Waterfront Park, Urban park in Central Waterfront, Seattle, United States

Waterfront Park is an urban park along Seattle's downtown waterfront between two major piers, designed as a public gathering space with seating areas and views of Elliott Bay. The site is being completely reconstructed and will reopen with fresh amenities and public artworks integrated throughout its layout.

The waterfront here became central to Seattle's early trade when a Japanese freighter docked in 1896, beginning the city's commercial connections across the Pacific. Subsequent cargo vessels, including gold-laden steamships from Alaska, reinforced the area's importance as a shipping hub during the city's boom years.

The Waterfront Fountain near the picnic tables is made of cast and welded bronze cubes. Artist James FitzGerald left it unfinished at his death; his widow Margaret Tompkins worked with Terry Copple to complete it. During the September 2020 collapse of Pier 58 the central section holding the fountain fell into Elliott Bay; divers retrieved it, and it was restored with a new basin.

The park is currently under reconstruction and will have improved walkways and accessibility when it reopens to the public. Plan to visit once the work is complete to experience all the new features and renovated spaces.

The 18-foot jellyfish structure on the rebuilt triangular pier is a play feature, not a sculpture. The bronze Waterfront Fountain by James FitzGerald, retrieved by divers after the 2020 collapse, returned with a new basin. A Coast Salish work, Family by Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson, is planned for the promenade facing the park.