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Thomas Street Park
Location
Corner
of Bellevue Avenue E. and E. Thomas Street, on the northeast side of
downtown.
Admission
Free.
Getting there by car
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Getting there by bus
From downtown, via bus number 14 (Summit).
Board the the eastbound bus at the corner of Pike Street and 4th
Avenue.
Alight from the bus at the corner of Summit Avenue E. and E. Thomas
Street. Walk westwards downhill along E. Thomas Street for one block, and
you will see the park to your right.
It is about a 10-minute ride each way.
Bus number 14 (Summit) returns to downtown along Bellevue Avenue E.
The walk from Westlake Center, via Olive Way across I-5, is about 20 minutes each way.
Notes and Tips
This
is a small, quiet park, surrounded on all sides by mid-size apartment
buildings. It is a pleasant place to stop for a rest, although
unfortunately you can't see the views across downtown from any of the
seating. There is a cafe diagonally across on Bellevue Avenue E.
The Views
The park is not promoted as viewpoint, for the very understandable reason
that the view of the Space Needle is best seen when standing in the middle
of E. Thomas Street! It is a rather interesting angle on the Needle, with
the Experience Music Project building providing a splodge of color at its
base .
By
continuing to walk downhill along E. Thomas Street you will come to
Melrose Avenue. This runs above and parallel to I-5. All along the
Avenue are vistas over the Space Needle, downtown and Lake Union that
escape the power-lines from further uphill. You might bump into other
adventurous tourists who have figured the ridge must have a vantage
point.
The following photos were taken around midday on an overcast day in early March. Click on photo for full-size image.
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