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Seattle Parks

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Seattle Sticks to No-Sugary Snack Plan for Parks

    ​One of the many weaknesses in my tennis game - in addition to my forehand, backhand and serve - is my inability to show up for a match with a Thermos-full of water. I'm invariably scampering to the clubhouse by the second set, looking for a supplementary beverage. I tend to drink whatever's b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Reader: The Real Ugliest Statues in Seattle

    Gollum on the high seas and clowns. It's like someone sculpted my nightmares.​Readers pParkerT and E! have alternate selections for The Ugliest Statue in Seattle. "no, no, no and no. The ugliest statue in Seattle is the Christopher Columbus statue near the Seattle Aquarium on the waterfront. ... More >>

  • Diversions

    February 10, 2010

    A Hug? Not When Anger's All She's Got

    Gollum on the high seas and clowns. It's like someone sculpted my nightmares.​Readers pParkerT and E! have alternate selections for The Ugliest Statue in Seattle. "no, no, no and no. The ugliest statue in Seattle is the Christopher Columbus statue near the Seattle Aquarium on the waterfront. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Queen Anne's Counterbalance Park Defaced by Highly Resourceful, Aesthetically Unimaginative Morons

    ​Tagging's cool, we all know that. And at a time when the city is literally laying off hundreds of people, and services are being cut everywhere, it's nice to know that Seattle Parks gets to blow part of its meager budget trying to clean up after the assholes who tagged Counterbalance Park on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    McGinn Gets Union Support

    ​As the clear gonna-build-a-tunnel-and-guarantee-a-ton-of-union-jobs (catchy, right?), Average Joe Mallahan has managed to make himself the favored candidate of both business and labor this election season. UNTIL NOW. In an e-mail this morning, Local 21 of the United Food and Commercial Worke ... More >>

  • News

    January 16, 2008

    The New S.L.U.T. Needs a Name

    What would you call South Lake Union's planned trail?

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    Walk the S.L.U.T.

    What would you call South Lake Union's planned trail?

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Luminaria Walk

    Candlelight: flattering, even for ducks

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Planning A Picnic In The Park Can Be No Picnic

    Candlelight: flattering, even for ducks

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    A Parks Lesson Learned

    A citizen, the city, a corporation, and a sound decision.

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    Bigfoots Run the World

    Sept. 21-27, 2005

  • News

    September 14, 2005

    Boats, Boobs, Boomerangs

    Sept. 14-20, 2005

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Inaugural Ball and Chain

    Jan. 19-25, 2005.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Why now?

    The city's ambitious construction program of new libraries, community centers, and parks proceeds despite recession.

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Bitter brew

    Starbucks corporate culture grows even more acrid.

  • News

    July 19, 2000

    Best City Life

    Best of Seattle, 2000

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Blooming hell

    Thanks to runaway development, toxic algae is killing local lakes again. Here's one way to stop it.

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    The Landscape of Dead White Males

    Some say Olmsted's Seattle park designs improved God's handiwork. Now it's time to improve on Olmsted's.

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