Location: Central Seattle Address: 779 Alder St. Acreage: 3.63 Patients seeking solace will find a stunning view of downtown Seattle and Elliott Bay from Harborview Park. It’s easy to miss if you’re not actually a patient, visitor or employee at Harborview Medical Center on Seattle’s First Hill. From the Emergency Room entrance, cross the street… Continue reading Harborview Park
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Boren Place
Location: Central Seattle Address: Boren Ave. and Terrace St. Acreage: 0.03 Boren Place, not to be mistaken with the lovely Boren Park, is a patch of grass with a bench and a drinking fountain at the very busy intersection of Boren and Terrace near Harborview and Swedish Medical Centers. There is not much solace to… Continue reading Boren Place
Ballard Corners Park
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 17th Ave. NW and NW 62nd St. Acreage: approx. 1.0 For some reason Seattleites love to put their old couches out on the street with a free sign attached. I guess they’re really expecting someone to drive by in a pick-up truck and say, “You know what we really need? A… Continue reading Ballard Corners Park
Ballard Playground
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 2644 N.W. 60th St. Acreage: 3.4 A ship half sunken into the ground invites kids to play at Ballard Playground, a large neighborhood park next to the Ballard Community Center. There’s also a small play structure for little kiddos. Take the path around the side of the park, and you’ll pass… Continue reading Ballard Playground
Thyme Patch Park
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 2853 N.W. 58th St. Acreage: 0.11 Sitting between two older homes in Ballard, from the sidewalk Thyme Patch Park looks like someone’s front yard. Take the winding, fully accessible path into the park and you’ll find a neighborhood P-Patch. The front section is a Master Gardener demonstration garden. The back features… Continue reading Thyme Patch Park
Marvin’s Garden
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 22nd Ave. N.W. and Ballard Ave. N.W. Acreage: 0.1 Named after the unofficial “Mayor” of Ballard who passed away in 1989, Marvin’s Garden is situated in the center of this Seattle neighborhood off the popular Ballard Ave. It’s a big stretch to call this park a garden, but that doesn’t mean… Continue reading Marvin’s Garden
Bergen Place
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 5420 22nd Ave. N.W. Acreage: 0.2 Bergen Place, at the main intersection of Seattle’s Scandinavian-influenced Ballard neighborhood, opened in 1975 to honor Seattle’s sister city in Norway. The King of Norway himself visited that year to dedicate the park. Some 30 years later the park was ready for a makeover, and… Continue reading Bergen Place
Greenwood Triangle
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 a gently sloped lawn between two busy residential streets in Phinney Ridge. #140… Continue reading Greenwood Triangle