Victor Steinbrueck Park

Summer is the time to hit local parks and enjoy the best weather in the country! Victor Steinbrueck is known for saving the Pike Place Market when it was in disrepair and underutilized. Lesser known he was instrumental in the preservation of Pioneer Square Historic District. Steinbrueck also left his mark on .8 acres of waterfront that housed a National Guard Armory at the foot of the Market. The land was given to the city in 1968 and was turned over to the Seattle Parks Dept in 1970 making Market Park. It was named for him after his death in 1985.