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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park

January 12, 2011
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Location: South Seattle
Address: 2200 Martin Luther King Way S.
Acreage: 4.3

What great timing that I get to write about this park the week leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday.

This four-plus-acre park in South Seattle was built in the early […]

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Benefit Playground

May 24, 2010
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Location: South Seattle
Address: 9320 38th Ave. S.
Acreage: 2.2

Head south from the small commercial district on Beacon Ave. and you’ll run into Benefit Playground. Among its many benefits–okay, assets!–are a fun playground and some paths.

On the day I visited, seven 13 […]

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Warren G. Magnuson Park

Location: Northeast Seattle
Address: 7400 Sand Point Way N.E.
Acreage: 320

Warren G. Magnuson Park is one of Seattle’s biggest parks. Only Discovery Park at more than 500 acres and Green Lake Park (by a hair) are bigger than this 320-acre waterfront park in northeast […]

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Gerber Park

April 23, 2010
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: Martin Luther King Jr. Way and E. Cherry St.
Acreage: 0.16

Gerber Park stretches alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle’s Central District and catches the eye of passing drivers with its interesting mosaic pillars.

Local kids built the eight structures […]

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