Friends of Waterfront Park

Children play soccer on a green field with a large net in front of modern skyscrapers, including the iconic Space Needle in Seattle. Various soccer balls are in the scene.

⚽ Meet us at Waterfront Park as we welcome the world to our city alongside Sounders FC, Seattle Reign FC and RAVE Foundation to activate the full 20-acre park: https://bit.ly/46XOTzT

🔁 @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social

#SeattleWaterfront #DowntownSeattle

A vibrant outdoor performance features two colorful lion costumes, one orange and the other purple, at Salish Steps. They entertain an audience seated on tiered steps, some holding pink umbrellas. Modern buildings and a clear blue sky form the backdrop.

A diverse group of people sitting on outdoor steps, observing a white lion dance costume with intricate blue and green details. The scene is set in a modern urban area, possibly during a cultural event, with more spectators in the background. The atmosphere appears lively and engaging.

A vibrant lion dance performance is taking place near the waterfront at sunset. The performers in colorful lion costumes are captivating a gathering of onlookers. In the background, Salish Sea can be seen, along with distant boats on the water.

A lively outdoor performance features colorful lion dancers with purple and yellow costumes on a terraced concrete area. Musicians accompany them with traditional instruments. Spectators watch from the steps, framed by modern architecture and city skyscrapers under a clear blue sky.

Happy Lunar New Year, friends! Celebrating with throwback to Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association’s Spotlight at Waterfront Park performance last summer. 🧧✨

Here’s to a Year of the Fire Horse filled with courage, joy, and moments that bring us together. Photos by Jo Cosme.

Boon Boona Coffee Celebrates Latest Grand Opening At the Waterfront Park — Converge Media The new Boon Boona Coffee location at the Waterfront Park Overlook celebrated its Grand Opening last week with an enthusiastic crowd of community members and leaders. The successful launch marked a si...

Packed house. Powerful speeches.

☕✨Boon Boona’s grand opening at Overlook Walk Cafe was a celebration of community, culture, and Black entrepreneurship at the heart of Waterfront Park. Converge Media recapped the story beautifully: https://bit.ly/4rIQqSo

Kids surround and high-five the Seattle Seahawks mascot, Blitz, at Pier 58. The scene includes several people walking, with high-rise buildings and trees in the background.

High fives with Blitz the Seahawk and pure kid-power energy from last summer's Pier 58 opening. Now we’re passing that cheer all the way to the.... SUPER BOWL! 🏈💚


📸 Jo Cosme. #GoHawks #12s #BlueFriday

There's No Place in Seattle like Pioneer Square Habitat Beach An ode to Seattle's most unlikely chill zone.

This Valentine’s Day, fall for a beach that’s a little unexpected. 💙

Pioneer Square Habitat Beach is a tiny pocket of calm where people (and young salmon) come to chill. Worth the love letter from Seattle Met: https://bit.ly/4bWeflh

#SeattleWaterfront #DowntownSeattle

New Signs Share Seattle Waterfront's Story - SDOT Blog You can find the waterfront's wayfinding program – consisting of directional and operational signs, and interpretive materials – on panels.

Next time you stroll the waterfront, take a moment to pause to check out the new interpretive signs. They share stories of history, geography, and Native communities and serve as a reminder of how this place came to be: https://bit.ly/4k01ZBT

Seattle's New Waterfront Park Was A Success In Its Opening Season, Drawing Over 3 Million Visitors In 4 Months Seattle's long-anticipated Waterfront Park isn't just attracting curious first-timers--it's drawing people back again and again. In its debut season the reimagined Seattle waterfront showed signs of becoming a true everyday gathering place, not just a p...

Turns out when you build a park for community, the people show up. And return. And return again.
Secret Seattle recaps Waterfront Park’s opening season—3M+ visits and counting.

Check out the story: https://bit.ly/3NyD1O7

#SeattleWaterfront

Seattleites find community at these ‘third places’ As Americans continue to spend more time at home (often alone), we collected some local, public spaces of connection, shared by Seattle Times readers.

🗞️this @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social article got us thinking about how much we all need places where we can just show up, hang out, and feel part of something. That’s Waterfront Park for us—an easy, open place to pause, people-watch, say hi, and feel a little more connected: https://bit.ly/4sN0tqU

Friends of Waterfront Park | Seattle Events, Activities, and More! The new 20-acre waterfront public park in Downtown Seattle. Browse upcoming events​, find out more about the park, or support Friends.

There’s a moment when a place stops being new and starts being known. This summer, Waterfront Park marked that line—thanks to millions of visits, hundreds of free programs & a whole lot of community. Read our blog on our Grand Opening Season that set the tone for what’s next: https://bit.ly/4qApCDo

Aerial view of Seattle waterfront and skyline, featuring a ferris wheel and city buildings, with a text overlay saying "Happy 2026 from Friends".

Happy New Year from your Friends of Waterfront Park! Here’s to another year together on Seattle's shoreline.

📸 Erik Holsather

The 4 best waterfront parks of 2025 transform shorelines into civic centerpieces Four standout waterfront parks have turned stretches of river and shoreline into thriving new public spaces.

🏆 Waterfront Park made Fast Company’s 4 Best Waterfront Parks of 2025 list—and we’re going into the new year on a high!

Come check out the place everyone’s falling for: https://www.fastcompany.com/91458276/best-waterfront-parks-2025

#SeattleWaterfront #DowntownSeattle

Our Front Yard and Our Backyard: A Family’s Everyday Life at Waterfront Park. #DowntownSeattle YouTube video by Friends of Waterfront Park

“Our front yard and our backyard.”

Seattle local and neighbor Lorena reflects on moving back downtown, strolling to the water without crossing a freeway, and watching her toddler play with kids from all over the world: https://bit.ly/3KQBj9W

#SeattleWaterfront #DowntownSeattle

Instead of the Swiss Alps, go here: How to see WA's world-class gems Washington state has many gems that can hold their own against renowned locations worldwide. Here are some you need to check out.

You don’t have to go far to end 2025 somewhere special. A reminder that some of the best places to explore are right in our backyard.

📖 Rediscover WA’s world‑class gems, from Waterfront Park to the Gorge: https://bit.ly/49fVK8n

#DowntownSeattle #2025Recap #WaterfrontParkSeattle

Evening view of Pier 62 in front of the brightly lit Seattle skyline, featuring modern buildings and a clear blue sky.

Proof that Waterfront Park doesn’t clock out.

📸 Park Experience team

Performers in traditional mariachi attire playing music on a stage at a Pier 66 event, with spectators seated and watching.

Dancers in traditional blue and white dresses perform at a Posada Navidena celebration in an indoor venue, with onlookers and photographers around them. A decorative piñata hangs above the dancers.

Shoppers browsing various booths at an indoor market event.

A group of dancers in purple traditional dresses perform a folk dance in front of an audience in a brightly lit indoor venue.

Posada Navideña, in moments. ✨

Thank you to our friends at Aquí Mercado for filling Pier 66 with music, tradition, and so much heart and to @portofseattle.bsky.social for this wonderful space. 💙

11 Cities Rewilding the Future By 2050, 89 percent of the U.S. population is projected to live in an urban area. Here are 11 innovative cities blending nature into their DNA.

Wow, Seattle and Waterfront Park are featured in this national roundup of cities blending nature into everyday life! Worth a read if you love this place as much as we do: https://bit.ly/44O9RA2

The Seattle Aquarium's new waterfront building is turning gray The Ocean Pavilion's siding is changing color -- and it's not a design flaw.

Gray isn’t a flaw...it’s part of the plan. @seattleaquarium.bsky.social's Ocean Pavilion is crafted to age like the shoreline it faces, blending sustainably sourced wood with intentional design: https://bit.ly/48eR4jM

#SeattleWaterfront #UrbanDesign

A serene image of four individuals rowing a canoe in calm water, with a hazy island visible in the background and a bird flying overhead.

A group of individuals paddling a traditional canoe with a vibrant design on a cloudy day, with other boats visible in the background on the water.

A group of people holding wooden paddles and a flag with the logo "Duwamish" in front of the Seattle Great Wheel on Pier 57.

Close-up view of a traditional canoe with a tribal design on the bow, resting in water alongside wooden paddles.

On Native American Heritage Day, we celebrate the vibrant cultures, traditions, and ongoing contributions of the Coast Salish peoples across this region. In our work, we'll continue to listen, learn, and uplift the communities whose homelands we gather on every day.

📷 Andy Shepard, Jo Cosme

Honey yellow graphic with photo of large group of people gathered at a vibrant outdoor event. The skyline of a city in the background. Text on it reads: 'Support a Brighter, More Connected Waterfront Park & Community" with Friends of Waterfront Park logo in lower left side corner.

Waterfront Park was packed with joy this year—thousands dancing, laughing, and proving what public spaces can do when community leads. As we head into giving season, we’re sharing how your support keeps that energy alive all year long: https://bit.ly/4pxY7K8

Friends of Waterfront Park | Seattle Events, Activities, and More! The new 20-acre waterfront public park in Downtown Seattle. Browse upcoming events​, find out more about the park, or support Friends.

Friends of Waterfront Park is stepping into a new era of stewardship. Honoring the leadership that got us here, welcoming new board co-chairs, and launching a five-year strategic plan that centers community, care, and connection across 20-acres of this park, read what's next: https://bit.ly/48fbXKb

Totes Secondhand Have you heard of Secondhand Sunday? It launched in 2022 as the calmer follow-up to Black Friday--a day built for browsing at secondhand stores instead of racing for deals at the mall. It also happens to land right when thrift stores are at their best. ...

We love to see Friends collaborator Stevie Shao bringing her magic to Secondhand Sunday with Evergreen Goodwill. If you needed a sign to thrift instead of sprint for a sale—this tote is it.

🔗 https://seattlemag.com/news/totes-secondhand/

And Waterfront Park is now one reason to enjoy this city of ours!

Our first-ever Dinner with Friends was a powerful moment! Our community showed up to usher in a new chapter for Friends of Waterfront Park: fully managing and fundraising for this 20-acre public space. Thank you for being part of it.

📸 Brandon Patoc.

Reviving a Waterfront, Reconnecting a City | Designer Seattle's downtown has a new front porch -- a 20-acre urban park that redefines the city's connection to its iconic waterfront. The shoreline is now a vibrant, welcoming space that celebrates Seattle's culture, history and natural beauty.

HNTB’s blog “Reviving a Waterfront, Reconnecting a City,” beautifully captures what makes Seattle’s new Waterfront Park so special. It’s a behind the scenes look of one of Seattle’s most ambitious public projects in a century—and the result is nothing short of breathtaking: https://bit.ly/3K02JJL

Promotional image featuring an aerial view of a bustling waterfront park and city skyline, with text overlay announcing that the Boardwalk Bulletin campaign for the park has reached its funding goal. Logo of 'Friends' at the bottom.

Friends of Waterfront Park has completed its $170 million Campaign for Waterfront Park—the largest philanthropic effort for public space in our city’s history.

Our work continues: to keep the waterfront thriving as a place for everyone. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hUxhJo

Can a Waterfront Park Wake Up Downtown Seattle? After demolishing an elevated highway and digging a $3 billion tunnel, the Pacific Northwest’s largest city is eager to show off its “new front door.”

Fifteen years in the making, Waterfront Park is changing the face and the heart of downtown Seattle. 💫

As Bloomberg Citylab writes, it’s more than a park: it’s a bridge between city and sea, past and future: https://bloom.bg/4p0i7EZ

Waterfront Art StoryMap Arts and culture play a central role on Seattle's waterfront

It is constructed from Columbia basalt and represents generations of Native people who have lived on the shores of Elliott Bay and the value of relationships in Coast Salish communities. View this art piece and others on City of Seattle's Waterfront Art Storymap: bit.ly/47znDXX

Wide shot of Habitat Beach from the East with large stones and boulders arranged among trees, with city buildings in the background.

The State of Washington collaborated with five different tribes to design and install a collection of columns at Pioneer Square Habitat Beach. This artwork titled Stone Family by yulout, a Muckleshoot Indian Tribe elder.

Photo by Jo Cosme. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Sublime Seattle: Take a Look at the Innovative, Nature-Inspired City Earlier this year, Seattle launched a whimsical campaign imagining it might be Mother Nature’s favorite city, and one can easily believe it just might be

Mother Nature’s favorite city? We think so. 🌲💚

From our reimagined Waterfront Park to green hotels and stunning scenic drives, Seattle’s connection to nature shines in this Global Traveller feature: https://bit.ly/47VPkM0

Seattle's Waterfront Park Wins Prestigious International Award - Parkways Seattle Parks and Recreation proudly announces that Waterfront Park has received the 2025 Outstanding New Park Project Award from World Urban Parks, recognizing the park’s impact as an innovative and ...

Waterfront Park is an incredible display of what excellent urban, public spaces can be! 💫

Congratulations, @seattleparksandrec.bsky.social and City of Seattle!

parkways.seattle.gov/2025/10/27/s...