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The 300 acres (120 ha) of Seward Park have roughly 120 acres (49 ha) of surviving old growth forest, providing a glimpse of what some of the lake shore looked like before the city of Seattle was founded. With trees older than 250 years and many less than 200, the Seward Park forest is relatively young (the forests of Seattle before the city was ...
Schmitz Park: 1908 West Seattle: 53.1 acres (21.5 ha) Seattle Center: 1962 Lower Queen Anne: 74 acres (30 ha) Administered by the Seattle Center Department, a city department. Seattle Japanese Garden: 1960 Madison Park: 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) Seward Park: 1911 Seward Park: 300 acres (120 ha) South Passage Point Park: 1977 Eastlake: 0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
With trees older than 250 years, the Seward Park forest is relatively young (the forests of Seattle before the city were fully mature, up to 1,000–2,000 years old). [1] [2] The park's trees largely consists of softwoods, mostly Douglas firs, but with other species present as well, including Western hemlock, Pacific madrona and Alaskan cedar.
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]
Madison Street is the central road running northeast through First Hill. Madison Street is a major thoroughfare of Seattle, Washington.The street originates at Alaskan Way on the Seattle waterfront, and heads northeast through Downtown Seattle, First Hill, Capitol Hill, Madison Valley, Washington Park, and Madison Park, ending just east of 43rd Avenue East on Lake Washington.
The 1.8-mile greenway trail and linear park will connect downtown with neighborhoods to the north. The city is now designing the Durham Rail Trail. Here’s how you can weigh in.
The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006 and Ibid (27 May 2001). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 2.
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