Occidental Park
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox park Occidental Park, also referred to as Occidental Square (north of S. Main Street) and Occidental Mall (south of S. Main Street), is a 0.6 acre (2,400 m2) public park located in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle, Washington.
Description and history
Created in 1971, the park consists of the Occidental Avenue S. right-of-way between S. Washington and S. Jackson Streets, in addition to half a city block between S. Main and S. Jackson Streets. It is the site of the former Carrollton Hotel, run by a Japanese American family and described in Monica Sone's memoir Nisei Daughter, which was demolished in 1956.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The former Waterfront Streetcar bisected the park, running along S. Main Street. The park is in the heart of Seattle's largest art gallery district, and several galleries face onto Occidental Mall. The Downtown Seattle Association began "activating" the park with summertime seating and activities in 2015 under a public–private partnership, also bringing events to be hosted in the park.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Occidental Park is the starting point for the "March to the Match", a five-block parade of Seattle Sounders FC soccer fans led by the Emerald City Supporters to Lumen Field prior to each home game.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The park is also used for a weekly farmers' market and seasonal events managed by the Downtown Seattle Association.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The Fallen Firefighters Memorial is a bronze sculpture group by Hai Ying Wu.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was inspired by the deaths of four Seattle firefighters who died January 5, 1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> fighting a fire in the Mary Pang warehouse in Seattle's International District.<ref>Casey McNerthney, Wednesday marks anniversary of deadly Seattle fire Template:Webarchive, Seattle 911 — A Police and Crime Blog, seattlepi.com, 5 January 2011. Accessed 5 January 2011.</ref>
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