It may be the smallest park in the world (according to @GWR), but Portland's tiny @MillEndsPark is big on holiday spirit. 🎄✨ And it's only a short walk from #PortlandState at 56 S.W. Taylor St. 📷 @AstridOnesto pic.twitter.com/AhlnYQzfR6
— Portland State University (@Portland_State) December 12, 2018
The park, built in 1948, was designated as the world's smallest by Guinness World Records. It was built at the behest of Portland journalist Dick Fagan "for snail races and as a colony for leprechauns," the website reported.
A small pine tree was stolen from the site in 2013, The Oregonian reported. The fir as planted in its place.
"It's just not a nice thing to do," Mark Ross, a Portland Parks and Recreation spokesman, told The Oregonian. "It's not the end of the world. We'll all continue to enjoy the park and the whimsical nature of it, but when something like this happens it makes you think, 'Why would someone do that?'"
Parks bureau officials do not plan to file a police report, Ross told the newspaper.
The cost to replace the tree is estimated between $3 and $5, KOIN reported.
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