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Tom McCall Waterfront Park vs Pioneer Courthouse Square
Tom McCall Waterfront Park and Pioneer Courthouse Square are both highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Tom McCall Waterfront Park scores slightly better than Pioneer Courthouse Square. Tom McCall Waterfront Park comes in at #4 in Portland with approval from 6 reviewers like Where, Lonely Planet and Not For Tourists.
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
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Front Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
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Fodor's
"Affords a fine ground-level view of downtown Portland's bridges and skyline. Once an expressway, it's now the site for many annual celebrations, among them the Rose Festival."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This popular riverside park, which lines the west bank of the Willamette River... replaced an old freeway with 1.5 miles of paved sidewalks and grassy spaces."
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Not For Tourists
"This park used to be a highway. Portland traded up."
Where
"The park starts at the Broadway Bridge, stretches south for about 2 miles and then converts into a portion of the Greenway, a path continuing south to Willamette Park."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The grassy 23-acre park that now stretches for about 1.5mi along the Willamette River was once Portland's raucous river port. "
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Pioneer Courthouse Square
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701 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
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Fodor's
"In many ways the living room, public heart, and commercial soul of downtown, Pioneer Square is not entirely square, rather an amphitheater-like brick piazza."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The heart of downtown Portland, this brick plaza is nicknamed 'Portland's living room' and is the most visited public space in the city."
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Travel + Leisure
"Spend any time in Pioneer Courthouse Square and you'll find that it's ground zero for the alternative lifestyle embraced by the city."
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Not For Tourists
"Portland's living room. Sit down a bit. Unless it's raining."
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"Food vendors, a flower stand, a Starbucks and public restrooms add to the charm of Pioneer Courthouse Square, and the city’s light-rail system runs on two sides of the square."
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