Commodore Park

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HOURS

4 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.

ABOUT THE PARK

HISTORY

Commodore Park is named for the street that runs in front of it, although it is not certain whom the street was intended to honor. Most likely it was Commodore Thomas Peary, who reached the North Pole during the Seattle’s World’s Fair of 1909.

The park first sprouted in the minds of the local residents, who formed the Green Belt Association in 1966 to prevent the construction of an apartment building. Although they had no money, the determined residents took good advantage of the canal’s golden anniversary. Their Fourth of July celebration –complete with parades, politicians, twenty thousand people, and a replica of the Boeing biplane-rivaled the original dedication celebration and netted $20,000 as “seed money” to buy the property. The resulted publicity helped to bring in over $1,000,000 more from federal state governments and the Army Corps of Engineers.

The park was dedicated in 1978-predicatably, during the Fourth of July weekend.