Location: West Seattle Address: 5206 26th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 1.1 The Delridge neighborhood, perhaps surprisingly, is actually one of the best places to walk in West Seattle. And, a great place to set off from is Cottage Grove Park just a couple of blocks from the busy Delridge Ave. Cottage Grove was revamped a few… Continue reading Cottage Grove Park
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Delridge Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 4458 Delridge Ave. S.W. Acreage: 14 Cute colorful signposts point the way to various points in West Seattle and beyond at Delridge Playfield, a huge well-maintained park in the Delridge neighborhood. The playground’s colorful equipment is new and welcoming. Also welcoming for picnics or games of Frisbee are the freshly cut,… Continue reading Delridge Playfield
Rainbow Point
Location: North Seattle Address: N.E. 75th St. and Banner Way N.E. Acreage: 0.79 I find this park nearly impossible to get to by car. It’s on a small street just off the very busy Banner Way N.E. near Green Lake that’s clogged with traffic right now due to road construction. A better way is on… Continue reading Rainbow Point
Banner Way Triangle
Location: North Seattle Address: Banner Way N.E. and 5th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 0.15 A more appropriate name for this park is Banner Way Triangles because there are several of them making up this park that runs adjacent to I-5 in North Seattle. These grass triangles are really extra land set aside for public use due… Continue reading Banner Way Triangle
Crescent Place
Location: North Seattle Address: N. 75th St. and Orin Ct. N. Acreage: 0.02 A strange rusted metal sculpture sticks up between a well-trimmed circular hedge in the middle of the tiny Crescent Place near Green Lake. It looks like it has been keeping watch over that quiet street for a very long time, but I’m… Continue reading Crescent Place
Maple Leaf Community Garden
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 529 N.E. 103rd St. Acreage: 0.37 This small community garden boasts the sweetest design for a p-patch I’ve seen in a Seattle park. The stairway, which has tile art on each step, leads up to a round storage building that looks like something playfully designed to resemble a Disney cartoon. All… Continue reading Maple Leaf Community Garden
Northgate Park
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 10510 5th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 1.67 Just behind Northgate Mall is a a cluster of great community resources: a library branch, a children’s play area and a beautiful community center–all sparkling new. Northgate Park encompasses the space around the buildings, but it also includes a little trail on the south end… Continue reading Northgate Park
Maple Leaf Playground
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 1020 NE 82nd St. Acreage: 14.1 Maple Leaf Playground is another Seattle reservoir that’s being covered and converted to accessible park space. This park’s current features (playground, ball fields, bathrooms) will all be upgraded as part of the project. This drawing shows how nice the new park will look and how… Continue reading Maple Leaf Playground