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Originally part of the ancestral territory of the Snohomish people, the Kayak Point area was settled by American loggers from the 1850s to 1890s.After the near-shore timber had been logged away, Seattle real estate developer Clarence Dayton Hillman bought 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) along Port Susan, from Kayak Point to modern-day Warm Beach, from 1907 to 1909.
The Alaskan Way Seawall is a seawall which runs for approximately 7,166 feet (2,184 m) along the Elliott Bay waterfront southwest of downtown Seattle from Bay Street to S. Washington Street. [1] The seawall was being rebuilt in the 2010s as part of a waterfront redevelopment megaproject estimated to cost over $1 billion.
Pioneer Square Habitat Beach is a 200-foot-long urban beach south of the Colman Dock in Seattle's Pioneer Square district, in the U.S. state of Washington. It began construction in 2018 and opened in 2023 as part of a multi-year redevelopment of the waterfront and the Alaskan Way Seawall. The beach was designed to use natural topography and ...
It also offers paddleboard and kayak rentals, a visitors center, and a concession stand. [95] At the northeast end of the lake is North Cove Park, a downtown park that is planned to be developed into an urban gathering space. [31] A disc golf course was opened in 2000 at Catherine Creek Park, a small park with hiking trails and natural areas.
Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle, Washington is a 4.8-acre (1.9 ha) public park along the Elliott Bay waterfront north of Belltown, Seattle, in the state of Washington, United States. It features a 1.25-mile (2.01 km) long bicycle and walking path and is a good place to see eagles, gulls, and crows.
The Central Waterfront is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is the most urbanized portion of the Elliott Bay shore. It runs from the Pioneer Square shore roughly northwest past Downtown Seattle and Belltown, ending at the Broad Street site of the Olympic Sculpture Park. The Central Waterfront was once the hub of Seattle's maritime activity.
The Pike Street Hill Climb, also known as Pike Street Hillclimb, [1] is a pathway consisting of steps [2] and escalators/elevators [3] that connect Seattle's Alaskan Way [4] and Central Waterfront along Elliott Bay to Pike Place Market in the U.S. state of Washington. [5] [6] The climb has been described by The Seattle Times as a "glute-burning ...
The city of Seattle, Washington, is located on a narrow isthmus between Puget Sound on the west and Lake Washington on the east; water comprises approximately 41% of the total area of the city. [1] It was founded on the harbor of Elliott Bay , home to the Port of Seattle —in 2002, the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container ...