Victor Steinbrueck Park (Seattle)
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Victor Steinbrueck Park is a 0.8 acre (3,000 m²) park in Downtown Seattle in the United States. Located just northwest of Pike Place Market, between Western Avenue and the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the park stands on the former site of the Washington National Guard Armory, which burned down in 1962. The city purchased the land six years later and made it into Market Park in 1970.
In 1985, Market Park was renamed after Seattle architect Victor Steinbrueck, who was instrumental in the preservation of Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square and had died that year. (Steinbrueck's son Peter, also an architect, is currently [2006] on the Seattle City Council.)
[edit] External links
- Victor Steinbrueck Park, official site
