Among the people who participated in the vigil at one point or another were former congressman and future governor Mike Lowry, then-city-councilperson Sue Donaldson, 1960s icon Timothy Leary, and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
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Gas Works Park has been a setting for films, such as Singles and 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Udo Weilacher: Syntax of Landscape. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser Publisher 2008.
Richard Haag’s Gas Works Park in Seattle was an important predecessor to the Landschaftspark.
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Major annual events in the neighborhood include the Wallingford Kiddie Parade as part of Seafair, the Wallingford Wurst Festival run by St Benedict's Church, and the Family Fourth fireworks show at Gas Works Park.