The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair Sixty summers ago, my sisters and I held up “Welcome to Seattle” signs from the back of my parent’s car when we saw out-of-state plates...my grandma turned her house on Queen Anne Hill into an impromptu B&B...my grandpa treated seven-year-old me to a fancy order of Belgium waffles...and little Ricky learned that our world is a playground. It’s the 60th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair...and that has me thinking about the random events in a person’s life that

2K views · 42 reactions | Coming soon on PBS and KCTS 9: 10 Parks that Changed America, featuring 2 parks from Seattle Parks and Recreation, Gas Works Park and Freeway Park! Thaisa Way, landscape historian from the University of Washington advised on the show and helped ensure that the parks selected "transformed the public imagination," reports Linda Daley of AHBE Lab. Watch April 12 at 8pm on KCTS 9 TV! | Cascade PBS | Facebook