Ballard & Discovery Park - Seattle - page 361

Back on NW Market St, you'll see the Ballard Building MAP GOOGLE MAP
(2208 NW Market St) . Ballard's only major terra-cotta structure, it was built in the
1920s by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. It once held a community hospital and
now houses theBallard News-Tribune.
To reallygetBallard, you have to prise yourself away from its historic core and
digest a bit of its seafaring spirit. Continue west on NW Market St before veering
left on NW 54th St. Here you'll find the entrance to Hiram M Chittenden
Locks ( Click here ) , as much engineering marvel as waterside attraction, with an
interesting visitor center. Back outside the locks and its park, you can pick up the
western segment of the Burke-Gilman Trail and follow it to where the ship canal
opens out into Puget Sound. If hunger pangs attack, stop off at Ray's Boat-
house ( Click here ) for excellent seafood and equitable views. A little further is the
Ballard outpost of the Center on Contemporary Art ( Click here ) , a good place
to see what's current on the art scene. Pass Shilshole Bay Marina to the Burke-
Gilman's and this walk's end point, Golden Gardens Park ( Click here ) , with its
gorgeous sandy beach.