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Denny-Blaine Park (One of the "improved parks" mentioned in the Seattle Park Board's annual report for 1909) The City of Seattle Parks and Recreation department lists a number of other parks, playgrounds, and playfields "influenced or recommended" by the Olmsteds, including the city's largest park: 534-acre (2.16 km 2) Discovery Park. [1]
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]
In February 1968, as part of the Forward Thrust program, Seattle passed a $118 million bond issue in support of the Department of Parks and Recreation. At the time, it was the largest parks and recreation bond issue ever passed in the United States.
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 ...
Seattle Parks and Recreation Lincoln Park is a 135 acres (0.55 km 2 ) park in West Seattle alongside Puget Sound . The park's attractions include forest trails, a paved walkway along the beach , athletic fields, picnic shelters, and a heated saltwater swimming pool which is open during the summer.
According to the city Parks Department and city guides by Lonely Planet and others, the location is popular for summer weddings. [8] [9] The park is a designated City of Seattle landmark. [2] [10] The location was previously the private garden of the home of Reginald and Maude Parsons since 1905. In 1956 their children donated the property to ...
Matthews Beach Park is a 22-acre (0.9 km 2) park in the Matthews Beach neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is a popular swimming beach in the summer, although it is also open during winter months. [1] The park also hosts an annual "Polar Bear Plunge" sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation on New Year's Day. [2] [3]
The park in 2024. Bhy Kracke Park (also known as Comstock Place Park) [1] is a public park in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is on the southeast side of Queen Anne Hill, between Bigelow Avenue (part of Queen Anne Boulevard) and 5th Avenue North.