Reinvigorated Westlake Park shows what a private-public partnership can accomplish for our shared spaces.
If you haven’t been to downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park recently, go take a look.
The park reverberates with the sounds of foosball and live music. Candy-colored bistro tables are full of downtown workers at lunch, playing board games. There are Zumba classes, salsa dancing and food trucks.
“It was really unexpected,” said Tony Zalutskiy of Tacoma. He was whacking a bright orange pingpong ball across the table at a friend, as they and their four kids waited to hop on a Ride the Ducks tour.