Fields of dreams

NW Portland's long-fenced off and popular park is finally a whisker away from reopening

The first of more than 100 rolls of perennial rye grass sod going down in Fields Park early Wednesday morning. Click to enlarge. All photos by Walden Kirsch

It’s the day that likely thousands of folks across Slabtown and Old Town and the Pearl and Northwest Portland have been eagerly awaiting: The return of grass to long-torn-up Fields Park.

Sod going dow…