The Marginal Way skatepark is a local DIY project built with volunteer labor and contributions.   Its mission is to create a legal recreational facility for skateboarders in the City of Seattle.

The recent decisions by the City of Seattle and Seattle Center to tear down the legal skateparks in the city (Ballard Skatepark, Seaskate) and rebuild them at a later date motivated local skateboarders to begin construction on a small concrete skate area in the industrial SODO district.

The site, located under a highway on-ramp, was primarily used as transient campground and was littered with garbage, human waste and graffiti.   Clean up and construction in and around the area began in October 2004 with the approval of the surrounding businesses.

The Marginal Way skatepark was originally intended as a interim solution by the Seattle skateboard community to bridge the gap between the demolition and promised reconstruction of the two city skateparks.   However, the lack of legal facilities for the thousands of Seattle skateboarders remains an issue. Skateboarding, by recent estimates, is one the fastest growing recreational activities the US today and is enjoyed by millions of participants, yet the City of Seattle is destroying it's approved skateboarding facilities.

The Marginal Way project is currently navigating the City of Seattle's permitting process.  Please help save the Marginal Way skatepark.  We need your support.