48th and Charlestown Landbanked Site Park Development

Summer 2024

Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is excited to get back to work on the 48th and Charlestown Landbanked Site Park Development after it was paused during the pandemic. SPR is currently working on renewing Osborn Consulting’s contract to complete the Bid Documents and SDOT Street Improvement Permit. A few refinements to the construction document's electrical design are the last remaining coordination items needed to complete the set for final technical review. SPR anticipates a bid opening in early 2025 and construction to run through the end of the year, with completion in early 2026. We look forward to bringing the community’s ideas and vision synthesized during the early design stages of this project to life! 

 SPR and Osborn Consulting worked with the community on the design for the new park, which will provide a "neighborhood green" for people of all ages to meet, eat, play, and celebrate. The design includes an oval lawn surrounded by a loop path with arching seat walls, imaginative and active play for young children, picnic areas, and a small stage. Native and drought-tolerant plants will express the natural history of this area, and trees will frame the park and provide shade.