Hiawatha Park in West Seattle was created 100 years ago. Seattle Parks and Recreation invite the public to celebrate there this Saturday, Sept. 17, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. While this official poster is self-explanitory, we are not sure what the Space Needle's role is in the celebration.
A birthday party will be held this Saturday, Sept. 17, for the public to celebrate Hiawatha Park.
The park was designed by John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920), the stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), who designed New York City's Central Park.
According to the history of Hiawatha pdf, see attached, "His 1903 master plan laid out a 20-mile-long system of parks and playfields strung along scenic boulevards. Lake Washington Boulevard linked Seward Park, Colman Park, Frink Park, and Washington Park (home of the future Arboretum), and he redesigned Capitol Hill's Volunteer Park (a former cemetery acquired in 1874). Olmsted's plan also created Ravenna Boulevard, lowered and landscaped Green Lake, and redesigned Woodland Park on Guy Phinney's former estate, which the city had acquired in 1899.
"John Olmsted also designed the city's first neighborhood playgrounds. His proposed boulevards ringing the summit of Queen Anne Hill and connecting Ballard, Interbay, Magnolia Bluff, and Fort Lawton, which were only partially developed."
Included in the lineup of entertainment is the West Seattle band, Trevor Ras & Boomerang Summer Show scheduled for 2:30pm-3:30pm. Check out the Feb. 4 West Seattle article on the band here:
