Location: Downtown Seattle/Belltown Address: Bell St. and 1st Ave. to Bell St. and 5th Ave. Acreage: approx. 1.5 (when complete) It’s exciting to see when pedestrian-friendly park space can be carved out of dense urban areas without having to acquire land. The first phase of the Bell Street Park in downtown Seattle just opened, and… Continue reading Bell Street Park
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Cascade Playground
Location: Downtown/South Lake Union Address: 333 Pontius Ave. N. Acreage: 1.9 As more and more office buildings, condos and apartments sprout up around it, Cascade Playground creates a quiet, green space for picnics, walks and play in the South Lake Union neighborhood. The large flat playfield dominates this park, with restrooms at one end and… Continue reading Cascade Playground
Tilikum Place
Location: Downtown/Belltown Address: 5th Ave. and Denny Way Acreage: 0.1 On the edge of Belltown across the street from Seattle Center and almost underneath the Monorail is where you’ll find the very pleasant Tilikum Place. The statue by James A. Wehn of Chief Sealth draws you in first. Dedicated in 1912, this was Seattle’s first… Continue reading Tilikum Place
Yesler Playfield
Location: Downtown/First Hill Address: 10th Ave. S. and S. Washington St. Acreage: 1.7 Yesler Playfield, just behind Yesler Way and the Yesler Community Center, features a nice playground with new equipment. There’s a great climbing structure, swings and one of the best kid-sized climbing walls I’ve seen at a Seattle park. The adjacent ballfield is… Continue reading Yesler Playfield
Centennial Park
Location: Downtown Seattle/Interbay Address: Pier 86 Acreage: 11 Formerly called Elliott Bay Park, Centennial Park on the Seattle waterfront and is often confused with Myrtle Edwards Park because it sits adjacent to it to the north. This park is not an official City of Seattle Park, but is one of several parks owned and maintained… Continue reading Centennial Park
Myrtle Edwards Park
Location: Downtown Seattle/Interbay Address: 3130 Alaskan Way W. Acreage: 4.8 “Why don’t I take people from out-of-town here?” asked my walking buddy on the recent sunny spring morning we visited Myrtle Edwards Park. Why don’t I come here more often myself, I thought, as we looked out at the views of the Puget Sound and… Continue reading Myrtle Edwards Park
Freeway Park
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: 700 Seneca St. Acreage: 5.2 It’s a cool urban maze that many longtime Seattleites have never set foot in. Freeway Park, which crosses Interstate 5 and spills out of the back of the Convention Center, is worth exploring. This fun park is a great place to walk your dog, sneak in… Continue reading Freeway Park
Plymouth Pillars Park
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: Boren Ave. and Pike St. Acreage: 0.6 Sitting between downtown and Capitol Hill, Plymouth Pillars Park is a small urban square on a busy corner but it’s a convenient place to eat lunch and take in views of the city. The huge pillars are limestone columns that originally marked the entrance… Continue reading Plymouth Pillars Park