Opinion
Seattle Street Ends: South Lake Union
Today, John Feit’s Shoreline Street End series visits South Lake Union. In previous posts, he’s explored street end park spaces all over the city, often hidden gems.
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Seattle Street Ends: Portage Bay
John Feit’s street end tour visits four “incredible ready-to-visit spots on Union and Portage Bay.” These pocket parks make the most of spare public shoreline right of way.
Commentary
Seattle Street Ends: South Ship Canal
Eleven “Street Ends” along the south shore of Salmon Bay and the Fremont Cut offer great recreational opportunities. SDOT and volunteers from Friends of Street Ends work to maintain and expand these mini parks.
Environment & Sustainability
Seattle Street Ends: West Seattle to South Park
Today we get to talk about fourteen incredible ready-to-visit street ends beginning in West Seattle and ending in South Park, plus a lovely waterfront park owned by the Port of Seattle. In previous posts, we have looked at street ends around West Seattle, from Ballard to Fremont, then continuing from
Architecture
Exploring Industry and Nature on the Duwamish
As a volunteer with Friends of Street Ends, a group that works to open and enhance Seattle’s shoreline street ends for public access, I had the opportunity to tour the Duwamish Waterway in July, where one dozen street ends abut the shoreline. A centerpiece of Seattle’s industrial heritage,
Civics and Culture
Seattle Street Ends: Fremont to the University Along Lake Union and Portage Bay
This article is the third in a series detailing Seattle Street Ends, or the hundreds of different places across the city where streets encounter a body of water. Bounded and divided by numerous fresh and salt bodies of water, Seattle has almost as many occurrences as there are east-west and
Civics and Culture
The Top 10 Street Ends of Ballard and Fremont
As previously written, Seattle has 141 Street End shoreline points. A great sampler is accessed by foot or bicycle from the Burke-Gilman Trail (BGT) which provides a great wayfinding route. Along your journey, you will be rewarded with outstanding views of Seattle’s vibrant maritime heritage. Street End 149 Street
Civics and Culture
The Top 10 Street Ends of West Seattle
Since Seattle is bounded and divided by numerous fresh and salt bodies of water, the city has what are colloquially known as Street Ends: those streets that end when they encounter a waterbody and are unable to continue. There are hundreds of such occurrences–almost as many as there are
Lidding I-5
Klyde Warren Park: Experiencing the Gold Standard for Freeway Lids
An important part of my advocacy for lidding Interstate 5 includes letting folks know about successful lid projects around the country. Lid I-5’s co-chair Scott Bonjukian often refers to Dallas’s Klyde Warren Park (KWP) as the gold standard of freeway lid parks. After a brief visit this past