Queen Anne Boulevard Park Queen Anne Boulevard comprises many different streets as it curves and zigzags around the top of Queen Anne Hill, offering views in every direction. Although sidewalks come and go along the tree-lined streets, the boulevard is used by many pedestrians and runners.

History: "Enjoying success in their quest for thoroughfares, in 1906 the Queen Anne committee appeared before the Parks Board proposing the development of a scenic route at the top of the hill to be called Queen Anne Boulevard.

"Constructed between 1911 and 1916, the boulevard was the only route by which commercial vehicles could reach certain sections of Queen Anne Hill. Queen Anne residents were happy with the boulevard for a time, but by the 1930s the complaints began pouring in and have not stopped since…."

Excerpted from Queen Anne: Community on the Hill, published by Queen Anne Historical Society, 1993.

Wilcox Wall. The wall takes its name from the architect who designed it (Walter R. B. Wilcox). It was built as part of the work to create a Queen Anne Boulevard that would encircle the top of Queen Anne Hill and serve as an urban parkway for city dwellers to come up and enjoy. While the Boulevard was never completed many parts of it are still in use as popular strolling/jogging routes.

Parsons Memorial Gardens (1905), West of 618 W Highland Drive In 1956, the children of Reginald H. and Maude Parsons provided this 16,552 square foot garden to the city of Seattle in memory of their parents. The garden had been the eastern portion of the Parsons estate on W Highland Drive since 1905. On September 2, 1980, the garden was designated a Seattle Landmark.

Kerry Park, Highland Drive Kerry Park is 1.26 acres. According to a plaque on a wall in the park, "Kerry Park [was] given to the City in 1927 by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sperry Kerry, Sr., so that all who stop here may enjoy this view." That view encompasses downtown Seattle, , the peninsula, Bainbridge Island, and . Changing Form, a steel sculpture by artist Doris Totten Chase, stands 15 ft high in the middle of the park. Since installation in 1971, the sculpture has been popular among photographers using it to frame the Seattle skyline or Mt Rainier.