Location: Lake City Address: 12526 27th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 1.2 Just off a very busy intersection in the middle of the Lake City neighborhood is a quiet, green corner that gives the sense that there’s more to this community than its trafficked thoroughfare. Albert Davis Park, named after the late Lake City community leader, has… Continue reading Albert Davis Park
Category: northeast seattle
Rainbow Point
Location: North Seattle Address: N.E. 75th St. and Banner Way N.E. Acreage: 0.79 I find this park nearly impossible to get to by car. It’s on a small street just off the very busy Banner Way N.E. near Green Lake that’s clogged with traffic right now due to road construction. A better way is on… Continue reading Rainbow Point
Banner Way Triangle
Location: North Seattle Address: Banner Way N.E. and 5th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 0.15 A more appropriate name for this park is Banner Way Triangles because there are several of them making up this park that runs adjacent to I-5 in North Seattle. These grass triangles are really extra land set aside for public use due… Continue reading Banner Way Triangle
Maple Leaf Community Garden
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 529 N.E. 103rd St. Acreage: 0.37 This small community garden boasts the sweetest design for a p-patch I’ve seen in a Seattle park. The stairway, which has tile art on each step, leads up to a round storage building that looks like something playfully designed to resemble a Disney cartoon. All… Continue reading Maple Leaf Community Garden
Northgate Park
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 10510 5th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 1.67 Just behind Northgate Mall is a a cluster of great community resources: a library branch, a children’s play area and a beautiful community center–all sparkling new. Northgate Park encompasses the space around the buildings, but it also includes a little trail on the south end… Continue reading Northgate Park
Maple Leaf Playground
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 1020 NE 82nd St. Acreage: 14.1 Maple Leaf Playground is another Seattle reservoir that’s being covered and converted to accessible park space. This park’s current features (playground, ball fields, bathrooms) will all be upgraded as part of the project. This drawing shows how nice the new park will look and how… Continue reading Maple Leaf Playground
Northacres Park
Location: North Seattle Address: 12718 1st Ave. N.E. Acreage: 20.7 Much of north Seattle is wooded, so it’s easy to miss this big forested park just off I-5 around 130th. But, what a great asset for this neighborhood that is lacking in large parks with good amenities. And, this one is packed with them: trails,… Continue reading Northacres Park
Belvoir Place
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 3659 42nd Ave. N.E. Acreage: 0.4 I’ve always been interested in that little bit of land that sticks out into Lake Washington, best seen from the 520 Bridge right before you reach the University. I expected to see amazing waterfront homes (check) and some nice views of the water and mountains… Continue reading Belvoir Place