Courtesy of Slog tipper Dan:
While looking for an address in Queen Anne, I noticed this surprising park name. Man, I think either the Chinese have hacked google maps or Seattle Parks and Rec is up to somethin fishy!I wonder if the Marion Barry Botanical Gardens are nearby....
How the park got its name, according to the Olympian:
Tom Sawyerâs phrase âby-cracky, Huckâ was so enjoyed by Werner H. Kracke that it became his slightly-adjusted nickname (Bhy Kracke). He wanted his garden and future park to be a miniature Butchart Garden, but he died on a cruise ship before the pocket park was created, gracefully tucked into a steep hillside with views of Lake Union, Capitol Hill and central Seattle.
And here's a city press release from 1974âthey sure "liked" their "unnecessary" quotation marks "back then"âto confirm.
