This historic landscape was originally created for Katie Black, an early Seattle settler. The community rallied to preserve it and has worked hard to remove blackberries and restore the garden.
Kerry Park. An unsurpassed view of Elliott Bay and the Central City, with an occasional backdrop of Mount Rainier, draws camera buffs to this spot. At sunset they often line the wall just as the city and the sound are beginning to glow with lights. At night it becomes almost a fantasy scene, with brightly lit ferries gliding across the water and the Space Needle shining from its foot pedestal. Keystone Place. Named by area real estate developer, dentist and electrical engineer Dr.
Edward Corliss Kilbourne ; he died at age The name probably reflects the shape of this "triangle" and its location at N 57th St and Keystone Pl N. Kilbourne Park. This small space is a greenbelt located beside Fauntleroy Elementary School.
Kinnear Park. A roughly pie-shaped, two-tiered park, Kinnear is bigger, grassier, and woodsier than the parks on the upper part of the hill, and offers closer views of the city and the sound. It is dominated here by the grain elevators of Pier 86, where ships dock to be fed their cargoes through snaking tubes. You can also spot joggers moving antlike along the narrow green of Myrtle Edwards and Elliott Bay parks on the shoreline. For a different, quieter mood, descend into Lower Kinnear on a narrow pathway, which leads to a tennis court, and walk among glacial boulders and maple trees.
Kinnear Place. Kirke Park. The park was named Kirke which means church in Norwegian. This name pays tribute to both the Norwegian heritage of the neighborhood and the history of the site. Kiwanis Memorial Preserve Park. This park was named the city's first Wildlife Sanctuary in The herons make their nests there from February through July or August each year. Kobe Terrace. This terraced hillside on the northeast edge of the International District is adorned with Mt.
Fuji cherry trees and laced with ground vines and pathways winding alongside the freeway. The trees and a four-ton, year-old Yukimidoro stone lantern on the hilltop were gifts from the people of Seattle's sister city, Kobe, Japan. It has a totem pole, large observation deck, benches, and floating paths, as well as a trail that connects to W. Montlake Park. East Portal Viewpoint. This is a really great little viewpoint right over the east portal of the I bridge.
It offers complete views of downtown Bellevue and the Cascades. The park itself provides benches and walking paths, and links up with another trail. East Queen Anne Playground. This nice neighborhood park offers a playground with slides, climbing features, a whirl, regular and baby swings, and a wading pool.
Conveniently there are also bathroom facilities, a soccer field, and a sandbox. There are also lots of comfortable benches for parents to keep an eye on the kids from. Eastmont Place. Named for an adjacent street, this pocket park is a street triangle with grass and a tetherball tied to a street sign.
Eddie Vine Boat Ramp. Eddie Vine is a favorite ramp for many northwest anglers because it is protected by the continuation of Shilshole Marina's breakwater and it is close to popular fishing locations. Ella Bailey Park. This park is the former playground for the adjacent former Magnolia Elementary School. Seattle Parks and Recreation - in partnership with neighbors - renovated the space into a beautiful community playground with gently rolling slopes, play equipment, picnic tables, barbeques and walking pathways.
With its panoramic views of Mt. Rainier and downtown Seattle, the park is one now of the most popular destinations for viewing Fourth of July and New Year's Eve fireworks. Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook. One of Seattle's stunning viewpoints, Emma Schmitz Overlook is a great place to stroll, jog, or sit and gaze across the water at the Olympic Mountains.
Endolyne Park. Presumably named after the Endolyne plat in which it is situated, "Endolyne" is purported to be a nickname of the Fauntleroy neighborhood, for its once being the end of the trolley line. This park is a greenspace. To read about Seward Park's sword fern working group, please see our blog. In Seattle Park Superintendent E.
Schwagerl proposed that the city buy Bailey Peninsula as part of its first Comprehensive Plan. Many argued that the peninsula was too far from town, but Schwagerl knew better. Luckily, his opinion was backed by the Olmsted Brothers as they developed a plan for Seattle's parks in Seward, the Secretary of State who was responsible for America's purchase of Alaska in Development of the park was slow at first.
In , the lowering of Lake Washington by construction of the Ship Canal exposed the wide grassy meadow that now leads to the swimming beach. The bathhouse was constructed in The fish rearing ponds were built in as part of an effort to make Lake Washington a "fisherman's paradise. Seward Park Electrical System Replacement We are replacing the failing direct burial primary electrical service with a new service installed as an underground raceway system.
The new "raceway" system has underground pipes "conduit" connecting to a series of concrete boxes "vaults". This "raceway" system allows access for repairs and meets the current code requirements for Seattle City Light.
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