Kicker - Portland’s pocket park

NICK EICHER, HOST: The world-famous park in Portland, Ore. is again open to the public after being temporarily closed for road work.

Guinness World Records recognized Mill Ends Park in 1971 for its size, not for how big it was, but rather, how tiny it was.

And just how small is it? The entire park is 2 feet wide and less than 500 sq. inches in total. It’s located in the median of Portland's Naito Parkway.

The story dates back to 1946. A town in Ohio boasted that it had installed the world’s largest municipal rose garden. And a reporter for the Oregon Journal thought it might be good publicity to install the world’s smallest rose garden.

The park was removed for a time but was later reinstalled.

It’s no longer a rose garden. It now consists of one tree surrounded by some flowers.

So, go small or go home.

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