Editor’s Note: This is a blog post from the Waterfront Seattle Program. The Waterfront Seattle Program is a collaboration between the Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects and City of Seattle departments including the Mayor’s Office, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Planning and Community Development, Parks and Recreation, Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Center and Friends of Waterfront Park.

Waterfront Park was designed and built by the City’s Office of the Waterfront, Civic Projects and Sound Transit and is managed as part of a public-private partnership between the City’s Seattle Center and managing nonprofit Friends of Waterfront Park. The Waterfront Seattle Program began as a community vision to remove the Alaskan Way Viaduct and reconnect the city to its waterfront. Since the decision was made to build the SR-99 deep-bored tunnel and demolish the viaduct, the City devoted 15 years of engagement, design and construction to make the waterfront transformation a reality. Since 2010, over 10,000 people have participated in visioning sessions, community meetings, walking tours and environmental reviews to shape the project and make it what it is today.

Waterfront Park covers an expansive 20 acres from Pioneer Square to Belltown and reimagines the former footprint of the Alaskan Way Viaduct with new green spaces, public amenities and publicly sited artworks.

We are thrilled to have celebrated the completion of this iconic new park on Seattle’s waterfront over the summer, providing Seattleites with new public spaces to create memories along our shoreline for generations to come!

Enjoy this video that will take you through the transformation of Waterfront Park.