The land that Macleay Park sits on once belonged to Donald Macleay, a Scotsman and prominent merchant in Portland. Macleay could often be heard complaining about the price of property taxes on his land and how he would rather donate the land to the city and have it be made into a park than pay such exorbitant taxes. After finally being countered by a friend with, "Well, then, why don't you?" he donated the land to the city in 1897 in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. It was one of the earliest parks in Portland.

The Pearl District as we know it now has only been around since the late 1990's. Feel old yet?

Jamison Square has a fountain that resembles a shallow tide pool. It's a popular destination for children in the summer (and brave children in the off-seasons).

Edit (5/10/12): It was brought to my attention by some schoolmates that Jamison Square doesn't have any fir trees in it. I was thinking of it more as a simple icon that immediately reads as a tree, and wasn't thinking of the specific trees in that park. But I think that from now on, if I use a tree in a logo, I will make sure that similar looking trees actually exist in that park..