Gasworks vandalized!

Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson Jul 5, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Gasworks vandalized! </h1>
                <h2><p>A group of teenage vandals hit Seattle's most iconic park last night, leaving swarms of empty beer cans and graffiti in their wake. An article on Q13Fox.com has some good photos of the destruction and the Seattle Times reports Seattle Parks and Recreation has dropped all other</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/berit-anderson-crosscut-com/">Berit Anderson</a></p> 
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            <p>A group of teenage vandals hit Seattle's most iconic park last night, leaving swarms of empty beer cans and graffiti in their wake. An <a href="http://q13fox.com/2014/07/29/yuck-group-of-boozing-teens-cover-gas-works-with-graffiti/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">article on Q13Fox.com</a> has some good photos of the destruction and the <a href="http://q13fox.com/2014/07/29/yuck-group-of-boozing-teens-cover-gas-works-with-graffiti/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times reports </a>Seattle Parks and Recreation has dropped all other painting projects to clean up the park. There's a certain cruel irony in the fact that, in the rest of the country, Gas Works is best known as the site of a massive paintball fight in the '90s teen flick "10 Things I Hate About You." Still, I'm guessing Parks workers aren't amused.  — B.A.</p>
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A group of teenage vandals hit Seattle's most iconic park last night, leaving swarms of empty beer cans and graffiti in their wake. An article on Q13Fox.com has some good photos of the destruction and the Seattle Times reports Seattle Parks and Recreation has dropped all other painting projects to clean up the park. There's a certain cruel irony in the fact that, in the rest of the country, Gas Works is best known as the site of a massive paintball fight in the '90s teen flick "10 Things I Hate About You." Still, I'm guessing Parks workers aren't amused. — B.A.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’