Each fall, the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Seattle transforms into a landscape of color, candles and memory. Beneath papel picado banners that ripple in the wind, families gather at El Centro de la Raza to celebrate Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.

More than a hundred years ago, the Boston firm Olmsted Brothers built the gracefully curved boulevards and linked wooded parks that define Mt. Baker’s tranquil, old-world character.