Seattle Parks and Recreation Open Space Gap Report and 2006 Update

The original 2001 Open Space Gap Report made use of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping technology as a means of illustrating the open space goals in the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Seattle’s Parks and Recreation Plan 2000, thus helping to indicate where future open space investments should be made. Thanks to Seattle voters, the 2000 Pro Parks Levy has allowed the City to acquire and develop significant new park lands. The following report update uses GIS maps, demographic data and other information to track Pro Parks levy-funded and other acquisitions and identifies remaining gaps in Seattle’s open space network.

• 2006 Open Space Gap Report Update (213k PDF)
  Appendix A title page (7k PDF)
  • Map 1: Gaps in Usable Open Space Citywide (1.8M PDF)
  • Map 2: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northwest Sector (2.1M PDF)
  • Map 3: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northeast Sector (2M PDF)
  • Map 4: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the West Sector (2M PDF)
  • Map 5: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the East Sector (1.9M PDF)
  • Map 6: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southwest Sector (2M PDF)
  • Map 7: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southeast Sector (1.9M PDF)
  • Map 8: New Parks & Pending Projects that Add Open Space 2001-present (1M PDF)
  • Map 9: Urban Village Residential Densities 2004 (1.7M PDF)
  • Map 10: Urban Village Residential Densities 2024 (Estimated) (1.7M PDF)
  Appendix B - Usable Open Space Tables (205k PDF)

• 2001 Open Space Gap Report (117k PDF)
  • Map 1: Gaps in Breathing Room Open Space (545k PDF)
  • Map 2: Gaps in Usable Open Space (749k PDF)
  • Map 3: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northwest Sector (872k PDF)
  • Map 4: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northeast Sector (801k PDF)
  • Map 5: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the West Sector (848k PDF)
  • Map 6: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the East Sector (898k PDF)
  • Map 7: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southwest Sector (806k PDF)
  • Map 8: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southeast Sector (770k PDF)
  • Map 9: Pro Parks Levy Projects (608k PDF)

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