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Jack Block Park

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Jack Block Park
The observation tower at Jack Block Park offers views of Elliott Bay, downtown Seattle, and the Port of Seattle.
The observation tower at Jack Block Park offers views of Elliott Bay, downtown Seattle, and the Port of Seattle.
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TypeUrban Park
LocationSeattle, Washington
Coordinates47°34′59″N 122°22′17″W / 47.58306°N 122.37139°W / 47.58306; -122.37139
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Established1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Operated bySeattle Parks and Recreation

Jack Block Park is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) park in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.[1] Situated on the northwest corner of the Port of Seattle's Terminal 5, the park offers public beach access, a children's play area, and a 45-foot (14 m) observation tower.

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History

The site of the park was previously occupied by a wood treatment plant and (according to the Port of Seattle) a shipbuilding facility.[2][3] The wood treatment plant operated from 1909 to 1994.[4] It was successively owned by the J.M. Coleman Company (1909); West Coast Wood Preserving Company (jointly owned by J. M. Coleman Co. and Pacific Creosoting) (1930); Baxter-Wyckoff Company (1959); Wyckoff Company (1964); and Pacific Sound Resources (1991) before passing to the Port of Seattle (1994), having been determined to be contaminated with creosote and designated a Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1994.[4][5] To the east of the creosoting plant, also within the park boundary, was the Nettleton (originally Schwager Nettleton) Saw Mill and Lumber Yard, which operated from 1910 until 1965.[6][7]

Originally named Terminal 5 Park,[8] the park opened in 1998 as part of the Port of Seattle's redevelopment of Terminal 5 and was dedicated and named after former Port Commissioner Jack Block in 2001.[2][3][9]

In 2007 a local community group proposed a plan to move the West Seattle terminal of the King County Water Taxi from Seacrest Park to Jack Block Park,[10] but as of 2012 the plan has not been implemented.

After an environmental cleanup effort that included the removal of contaminated mud and wood pilings as well as the capping of 58 acres (23 ha) of sediment, the park's beach opened to the public in 2011.[11]

Activities

Seattle's skyline from Jack Block Park

The park features a walking path along the shoreline, which passes by a play area and a walkable pier before terminating at the park's observation tower.[2][8] The tower overlooks Elliott Bay and downtown Seattle, and also offers a view of port operations at Terminal 5 and Vigor Shipyards. Interpretive plaques at the tower provide a summary of activities at the Port of Seattle and an overview of maritime shipping technology.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Jack Block Park". Port of Seattle. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jack Block Park". Port of Seattle. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Terminal 5". Port of Seattle. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Five-Year Review Report" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. September 28, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  5. ^ "Beach access Opening Celebration at Jack Block Park set for Fri. June 24". West Seattle Herald. June 24, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Washington from 1912, Plate 26 (PDF).
  7. ^ "Summary for 620 W Lee ST W / Parcel ID 1732801325". Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Retrieved July 27, 2019. In 1910, Schwager & Nettleton ... opened Puget Sound's first all electric sawmill in West Seattle. By 1927 the West Seattle sawmill employed 350 men and from 1910 until 1927 produced one billion board feet of lumber. By then, Nettleton was the sole owner and he ran the mill until it closed in 1965.
  8. ^ a b Reiner, Cathy (July 17, 1999). "Alki Adventures -- There's More To The Peninsula Than Just Playing On The Beach". Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  9. ^ "Terminal 5 Remediation". Port of Seattle. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  10. ^ St. Clair, Tim (August 13, 2007). "New water taxi dock proposed". Ballard News-Tribune. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  11. ^ "Beach at Jack Block Park is open". KOMO News. April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
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