Seattle is proposing major changes at Gas Works Park to prevent dangerous climbing on the historic Cracking Towers. The plan would remove ladders, catwalks and other climbable parts after decades of ...

SEATTLE — Attorneys representing the family of 15-year-old Mattheis Johnson, who died after falling from a structure at Gas Works Park in July, say they intend to pursue legal action against the city ...

Changes to Seattle’s Gas Works Park could be on the horizon following several deadly falls from climbing the structure. Seattle officials met earlier this week to consider whether to remove all of the ...

SEATTLE — For over 90 years, Seattle's Gas Works Park and its iconic cracking towers have been a defining feature of the city's skyline. However, a debate over historic preservation versus public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Changes could be coming to Seattle’s Gas Works Park. City officials are considering removing climbable features from the park’s ...

Seattle's landmarks board blocked a plan Wednesday to remove ladders and catwalks from the towers at Gas Works Park — a change that park officials argued could have reduced dangerous climbing. The big ...

SEATTLE — A Seattle law firm is reviewing safety protocols at Gas Works Park after a 15-year-old Ballard High School student fell 50 feet to his death earlier this month. Mattheis Johnson was killed ...

This fall, not for the first time, Seattle families, parks officials and preservationists are quarreling over what to do about the increasingly deadly cracking towers that define historic Gas Works ...

Washington's Department of Ecology is going to answer questions about cleanup efforts at Seattle's Gas Works Park during a public meeting Wednesday night, June 28. Gas Works Park sits at the north ...