There is not much to the fountain, aside from it's history. What's really special about this place is the Portland Saturday Market that takes place here, which just reopened. Historically, it has been open Saturday and Sunday. However, they are doing Saturday only right now. There are a bunch of booths with locally made art, jewelry apparel, and other various sundries. There are two different booths that sell hand-made soaps that are simply epic. I always get a bar or two -- they smell so good! There are several food booths/carts and usually there is live music. There's also a spray fountain at the waterfront part of the market that the kids love to play in. I really wanted to give this 5 stars because I really love the Saturday Market here. However, there are more days in the week besides Saturday, and all those other days this area is dominated by drugs and homelessness. It is also just generally pretty filthy and every now and then you get a whiff of what can only be raw sewage. It's much better during market hours, but even then, if you walk half a block in the wrong direction, you will find yourself at one of the darkest, dirtiest and sketchiest looking light rail stops in all of Portland. During the market, this place is 5 stars. All other times, 1 star. However, I still gave it 4 stars average, since most people will be only visiting this spot on Saturdays.