2011

Plymouth Pillars Park

December 29, 2011
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: Boren Ave. and Pike St.
Acreage: 0.6

Sitting between downtown and Capitol Hill, Plymouth Pillars Park is a small urban square on a busy corner but it’s a convenient place to eat lunch and take in views of the city. The huge […]

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Westlake Square

December 27, 2011
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: 1900 Westlake Ave.
Acreage: 0.01

Now, we aren’t talking about Westlake Park, perhaps Seattle’s most heavily trafficked park that sits in front of Westlake Mall and hosts lots of holiday activities and its fair share of protesters.

No, this is that […]

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McGraw Square

December 22, 2011
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: Stewart St. and Westlake Ave. N.
Acreage: 0.01

It’s hard to believe that Seattle once had only four police officers. John H. McGraw was one of them back in the late 1800s, and McGraw Square in the middle of downtown Seattle is […]

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Spruce Street Mini Park

December 20, 2011
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 160 21st Ave.
Acreage: 0.7

I love Seattle’s neighborhood “mini parks.” They seem to get plenty of use and usually boast of not much more than a few benches, some tall trees and a play area.

Unfortunately, it’s a miserable drizzly […]

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