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Westlake Square
Pedestrian in Westlake Square watching South Lake Union Streetcar in 2010

Location	Seattle, Washington Bounded by Westlake, 6th and Stewart
Coordinates	47°36′49″N 122°20′14″W / 47.6136°N 122.3373°W / 47.6136; -122.3373
Area	0.01-acre (40 m)
Created	1917 (as streetcar stop)
Operated by	Seattle Parks and Recreation

Westlake Square is a 0.01-acre (0.0040 ha) park in Seattle, Washington, adjacent to Westin Seattle. It was formerly a combination streetcar stop and underground comfort station. The former comfort station was demolished and filled in 1964.

In 2010, Seattle Department of Transportation redeveloped Westlake Square and adjacent McGraw Square into a new plaza for the South Lake Union Streetcar.

References

Westlake Square, Seattle Parks and Recreation, retrieved 2013-12-29
^ "Item 30694: Westlake Square, underground men's restroom demolished and filled in 1964", Municipal archives photo collection—Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, Seattle Office of the City Clerk, retrieved 2017-10-04. Annotated photo from September 18, 1917.
"Item 1447: Comfort Station Westlake and Stewart", Municipal archives photo collection—Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Office of the City Clerk, Sep 18, 1917
Westlake Transportation Hub Strategy draft recommendations (PDF), Seattle Department of Transportation, retrieved 2013-12-30
Westlake Streetcar Plaza/McGraw Square: City Opens New McGraw Square, Seattle Department of Transportation, February 9, 2011, retrieved 2013-12-30

External links

Westlake Square at Seattle Parks and Recreation

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North–south streets	1st Avenue Alaskan Way Aurora Avenue (SR 99) Broadway Cheasty Boulevard South Lake City Way (SR 522) Lake Washington Boulevard Montlake Boulevard University Way Northeast (The Ave) Westlake Avenue
East–west streets	145th Street (SR 523) Denny Way Mercer Street Pine Street Pike Street Yesler Way
Diagonal streets	Madison Street Pike Place
Loops	Queen Anne Boulevard
Intersections, plazas and squares	McGraw Square Occidental Park Pioneer Square Tilikum Place Westlake Park Westlake Square
Alleys	Canton Alley Nihonmachi Alley Post Alley
Freeways	I‑5 I‑90 Spokane Street Viaduct State Route 99 Tunnel SR 520 West Seattle Freeway
Former highways	Alaskan Way Viaduct
Never-built highways	Bay Freeway R.H. Thomson Expressway
All un-suffixed roads are streets unless otherwise noted.

Protected Areas of Seattle

Federal

National Parks	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Wing Luke Museum (affiliated)

City parks and
preserves

Greater than 50 acres (20 ha)	Alki Beach Camp Long Carkeek Discovery Genesee Golden Gardens Green Lake Interlaken Jackson Jefferson Lake Washington Boulevard Lincoln Magnolia Tidelands Magnuson Puget Schmitz Seattle Center Seward Westcrest West Seattle Golf Course Woodland
10–50 acres (4.0–20.2 ha)	Brighton Playfield Cheasty Boulevard South Colman Condon Way Centerstrip Dahl Playfield Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook Fauntleroy Frink Garfield Gas Works Hamilton Viewpoint Herring's House Park (Tualtwx) Hiawatha Interbay Golf Kinnear Lakeridge Lawton Leschi Longfellow Creek Madrona Magnolia Magnolia Playfield Maple Leaf Reservoir Maple Wood Playfield Matthews Beach Meadowbrook Playfield Me-Kwa-Mooks Montlake Playfield Mount Baker Northacres Open Water Park Pigeon Point Pritchard Island Beach Queen Anne Boulevard Ravenna Park Riverview Playfield Roxhill Sam Smith Soundview Playfield Stan Sayres Memorial Volunteer Walt Hundley Playfield West Seattle Stadium
0.02–10 acres (0.0081–4.0469 ha)	Alvin Larkins Beer Sheva Bell Street Bryant Playground Cal Anderson Cascade Playground Cowen City Hall Commodore Denny Denny Blaine Donnie Chin Dr. Jose Rizal East Montlake Fairview Fritz Hedges Waterway Park Freeway Fremont Peak Hing Hay Home of the Good Shepherd I-5 Colonnade Jack Block Jimi Hendrix Kerry Kiwanis Ravine Kobe Terrace Lake People Lake Union Lakeview Louisa Boren Madison Marshall Park McCurdy Meridian Playground Myrtle Edwards Nora's Woods North Passage Point Northacres Occidental Olympic Sculpture Park Oxbow Parsons Gardens Peace Roanoke Schmitz Boulevard South Passage Point Terry Pettus Park Tilikum Place Union Bay Natural Area Victor Steinbrueck Viretta Waterfront West Montlake Westlake
Under 0.02 acres (0.0081 ha)	Boylston Place Lakeview Place McGraw Square Westlake Square

Other

Farms, gardens and P-Patches	Beacon Food Forest Danny Woo International District Community Garden Interbay P-Patch Marra Farm Picardo Farm
Green belts	St. Mark's Greenbelt SW Queen Anne Greenbelt East Duwamish Greenbelt (The Jungle) West Duwamish Greenbelt
Zoos and aquariums	Seattle Aquarium Woodland Park Zoo
Arboretums and botanical gardens	Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens Kubota Garden Piper Orchard Seattle Chinese Garden Seattle Japanese Garden South Seattle College Arboretum Volunteer Park Conservatory Washington Park Arboretum
Landscape architecture	Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition Olmsted parks
Multi-use trails	Burke-Gilman Trail Chief Sealth Trail

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