Westlake Park is a public
plaza in
downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Extending east from 4th Avenue up to and including a former portion of Westlake Avenue between Pike and Pine Streets, it is across Pine Street from the
Westlake Center shopping mall, which is the southern terminus of the
Seattle Center Monorail and the northern terminus of the
Central Link light rail. The park and mall are named for Westlake Avenue, which now terminates north of the mall, but once ran two blocks farther south to Pike Street through the present site of the mall and park. Westlake Park is considered Seattle's "
town square" and celebrities and political figures often make appearances or give speeches from the four-story shopping center's balcony.