central district

Sam Smith Park

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S.
Acreage: 15.2

Sam Smith Park is a really cool use of public space. This park floats over parts of I-90 in an area sometimes called the “I-90 Lid.”

Great trails for biking, walking and […]

Read more

Jimi Hendrix Park

April 23, 2010
|
0 Comments
|

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 2400 S. Massachusetts St.
Acreage: 5.8

Everyone visits Jimi Hendrix’s grave. But, how many people have been to his park? How many of you even knew we had a park named in his honor?

Well, you can visit it yourself next door […]

Read more

Firehouse Mini Park

April 23, 2010
|
0 Comments
|

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 712 18th Ave.
Acreage: 0.3

One of Seattle’s cutest little parks is hidden on a residential street across from Swedish Hospital’s Cherry Street Campus.

Filled with tall trees that shade nearly the entire park, you feel like you’re far away […]

Read more

Garfield Playfield

April 23, 2010
|
0 Comments
|

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 23rd Ave. and E. Cherry
Acreage: 19.4

Football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis. A kids play area. Indoor swimming pool. And a community center. Garfield Playfield is a huge park that sits next door to Garfield High School, creating a center of sports action […]

Read more