Hours after someone chopped down the lone tree in Portland’s (and the world’s) smallest park, a new one appeared in its stead.

KOIN news first reported that the 2-foot-wide Mill Ends Park, laid bare on Thursday after someone chopped down the Christmas tree planted there, had been replenished by an anonymous donor.

Mill Ends Park-world’s tiniest-is missing its tree-someone cut it down but look what just showed up late today #KOIN6NEWS #pdx #holidaycheer pic.twitter.com/S1B18NZlqN — Lisa Balick (@lisabKOIN) December 28, 2019

The park, listed by Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest, is tucked into a median on Naito Parkway.

On Friday, Portland parks staff said they did not know who had cut the tree.

“It’s just not a nice thing to do,” said Mark Ross, a Portland Parks and Recreation representative. “It’s not the end of the world. We’ll all continue to enjoy the park and the whimsical nature of it, but when something like this happens it makes you think, ‘Why would someone do that?’”

—Jayati Ramakrishnan; 503-221-4320; jramakrishnan@oregonian.com; @JRamakrishnanOR

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