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6th Avenue NW Pocket Park

June 7, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: 6th Ave. N.W. and N.W. 76th St.
Acreage: 0.21

You know when you see toys strewn about a small neighborhood park that it gets good use. I was happy when I saw that at 6th Avenue NW Pocket Park in Ballard […]

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Crescent Place

May 5, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: N. 75th St. and Orin Ct. N.
Acreage: 0.02

A strange rusted metal sculpture sticks up between a well-trimmed circular hedge in the middle of the tiny Crescent Place near Green Lake.

It looks like it has been keeping watch over that […]

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Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space

April 13, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: Linden Ave. N. and N. 143rd St.
Acreage: 2.9

Much of this open space isn’t accessible to the public due to the reservoir, but luckily when this park was renovated back in 2005 a nice walking trail was designed to skirt the […]

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Bitter Lake Playfield

Location: North Seattle
Address: 13035 Linden Ave. N
Acreage: 7.5

The Bitter Lake Playfield definitely feels a little worn… or well-loved if you’d rather put it that way. The playground has older equipment and the ballfield has seen many years of use.

But, the special […]

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