Recent News


Building the Fabric of Community for North Rainier Park in Seattle

6/23/22

Osborn Consulting is honored to contribute to the community of North Rainier by designing its new local park! Since our last update in October, the project has progressed at lightning speed. We’ve worked with Parks to integrate the two parcels north of the original site (increasing the site to 1.3 acres), shifted the basketball court
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North Rainier Landbanked Site Park

3/3/22

Location: Seattle, WA Owner: Seattle Parks & Recreation  OCI is designing a new 1.3 acre park in the North Rainier neighborhood of Seattle to provide critical open space near a commercial corridor, several multi-family developments, including senior and low-income housing, and single-family homes. OCI has led a robust public involvement process, including outreach in eight languages
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Virgil Flaim Park

3/3/22

Location: Seattle, WA Owner: Seattle Parks & Recreation  Tucked into a quiet neighborhood, Virgil Flaim Park in Lake City features a playground, picnic areas, paths and a multipurpose field. OCI landscape architects designed amenities for a 7,500 sf skatespot for all ages and abilities, a basketball court, viewing areas with seating, pathways, and plantings. The stormwater
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Alice Ball Park & Celebrating Black History Month

2/24/22

The City of Seattle honored Alice Augusta Ball by dedicating a new park, adjacent to the Greenwood Library, to her name – “Alice Ball Park,” which OCI landscape architects had the honor of designing in 2019. Located on a site formerly inhabited by drive-up businesses and asphalt parking, the small but mighty Alice Ball Park
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OCI Fritz Hedges Waterway Park

2/5/16

OCI worked with Walker Macy to design a new City of Seattle park on Portage Bay that will open in 2018. OCI engineers provided civil engineering for the design that includes a kayak storage area, restrooms, terraced seating areas, piers, and beach access. OCI was excited to have the opportunity to work with the design
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