In June 1970, Ada Louise Huxtable stated it "may be among the most important urban areas given that the Renaissance", contrasting it to the Piazza Navona and the Trevi Water fountain 2 A short article for The Nyc Times by Ivan Doig discussed exactly how Portland's "livability" really did not add to its "visitability", mentioning that the Forecourt Water fountain and lunch was "another moment of Portland's showing some charm and then returning to its self-assured program of life". 47 The Oregonian wrote that Halprin's playgrounds "transformed the way American landscape architects assumed regarding city parks, and it stimulated a Portland custom of great city plazas and playgrounds". 49.

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