VICTOR STEINBRUECK PARK

'Victor Steinbrueck Park' is a 0.8 acre (3,000 m²) park in Downtown Seattle in the United States. Located just northwest of Pike Place Market, between Western Avenue and the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the park stands on the former site of the Washington National Guard Armory, which burned down in 1962. The city purchased the land six years later and made it into 'Market Park' in 1970.
In 1985, Market Park was renamed after Seattle architect Victor Steinbrueck, who was instrumental in the preservation of Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square and had died that year (Steinbrueck's son Peter, also an architect, serves on the Seattle City Council as of 2006).
Since the early 21st century the park has become a popular gathering place for the mentally ill, vagrants, alcoholics, and drug addicts. Public inebriation, nudity, and calls for assistance for unconscious individuals have become a common feature of the park.[1]

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★ Victor Steinbrueck Park, official site