Location: South Park Address: 736 S. Cloverdale St. Acreage: approx. 0.3 Next to Cesar Chavez Park, a great community gathering place in the South Park neighborhood, you’ll find this skate park tucked up against the freeway. Built in 2008, River City Skate Park is the only skate park in South Park and one of only… Continue reading River City Skate Park
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South Park Plaza
Location: South Park Address: Dallas Ave. S. and 14th Ave. S. Acreage: approx. 0.17 South Park is doing a great job building and upgrading its community’s public spaces. This sweet little plaza welcomes people to the neighborhood as they drive over the South Park Bridge. The brick plaza features deciduous trees, tall grasses and an… Continue reading South Park Plaza
8th Avenue South Park
Location: South Seattle/South Park Address: 8th Ave. S. and S. Portland St. Acreage: approx. 0.3 Large red gears sitting near the shore stood out like beacons against the gray sky and gray gravel on the drizzly day I visited 8th Avenue South Park. The gears, which reminded me of anchors, apparently came from an old… Continue reading 8th Avenue South Park
S. Atlantic Street End
Location: South Seattle/Mt. Baker Address: Lakeside Ave. S. and S. Atlantic St. Acreage: approx. 0.1 A series of street ends are worth exploring along Lake Washington in south and central Seattle especially if you are on foot or bike. A good starting point is at the S. Atlantic Street End just south of the I-90… Continue reading S. Atlantic Street End
Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park
Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill Address: 16th Ave S. and S. Lander St. Acreage: approx. 0.7 Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park is the front yard for the Beacon Hill non-profit El Centro de La Raza. But this front yard is public space, and a lot of great amenities are packed into its fairly small space. The park… Continue reading Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park
Lewis Park
Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill Address: 1120 15th Ave. S. Acreage: 1.81 For a long time Lewis Park on the north end of Beacon Hill was a dense greenbelt with no accessibility. Enter Friends of Lewis Park, a community group that started removing invasive species and planting native trees in 2007. Regular work parties have tamed… Continue reading Lewis Park
Adams Street Boat Ramp
Location: South Seattle Address: Adams St. and Lake Washington Blvd. S. Acreage: approx. 1.5 The Adams Street is obvious. The “Boat Ramp,” not so much. About a mile and a half north of Seward Park along Lake Washington Blvd. S, you’ll find a small parking lot that jets out slightly into the lake. This is… Continue reading Adams Street Boat Ramp
Martha Washington Park
Location: South Seattle Address: 6612 57th Ave. S. Acreage: 9.6 A wide, gently sloping lawn greets you as you enter Martha Washington Park in South Seattle. You can access this park from either the north or west, but either way you will follow the field dotted with trees down toward Lake Washington where you can… Continue reading Martha Washington Park