McGraw Square

McGraw Square is a small plaza and streetcar stop in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.

Richard E. Brooks was commissioned to sculpt a bronze statue of Governor McGraw, who had died in 1910, and unveiled the finished sculpture on July 22, 1913.

[5] In late 2010, the Seattle Department of Transportation expanded the plaza over a section of Westlake Avenue and incorporating the nearby South Lake Union Streetcar terminus at a cost of $900,000, paid by a mobility grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation.

[6] The new plaza, which is intended to host tables and food trucks, was opened to the public on February 9, 2011.

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