Favorite Amazing Public Spaces

Seattle Center

June 4, 2012
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 305 Harrison St.
Acreage: 74

It’s funny that our city’s greatest public space is not really an official park. But, since Seattle Center is such an important part of our city and it feels like our Central Park with 40 acres of […]

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Freeway Park

Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: 700 Seneca St.
Acreage: 5.2

It’s a cool urban maze that many longtime Seattleites have never set foot in. Freeway Park, which crosses Interstate 5 and spills out of the back of the Convention Center, is worth exploring. This fun park is […]

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Gas Works Park

Location: North Seattle
Address: 2101 N. Northlake Way
Acreage: 19.1

I chose a day with the worst weather to visit one of the city’s best parks. At least I had it mostly to myself, which is quite a contrast to a sunny summer day. Not to […]

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Olympic Sculpture Park

January 29, 2010
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: 2901 Western Ave.
Acreage: 9.0

The New York Times, L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, Time magazine and International Herald Tribune have all drooled over Seattle’s most exciting new park. Visitors from all over the world have come to see the world […]

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