Resource Library
Check out these resources to learn about the history of Jim Ellis Freeway Park, its namesake and its designers as well as relevant press on the work of the Association and the park’s place in 21st century Seattle. Sign up for our newsletter and stay up to date on what is happening today.
“Creating landscapes for over 60 years, Halprin designed spaces which brought his knowledge and love of nature, movement, and social ideas into urban spaces”
Lawrence Halprin Oral Story
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
“These bold environments, strung across an eight-block section in the city center, were designed by the modernist landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and his firm between 1965 and 1970.”
Celebrating a Rugged Vision of Landscape Architecture
The New York Times
“Creating landscapes for over 60 years, Halprin designed spaces which brought his knowledge and love of nature, movement, and social ideas into urban spaces”
Freeway Park: Past, Present, and Future?
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Press
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Atlas Obscura // Freeway Park
Lid I-5 // Local Freeway Lid History
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Daily Journal of Commerce // $10 Million Project - Update
The Urbanist // Interstate 5 Was Born in Protest
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Seattle Magazine // 100 Years of Seattle Modernsim
The Urbanist // Art and Performances will Illuminate Seattle’s Distinctive Freeway Park
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Kiro 7 News // Freeway Park in downtown Seattle declared city landmark
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog // In preparation for $10M overhaul, Freeway Park considered for Seattle landmarks protections
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Capitol Hill Seattle Blog // Born on the 4th of July, Freeway Park’s Targeted Improvements Move Forward
Curiocity // A Holiday Light Display Featuring Local Artists Opens in Freeway Park This Week
Seattle Pup Magazine // A Spooktacular Affair
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Halprin’s Freeway Park Added to Historic Register
The Urbanist // Freeway Park Revamp is Ahead, Latest Concepts Unveiled
World Freerunning Parkour Federation // The 7 Best Parkour Locations in the World
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Seattle Transit Blog // Building Freeway Park
UW Department of Landscape Seattle’s Brutalist Freeway Park is Reviewed for National Register and Approved for RenovationArchitecture // Cinematic Cities: Freeway Park
The Architects Newspaper // Seattle’s Brutalist Freeway Park is Reviewed for National Register and Approved for Renovation
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The Architects Newspaper // Preservation Minded Renovation of Freeway Park Moves Forward
The Hill // Parks and the Urban Infrastructure Network
Seattle Weekly // Navigating the Maze That Is Freeway Park
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King 5 News // Seattle’s Biggest Downtown Park is Often Unnoticed
PBS // 10 Parks that Changed America (Freeway Park featured at 36:12)
Crosscut // A Park Over Interstate 5? Not a New Idea
The New York Times // Celebrating a Rugged Vision of Landscape Architecture
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Lawrence Halprin Oral History
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Seattle Municipal Archives // Parks, Pleasant Occasions and Happiness: A film by Seattle Parks and Recreation circa 1977 the year after Freeway Park opened. (Freeway Park featured at 11:46)
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Lawrence Halprin Projects: Freeway Park
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The Seattle Times // In the Concret Jungle, Freeway Park will Offer Respite Once Again
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Freeway Park: Past, Present and Future?
