Description
It's tucked away, carved into a residential area on the southeast slope of Queen Anne Hill—a place you generally wouldn't go unless you lived there. It's a pristine patch of green, with a panoramic sweep of downtown, Lake Union, and the west side of Capitol Hill, and a view to the north on blue-sky days that goes all the way to Mount Baker. But what sets Bhy Kracke Park apart—it's named for Werner "Bhy" Kracke, who lived above the property for many years and came up with the idea to turn it into green space (he died before he could see his dream fulfilled)—and makes it the perfect urban pocket park is its verticality. Pass the bright flowers and descend a narrow, sinuous path that snakes through the trees and bushes, splitting halfway down to the bottom, where the payoff is a covered picnic space with a single table and a small playground.
