JIMI HENDRIX Park Opens Today In Seattle
October 7, 2016, 7 years ago
Following a purple haze of planning, fundraising and construction, Jimi Hendrix Park is opening today, next to the Northwest African American Museum, reports Capitol Hill Times.
Construction of Little Wing, the first phase of the park, began in 2005 and was completed earlier this year.
Project manager Maisha Barnett told the Capitol Hill Times back in August about the design concept, which is deconstructed guitar, with the starting at the top of the new southeast entrance at 25th Avenue South and South Massachusetts Street. Etched into the concrete staircase, from the street to park, is Hendrix’s signature in purple.
A purple ribbon of concrete follows the winding sidewalk in the park, etched with lyrics from two Jimi Hendrix songs, “Angel” and “Little Wing”. Metal plates with chronological facts about the musician placed along the pathway represent guitar frets.
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s metal shop provided work for an information kiosk on the west side of the park, with metal purple Fender-style guitars on either side.
There are four rain gardens and a butterfly garden within the 2.5-acre park.
Guitars and flowers were the two biggest elements identified during the yearlong public engagement process as representing the late musician, Barnett said.
Read more at Capitol Hill Times.
(Photo - Jimi Hendrix Park Foundation)
