- 1247 15th Ave E
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47.629989, -122.315113 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- "Black Sun" sculpture
- Number of skateboard deterrents
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9
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Historical background
Volunteer Park is one of the crown jewels of Seattle's Olmsted park and boulevard system. The land was first used as a cemetery and later redesigned as a city park. The graves were moved next door to the Lake View Cemetery and the fresh and free acres were held as a reserve for more "deep communion with nature." The site was eventually named City Park and in 1901, Volunteer Park, to commemorate the patriotic gang of locals who volunteered to fight in the Spanish-American War of 1898-99. The Board of Park Commissioner brought John Charles Olmsted, of the Olmsted Brothers, Landscape Architects firm to Seattle in 1903 to design a park system to provide open space for the city and to help guide development in the rapidly growing city. In his first comprehensive plan, Volunteer Park served as the central park of the system because of its location close to downtown.
The park includes a conservatory (a designated city landmark), completed in 1912; an amphitheater; a water tower with an observation deck, built by the Water Department in 1906, a fenced-off reservoir; the dramatic Art Deco building of the Seattle Asian Art Museum (a designated city landmark); a statue of William Henry Seward; a memorial to Judge Thomas Burke; and a sculpture, Black Sun, by Isamu Noguchi (colloquially referred to as "The Doughnut") around which a scenic view of the Seattle skyline that prominently includes the Space Needle can be seen.
Present in routes of categories Lion-Mini
Passed by: 20/20 (100%).
By categories:
- Lion-Mini: 20/20 (100%)