Parks Blog

Myrtle Reservoir Park

March 18, 2011
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Location: West Seattle
Address: S.W. Myrtle St. and 35th Ave. S.W.
Acreage: 3.5

Throughout Seattle, nearly every neighborhood has a monstrous above-ground water reservoir. A cool development by the Parks Department is the trend of moving these reservoirs underground, and thereby opening up large […]

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Nora’s Woods

March 15, 2011
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 720 29th Ave.
Acreage: 0.35

Just about the size of a large residential lot, Nora’s Woods is a secret wooded park near the Madrona neighborhood. Nora Wood and her husband Fran lived in Madrona and owned this undeveloped lot. Years later, community […]

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Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area

March 12, 2011
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 3525 E Terrace St.
Acreage: 3.23

I almost decided not to visit this mouthful of a park, thinking it would be an inaccessible ravine not really intended for visitors. So, I was pretty surprised when I detoured from my walk to give it […]

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Peppi’s Playground

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 3233 E. Spruce St.
Acreage: 2.3

This park has been around for several decades, but I was pleased to see that the playground structure at Peppi’s Playground appeared to be very new. This is a great park for young kids, especially in […]

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