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Lake Union
Park | 1000 Valley Street |
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Phone: (206) 684-4075
Email:
parks@cityofseattle.net
Web:
City of Seattle |
Known officially as the South Lake
Union Seaport Park, the City of Seattle is turning the former
Naval Reserve base and armory on the lakefront into a 12-acre, $35
million park (more
info). Redevelopment will include demolition, landscaping, and
other site enhancements/Improvements.
Redevelopment underway – broke ground in Feb 2007. |
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Cascade
Playground & P-Patch | 333 Pontius Avenue North |
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Phone: (206) 684-4075;
Reservations: (206) 684-4081
Email:
parks@cityofseattle.net
Web:
City of Seattle |
In the heart of the Cascade
neighborhood lies Cascade Playground – 1.9 acres that contain
basketball hoops, a children's play area; picnic tables that can
be reserved in advance, walking trails/paths, and public
restrooms. Adjacent to the park is a community-managed
P-Patch; (email)
and the Cascade People’s Center. |
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Denny Park |
Dexter Avenue North & Westlake Avenue |
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Phone: (206) 684-8020
Reservations: (206) 684-4081
Email:
parks@cityofseattle.net
Web:
City of Seattle |
Seattle’s oldest park and home to
the Parks Department offices, Denny Park is a quiet spot amid busy
streets. Denny Park lies on pioneer David Denny’s land claim, and
was donated to the City by Denny and his wife in 1864 first as a
cemetery and then rededicated as a park in 1883. Over the
following 80 years, the park withstood many transformations -
including being flattened during the Denny Regrade project. In
1948, because of the Parks and Recreation Department’s growth in
staff and stature, a permanent Administration Building was built,
despite the objections of the Denny family, on Denny Park. The
building was designed by Young and Richardson, Architects, and won
the AIA Grand Honor Award. The park continues to host the Seattle
Parks and Recreation Administration building as well as a
ballfield and children’s play area, picnic facilities, and a
public restroom. |
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Seattle Center
|Mercer Street & Third Avenue North |
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Phone: (206) 684-7200
Email:
SCPrograms@ci.seattle.wa.us
Web:
www.seattlecenter.com |
One of the nation's most
extraordinary urban parks and entertainment centers. Once the site
of Native American celebrations, Seattle Center continues to be a
social and cultural gathering place for people around the world.
The Space Needle stands sentry over the 10+ million visitors per
year and the Center's 74 acres of fountains, gardens, thespians,
face painters, opera stars, jugglers, ballerinas, athletes,
musicians and international festivals.
Seattle Center is vibrant and growing. Since 1991, over $350
million has been invested in new and improved facilities.
Originally created for the 1962 World's Fair, the Center's
buildings were designed to envision the 21st Century - daring us
to imagine the world of tomorrow. And that challenge remains as
Seattle Center continues to attract world-class attention with
innovative architecture, organizations and cultural events.
Seattle Center is home to award-winning theatre companies,
professional sports teams, museums, internationally acclaimed
ballet and opera, a nationally recognized children's theatre and
hands-on children's museum and exciting scientific exhibitions.
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Gas Works Park
| 2101 North Northlake Way |
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Phone: (206) 684-8020
Reservations: (206) 684-4081
Email:
david.takami@ci.seattle.wa.us
Web:
City of Seattle |
This 20 acre point on Lake Union was
cleared in 1906 to construct a plant to manufacture gas from coal
- later converted to crude oil. Import of natural gas in the
1950's made the plant obsolete. The City of Seattle acquired the
site in 1962. The new park was opened to the public in 1975.
Gas Works Park features 3 reservable picnic areas, children’s play
area, a big hill popular for flying kites, public art, and amazing
vistas of Seattle, the Olympic and Cascade Mountains and 3 bodies
of water.
The Burke-Gilman Trail runs begins at Gas Works parking lot and
follows the Burlington-Northern Railroad 12.5 miles north to
Kirkland Log Boom Park. |
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Center for Wooden
Boats | 1010 Valley Street |
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Phone: (206) 382-2628
Fax: (206) 382-2699
Email:
cwb@cwb.org
Web:
www.cwb.org |
The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is
a hands on maritime museum. Its purpose is to preserve our rich,
vital and varied small craft heritage by preserving both the
artifacts and the time-tested maritime skills. CWB’s aim is to
provide an educational adventure, through participation, in our
small craft heritage.
CWB offers an opportunity to experience the dimensions of an
earlier time, to put your hands on the oars of a graceful pulling
boat or the tiller of a traditional wooden catboat. With help from
master craftsmen, you can learn to steambend an oak frame, cast an
oarlock, sew a canvas ditty bag, splice a line or caulk a seam.
Explore The Center for Wooden Boats, South Lake Union's unique
hands-on maritime museum, featuring rental of classic wooden
boats, sailing lessons, workshops and a relaxing atmosphere of
hand-crafted artistry to knock your socks off! |
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Chandler’s Cove
| Valley & Fairview Streets |
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Phone: (206) 382-0090
Susan Wilson, Property Manager |
Chandlers Cove on the south end of
Lake Union encompasses two marinas with long term and transient
moorage, a variety of restaurants with cuisine to meet every
appetite, shops, salons and a maritime museum. The marinas also
serve as a showroom for the various yacht and boat brokers located
here.
Chandlers Cove continues to be home to the Northwest Yacht Brokers
Association annual Boats Afloat Shows in January, May and
September, as well as many other community events and activities.
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