Fritz Hedges Waterway Park
Fritz Hedges Waterway Park, also known as Portage Bay Park, is a 3.5-acre park on the north shore of Portage Bay in the neighborhood of University District of Seattle, Washington.- Type: Park
- Description: park on the north shore of Portage Bay in the neighborhood of University District of Seattle, Washington
- Also known as: “Portage Bay Park”
- Address: 1117 Northeast Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University Bridge and Henry Art Gallery.
University Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Shakespeare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The University Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington that carries Eastlake Avenue traffic over Portage Bay between Eastlake to the south and the University District to the north. University Bridge is situated 970 feet northwest of Fritz Hedges Waterway Park.
Henry Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Henry Art Gallery is the contemporary art museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It is administered by the Arts Division of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Washington. Henry Art Gallery is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Fritz Hedges Waterway Park.
Playhouse Theatre
Theater building
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The Playhouse Theatre is a theater located at 4045 University Way NE on The Ave in the University District, Seattle, Washington. It was converted from a tile warehouse in 1930 by Burton and Florence James, who set up the Seattle Repertory Playhouse with multi-ethnic performers and audiences. Playhouse Theatre is situated 1,700 feet north of Fritz Hedges Waterway Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University District and Eastlake.
University District
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The University District, or "U-District", surrounds the University of Washington in northeast Seattle. UW is one of the largest colleges in the United States.
Eastlake
Neighborhood
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Eastlake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because of its location on the eastern shore of Lake Union. Its main thoroughfare is Eastlake Avenue E, which runs from Howell Street at the northeast corner of Downtown north over the University Bridge to the University District, where it connects to Roosevelt Way N.E. and 11th Avenue N.E.
Fritz Hedges Waterway Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.65228° or 47° 39′ 8″ northLongitude
-122.31616° or 122° 18′ 58″ westInception
2020Named after
Frederick ‘Fritz’ HedgesOpen location code
84VVMM2M+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 296114452OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q105343857
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