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On Jan. 1, 2025, Seattle Parks and Recreation services will jump in costs for users. Notable increases include pool admissions increasing $1 for youth, seniors and adult users, with the latter set ...
By 1960 the number of state parks had increased to 130. In 2003, the Washington State Legislature introduced a $5-a-day parking fee, meant to fund park-related construction projects; more than a quarter of the fees collected went into the fee-collection system itself. [3] Park use decreased more than 15% under the fees.
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners was established in 1887 to oversee the city's first park, then known simply as Seattle Park. [7] Originally the Seattle Cemetery, the site was donated in 1884 by Seattle pioneer David Denny. (The park is today named Denny Park in his honor.)
Pratt Park is a public park operated by Seattle Parks and Recreation, in the U.S. state of Washington. Named after Edwin T. Pratt, the founder of the Central Area Motivation Program and the Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, [1] it has basketball courts, [2] a playground, and a spray park. [3]
Jointly administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation, the University of Washington, and the Arboretum Foundation. Waterfront Park: Central Waterfront: Westlake Park: 1988 Downtown: 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) West Montlake Park: 1909 Montlake: Woodland Park: 1902 Phinney Ridge/Green Lake: 90.9 acres (36.8 ha)
Parsons Gardens Park (also called Parsons Memorial Garden [2]) is a 0.4-acre (0.16 ha) city park in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was called by Fodor's a "a prim urban oasis", [ 3 ] and by another guide a "secret garden for non-tourists". [ 4 ]
The park was named for Werner H. "Bhy" Kracke, who deeded the property to the city shortly after his death in 1971, along with $20,000 to develop it. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was designed by landscape architect Roy Lehner to center around a winding trail between two levels—the viewpoint at the top and other amenities at the bottom. [ 5 ]
Bell Street Park is a 1.33-acre (0.54 ha) park, created in 2014 in Seattle, Washington's Belltown neighborhood. [2] Situated in a neighborhood described as a former "hot-spot for low-level crime, drug-dealing and civil disorder", [3] and intended in part to reduce crime rates on the street, [4] the property was transferred from the city's transportation department to Parks and Recreation, [5 ...