Olmsted Parks and Boulevards Restoration Project

Spring 2019

Seattle Parks and Recreation is happy to announce the five selected Olmsted sites to receive funding for improvement projects from the current Seattle Park District funding cycle.

Five project sites
   1. Hiawatha Park - North Parking Lot
   2. Lake Washington Boulevard parks
        • Colman Park
   3. Magnolia Boulevard
   4. Queen Anne Boulevard
   5. Schmitz Boulevard

The five out of ten historical Olmsted parks and boulevards were prioritized based upon community feedback received in early 2019. Thank you to the over 1300 people who participated in the online survey and helped us prioritize the funding allocation. View the prioritization document and survey results below.

Seattle's Olmsted Parks and Boulevards began as a dream the City of Seattle had in the late 1800's for a beautiful system of landscapes among urban growth. This vision was implemented in the form of parks throughout the city designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm. The basis of design for these parks was to allow access to attractive open spaces and provide peace and respite for people from all walks of life.