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Seattle Waterfront’s Pier 58 slated to open spring 2025

Equipped with a marine-themed playground, tree grove, fountain, and plaza, Pier 58’s rebuild is bringing a whole new community gathering space to Seattle’s Waterfront.

An image on the left reflects a rendering for Pier 58's design. An image on the left is an aerial photo of Pier 58 as it exists now mid-construction. Main similarities include the shape of the pier, the jellyfish playground structure, a main plaza area in the center, and section off space on the right for the elevated lawn. The current photo does not yet show a planned tree grove and planted grass for the lawn, as depicted in the rendering.

Major updates include the construction of Pier 58’s playground + the groundwork for a tree grove and elevated lawn, with plantings to come at a later date.

Rendering via City of Seattle, Photo by Tim Rice

Seattle Waterfront’s much-anticipated Pier 58 has been making strides since it first broke ground in 2022. Beached between the Seattle Aquarium and Miner’s Landing, the pier’s rebuild and redesign aims to reshape how people interact and experience Seattle’s new waterfront.

Ready for a whale of a time? Here are some of Pier 58’s newest features:

A structure resembling a jellyfish is comprised of playground materials like a netted bridge for climbing, ladders, a slide, and more. All of it rests on tar-like flooring, with high rise downtown buildings in the background.

Climbing walls and rope features will connect to Pier 58’s jellyfish playground structure.

Photo via Seattle Parks and Rec

The playground

Designed using community feedback, the new playground structures merge three initial concepts presented by locals: pier piles, waves, and sea creatures. The pièce de résistance is the playground’s 25-ft tall, jellyfish-shaped climbing tower, flanked by an 18-ft slide, crab wobble boards, and a “kelp forest.”

In addition to its artistic elements, the play area accommodates wheelchair navigation and includes accessible interactive features around the main jellyfish structure.

Neighboring benches offer parents chaperoning visibility and views of Elliott Bay — and on a clear day, the Olympic mountain range.

A rendering of a modern, boxy structure is Pier 58's design plan for public restrooms. A photo next to the rendering shows current construction progress on the frame of the structure.

Installation of Pier 58’s restroom frame is complete, now moving onto structure completion + utilities.

Rendering and photo via Seattle Parks and Rec

Community amenities

Aside from the playground, a communal area for all ages will include the following features:

  • Permanently installed benches
  • A tree grove dividing the pier from Alaskan Way traffic
  • A landscaped, elevated lawn
  • Plaza space between the play area and lawn
  • A restored version of the Fitzgerald Fountain (which went overboard when the original pier collapsed)
  • Public restrooms with six all-gender stalls just across from the pier

Come spring of 2025, Pier 58 will open to the public along with new park promenade bike lanes, art installations by Puyallup Artist Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson, and a series of Waterfront Park Grand Opening celebration events.

It’s shore to be a good time.... sea what we did there? Sorry, we couldn’t kelp ourselves. It’s over-krill at this point.

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