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Jose Rizal Park
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Location
1008 12th Avenue
South
Jose Rizal Park lies
at the foot of the Pacific Medical Center, corner of 12th Avenue S. and S
Judkins Street, Beacon Hill.
Admission
Free.
Getting
there by car
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Getting
there by bus
From downtown, via
bus number 36 (Beacon Hill, Rainier Beach, Jefferson Park). The
bus route takes you through the International District, and along the
ridge that forms Beacon Hill, offering views to the east and west.
Board
the southbound bus at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Pine
Street.
Alight
from the bus at the corner of Golf Drive and S. Charles Street.
It is about a 18-minute ride each way.
Walk west (uphill) on S. Charles
Street,
alongside the boundary of the Pacific Medical Center. Follow the
road around to the left into 12th Avenue South. You will see the park and outlook
to your right.
Notes
and Tips
 One
of Seattle's top lookouts, the park is well maintained, full of
interesting features, and a delight in which to spend time. The park takes
the form of a series of terraces following the slope of 12th Avenue S.
Each terrace houses one of an array of amenities, including a small
amphitheatre, small children's play area, covered picnic tables, car park
and public restrooms. There are also uncovered benches and picnic
tables, and various sculptures. Artwork includes a mural/mosaic
titled "East is West", by the late Seattle University Art Professor Valeriano "Val"
Laigo.
 The park has a history of being
associated with the Filipino community, the largest group of Asian
Americans in the Seattle area, with an estimated population of 30,000.
Dr.
Jose Rizal was a Filipino patriot who, during his short life, made lasting
contributions to medicine, political and social reform, engineering and a
large number of other disciplines. Now regarded by the Filipinos as a
national hero, he was executed by the Spanish as a result of being accused
of complicity in the Filipino insurrection of 1896.
 Also dedicated
in memory of Rizal is the nearby bridge that forms
part of 12th Avenue South. The 420-foot-long Rizal Bridge was built
in 1912 and is one of Seattle's original steel bridges.
You also might like to visit the
Beacon Hill Viewpoint, although the viewpoint doesn't have anything like
the amenities of Rizal Park. The easiest way to visit both is to
stay on bus number 36 to the viewpoint, and then stop off at Rizal Park on
the return trip.
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