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Westlake Square

December 27, 2011
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: 1900 Westlake Ave.
Acreage: 0.01

Now, we aren’t talking about Westlake Park, perhaps Seattle’s most heavily trafficked park that sits in front of Westlake Mall and hosts lots of holiday activities and its fair share of protesters.

No, this is that […]

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McGraw Square

December 22, 2011
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: Stewart St. and Westlake Ave. N.
Acreage: 0.01

It’s hard to believe that Seattle once had only four police officers. John H. McGraw was one of them back in the late 1800s, and McGraw Square in the middle of downtown Seattle is […]

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Union Station Square

June 30, 2011
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: Jackson St. and 3rd Ave. S.
Acreage: 0.04

You might think of Union Station Square (which strangely is not directly in front of Union Station) as the urban park with the weird stools.

But, next time you pass through this part of Pioneer […]

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Victor Steinbrueck Park

December 7, 2010
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Location: Downtown Seattle
Address: 2001 Western Ave.
Acreage: 0.8

I learned a new vocabulary word writing this post. Busking: the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities. Buskers may also be known as street performers, street musicians, minstrels or troubadours. (Wikipedia)

I took an […]

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