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Occidental Park

January 01, 1970

Occidental Park, also referred to as Occidental Square (north of S. Main Street) and Occidental Mall (south of S. Main Street), is a 0.6 acre (2,400 m2) public park located in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle, Washington.

Occidental Park
Children playing on the Firefighters' Memorial in the park on the first Thursday in July 2007. First Thursday is the traditional evening for Pioneer Square art gallery openings. Many artists and craftspeople set up for the evening in the park.

Description and history edit

Created in 1971, the park consists of the Occidental Avenue S. right-of-way between S. Washington and S. Jackson Streets, in addition to half a city block between S. Main and S. Jackson Streets. The former Waterfront Streetcar bisected the park, running along S. Main Street. The park is in the heart of Seattle's largest art gallery district, and several galleries face onto Occidental Mall. The Downtown Seattle Association began "activating" the park with summertime seating and activities in 2015 under a public–private partnership, also bringing events to be hosted in the park.[1]

Occidental Park is the starting point for the "March to the Match", a parade of Seattle Sounders FC supporters to Century Link Field prior to each home game.[2]

The Fallen Firefighters Memorial is a bronze sculpture group by Hai Ying Wu.[3] It was inspired by the deaths of four Seattle firefighters who died January 5, 1995[4] fighting a fire in the Mary Pang warehouse in Seattle's International District.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beekman, Daniel (June 25, 2015). "Private management to 'reinvent' Westlake, Occidental parks in trial run". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "The game day experience in Seattle is like nothing else in MLS". 14 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Fire Station Tours". Seattle.gov. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  4. ^ "Seattle Fallen Firefighters Memorial - Firefighter Memorials on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  5. ^ Casey McNerthney, Wednesday marks anniversary of deadly Seattle fire, Seattle 911 — A Police and Crime Blog, seattlepi.com, 5 January 2011. Accessed 5 January 2011.

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January 01, 1970
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