Yankin Jamison

Jamison Square wani wurin shakatawa ne a Portland, Gundumar Pearl ta Oregon . Ita ce ta farko a cikin jerin wuraren shakatawa guda uku da za a kara a cikin unguwar a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin Sabuntawa na Gundumar Kogin 2001, gami da Tanner Springs Park da The Fields Park .  An shirya wurin shakatawa na huɗu amma bai fara gini ba.

## Tsarin
A farashin dala miliyan 3.6, an tsara wannan sararin samaniya na birane kuma an gina shi a lokacin shekaru 12 na magajin gari Vera Katz. 

An tsara shi ta PWP Landscape Architecture,    an fara nufin wurin shakatawa a matsayin tashar zane-zane ta waje, tare da duwatsu da matakai a tsakiya, amma babu ruwa. Ruwa, yana gudana a lokuta masu ban mamaki a kan dutse, an kara shi don hana matasa masu tsalle-tsalle daga amfani da su. Ruwa a kan duwatsu ya ƙare ya juya wurin shakatawa zuwa rairayin bakin teku na birane, yana jan hankalin yara da iyalai waɗanda ke amfani da shi azaman tafkin wading, tare da yanayin da ke sa ya zama " tafkin ruwa na mutum", wanda kuma mazauna yankin ke kira "teku na al'umma". Hanyar katako, da aka yi da ipê, ta haɗa Jamison Park zuwa Tanner Springs Park, tubalan biyu daga nesa, kuma an yi niyyar haɗawa da Kogin Willamette.

Tsarin wurin shakatawa ya haɗa da manyan abubuwa guda uku: maɓuɓɓugar ruwa, hanyar tafiya, da tashar waje. Maɓuɓɓugar dutse ta hanyar kwatanci tana nuna ra'ayin "mai saurin gaske," yayin da ruwa ke fitowa daga matakai na dutse, yana cika ƙasa mai laushi har sai ruwa ya kai kimanin inci 12 mai zurfi, a wannan lokacin ruwan ya sake fitowa kuma ƙasa ta bushe.

Gidan ya haɗa da sanduna huɗu na zamani mai tsayi 30, waɗanda Kenny Scharf da Paige Powell suka kirkira a cikin shekara ta 2001, mai suna Tikitotmoniki Totems .    The Oregonian ya yi watsi da fasaha a ƙarshen shekara ta 2002, yana cewa "Gidauniyar Pearl Arts ta ba da izini ga '80s art star Kenny Scharf don sanya Tiki Totems" a cikin wurin shakatawa. Koyaya, sandunan totem suma suna aiki, yayin da suke ɓoye sandunan tallafin ƙarfe don wayoyin trolley na sama waɗanda ke ba da wutar lantarki ga Portland Streetcar, wanda ya fara aiki a shekara ta 2001. Portland Streetcar yana wucewa a bangarorin biyu na wurin shakatawa.

Gundumar Pearl ta kiyaye abin tunawa da wadanda suka tsira daga cutar kansa daga sanya su a cikin wurin shakatawa. Har ila yau, wurin shakatawa yana da siffar ƙarfe mai launin orange da ake kira Contact II ta Alexander Liberman . 

Gidan shakatawa, wanda aka dauka a matsayin wurin shakatawa na aljihu, an buɗe shi a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2002, bisa ga babban shirin 1999-2000 don wuraren shakatawa a cikin Gundumar Pearl, duk an haɗa su da taken ruwa. An sanya masa suna ne don William Jamison (1945-1995), mai mallakar zane-zane wanda ya kasance mai goyon bayan Gundumar Pearl kuma ya mutu daga cutar kanjamau.

## Wasanni
Ana gudanar da abubuwa da yawa a wurin shakatawa, gami da Kids Marching Band, Kids in the Pearl Block Party, Movies in the Pearl, Splashdance na mako-mako "magana da ke tattare da motsi" ta BodyVox, Pedalpalooza, da kuma bikin Ranar Bastille ta Portland, sun cika tare da tseren masu ba da abinci na Faransa. Bikin Ranar Bastille ta Portland ya ja hankalin baƙi 5,500 a shekara ta 2007.  Wani nau'i na balls, Petanque, yana wasa a kotun a wurin shakatawa. Har ila yau, wurin shakatawa ya kasance gida ga wasu sassan Cibiyar Portland don Bikin Fasaha na zamani, wanda ya fara a 2003 tare da wasan kwaikwayon Eiko & Koma, da Anna Halprin ta "Blank Placard Happening" a cikin 2008.   Fenouil, wani shahararren Gidan giya na Faransa, yana da menu na musamman "picnic a cikin wurin shakatawa" kuma ya kawo abincin rana zuwa wurin shakatawa har sai an rufe shi a 2011.

## Karɓar baƙi

Gidan shakatawa ya shahara sosai tare da mazauna yankin, kuma an dauke shi nasarar zamani a cikin hanyar Pioneer Courthouse Square .  The Oregonian ya kira shi "babban jariri na Portland".  Architect Laurie Olin ya ce "Na yi mamakin rikice-rikicen zamantakewa a can. Suna da mummunar hali da rashin daidaituwa, mummunan hali tsakanin kungiyoyin biyu: iyaye tare da yara da mutane tare da karnuka. Yana kama da haɗarin lafiya. Na ga yana da rikice-rikice a cikin ilimin zamantakewa, ba a cikin ƙirar sa ba. "  An lura cewa "gidan shakatawa ne na ruwa don yara" wanda "an kafa tsakanin manyan wuraren shakatawa da kantin Pearl da kantin sayar da kayan ado". An kuma soki wurin shakatawa saboda kasancewa "hanzarin da ya ɓace don samar da wani abu na hangen nesa". Joe Fitzgibbon na The Oregonian ya kira Jamison Square "wani alama ce kawai ta canjin Gundumar Pearl daga unguwar masana'antu zuwa kyawawan al'umma, karni na 21. "

The popularity of the park with children led to requests and plans for a public restroom as early as spring 2009, but the idea encountered resistance from residents concerned about the noise and crime it might bring, due to its being planned to be open 24 hours a day. A 24-hour public restroom called Portland Loo opened at the park in December 2010.

## Manazarta