Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
VIRETTA PARK
PARK
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Just a little further southwest of Denny Blaine Park, you'll find the two-tiered
Viretta Park, from which you can see the mansion once owned by Nirvana's Kurt
Cobain and Courtney Love - it's the house on the north side of the benches. Cobain
took his life with a shotgun in the mansion's greenhouse in April 1994.
The greenhouse is long gone and Love no longer owns the house, but Nirvana fans
still make the pilgrimage to this small park to pay tribute and scribble messages on the
benches in the lower part of the park.
JAPANESE GARDEN
GARDENS
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206-684-4725; adult/senior & student $6/4;
10am-7pm Apr-Sep, to dusk Oct-Mar;
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At the southern edge of Washington Park Arboretum, this 3.5-acre formal garden has
koi pools, waterfalls, a teahouse and manicured plantings. Granite for the garden's
sculptures was laboriously dragged in from the Cascades. Tea-ceremony demonstra-
tions are frequently available. Call for a schedule.
HOWELL PARK
PARK
Just south of Viretta Park is a small beachfront called Howell Park. It is usually less
crowded due to the lack of parking. If you're on foot, look for a small sign and trail-
head that leads to the beach.
