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McCoy Park
Play area
Fountain
McCoy Park
N Trenton St & Newman Ave Locate this site in PortlandMaps

General Info

Acreage: 3.82
Acquired in 2005

Amenities

Includes basketball court, disabled access restroom, paths – paved, picnic tables, playground, statue or public art, and water play feature.

Basketball Court Disabled Access Restroom Paths – Paved Picnic Tables Playground Statue Or Public Art Water Play Feature

Related Information

McCoy Park Map.pdf (PDF Document, 937.1 Kb)


Special Information

Park hours: 5:00am-midnight

There is a small climbing wall next to the basketball court. The fountain is maintained by the Water Bureau.

Artwork
Granite disks sculpted by Horatio Hung-Yan Law and embedded in the pavement, represent the moon's phases. Various cultural ideas about the cycle of life are captured in the quotations, proverbs, folk sayings, and myths etched in the disks.

A bench sculpted with squirrels and salmon by Mufu Ahmed provides seating in the park.

Historical Information

Located in the New Columbia housing development, this park was named in honor of Bill and Gladys McCoy, African American political leaders who brought attention to the issues of minority and low-income people in north Portland.

Gladys McCoy was the first African American to serve on the Portland School Board in 1970 and as a Multnomah County commissioner from 1979-1984. She was elected as county chairwoman in 1986. Bill McCoy was the first African American to be elected to the Oregon Legislature in 1973. His senate district covered north Portland and much of northeast Portland.