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Freeway Park is one of Seattle's most unique downtown parks, featured in the popular PBS documentary film 10 Parks that Changed America.
The five-acre park, which was the vision of Seattle civic leader Jim Ellis, was the nation's first park constructed over a highway at its opening in 1976.
A series of linked irregular plaza structures featuring concrete planting containers and walls intertwine and connect between the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and nearby First Hill, serving as a cultural precedent for similar land usage throughout other American cities.
The park is divided into separate East, West, and Central Plaza areas, with a fourth preexisting area, centered around George Tsutakawa's Naramore Fountain, integrated into the park's design.
Freeway Park, 700 Seneca St, Seattle, WA 98101
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