About Friends of Waterfront Park Friends of Waterfront Park (Friends), a nonprofit organization, was established in 2012. City officials and civic leaders recognized that, like all great parks in cities across the country, Waterfront Park needed a nonp...

The biggest party on earth is about to kick off. Here’s how to enjoy every thrilling minute.

Boon Boona Coffee brings East African taste, tradition and community to Overlook Walk Café at Waterfront Park.

Seattle's ailing downtown has been renovated by reconnecting residents to a long-ignored waterfront, transforming what was once an elevated highway,...

Eight spaces that caught our eye this year – from a trade school championing craft to a revived waterfront.

Friends celebrates Kraken Hero of the Deep honorees, Maggie Walker and Jordan Remington.

Artist Qwalsius Shaun Peterson (Puyallup) installed Family on Seattle's waterfront in late 2025. The three carved cedar sculptures represent a mother, father, and child. Follow the artist as he talks about the process of making and placing art on the tr...

A woman-owned sauna, a winter waterfront, and a community that showed up. Meet Tuli Lodge and their six-month home at Pier 62.

from kitchen to cone, every scoop is the result of hard working, happy staff, strong local partnerships, sustainable practices, and of course, the finest ingredients we can source.

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...

An ode to Seattle's most unlikely chill zone.

You can find the waterfront's wayfinding program – consisting of directional and operational signs, and interpretive materials – on panels.

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...

As Americans continue to spend more time at home (often alone), we collected some local, public spaces of connection, shared by Seattle Times readers.

The new 20-acre waterfront public park in Downtown Seattle. Browse upcoming events​, find out more about the park, or support Friends.

Four standout waterfront parks have turned stretches of river and shoreline into thriving new public spaces.

YouTube video by Friends of Waterfront Park

Washington state has many gems that can hold their own against renowned locations worldwide. Here are some you need to check out.

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.

The Ocean Pavilion's siding is changing color -- and it's not a design flaw.

The new 20-acre waterfront public park in Downtown Seattle. Browse upcoming events​, find out more about the park, or support Friends.

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. ...

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.

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.”

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

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 ...

Big World Breaks, in partnership with Friends of Waterfront Park, present: “Beat Our Future” – BWB Drumline with Special Guests From June through September 2025 Big World Breaks featured an interactive community engagement series centered around their...