seattle.
The park and fountain were originally known as the Forecourt Fountain Park when it opened, but less than a decade later were renamed the Keller Fountain Park, after Ira C Keller. A civic leader who pushed through the renewal plan for much of downtown Portland. A city that I fell in love with during my visit in October.
The life of B 
I will make it a point to see this fountain when I go to Portland! Thank you!
Here’s another one for today: https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/geometric-january-post-9-san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art/
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do hope you find it – it is close to a separate park so it makes it a rather lovely way to spend a few hours
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These are beautiful, Becky. We have a grandson in Portland, guess we need to visit again and this time go downtown.
Here is my post for today:
https://imissmetoo.me/2025/01/10/geometric-january-broad-art-museum-1/
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downtown Portland is full of hidden surprises
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Just lovely!
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What a beautiful cascade!!!
My entry is here
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It really is
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Beautiful!
I’m sharing another of my favorite places in London.
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I am so enjoying your geometric travels
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Thank you so much!!!
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That’s beautiful. It’s so important to have green spaces in cities, places where people can stay in touch with nature. Here’s mine today: https://grahamsisland.com/2025/01/10/the-angle-of-sunrise/
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I feel the same, far too many cities don’t have enough green places
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What a lovely place!
https://mariawijk.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/geometry-in-nature/
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it really is 🙂
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What a striking piece that is, and putting out a powerful message in such a pleasing way. I’m goig low-brow today …. https://margaret21.com/2025/01/10/geometry-at-espinaler/
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low brow . . . you? That’s not possible
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Oh come Becky. I can do low brow wiith the best.
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maybe 😉
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The waterfall is amazing, at first it kind of reminded me of something Frank Lloyd Wright would have designed, so I am glad you gave the history. Here is my link for today:
https://sketchingwords.com/2025/01/10/geometric-january-2/
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yes I thought of his work too
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a wonderful quote, indeed. And it’s great seeing Portland through your camera.
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definitely a city to return to, as despite its tent city it has a lot of charm
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It really is a masterpiece. And thanks for including the last shot – the people in it make the size more tangeable. I’d love to experience that in person.
Here are two more square vanishing points (is that geometrically possible? a square point? 🤔 ) : https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2025/01/10/vanishing-spring-and-summer/
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yes initially I was trying not to have any people in it and then I realised how essential they were to give a sense of the scale of it
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