Author: KGW Staff | Published: 11:23 AM PDT August 4, 2023 | Updated: 6:45 PM PDT August 4, 2023
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland's Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood was vandalized and damaged overnight, the organization reported Friday morning. The garden's staff said they were concerned that the incident could have been a targeted attack, raising the possibility of a bias crime. The garden remains open, according to a news release.
Staff arrived Friday to find a hole smashed in one of the windows of the garden's teahouse and a slab of granite on the floor inside. There were more pieces of granite scattered around outside the garden, and they all appeared to have come from one of the bronze guardian lion statues at the entrance to Old Town, several blocks away from the garden. A large chunk of the granite base on one of the statues was missing Friday and appeared to have been broken off.
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