Walt Hundley Playfield Naming Celebration: 2 Ex-Mayors, and More

THE FOLLOWING IS FROM 9/18/10 WEST SEATTLE BLOG. You can read the entire story, and view video clips of speakers at:

http://westseattleblog.com/2010/09/walt-hundley-playfield-naming-celebration-2-ex-mayors-and-more


Today’s semi-surprise sunshine ended right before the speeches concluded at this afternoon’s Seattle Parks celebration in honor of the newly named Walt Hundley Playfield by High Point Community Center. But the event continued with the cheery atmosphere of a family-and-friends reunion – which it was, with dozens of people on hand in addition to the official participants shown above – from left, Mr. Hundley’s son Evan, former mayors Wes Uhlman (1969-78) and Charley Royer (1978-90), former Parks superintendent Ken Bounds, Mr. Hundley’s son David, acting Parks superintendent Christopher Williams, and former Parks finance director Curt Green. Mr. Hundley had held other city roles, including budget director, and Uhlman recalled appointing him to the job in which he made history, serving 1977-88 as the city’s first African-American parks superintendent.