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With hopes of completion this fall, $11M Super Block adds plan for new Garfield softball field

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Work underway around the old softball field setup (Image: Seattle Parks)

It has been a rough year for athletics at Garfield High School but the now $11 million Garfield Super Block construction project currently underway around the 23rd Ave campus is getting a sporting addition that will create a bright new home for one of the Bulldogs’ teams and provide an improved space to play for the area’s youth softballers.

Permits filed in recent weeks will set construction in motion for a $1.5 million overhaul of the team’s softball field set to join the swirl of Super Block development currently underway on the Garfield block. Continue reading →

Garfield Super Block meeting will discuss planned parkour park, a first in Seattle

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(Image: Parkour Visions)

Sunday evening will bring “a conversation on intergenerational play” in a community meeting about a parkour park planned to be part of the Garfield Super Block project.

The December 8th, 6 PM session at the Central District’s nearby Metier Brewing will include a panel discussion including parkour practitioners, coaches, and community representatives about the “history of the practice and its importance in Seattle.”

The parkour park element would be the first in the city. Continue reading →