Westlake Square

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{{Infobox park

| name = Westlake Square

| photo = South Lake Union Streetcar approaches Stewart Street.jpg

| photo_caption = Pedestrian in Westlake Square watching South Lake Union Streetcar in 2010

| location = Seattle, Washington
Bounded by Westlake, 6th and Stewart

| coords = {{coord|47.6136|-122.3373|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}

| area = {{convert|0.01|acre|m2|adj=on}}

| created = 1917 (as streetcar stop)

| operator = Seattle Parks and Recreation

| status =

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File:Comfort station at Westlake and Stewart, 1917.gif

File:Westlake comfort station, 1917.gif

Westlake Square is a {{convert|0.01|acre|adj=on}} park in Seattle, Washington,{{citation|url=http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?id=334|title=Westlake Square|publisher=Seattle Parks and Recreation|access-date=2013-12-29}} adjacent to Westin Seattle. It was formerly a combination streetcar stop and underground comfort station.{{citation|publisher=Seattle Office of the City Clerk|work=Municipal archives photo collection—Don Sherwood Parks History Collection|title=Item 30694: Westlake Square, underground men's restroom demolished and filled in 1964|url=http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=30694&S2=&S3=&l=100&Sect7=THUMBON&Sect6=HITOFF&Sect5=PHOT1&Sect4=AND&Sect3=PLURON&d=PHO2&p=1&u=%2F%7Epublic%2Fphot1.htm&r=1&f=G|access-date=2017-10-04}}. Annotated photo from September 18, 1917. The former comfort station was demolished and filled in 1964.{{citation|publisher=Seattle Office of the City Clerk|title=Item 1447: Comfort Station Westlake and Stewart|work=Municipal archives photo collection—Engineering Department Photographic Negatives|date=Sep 18, 1917}}

In 2010, Seattle Department of Transportation redeveloped Westlake Square and adjacent McGraw Square into a new plaza for the South Lake Union Streetcar.{{citation|title=Westlake Transportation Hub Strategy draft recommendations|publisher=Seattle Department of Transportation|url=http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/docs/WestlakeHubStrategyDraftRecommendations.pdf|access-date=2013-12-30}}{{citation|title=Westlake Streetcar Plaza/McGraw Square: City Opens New McGraw Square |publisher=Seattle Department of Transportation|date=February 9, 2011|url=http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/westlakehub_streetcarplaza.htm|access-date=2013-12-30}}