Visitor facilities are limited, but the spot offers one of the best vistas of the Sound
Glassblowing demonstrations are a highlight
Wildlife Wildlife is abundant in Discovery Park, particularly birdlife: 270 different species have been logged. ..then safely relocated outside city limits. Getting there The park is located 5 miles northwest of downtown Seattle in the neighborhood of Magnolia. To get there, catch bus 33 from 3rd Ave and Union St downtown. A weekend-only free shuttle runs 10am to 6pm between the Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center and South Beach (by the lighthouse) in the summer (late May to early September).
Nearby restaurants Discovery Park is wild – there are no food concessions or cafes. However, it’s a beautiful place to have a picnic. If you’re coming from Ballard, stock up at Cafe Besalu or grab some sandwiches at Un Bien. In Magnolia, the main shopping hub is on W McGraw St, between 32nd Ave W and 34th Ave W.
This ingenious feat of urban planning is an offshoot of the Seattle Art Museum and it bears the same strong eye for design and curation. There are dozens of sculptures, dotted around in a calm green space that sprawls out over reclaimed urban decay, with front row views over Puget Sound. It’s one of many signs that culturally, Seattle is staking its claim to a seat at the big table, alongside cities such as Los Angeles and New York. The Olympic Sculpture Park is Seattle’s largest downtown green space, an imaginative reuse of former wasteland between the waterfront, the railway tracks and Western Ave. Zigzagging pathways cut between giant sculptural forms and angular steel constructions, dropping down to a shingle beach that is often strewn with driftwood. It’s a surprising find downtown, and a symbol of Seattle’s progressive attitude to town planning. If you have kids in tow and they need to burn off some calories, a run around the sculpture park should do the trick. The works rotate regularly, but signature pieces include Alexander Calder’s angular Eagle and Louise www.hookupdate.net/de/the-league-review/ Bourgeois’s Eye Benches. (περισσότερα…)