Yesler Terrace Park: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Public park in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}

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'''Yesler Terrace Park''' is a 1.7-acre<ref>{{Cite web |title=This New Park Will Delight Your Kids for Hours |url=https://www.parentmap.com/article/new-yesler-terrace-park-playground-seattle-fun |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=ParentMap |language=en}}</ref> public park operated by [[Seattle Parks and Recreation]], in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-31 |title=Seattle’s new Yesler Terrace Park opens in heart of mixed-income redevelopment |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattles-new-yesler-terrace-park-opens-at-heart-of-mixed-income-redevelopment/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yesler Terrace Park opens this week, but you'll have to wait for the views |url=https://www.djc.com/news/ae/12113916.html |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=www.djc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-31 |title='Bringing everybody together' at Yesler Terrace's new park |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattles-new-yesler-terrace-park-opens-at-heart-of-mixed-income-redevelopment/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Located next to the Yesler Community Center, the park opened in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-08-19 |title=Seattle residents invited to celebrate the new Yesler Terrace Park |url=https://www.seattleschild.com/seattle-residents-invited-to-celebrate-the-new-yesler-terrace-park/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Seattle's Child |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Features ==

The park features a playground and climbing structures, a restroom (not always functional),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grygiel |first=JiaYing |date=2021-08-02 |title=Opinion {{!}} Needles at the playground?! |url=https://www.seattleschild.com/opinion-life-in-seattle-needles-at-playground/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Seattle's Child |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillinger |first=Natasha |date=2022-01-02 |title=11 Seattle-area playgrounds for the under-5 crowd |url=https://www.seattleschild.com/11-seattle-playgrounds-for-preschoolers/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Seattle's Child |language=en-US}}</ref> a spray park, a turf hill,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-07-18 |title=20 spray parks in the greater Seattle area where kids can cool off |url=https://www.seattleschild.com/spray-parks-and-splash-parks-in-seattle-the-eastside-and-beyond/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Seattle's Child |language=en-US}}</ref> and a small soccer field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=8 of the Best Playgrounds in and Near Seattle |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/travel-and-outdoors/best-playgrounds-and-parks-in-and-near-seattle |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=[[Seattle Metropolitan]] |language=en-US}}</ref> According to ''Seattle's Child'', Yesler Terrace Park "has stacked rubber rings that a wheelchair user or a kid with cerebral palsy can climb. Someone who needs more challenge can choose the complex net climbers. This park also has a saucer swing that fits bigger bodies and provides sensory play as well as a spinner designed at transfer-height where everyone's facing each other."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grygiel |first=JiaYing |date=2024-06-24 |title=Puget Sound is part of inclusive playground movement |url=https://www.seattleschild.com/the-inclusive-playground-and-parks-movement-comes-to-puget-sound/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Seattle's Child |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ela Lamblin's [[stainless steel]] gazebo structure ''Whirl Piece: Current Events'' (2005) is installed in the park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Seattle |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/22610 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref> The spray pad has red and gray stone sculptures by Christine Bourdette.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Spray Parks and Wading Pools In and Near Seattle |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/travel-and-outdoors/spray-parks-wading-pools-seattle-edmonds |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Seattle Metropolitan |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

{{Commons category| Yesler Terrace Park}}

* {{Official website|https://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/yesler-terrace-park}}

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