Location: Central Seattle Address: E. Spring St. and 15th Ave. Acreage: 0.3 Spring Street Mini Park is the setting for a movie in the making by some local junior high kids on the cloudy day I visited. I watched one of them playfully boss around the main “actor,” making him redo his scene more than… Continue reading Spring Street Mini Park
Tag: Favorite Small Public Spaces
Prentis I. Frazier Park
Location: Madison Park Address: 401 24th Ave. E. Acreage: 0.4 If you’re in the Madison Park neighborhood, don’t miss the chance to take your kids to Prentis I. Frazier Park, which has one of my favorite playgrounds. The park designers were very clever about working with the challenging, hilly topography. Instead of trying to level… Continue reading Prentis I. Frazier Park
Firehouse Mini Park
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 from the busy street just a few yards away. Benches and… Continue reading Firehouse Mini Park
Oxbow Park
Location: South Seattle Address: 6430 Corson Ave. S. Acreage: 0.81 A gigantic cowboy hat and boots greet visitors to Oxbow Park in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. “Hat ‘N’ Boots” was rescued from a Texaco gas station where they were icons in the 1950s. They’re now designated as a Seattle landmark after many residents protested their destruction… Continue reading Oxbow Park
Ballard Corners Park
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 17th Ave. NW and NW 62nd St. Acreage: approx. 1.0 For some reason Seattleites love to put their old couches out on the street with a free sign attached. I guess they’re really expecting someone to drive by in a pick-up truck and say, “You know what we really need? A… Continue reading Ballard Corners Park
West Ewing Mini Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: W. Ewing St. and 3rd Ave. W. Acreage: 0.3 West Ewing Mini Park is a sweet little spot near Seattle Pacific University, close to Fremont and Queen Anne. Pull up a bench with your lunch to enjoy views of the canal or use the park as a starting point for a… Continue reading West Ewing Mini Park
Lynn Street Mini Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: E. Lynn St. and Fairview Ave. E. Acreage: 0.08 Lynn Street Mini Park is another one of the Eastlake neighborhood’s cute little waterfront “street end” parks. What sets it apart from the others are the cool wooden steps with inset painted tiles. With these great seats, it must be one of… Continue reading Lynn Street Mini Park