Seattle Parks Department

It’s an exciting time to catch up on and get involved in envisioning the great public spaces that will help sustain our growing region. KUOW, The Seattle…

“What’s the right way to go around Green Lake?” Isaac Chirino of Shoreline asked KUOW’s Local Wonder.Boy, people REALLY care about this one.People like…

Jean Carroll got the call on July 3, 1941.It was an official from the City of Seattle Parks Department inviting Jean and her best friend Marie Blyth to be…

The tree that fell onto a car in Seward Park in a windstorm last month was rotten. Eric Medalle, 42, a father of two, was killed almost instantly. His…

Seattle's Carkeek Park has a secret.Hidden in plain sight, on a steep south-facing hillside, just a few hundred yards down a trail from the Environmental…

A proposal to upend the official city waterfront plan and preserve a chunk of the Alaskan Way Viaduct as an elevated park isn’t sitting well with former…

David Hyde speaks with Christopher Williams, deputy director of Seattle's Parks and Recreation department, about a smoking ban in all city parks. The ban…

Westlake Park in downtown Seattle has a lot going on. Besides the café tables, the foosball tables and the park rangers, you’ll find free classes almost…

So long, Seattle parks levies! We won't be needing you anymore. Seattle's Proposition 1 to permanently fund parks looks to be passing. And speaking of…

Seattle’s Prop 1 is ahead 52.4 to 47.6 percent in Tuesday’s primary election totals. The measure would change the way park maintenance is funded.…