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  • Pier Park Pool will reopen July 14

    Pier and Peninsula Pools will have extended summer seasons through September 5 Pier Park Pool is on track to reopen July 14 after abruptly closing for almost the entire 2024 summer season due to a catastrophic mechanical failure. The main water pipe of the 80-year-old pool broke on June 27, 2024, forcing Portland Parks &…

  • Pier Park Pool closure alarms supporters

    Pier Park Pool closure alarms supporters

    The Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau’s (PP&R) sudden closure of Pier Park Pool for repairs has alarmed pool advocates. “We’ve received emails from citizens worried that what happened to Columbia Pool might also happen to Pier Pool,” said Keola Morley of Friends of Pier Park (FPP). The Bureau closed Pier Pool after a water main…