Waterfront Seattle will fulfill the community’s vision for a central waterfront for all of Seattle: Beautiful public spaces for all, a salmon-friendly seawall, and year-round cultural, educational, and recreational activities. After more than a decade of public input, the Seattle waterfront is on its way to becoming a 26-block park and lively mixing ground that embraces our working waterfront while restoring health of the nearshore environment.

Throughout history, use of Seattle’s central waterfront has been shaped by the prevailing forces of modernization of the times; trading, ship building, fishing, canning, industry, transportation, and tourism. For the first time, the people of Seattle are making intentional choices about how to improve the waterfront to best serve all current uses, our entire community, and our natural environment. Together we're building on Seattle’s rich history to create an urban shoreline for everyone.

The principles guiding the vision for the waterfront park design, created through years of public input:

Source: www.friendsofwaterfrontseattle.org/vision_progress