Gasworks park seattle

Seattle is a strange place.I cannot think of anywhere else I have been that would look at an old gasworks refinery and say, "we should have a park here." I can't. It's a weird thing to do. Although, I did think it was weirder before I went because I thought the industrial stuff was all open to the public and that that was what the park was (I got that impression from the film !0 Things I Hate About You, which it is featured in).I was wrong, there are fences all around the actual gasworks…

On the shores of Lake Union opposite downtown Seattle, Gas Works Park was built on the location of a former coal gasification plant. The 19-acre site was acquired by the City for parkland in 1965. Opened to the public ten years later, the park, with its Great Earth Mound summit (constructed from on-site excavated material), was designed for passive uses such as strolling or flying a kite, and community gatherings at various scales. The site offers unrivaled panoramic views of the lake and…

The UW's ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio class in the Program on the Environment presents students with a sustainability topic which they engage in as part of an experiential learning course. The topics change each quarter - this spring, the students researched the UW's environmental history. This is part of a series of posts by the students on some of the information they uncovered. Gas Works Park, originally known as Brown's Point, was not always a gathering place for UW students and the…

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Gasworks Park, Seattle

Looking across Lake Union at homes on the water. Framed through the Gasworks Park structure. See more photographs at my gallery.