northwest seattle

Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp

February 26, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: 2301 N.E. Northlake Way
Acreage: 0.54

You’ll often spot a strange white vehicle entering and exiting Lake Union at the Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp just east of Gas Works Park. Ride the Ducks, the popular tourist attraction that every Seattle […]

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Gas Works Park

Location: North Seattle
Address: 2101 N. Northlake Way
Acreage: 19.1

I chose a day with the worst weather to visit one of the city’s best parks. At least I had it mostly to myself, which is quite a contrast to a sunny summer day. Not to […]

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Wallingford Steps

February 14, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: 3300 Wallingford Ave. N.
Acreage: 0.2

When a steep hillside dense with blackberries was developed into a staircase about 10 years ago, walkers and runners got a convenient shortcut between Wallingford Ave. and Gas Works Park. This also makes it much easier for […]

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Corliss Place & Keystone Place

February 10, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: 50th St. and Keystone Pl. N. and 57th St. and Keystone Pl. N.
Acreage: 0.15 and 0.22

Bored with the tired, crowded Green Lake loop? Here’s another walking option just a few blocks away that doesn’t have the lake views […]

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