West Seattle, Washington
30 Saturday
We noted here last Thursday that Morgan Community Association president Deb Barker had confirmed work was finally set to resume this week at the long-idle, fenced-off, excavated Morgan Junction Park expansion site north of the original park [map]. We just went by to confirm that crews really did start work today; just before we took our photos, a truckload of fill was dumped into the site from which contaminated soil was removed:
This work, expected to last at least three weeks, will prepare the site for hydroseeding and interim public use before the actual park features are added in about a year – maybe, or maybe not, including a “skate dot.”
(WSB photos by Tracy Record)
After a shutdown now in its sixth year, Hiawatha Community Center is on track to reopen early next year. We got a look inside during an informal tour earlier this week with two community advocates and Seattle Parks project leader Morteza Behrooz. From the exterior, you can only see a bit of what’s been done during what began as a strengthening and stabilization project and expanded to, among other things, make Hiawatha the city’s first fully electric community center; part of its energy-efficiency upgrades includes new windows – see some of those above. The accessibility includes this new stairway, with railing, on the north side:
Other accessibility features include railings elsewhere as well as restroom work. So let’s go inside. On the east side of the building, here’s the gym:
A big part of the strengthening/stabilization work involves braces and beams – the masonry no longer has to hold up the building without reinforcement:
Going further into the building, we got a look at the lobby and programming areas:
The new windows are in evidence everywhere, letting in lots of light:
In non-public areas below, like equipment and laundry spaces, new piping and wiring is in view:
Upstairs, we peeked into the room with the stage:
At the rear of this room is the kitchen space, where appliances will be moved into place in the next week or so:
Optimus Construction is the general contractor for the project. One manager we saw briefly remarked that the building had posed a lot of challenges – “threw everything at us” – not originally in the plans and expectations; for example, once old windows were removed, they discovered larger cavities, rot, other issues. The project’s price tag has tripled over the years and is now $6.5 million, Behrooz said. Work began early last year, four years after the center closed; what had been a pandemic closure was extended because the project was considered imminent – but ultimately wasn’t.
P.S. The work isn’t all construction – Behrooz said Parks programming staff is busy discussing and planning what programs can be reintroduced and when. Day care will return, for example, but it might not re-start immediately after the center reopens.
One more note: The Hiawatha play area project is under different management, so he didn’t have an update on that, but we’ll be pursuing a separate update.
Last month, we reported on the still-idle Morgan Junction Park expansion site on California between Graham and Fauntleroy, a fenced-off pit awaiting the resumption of cleanup work so it can have an interim use before park development. Deb Barker, president of the Morgan Community Association, reports tonight – with the photo above – that signage has gone up indicating that the work is finally about to resume. The signs announce parking restrictions from next Monday (August 25) through September 19, for construction staging by Holt Services. Barker tells WSB that the company confirmed to her that the window is so it can finish Phase 1 work at the site: “This includes backfilling the hole to grade, removing the top four feet of the steel and wood from the shoring support, removing all of the remaining hard surfaces, installing erosion control as needed, bringing in topsoil and blowing in grass seed. The site will remain fenced during and after the work.” The work to actually turn the site into a park isn’t expected to start before late next year, and the issue of whether it will include a community-requested “all-wheels area” has yet to be settled. The city bought the expansion site, which previously held a market and dry cleaners, 11 years ago.
Signups are now open for fall programs at Seattle Parks community centers and other facilities – that includes Camp Long environmental-education programs, which carry on despite the unavailability of the fire-gutted lodge. You can find the brochure links here; West Seattle is home to Delridge Community Center and High Point Community Center; renovations are still under way at Hiawatha CC, but its programs are offered at Alki Bathhouse and Dakota Place Park. Programs are for all ages, from tot gyms for the littlest ones to Lifelong Recreation for elders, and specialized programs for people living with disabilities are available too. Find the brochure links in this Parks announcement about registration.
(File photo, Lincoln Park wading pool)
The short season for Seattle Parks-operated wading pools is ending this week for all but a few around the city. Three of West Seattle’s four wading pools have their final days this week – Delridge on Friday, Hiawatha on Saturday, and EC Hughes on Sunday. But as usual, the Lincoln Park wading pool and Highland Park spraypark will continue daily operation through Labor Day. Locations and schedules are all listed here.
Thanks to Manuel for the photo. If you’re planning a visit to the north stretch of Longfellow Creek any time soon, remember that the Salmon Bone Bridge is closed for work, as announced by Seattle Public Utilities almost two weeks ago. The work is to “finish the restoration of the bridge,” SPU explains, with major tasks including “replacing the bridge’s safety cables (and) stripping and repainting the bridge’s metal, tubular ‘bones’.” The closure could last through late October.
A commenter wondered about that fence blocking access to the south play structure – which is only three years old – at Fairmount Playground. We went over for a look today and noted that not only is the play structure fenced off, so is the entire south-side pathway leading to it from Fauntleroy Way SW. At the street end, notices say it’s a “tree protection” zone, and allude to construction, but no further details, and as the commenter noted, the project to install turf on the nearby ballfield is nowhere near construction-ready. So we inquired with Seattle Parks. Spokesperson Karen O’Connor says it’s for a pathway-paving project that “came up quickly” and was announced along with two non-WS projects for which a contract was awarded to Sunset Grill Construction. Here’s the info about this one:
Fairmount Park in West Seattle: Schedule and Closure: July 31 – September 1
Scope: Installation of new ADA-compliant sidewalks around the playground at Fairmount Park. This includes demolition of existing pathways and construction of new concrete and asphalt pavement in compliance with ADA standards. The contractor will need to close the play area to complete this work and will work to minimize impacts to the remainder of the park.
O’Connor says they’ll get explanatory signage so no one else is left to wonder why.
(Photo courtesy Seattle Parks)
That’s a photo of Camp Long‘s famous Schurman Rock, where you are invited to climb for free on Tuesday nights all this month! Camp Long’s Matt Kostle explains:
We will have staff and volunteers from the Camp Long Climbing Corps out to help participants get geared up and climb on the historic Schurman Rock! We will open sessions from 5 pm to 6 pm and 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. You can come up to a half an hour early and it will be first come, first served. We will have to manage the number of people climbing and therefore will only have so many slots available at a given moment but will try to get as many people out climbing as possible! All gear will be provided (and you must use our harnesses and helmets as we inspect them periodically for safety and know their conditions). Open to all ages including quite little ones – as we say around here, if you are old enough to walk, you can rock!
Matt also wants you to know that the aftermath of last week’s brush fire on the eastern slope of the park has not affected park operations; “At this time, unknown cause, and thanks to the efforts of staff on site and the Fire Department, there was minimal damage to the forest.” (We’re working on a separate update about the lodge’s status.)
(WSB photo, park addition site, last month)
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
Last month, as reported here, the Morgan Community Association and Morgan Junction All-Wheels Association sent a long list of questions to Seattle Parks. The questions were largely generated by an unsatisfying briefing at the quarterly MoCA meeting regarding the long-in-the-works Morgan Junction Park Addition project.
Backstory: After community sentiment swelled for adding a skatable “all-wheels” feature to the plan – aka a skatedot – the city said that could be done, and MJAWA formed to do what its community volunteers could to help make it happen. Then recently the city said it didn’t have money after all to include that in the project, so MJAWA would have to lead community fundraising to pay for it – and at a much higher price than skating infrastructure experts had said it would take. All this happened against the backdrop of interdepartmental trouble over finishing the process of cleaning up the site, which currently is pretty much a giant fenced-off hole.
So the questions had to do with clarity about the budget and the project status. The Morgan Community Association received a document today with at least some of the replies. Here’s the document; following are a few key points:
*Project budget: $7,560,000, including acquisition costs more than a decade ago. We were told at the time that the purchase price was just under $1.9 million, but the Parks document lists “acquisiion cost” as $2.7 million, without a breakdown.
*Spent so far: $5.7 million, including the aforementioned acquisition costs and $1.6 million described as “construction” though nothing’s been built at the site (Parks says cleanup work done so far is part of this).
*Remaining money: $1.8 million
*What they expect to need: The entire $1.8 million (more than half of that for the actual park construction – not including a skateable feature – $900,000 construction contract, $300,000 expenses such as sales tax and “escalation”)
But the most significant numbers differential is between what renowned skatepark builders at Grindline, who have worked with MJAWA on a design, believe it would cost, and what Parks says it would cost. In the new document, Parks says:
The cost estimate provided by Grindline varies from the cost estimate provided by SPR for the following reasons:
Grindline’s estimate EXCLUDES a number of critical items: Design/Design review support (geotech/structural/civil/larch, etc.), SPR Labor (inspections and PM), Contractor labor, escalation (estimate is from 2024), survey, demo/disposal, earthwork, drainage, supporting sitework outside the feature (concrete/plantings, etc.) contractor mobilization/markup, sales tax, and design/construction contingency. It also excludes the cost to address improvements associated with the skatedot but not within the footprint.
SPR numbers include estimates for these items at a schematic level and are comprehensive of the total project cost. These costs will be refined as we move forward and the design becomes more detailed.
Skatedot Cost Estimate Overview:
Grindline’s 2024 estimate: $160,000 (w/o tax)
Design team’s 2024 professional cost estimator for skatedot materials and labor
only: $300,000 (w/o tax)
SPR’s escalated hard cost estimate (incl tax, contingency, and anticipated
supporting site work): $700,000
Additional Design fees anticipated: $150,000
Total cost:~$850,000Once again, this estimate will likely be reduced as the project moves through the design process and uncertainties are resolved. SPR is committed to working with MJAWA to refine the design, hone in on cost, and try to find a path forward that works best for the park and community.
More followups to come, but for those interested in the ongoing saga, we published the questions so wanted you to have the chance to read the first round of answers. (The document also has some information on what’s next and when, saying most of the project site should be ready for hydroseeding next month – once the hole is filled – to grow grass that would enable temporarily reopening the site to public use.)
2:45 PM: Thanks for the tips on this. SFD is sending more reinforcements to a hard-to-fight brush fire in the Camp Long forest. They’ve just described it over the radio as a slow-moving 20′ x 60′ brush fire, 800 feet and downhill from their access location, which means they’re having a challenging time getting water there.
2:56 PM: Added photo from reader, showing smoke visible from Delridge to the east.
3:33 PM: Added another reader photo, this one showing the SFD apparatus staged in Camp Long’s big meadow. That’s not where the fire is – it’s in the forest on the east slope of the park. One radio exchange with dispatch and firefighters just now indicates they’re consulting a captain who’s “wildland-certified.” No word on what sparked this, but as we noted yesterday in coverage of another brush fire in a city park, the rainfall total is sharply below what’s normal by this point in the year – 27 inches since October 1, three-fourths of the normal 36 inches.
4:36 PM: We haven’t heard any further status updates, but firefighters are still in the park.
5:11 PM: They’re starting to dismiss crews.
(Mark Sears shoveled away enough sand for a good look at what’s left of the wooden pipe)
Story by Judy Pickens
Photos by Tom Trulin
Special to West Seattle Blog
In 1925, the city created the first swimming pool in Lincoln Park by enlarging a small lagoon on Point Williams. Affectionately called “the mud hole” by some, the lagoon pool served waders, swimmer, and divers until construction began on Colman Pool, which opened at the point in 1941.
The ingenious feature of the first pool was the pipe used to fill and drain it. Mark Sears maintained Colman Pool for 43 years and thought he knew every feature of the area. While walking the beach during a -2’ tide in mid-July, however, he discovered a segment of the original pipe.
The relic consists of the bottom seven wooden staves of the pipe. Each stave (likely cedar) is 1 3/4” thick and 3 1/4” wide. Mark also saw evidence of rusting iron, which could have been from the hoops that held the tongue-and-groove staves in place.
Longtime Fauntleroy resident Morey Skaret lifeguarded at the pool just prior to World War II and in his book, “Morey’s Bench,” described how the system worked:
The pipe was two or three feet in diameter and had a gate valve with a screen filter. The incoming tide would send water through the pipe to fill the pool and gravity would empty it when the tide went out. All we had to so was open and close that gate valve. We changed the water about every four days and used a chemical test to tell us when it was time.
I remember turning the wheel to open the gate valve at low tide and watching the water rush out. As the tide came in, the pool would fill in about three hours and the screen would trap sizable debris. It let in small fish, though, and shiners and candlefish would swim around along with everyone else!
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
The Morgan Junction Park expansion site, bought by the city 11 years ago, remains a fenced hole in the ground. And the matter of what will ultimately be built on it still isn’t settled.
The “all-wheels area” that seemed like a promising addition for so long is up in the air, since Seattle Parks now insists there’s not enough funding to include it in the project. Community supporters, who coalesced as MJAWA (Morgan Junction All-Wheels Area), just got word this week that their part of the project didn’t receive a $250,000 King County grant they were hoping would help cover the cost, so they say this means Parks will tell them to raise “$700,000 for a 1,500-sf skateable area.” They’re now looking ahead to conversations with Parks in the coming weeks.
In advance of that, MJAWA and the Morgan Community Association got a somewhat convoluted update last week from two Seattle Parks managers who came to MoCA’s quarterly meeting to provide a status update. MoCA has since sent the city a list of questions to be answered.
First – here’s what they did hear about the status of the site, where a jurisdictional conflict between Parks and SDOT has idled the soil-cleanup process – required because of contaminated soil from the site’s history (including time as a dry cleaner) – for many months. Parks’ Olivia Reed told MoCA that the cleanup should finally be complete “late this fall” – now that SDOT and Parks have reached an agreement about transferring some of the property – and they’re still planning to open the expansion site as a grassy public area after that.
(Schematic for ‘skate dot’ that MJAWA got Grindline to design for Morgan Junction Park site)
Will the final version of the site have an all-wheels area, aka “skate dot”? That would require added community funding, Reed reiterated, though MJAWA already has brought a lot of contributions to the project, from volunteer expertise to a grant. During the MoCA discussion, the project’s funding and price tag reained unclear, with the Parks reps saying the “total budget” is $1.2 million, as well as saying that amount had been “added” to the project this year. But, Parks’ Andy Sheffler insisted, “We have a commitment to get the project done” and he insisted they are “moving forward diligently now.”
That “moving forward” includes taking the plan back to a committee of the city Design Commission – the plan for what the site will look like when Phase 1, remediation and hydroseeding, is complete this fall. MoCA president Deb Barker expressed disappointment that the committee will end up seeing that plan before the community.
This was all largely a continuation of a similarly disappointing discussion with a different Parks official at the previous MoCA meeting in April, at which the $1.2 million budget and skate-dot skepticism were cited, while MJAWA pointed out that the budget seemed to be “missing a million” after previous citations of a $2.2 million budget. The $1.2 million apparently is only expected to cover some pathways and seating on the expansion site. Community fundraising could put the “all-wheels area” into the plan, but otherwise it would be “decoupled” for some possible future phase. Parks is focused on finishing the cleanup and settling the right-of-way issue with SDOT, which won’t be finalized until the City Council approves transferring SW Eddy Street right-of-way to Parks.
After the MoCA meeting, these questions were sent to the Parks reps, taking them up on a suggestion they made during the meeting:Read More
6:47 PM: California Place Park is a relatively small triangle of land, but “we’re going to make it sound like a stadium,” promised Michael Pearsall before launching into his first song (“Awake and Alive”) as tonight’s Admiral Music in the Parks concert began. Concertgoers of all ages are here enjoying the evening.
Michael “and friends” will be performing until at least 8 pm. The concert is free – presented by the Admiral Neighborhood Association – just bring your own blanket/chair, food/drink, and enjoy.
8:28 PM: The concert just concluded. We’ll add video and more photos later; the third and final AMP concert this year is at Hamilton Viewpoint, 6:30 next Thursday (July 31), with The Flaming Pies presenting a tribute to The Beatles.
ADDED: Songs from the concert! Michael Pearsall began solo:
Then he made way for solo turns by the “Friends” on the bill – including Troy Aylesworth:
And Camille Watson:
And finally he fronted a full band that rocked its way through the rest of the almost-two-hour show:
Scenes from the concert, photographed by Jason Grotelueschen for WSB:
Above, the crowd was estimated at 350 people, according to ANA president Joanie Jacobs (below with husband Dan Jacobs):
As you probably noticed in our video clips, the lawn in front of the performers became an exuberant toddler/preschooler dance floor again this week:
On the less-frenetic side of spectating were people participating in the Seattle Yarn knitting (etc.) circle:
Series sponsors on hand included PCC (which is a WSB sponsor too):
Speaking of food – if you’re coming next week, bring a nonperishable food donation if you can!
Volunteers from A Cleaner Alki handled cleanup as the crowd packed up.
As the start of our video shows, it was a casual atmosphere as West Seattle Community Orchestras musicians welcomed guests to sit in for their third of this year’s four Play Along in the Park events. Every Tuesday night in July, WSCO welcomed guests to join them in Lincoln Park, and advance signups allowed them to be ready for a variety of music – in our clip, for example, the composition was “Let It Go,” from the movie “Frozen.” Play Along in the Park is open to spectators too, and tonight’s audience filled the space in the meadow near the north lot:
If you’re interested in either playing or watching, you have one more chance, next Tuesday (July 29), 6-8 pm.
(WSB photo, July 2024)
California Place Park is a 10,500-square-foot triangle in North Admiral, just east of Admiral Church, one of West Seattle’s smallest and most-overlooked parks. If you didn’t know any better, you’d assume it’s part of the church grounds. But last year’s Admiral Music in the Parks concert series – presented by the Admiral Neighborhood Association – brought a concert to California Place Park (WSB coverage here), and it worked out well enough, they’re doing it again this year. It’s the second of three parks that are home to this year’s AMP concerts, and you can see and hear for yourself this Thursday (July 24) at 6:30 pm, when West Seattle’s own Michael Pearsall and Friends will perform. The concert is free – just bring your own chair, blanket, picnic dinner (or takeout from one of Admiral’s tasty options), etc. And if you knit, remember that Seattle Yarn is hosting a circle at this year’s AMP concerts! (Community co-sponsors include WSB and other local businesses listed on the series webpage, where you can also donate to support AMP if you’re so inclined.)
6:44 PM: Another wonderful warm summer night with the opportunity to sit in a shaded park and enjoy live music! This time it’s Belvedere Park (3600 SW Admiral Way, though it’s best to approach from the 37th/Olga side), opening venue for the three-park, three-show Admiral Music in the Parks series, presented by the Admiral Neighborhood Association. The West Seattle-based “country tonk” band Lookout Mountain Lookout is performing tonight, until about 8 pm – bring a chair, a blanket, a picnic dinner, even your dancing shoes if you feel like it.
We’ll have video clips later; if you can’t get to this show, the next two Thursday nights bring two more – listed here.
9:10 PM: The show lasted until about 8:20 pm. Back at HQ now and downloading video (almost all of which is full of exuberant toddlers and preschoolers dancing in the open space between the band and the audience).
10:03 PM: First clip:
Two more songs:
Their show was largely a mix of country classics and originals:
The band members include lead vocalist Scott Herman and drummer Travis Curry:
Bassist Alex Hagenah:
And guitarist Aaron Stayman:
Emcee was ANA president Joanie Jacobs:
She and husband Dan Jacobs – another ANA Board member singled out for major AMP support tonight along with Meagan Loftin – will ride toward the start of Saturday’s West Seattle Grand Parade as Orville Rummel Community Service Award winners. Meantime, one more clip from the concert:
3:26 PM: As discussed here Wednesday, some were concerned about a commercial film crew using part of the lot at Don Armeni Boat Ramp today when boaters were allowed to head out for chinook salmon. So WSB’s Anne Higuera went there this afternoon to see how things were going.
She noted at least a dozen vehicles associated with the production, which she was told is for a Ford commercial. One person returning from fishing told her he had been able to get in and out without a problem, although, in a side note, he said the biggest hassle of the day had been dealing with a new app for procuring permits. Meantime, a (corrected) Parks employee on duty told Anne that things had been moving quickly as most people were hitting their limit soon after going out, so they returned to shore before long. All the while, the production crew continued its work on the south side of the lot, with lots of gear including a wardrobe rack.
Their permit is for work that could run as late as 1 am tonight.
(Added: Photo by Doug Eglington)
7:23 PM: Doug Eglington, who sent the photo above, just sent this one showing drones awaiting their role in the shoot:
ADDED 11:50 PM: Doug sent later photos of the drones, illuminated:
(WSB photo)
4:30 PM: Thanks for the tips on this. Don Armeni Boat Ramp is festooned with a sizable amount of “no parking” signs that will be in effect 11 am tomorrow (Thursday, July 17) to 1 am Friday. The supplementary-info sheet on some of the signs attributes it to “filming,” which happens at the park from time to time given its incredibly scenic skyline backdrop. We asked Seattle Parks for information before we knew that, as one reader was particularly concerned, saying that tomorrow is a major fishing day. Parks tells WSB, after asking the city Film and Special Events Office, “It looks like the boat ramp will NOT be closed, nor will the ramp itself be impacted. The impacts are only to the southern portion of the lot where parking will be reserved, and that portion of the lot being fully closed after 7 pm. There will be police on site to direct traffic where needed and inform folks about what is going on. Additionally, the impacts are ONLY tomorrow. The reason the 18th is on the signage is because they are filming until 1 am.” (The contact on the signage is for a regional location scout.)
6:21 PM: A few additions directly from the Special Events Office:
-This is a commercial film production.
-The production is working in the south end of the parking lot.
-The boat ramp, north entrance, and north-end parking will be open and unimpacted, and access to launch from the ramp will be maintained all day.
-Work in the south-end of the lot includes parking space restrictions from 11:00AM Thursday to 1:00AM Friday, and through-traffic restrictions from 7:00 PM Thursday to 1:00 AM Friday.
-The production is aware of the opening of chinook salmon season and will be communicating on the day with boaters and park visitors to the nature of the parking space and access restrictions and timing.
Summer Fest was just the beginning – much more outdoor music to come this summer in West Seattle. Here are highlights – first one just hours away!
(WSB photo from West Seattle Big Band 2024 Concert in the Park)
TUESDAY, JULY 15
West Seattle Big Band‘s Concert in the Park, 7 pm, High Point Commons Park (behind 6400 Sylvan Way SW)
TUESDAYS, JULY 15, 22, 29
West Seattle Community Orchestras‘ Play Along in the Park continues Tuesday nights all month, 6 pm, at Lincoln Park (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW), for spectators as well as musicians
THURSDAYS, JULY 17, 24, 31
Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s Admiral Music in the Parks, 6:30 pm, three bands, three parks, starting this week with Lookout Mountain Lookout at Belvedere Park (3600 SW Admiral Way)
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 18-20
Alki Art Fair along the promenade, with a DJ spinning on Friday, and a full live-music lineup Saturday-Sunday (2701 Alki SW)
FRIDAYS, AUGUST 1-22
Summer Concerts at The Mount, 6 pm, starting with Danny Vernon‘s Illusion of Elvis on August 1 (4831 35th SW)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
Alki Beach Pride, with a full stage lineup TBA
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s Block Party, with a full stage lineup TBA. (California SW north of Admiral Way)
All of the above are FREE shows (in some cases with options available for $ like BBQ dinner at The Mount). Are we missing anything? westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!
If you’ve noticed more charred driftwood today at Lincoln Park, note that it has been reported to police. The photos and report are from a texter:
Someone is setting fire to logs at Lincoln Park again. This is across from picnic shelter 3 on the south side.
It’s still smoldering right now and there’s also a half-burned log at the picnic shelter.
The fire did not appear to have been reported to SFD, so we suggested the texter do that, since it was “smoldering”; they reported back, “I called 911, and they transferred me to SFD, who transferred me to SPD because I think nothing was actively on fire. Then they transferred me to non-emergency, who surprisingly answered in less than 2 minutes.” (Side note, it was mentioned at a recent community meeting that the non-emergency line is being covered at least some of the time again. Nonetheless, the advice remains, start with 911.)
Tonight through this weekend, West Seattle Summer Fest in The Junction is in the spotlight. The music doesn’t stop there, though. One week from tonight – Thursday, July 17 – you’re invited to the first of three free Thursday night concerts in the Admiral Neighborhood Association-presented Admiral Music in the Parks series. Here’s a reminder from ANA:
Get your picnic blankets ready for the first concert of Admiral Music in the Parks 2025! Join the Admiral Neighborhood Association on July 17th at 6:30 PM as we gather at Belvedere Park for an evening of PNW country-tonk with Lookout Mountain Lookout.
Then mark your calendars for our other concerts:
6:30 PM on July 24th at California Place Park where we will welcome back West Seattle favorite Micheal Pearsall and Friends.
6:30 PM on July 31st at Hamilton Viewpoint Park as we close out AMP 2025 with The Flaming Pies and the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
New this year, you can join Seattle Yarn’s knitting circle at each event.
Thank you to our business sponsors, including our “Producer” partners: West Seattle Realty, Timeless Kitchen Design, and West Seattle Grounds, and our individual donors who make this event possible.
To find out more about AMP, visit us here.
This is the second year that AMP is happening in parks that aren’t often used for events – worked out great last year, so ANA is doing it again! Belvedere Park is at 3600 SW Admiral Way. (WSB is media sponsor for the concert series.)
(File photo)
Now that July is here, outdoor music season has arrived too – this month, that includes West Seattle Summer Fest (July 11-13), Admiral Music in the Parks (July 17, 24, and 31), Alki Art Fair (July 18-20), the West Seattle Big Band Concert in the Park (July 15) … and one multi-night event in which you can participate! That’s the West Seattle Community Orchestras’ Play Along in the Park, 6-8 pm on the next four Tuesdays (not tonight) in July in Lincoln Park (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW), near the north lot. Rotating WSCO conductors lead full ensembles in “music ranging from classical to contemporary.” Spectators are welcome too, of course, but players are especially encouraged. If you want to play, register here so you’ll get the music parts for the night(s) you want to join in. Free for musicians and audience!
Today marks the start of the summer-meals program, and food is available for kids and teens at multiple locations. In our area, the locations open to everyone 18 and under – no registration or ID required – include:
Highland Park Playground
South Park Plaza
High Point Community Center
Dick Thurnau Park – KC Parks (White Center)
White Center Community Center at Steve Cox Memorial Park – KC Parks
The sites offer breakfast, lunch, and/or snacks. The hours and days vary – that information is on the full site list, linked from this page on the city website.
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