New Cross Kirkland Corridor Pavilion Would Honor Rail History

KIRKLAND, WA — The Kirkland Rotary Club and the city of Kirkland may team up to build a new picnic pavilion along the Cross-Kirkland Corridor that would highlight the area's railroad history.

At the Tuesday meeting, City Council will consider a plan to build a pavilion near Railroad Avenue and Kirkland Avenue just west of the downtown area. The Kirkland Rotary wants the pavilion to highlight a former rail depot that stood on that site until the mid-1970s.

"The centerpiece of the Rotary’s project is a proposed picnic pavilion with picnic tables and illustrated signage describing the railroad’s history in Kirkland. Also proposed are photographs of trains and of the two structures that stood successively on the site between 1912 and 1974. The proposal includes a 60-foot section of original rails, a native plants area displaying the original vegetation along the Corridor, a railroad signal from the CKC, and a split-rail fence along the street border," city documents describe.

Read more about the plans here.