Location: South Seattle Address: 2200 Martin Luther King Way S. Acreage: 4.3 What great timing that I get to write about this park the week leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. This four-plus-acre park in South Seattle was built in the early 1990’s on a sloped site. I like the view from the… Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park
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Benefit Playground
Location: South Seattle Address: 9320 38th Ave. S. Acreage: 2.2 Head south from the small commercial district on Beacon Ave. and you’ll run into Benefit Playground. Among its many benefits–okay, assets!–are a fun playground and some paths. On the day I visited, seven 13-something boys were gleefully turning the basketball court into a skate park.… Continue reading Benefit Playground
Warren G. Magnuson Park
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 7400 Sand Point Way N.E. Acreage: 320 Warren G. Magnuson Park is one of Seattle’s biggest parks. Only Discovery Park at more than 500 acres and Green Lake Park (by a hair) are bigger than this 320-acre waterfront park in northeast Seattle. And, I am going to make the argument that… Continue reading Warren G. Magnuson Park
Gerber Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: Martin Luther King Jr. Way and E. Cherry St. Acreage: 0.16 Gerber Park stretches alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle’s Central District and catches the eye of passing drivers with its interesting mosaic pillars. Local kids built the eight structures in 2002, sometimes called urban totems, that each stand… Continue reading Gerber Park
Fremont Peak Park
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, that’s what happened in one corner of Fremont when… Continue reading Fremont Peak Park
Olympic Sculpture Park
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 class art on display. The design has won a couple… Continue reading Olympic Sculpture Park
Meridian Playground
Location: North Seattle/Wallingford Address: 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Acreage: 6.5 If Meridian Playground feels like a busy school yard, that’s because it is just that. The backyard to the private Meridian School and the historic Good Shepherd Center, which was built as a Catholic girls school and now hosts a number of non-profits, this park… Continue reading Meridian Playground