Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a 36.59acre park located in downtown Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River. After the 1974 removal of Harbor Drive (a good example of freeway removal), the park was opened to the public in 1978. The park covers 13 tax lots is owned by the City of Portland (Portland Parks and Recreation). The park was renamed in 1984 to honor Tom McCall, the Oregon governor who pledged his support for the beautification of the west bank of the Willamette River—harkening back to the City Beautiful plans at the turn of the century that envisioned parks and greenways along the river. The park is bordered by RiverPlace to the south, the Steel Bridge to the north, Naito Parkway to the west, and Willamette River to the east. In October 2012, Waterfront Park was voted one of America's ten greatest public spaces by the American Planning Association.The most common uses for the park are jogging, walking, biking, skateboarding, fountain play, lunching, basketball, fireworks viewing, Segwaying and boat watching. Due to its recreational use, lunch hours (11:00 am to 1:00 pm) are peak-use hours for the waterfront park. In addition to recreational use, the park is also highly used by bike and pedestrian commuters during rush hours (3:00 pm to 5:00 pm) because the park is easily accessible to the downtown Portland workforce and provides a pleasant, off street thoroughfare away from vehicular traffic. It is currently home to the Waterfront Blues Festival, Oregon Brewers Festival, Gay/Lesbian Pride Festival and the Bite of Oregon festival. The park is also the host of many Rose Festival events.

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The Fastest City Park in America is well worth the trip. With everything from sports car racing, motorcycles, karts, motocross, and bicycles, to a holiday lights festival in the winter, and police training. Swap meets, cruise-in's, and fun-runs, Portland International Raceway is not only the City of Portland's park with the greatest diversity of use, but one of the busiest, and it is financially self-sufficient!! This is a facility that deserves not only the support of all Portland residents, but it is a site that is historically significant and should be fought for to continue to serve our community for decades to come. I've been coming to PIR since the 1970's, and my family dates back to when the track was first being repurposed from the roads of Vanport to a place to race. While many in our community don't know much about PIR (and some don't even know it exists), PIR remains a crown jewel in our city's parks system, due to the diverse user groups, recreational opportunities, and to promote safety, not just at the PIR track, but giving a proper place to compete. Last, but not least, don't forget the high performance, driver training, racing school, and skid-car educational opportunities, where folks can learn the limits of their vehicles and develop skills for car control/defensive driving that help to make the entire community a much safer place. How many times have we heard people say, what is it with people in Portland (and Seattle) that we can't drive in the rain or snow... folks should purchase a skid-car class and come out to learn how to properly control a car in adverse conditions, best of all, the skid-car platform lets you learn in the rain OR sun, conditions don't matter, as their specially equipped vehicles simulate all sorts of conditions, no matter what the weather may be. In short, treasure this treasure. Support Portland International Raceway, it is a great asset for our community.