South Portland & Lawrence Halprin's Open Space Sequence Walking Tour

We hope you'll join us for this special tour where you'll learn about the city's first urban renewal project and how it irreparably changed the physical, social, and cultural landscape of the neighborhood south of the Keller Auditorium. Along the way, you'll explore the Portland Open Space Sequence, a series of fountains designed by Lawrence Halprin and Associates between 1965 and 1970 that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tour includes a stop at the Keller Auditorium (opened as the Public Auditorium in 1917), whose proposed renovations into a modern, world-class performing arts venue would strengthen the historic connections between the auditorium and neighboring Keller Fountain.

The Tour is being presented with the sponsorship of the Halprin Landscape Conservancy