YOU CAN HELP: Lions Club plans cleanup this weekend at Veterans’ Park

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14 years ago, that small triangle of land where Delridge, 16th SW, and SW Roxbury meet was re-dedicated as Veterans’ Park (here’s our partner site White Center Now‘s coverage from 2011). But it’s fallen into disrepair, with tagging and trash. The Lions Club of West Seattle plans a cleanup event this Sunday – 10 am April 6 – and Lions leader Jimie Martin says they’re hoping you can help out. She’s furious that something meant in honor of those who have served is now defaced, and hoping the cleanup will be a start toward remedying that.

SA April 1, 2025 (6:44 pm)

Any info on what to bring?

Ex-Westwood Resident April 2, 2025 (12:22 pm)

If someone is able to bring a generator, I’ll bring a power washer (if there is a water hook up somewhere close).

What do we need to do to get the fires lit like they once were.
- Kyle April 2, 2025 (3:41 pm)
  
  There used to be fires burning in the torch-looking structures? That’s really cool!!

SC April 1, 2025 (7:16 pm)

That park is unnecessarily dangerous for pedestrians. The decorative brick “sidewalks” outside the walls of the mini-park are much too narrow to allow for safe pedestrian use. They are something like 10 or 12 inches wide. Traffic, especially big trucks, frequently zooms too close to that brick wall on the busier west side of the memorial.So I always have to remind myself to cross the road in time to the other, western side of Delridge, where there is an actual sidewalk, before walking along that park stretch, in the interests of staying alive and in one piece. I’m all for memorials to veterans. But as a pedestrian, I curse and swear at whichever public official signed off on the pedestrian safety aspects of that park. Whoever that is should be fired, and the park’s brick walls shifted inward by the width of a safe sidewalk. This would not be a particularly difficult task.

BlairJ April 2, 2025 (10:14 am)

Veterans Park needs a total redesign to improve pedestrian circulation and to show respect to our veterans.
Ex-Westwood Resident April 2, 2025 (12:13 pm)

That is because, what you call sidewalks, are NOT meant to be used as “sidewalks” but instead just a 12 barrier before the walls of the park on the EAST, NORTH and WEST sides.

If you look at the overhead view of it on google maps, you’ll see that there is an “entrance” at the SOUTH side (the “POINT”) of the triangle and the East, North and West sides are ENCLOSED by the brick walls.

The CORRECT way to navigate the intersection is to cross at either the WEST side (Delridge Way) or the EAST side (16th Ave SW) and proceed East/West and if you desire enter the park and exit the SAME way.

Veteran’s (Triangle) Park