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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 ...
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 The fee was rescinded in early 2006, returning the state park system to its ...
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.) In 1892 the position of Park Supervisor was created, with E.O ...
The same report also honored the service of retired commissioner Blaine, “father of the Seattle Park System,” who had served from 1902 to 1908. [15] In 2016, Denny Blaine Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the multiple property submission for Seattle's Olmsted Parks and Boulevards (1903–68). [15]
Daylighted creek at recreation fields, spring 2007. Ravenna Park is a 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) wooded ravine which connects two picnic areas just north of the University District. The park is open to hikers, joggers, bikers, and picnickers. The park also features a play area for children, a wading pool, ballfield, trails, and tennis courts.
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]
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Discovery Park is a 534-acre (2.16 km 2) park on the shores of Puget Sound in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. As the city's largest public park, it contains 11.81 miles (19.01 km) of walking trails.