Lollll, I love the name!
For those not getting the joke, mill ends are the scrappy imperfect remnants at the end of manufacturing a batch of yarn, cloth, carpet, etc. One can usually buy them at a nice discount from the factory or a distributor.
Its been, on an off, the smallest park in the world a handful of times. The current world’s smallest park was built in Japan shortly after its creator payed a visit to Portland.
Leslie Knope in shambles…
At least it isn’t in Indiana so she still holds the state title
It’s so silly how something like that as a 4.5 star, 1000 reviews on Google xD
So the plaque says it was originally a utility pole hole turned into a park
“We may not be big, but we’re small.”
How play ball?
Step 1. Ball.
Really have the litter situation under control at least.
lmao, sadly this is mostly probably because this photo was taken in like november or something, and the angle is decent. a single block down and it’s not a pretty sight from both litter and the unhoused population portland (and the whole state, neé the whole country) refuse to stop abusing.
Mill Ends was started by an Irish immigrant who spent so long looking at an unfinished lamppost hole that he finally decided to do something about it.
Fun story about Mill Ends: At one point, the people in charge of the second smallest park, in England, petitioned to have Mill Ends stripped of its title due to the fact that it ‘didn’t have a fence’. The very next day a dollhouse fence appeared in the park.
Another fun story about Mill Ends: according to its creator, it has a colony of leprechauns living in it, the only colony outside of Ireland. He would periodically write about their adventures.
Are we sure it’s not a sign for the area immediately behind this tiny tree?
The area behind it is Waterfront Park. That’s the Willamette river on the other side of that grass.
Smallest, or saddest?
How much could it cost to fill that planter? $18?
Fuck cars
for real
