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Four Columns Park, Downtown
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Location
Corner of Pike
Street and Boren Avenue, on the eastern edge of downtown Seattle.
Admission
Free.
Getting
there by car
Click icon to map your route
into downtown with MapBlast!
Getting
there
By bus
Board
any of the eastbound buses on
Pike Street, including bus numbers 7 (University District), 10 (Capitol
Hill), 11 (Madison Park), 14 (Summit) and 43 (University District), at the
corner of Pike Street and 4th
Avenue.
 Alight
from the bus at the corner of
Pike Street and Boren Avenue.
It is about a 5-minute ride each way, due to traffic rather than distance.
To return by bus, walk one block to north to Pine Street. Take any
westbound buses going down Pine Street, or from Convention Place Station
take any southbound buses going through the bus tunnel (back one stop to
Westlake Station).
On Foot
From the Westlake
Center, it is about a 10-minute walk to the viewpoint. Walk south to
Pike Street, then walk uphill along Pike Street for six or seven
blocks. The viewpoint will be just past the I-5 overpass to your
left.
Notes
and tips
 This
small triangular park takes its name from the rather enigmatic segment of
architecture found there. It overlooks I-5, and is assaulted on all
sides by the noise of traffic. As an open space, it provides a
visual link between downtown and the adjoining neighborhood of Capitol
Hill, but does not offer a place of peace amidst the bustle of downtown. It has seating and is kept neat and
free of trash. However it does not appear to attract people to spend
time there, such as local workers on breaks.
To gain another view of the Space
Needle, you might like to continue on bus number 14 (Summit) to Thomas
Mini Park.
The Views
Four Columns Park offers
a view of Queen Anne Hill, and of the Space Needle between downtown
buildings. Town planners refer to it as a "view
corridor". You would probably only come here if you want this
particular angle on the Needle, or you were up at this end of downtown
anyway (for example at the Convention Center). Even this small
offering is under threat from high-rise development, as seen in local
debates over the subject.
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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Looking west through the columns towards
the Space Needle (77kb).
The columns stand sentential along pedestrian
access from Capitol Hill to downtown Seattle (50kb).
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Looking west through the columns towards the Space Needle and Queen Anne
Hill (44kb).
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