A Close Look at Gas Works Park Seattle - an Example Of Urban Renewal at Its Best

This public park is located on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of the Wallingford neighborhood. The park is famous and it contains the remnants of the sole remaining coal gasification plant that is in the United States. The designer of the Seattle landscape was the architect Richard Hagg. The gas works park has numerous pieces of old plants of which are painted while others are left that way.

Gas Works Park is a very big park that has a play area that has a very large play barn and a big hill that is commonly known for flying kites. This place is mostly visited because of the outstanding features it has like the sundial and a clear and perfect view of the Seattle. There are some restrictions when you want to enter the Lake Union as it has chemical substances that are harmful. The Gas Works Park is the place known for restricting visitors to the lake as you have to pas through on your way to the Lake.

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Aside from the tight security against accessing the Lake Union, some other activities that might be done there are prohibited. Some of the activities include swimming, fishing and wading in the park, as it is dangerous. The site at which the Park is built was a plant that manufactured gas from coal. After some years, the import of natural gas made the plant obsolete so it was taken over by the City to build a Park. The part that was used as a boiler house was converted to a picnic shelter while the exhauster made children's play barn. Since then, the Park has become famous.

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