Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Alki Beach Park is a 135.9-acre (55.0 ha) park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that consists of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head. [2] It has a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on the west coast of the United States.
Today, Alki Beach Park extends southwestward from Duwamish Head to Alki Point; [5] the area at the head is sometimes called "Anchor Park" due to the 5,000-pound (2,300 kg) anchor at the site. On June 19, 2020, two teens utilizing the app Randonautica [ 6 ] reported finding a suitcase along the shoreline, emitting a foul odor.
Elliott Bay and the Seattle waterfront, looking north from the Pacific Coast Co. dock, c. 1907. West Point and Alki Point are the headlands into Puget Sound recognized as the northern and southern entrances of Elliott Bay respectively. A line drawn between these two points demarcates the bay to the east from the open sound to the west.
Alki Beach on a rainy day. Alki Beach has been a venue for summer concerts every August since the early 20th century. [13] The local music scene draws tourists and locals alike. Live music can also be found at Kenyon Hall which features a Wurlitzer theater organ. The Historic Admiral Theater also presents live performances on occasion.
The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is a replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) installed at Seattle's Alki Beach Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was installed in 1952 by the Boy Scouts of America and underwent a significant restoration in 2007 after repeated vandalism had damaged the sculpture.
The Balboa Bay Resort is a 160-room resort hotel in Newport Beach, California, United States on 15 acres (6.1 ha). The facility was founded in 1948 as the Balboa Bay Club , a private yacht club . The Balboa Bay Club includes a 130-slip marina, private beach, waterfront pools, private restaurant, a spa and fitness center, and 145 apartments on ...
Alki (ælkaɪ) is a Chinook word meaning by and by and is the unofficial state motto of Washington. It may also refer to: Alki Point, Seattle, a geographic feature Alki Point Light, a lighthouse an Alki Point; Alki Beach Park, a park at Alki Point; Alki Larnaca FC, a Cypriot football team that played from 1948 to 2014
The first, unofficial, light established at Alki Point was a kerosene lantern said to have been hung on the side of a barn in the 1870s by farmer and property owner Hans Martin Hanson. [4] In 1887, the United States Lighthouse Board recognized the need for an official light and placed a lens-lantern atop a wooden post at the point. [ 5 ]