FOLLOWUP: Work begins at Lincoln Park South Play Area

Thanks to Tom Trulin for the photos. A week and a half after Seattle Parks confirmed that the long-awaited Lincoln Park South Play Area replacement was about to begin, crews from contractor LW Sundstrom are there today.

We’re still awaiting the promised update from Parks on the expected schedule for this project and the Westcrest Park play area that was bundled with it for bidding (Sundstrom’s winning bid was just under $1.2 million). Parks had previously said March is the expected shipping timeframe for the new play equipment, which – as designed with community input six years ago – is supposed to have a marine theme. The Lincoln Park play area has been out of commission since July 2017; Westcrest, since May 2021 – both because, Parks said, wooden components had become damaged and unsafe (termites were blamed).

Kyle January 15, 2024 (9:30 pm)

When the work is finished, then you’ll get an updated schedule from Parks.

HP King January 15, 2024 (10:28 pm)

Will the griffin remain? We love it but it’s a little slippery for young children.

Elton January 16, 2024 (2:06 pm)

Excited to see this work get completed! There’s a lot of demand for playground equipment at Lincoln Park and it’s not uncommon for the north playground to become extremely crowded when the weather supports it.

A little late January 16, 2024 (2:37 pm)

My oldest kid is now in middle school. The other is 10.

Spck January 31, 2024 (7:12 am)

Mine are 12 and 14. We are walking distance from this playground and my kids spent much of their childhood on the original which had the best zipline ever. If the parks department had installed the new equipment when they said they would, my kids would have been 6 and 8. Instead it sat empty. What a waste.

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