What Makes Seattle Center a Great Place?
You can see this park from every vantage point in Seattle. The Space Needle, at a height of 605 feet, functions as both the city’s icon and the Center’s totem pole, identifying the space from virtually anywhere in the city. Moreover, local visibility is enhanced through wide pedestrian paths and billowing signs around the park’s edges. A recent survey reported that the Seattle resident visits Seattle Center an average of 8 times a year, totaling over 4.4 million visits from local dwellers. The parks landscape design and entryways are explicitly intended to bring every visitor within reach of all of its attractions. The campus is the home base for the Monorail, directly linking downtown with the campus through mass transit and bringing 2.5 million people to and through the campus daily. Six all-day and after-hours parking lots accommodate single car and bus transportation. Bus stops pepper the edges of Seattle Center. Situated in the midst of a dense residential area, the Center’s spraw
