Gas works Park, Seattle
Gas Works Park is a unique landmark for the City of Seattle.
Regarding some history and introduction about the park, Paul Goldberger wrote in the New York Times that “Seattle is about to have one of the nation’s most advanced pieces of urban landscape design. The complex array of towers, tanks and pipes of the gas works forms a powerful industrial still life … serving both as a visual focus for the park and as a monument to the city’s industrial past. The park represents a complete reversal from a period when industrial monuments were regarded, even by preservationists, as ugly intrusions on the landscape, to a time when such structures as the gas works are recognized for their potential ability to enhance the urban experience.” (NY Times, 8/30/75).
Seattle’s most popular park was once a coal-burning gas refinery. Twenty acres acquired by the city in 1962 and transformed by landscape architect Richard Haag. Twenty-five percent of the original refinery structure was preserved as industrial sculpture.
This park should be in one of your list of things to do in Seattle. A park with great views and if you climb the little hill, you can see the whole Seattle Skyline from a different viewpoint.You can watch sea planes take off and land; enjoy paddle boarders, kayakers and boats just sailing across. If you like great views of the city, this is a must visit place.
Travel Tips
- There is no entry fee for this park
- Rent a bike from downtown Seattle or take an uber to reach the park
- It can get quite cold during evenings since its close to lake
- Visit during day as well night
- Seattle park website https://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/gas-works-park
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