Spokane Freeway Latah Creek Bridge to Helena Street Circa 1965

ID: 826
This file appears in: Making Way for the Freeway: Liberty Park

Image from the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, Spokane City Hall, Spokane, WA.

This file appears in: Making Way for the Freeway: Liberty Park

By Tracy L. Rebstock
Decline of the old Liberty Park began in the 1950s when the Spokane Park Board decided to fill in the pond for health reasons. In 1952 the city decided to dump nonburnable waste into the depression left by the pond and finally in 1956 plans for the…