Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 5701 22nd Ave. N.W. Acreage: 1.38 Nearly $2.5 million from Pro Parks funds went into transforming a site near the Ballard Library branch into Ballard Commons Park. Now, this sounds like a lot of money for a park. But, check out some of the detailed plans and drawings and you realize… Continue reading Ballard Commons Park: 100th Park
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Gilman Playground
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 923 N.W. 54th St. Acreage: 3.9 Gilman Playground is located in the part of Seattle affectionately called “Frellard.” If you’re a Frellardian, you’re in luck. There are tennis courts, ball fields, a nice playground and even a summer wading pool in your neighborhood. The park is easily accessed from every different… Continue reading Gilman Playground
Harvard-Miller Roanoke Annex
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2351 Broadway Ave. E. Acreage: 0.15 Well, Harvard-Miller Roanoke Annex is a fancy name for a square of grass. In fact, since it’s surrounded by gorgeous old homes on the northern end of Capitol Hill, it looks like it is someone’s lawn. I suspect this plot of grass is mostly used… Continue reading Harvard-Miller Roanoke Annex
Bagley Viewpoint
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2548 Delmar Dr. E. Acreage: 0.1 Bagley Viewpoint sits just off Delmar Dr., the road that crosses Highway 520 connecting the Eastlake and Montlake neighborhoods. It takes a quick maneuver to pull into the tiny parking lot in front of this park. Not much more than a viewpoint, it looks out… Continue reading Bagley Viewpoint
Roanoke Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 950 E. Roanoke St. Acreage: 2.2 A park can say a lot about the neighborhood that surrounds it. Roanoke Park is clean, beautifully maintained and features old, elegant trees that line its four sides. The homes around this park are gorgeous, statuesque structures that must date back a century. They are… Continue reading Roanoke Park
Fairview Walkway
Location: Central Seattle Address: Fairview Ave. E. and E. Galer St. Acreage: 0.5 Fairview Walkway is a small triangle of land at the busy intersection of Eastlake Ave., E. Galer and Fairview Ave. E. It is mostly a grass lawn with a few plants and small trees. It would be easy to miss this park… Continue reading Fairview Walkway
South Park Meadows
Location: South Park/South Seattle Address: 9100 8th Ave. S. Acreage: 1.0 South Park Meadow is in such an unlikely location, I have to wonder how many people have ever been to this park. The park sits between two houses, but across the street is a manufacturing plant and beyond that lie several industrial complexes. Nonetheless,… Continue reading South Park Meadows
Marra-Desimone Park
Location: South Seattle Address: 9026 4th Ave. S. Acreage: 8.7 For more than 40 years the Marra family, Italian immigrants who arrived in Seattle just after the turn of the last century, farmed the area that is now known as Marra-Desimone Park. The land was sold to them by Joe Desimone, who was an early… Continue reading Marra-Desimone Park