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Me-Kwa-Mooks Park

Me-Kwa-Mooks Park
View of the park looking out toward Puget Sound
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TypePublic
Coordinates47°33′48″N 122°24′13″W / 47.56333°N 122.40361°W / 47.56333; -122.40361
Area20.2-acre (82,000 m2)
Established1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Operated bySeattle Parks and Recreation

Me-Kwa-Mooks Park is a 20.2-acre (82,000 m2) public park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA. Me-Kwa-Mooks is an Anglicized version of the Lushootseed word for Alki Point, sbaqʷabqs (pronounced SBAH-kwahb-ks), meaning "prairie point."[1]

Today's Me-Kwa-Mooks Park is land that was acquired by the Parks Department in 1971. The site was originally the homestead of the pioneers Ferdinand and Emma Schmitz. When all the Schmitz family died it became city land.[2]

In 1994, 4th and 5th graders from Pathfinder K-8 School helped make Me-Kwa-Mooks a park. In 2009, Pathfinder moved to Cooper Elementary School, a 10-year-old building on the other side of West Seattle, so they could no longer work on the park.

Me-Kwa-Mooks Park, facing west and looking across Puget Sound, late afternoon October 2023. Seattle, WA
Me-Kwa-Mooks Park, facing west and looking across Puget Sound, late afternoon October 2023. Seattle, WA

References

  1. ^ Waterman, T. T. (2001). sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geographical Names. Seattle: Lushootseed Press. p. 65.
  2. ^ www.architectmagazine.com https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/me-kwa-mooks-net-zero. Retrieved 2022-07-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me-Kwa-Mooks_Park