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Major Maintenance Project Information
Hiawatha Playfield Field Renovation

 

Address: 2700 California Ave SW; Seattle, WA 98116-2451


Current Status


Parks conducted several meetings with the Seattle School District, Friends of Olmsted Parks, and the Hiawatha Advisory Council to refine the 2002 concept that was prepared by DA Hogan & Associates. The final concept was presented to the community at a meeting held on December 12, 2007, at the Hiawatha Community Center. DA Hogan continues in the capacity of project designer.

Per the current schedule, the new field will open for use in late October 2008.

Project Description

Budget: $3,600,000
Funding sources:
Seattle Parks and Recreation, $2.5 million
Seattle Public Schools, $1 million
King County Council (Dow Constantine), $100,000

Construction begins: Summer 2008
Project complete: Late Fall 2008

The Hiawatha Playfield will be renovated with synthetic turf and updated lighting. Baseball, soccer, and football will be represented with full-sized facilities. Three lanes of a non-conforming rubberized track will encompass the sports field. Each lane will be 3.5 feet in width. The existing field events located on the east side of the Community Center will also be renovated.

Hiawatha Playfield is an Olmsted park and as such any changes to its existing condition must be reviewed and approved by the Landmarks Board and its subcommitte -- the Architectural Review Committee (ARC). ARC has reviewed the concept twice in the past few months and the full Landmarks Board will likely review the project details sometime in February 2008.

The football grid will be minimally striped with boundary and 5 yard lines.

When Olmsted designed the Playfield in 1911, he only needed to accomodate baseball: football, in its infancy, was primarily played at the college level, and soccer wasn't yet recognized in America. Now, almost 100 years later, those three sports (plus track) must fit into the space as it was created from Olmsted's original design.

In order to accomplish this so that the sports fields are optimally oriented, the single, signficantly large elm located at the south end of the existing soccer field, must come down. This elm suffered storm damage in 2003 and is susceptible to Dutch Elm disease. As the elm will likely suffer additional impacts during the pending field construction, it is prudent to remove the tree now rather than compromise the fields' orientation.

In recent years 13 young trees were installed within the inside of the existing track. These trees will either be moved or replaced elsewhere depending on their value.


Community Involvement


Public Meeting

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Updated March 5, 2008

More Information

Lynn Sullivan
800 Maynard Ave S
RDA Bldg, Third Flr
Seattle, WA 98134
206.733-9105
e-mail

Events

There are no meetings or events planned at this time.

Links


Hiawatha Playfield
Design Concept

Hiawatha Playfield

Hiawatha Playfield and Track
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