The Pinehurst Playfield and Shelter House is owned by the Seattle Parks Department and is located on 14th Avenue NE between NE 120th and 123rd Streets.
Urban Sparks is sponsoring the renovation of Pinehurst Shelter House. The shelter is located adjacent to Pinehurst Playfield that includes play equipment for young children, a basketball court for teens, and a lower-level baseball diamond. Completed in 2005, a group of Pinehurst residents raised the funds for a complete remodel of the playfield. Since that time the Friends of Pinehurst Shelter House (Shelter Friends) formed for the express purpose of renovating the shelter for a civic center for the Pinehurst Community Council and a community event space. Currently, the highest and only use of the shelter is for a summer teen program sponsored by the Meadowbrook Community Center.
Pelletier+Sharr is the architectural firm hired to design the improvements. The planned improvements include applying a decorative cement treatment to the floors; new lighting and doors; replacing the windows, upgrading the bathrooms, installing a food preparation area and heating system, and installing a gas fireplace. The Shelter Friends plan to install three art projects including an artistic stone or brick treatment to the floor-to-ceiling fireplace, an art project hung from the vaulted ceiling, and an art project on the patio in front of the building. New windows will be installed in the front of the building that will provide a view from the shelter to the playfield.
This is an important opportunity to create a civic center to hold community meetings and serve as event space for our growing community. Our collaborating partners include the Department of Neighborhoods, Parks Department, Pinehurst Community Council, and our fiscal sponsors Urban Sparks and Lake City Chamber of Commerce.
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