FPA Annual Reports
General
Atlas Obscura // Freeway Park
Lid I-5 // Local Freeway Lid History
2023
Seattle Magazine // 100 Years of Seattle Modernsim
The Urbanist // Art and Performances will Illuminate Seattle’s Distinctive Freeway Park
2022
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
2021
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
2020
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
2019
The Architects Newspaper // Seattle’s Brutalist Freeway Park is Reviewed for National Register and Approved for Renovation
2018
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
2016
Crosscut // A Park Over Interstate 5? Not a New Idea
The New York Times // Celebrating a Rugged Vision of Landscape Architecture
2015
Beautiful Washington // Jim Ellis Freeway Park
2008
The Seattle Times // In the Concret Jungle, Freeway Park will Offer Respite Once Again
2006
The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Freeway Park: Past, Present and Future?
Film
The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Lawrence Halprin Oral History
The Cultural Landscape Foundation // Lawrence Halprin Projects: Freeway Park
King 5 News // Seattle’s Biggest Downtown Park is Often Unnoticed
PBS // 10 Parks that Changed America (Freeway Park featured at 36:12)
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)
Seattle Transit Blog // Building Freeway Park
UW Department of Landscape Architecture // Cinematic Cities: Freeway Park
