Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington…

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Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington Seattle transformed a former coal gasification plant on the shore of Lake Union into a public park. After the plant closed in 1956, the site was left contaminated and filled with rusting industrial structures. Instead of demolishing everything, the city chose to clean up the land and incorporate the existing machinery into the park’s design. Opened in 1975, it became one of the first projects to showcase large-scale industrial reuse in landscape architecture. Today, Gas Works Park is a popular waterfront destination known for its open lawns, skyline views, and preserved industrial character. 6th pic is me visiting the park in 2017

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@richardedwards5094 Go to Gasworks Park on Tuesday evenings during the summer. Watch the Duck Dodge Sailboat Race from the top of Kite Hill. Absolutely spectacular

@cityglowup @richardedwards5094 I really enjoyed my visit there!

@spirit4earth I used to hang out there and watch the planes fly over the city. Loved it!

@adventures_withbernie Love this park . But let’s be clear. They didn’t exactly clean up the waist they just capped it . The site was so contaminated that they legally couldn’t build on it safely. However a park with tons of soil added to the top was ok for a park.

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@juan_johnsan Green on Seattle city environment.

@livin_thru_buck Sure leave out all the other bullshit things that were put in

@dax.punk Just remove them and refurbish the park to be a more useful community centric park space.

@biscuitboy2000 Ahhhhh I lived at Gasworks Park marina for several years. Great memories

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