northwest seattle

Greenwood Triangle

March 23, 2010
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Location: North Seattle/Greenwood
Address: N.W. 55th St. and 3rd Ave. N.W.
Acreage: 0.1

According to the city’s historic park files, this grassy triangle used to be a large park deeded to the city in the late 1800s. All that’s left today is […]

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Rainier Place

March 23, 2010
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Location: North Seattle
Address: N.W. 53rd St. and 2nd Ave. N.W.
Acreage: 0.01

I bet even the people living across the street from Rainier Place don’t realize it is a City of Seattle Park. There is no striped Parks Department sign. No amenities. Not […]

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Sunset Place

March 23, 2010
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Location: North Seattle
Address: 1st Ave. N.W. and N.W. 52nd St.
Acreage: 0.1

Beautiful flowering cherry trees are on display in this triangle park sitting between residential streets near the Woodland Park Zoo. Two runners paused near the park’s single bench to stretch before […]

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Fremont Peak Park

March 23, 2010
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Location: North Seattle
Address: 4357 Palantine Ave. N.
Acreage: 0.56

How often do you see buildings get torn down and the lots converted back into open space? It doesn’t seem to be a common occurrence in a city where land is hard to come by. But […]

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