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Landmark or nuisance? Gas Works Park grapples with its industrial history

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Gas Works Park is a national landmark.  But it comes with danger– several people have been injured or killed climbing its towers.  Like 15-year-old Mattheis Johnson, who fell to his death while climbing this summer. A new lawsuit filed by the teen’s family is the latest effort to challenge the resistance to any changes to the structures.  We’ll hear more from New York Times Pacific Northwest Bureau Chief Anna Griffin.

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Hey good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. Gasworks is a national

0:49.4

landmark, but it comes with danger. Several people have been injured or killed climbing its towers,

0:55.9

like 15-year-old Matthias Johnson, who fell to his death while climbing this summer.

1:01.0

A new lawsuit filed by the teen's family is the latest effort to challenge the resistance

1:05.6

to any changes to the structures. We'll hear more from New York Times-Pacific Northwest Bureau

1:10.7

Chief Anna Griffin in a minute, but first let's get you caught up. to the structures. We'll hear more from New York Times Pacific Northwest Bureau Chief

1:11.0

Anna Griffin in a minute. But first, let's get you caught up. A flood watch remains in effect

1:20.3

from much of Western Washington through Thursday, and big-time snow is coming to the

1:25.3

Cascades, according to the National Weather Service.

1:28.3

A blizzard warning is in effect until this afternoon.

1:31.4

Up to 15 inches could fall at Snowqualmie Pass.

1:34.7

The weather service is predicting even more snow at Stevens Pass and on Mount Rainier and Mount Baker.

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