Rotary Viewpoint — Attraction in Seattle

The totem pole here is not exactly local, but it's worth seeing. It was made by a Native guy from South Dakota, and does feature common Coast Salish themes. It also has a fascinating backstory of recent theft and recovery, which is on the Seattle Times website. This little park is home to an excellent utility-box portrait of Chris Cornell by Desmond Hansen. There is a view of downtown Seattle and Harbor Island, for which you must...

Currently, the view is largely obstructed by vegetation, but the park itself was just cleaned and refreshed with new plantings by the Rotary Club of West Seattle, who works with Seattle Parks to maintain the it.

A totem pole (with quite a story!) sits at the center of a circle of benches, not far from a new ADA picnic table.

Long (and fairly steep) sloped triangles of grass extend north and south from the...

Looks amazing, but I got there and there were tons of tents. Because of that I didn't fully check it out. Could I be just paranoid? I most likely am! But I don't exactly look scary.... So I didn't want to have a run-in with not very...