Location: Downtown Seattle Address: 1900 Westlake Ave. Acreage: 0.01 Now, we aren’t talking about Westlake Park, perhaps Seattle’s most heavily trafficked park that sits in front of Westlake Mall and hosts lots of holiday activities and its fair share of protesters. No, this is that funny triangle of space a block or so north that… Continue reading Westlake Square
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McGraw Square
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: Stewart St. and Westlake Ave. N. Acreage: 0.01 It’s hard to believe that Seattle once had only four police officers. John H. McGraw was one of them back in the late 1800s, and McGraw Square in the middle of downtown Seattle is named after him. McGraw went on to be the… Continue reading McGraw Square
Union Station Square
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: Jackson St. and 3rd Ave. S. Acreage: 0.04 You might think of Union Station Square (which strangely is not directly in front of Union Station) as the urban park with the weird stools. But, next time you pass through this part of Pioneer Square, take a closer look at the “stools”… Continue reading Union Station Square
Victor Steinbrueck Park
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: 2001 Western Ave. Acreage: 0.8 I learned a new vocabulary word writing this post. Busking: the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities. Buskers may also be known as street performers, street musicians, minstrels or troubadours. (Wikipedia) I took an out-of-town visitor to Victor Steinbrueck Park to show… Continue reading Victor Steinbrueck Park
Westlake Park
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: 401 Pine St. Acreage: 0.1 Need a free place to check your email? Westlake Park is your new mobile office. And, there is no better place to be distracted from your iPad than this central Seattle location. The people-watching is always top notch with tourists wandering about with big maps, teenagers… Continue reading Westlake Park
Belltown Cottage Park
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: Elliott Ave. and Wall St. Acreage: 0.21 It’s a great thing for a city when you can find a community garden among high rises condos. Belltown Cottage Park, just a couple of blocks from the main bustle of Belltown, is a cute little garden with adjacent p-patch. The nicely planted park… Continue reading Belltown Cottage Park
Regrade Park
Location: Downtown Seattle/Belltown Address: 2251 3rd Ave. Acreage: 0.3 It’s rumored that there are more dogs than kids in the city of Seattle, and with Belltown’s growing density, it’s no surprise that this neighborhood wanted a dog park. Regrade Park was acquired in the 1970s and is now one of 11 off-leash parks in the… Continue reading Regrade 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