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Calkins Landing

December 5, 2016
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Location: Mercer Island
Address: S.E. 28th St. & 60th Ave. S.E.
Acreage: approx. 0.08

The most newly spruced up in a series of Mercer Island waterfront street ends, Calkins Landing is a fantastic small public space.

A paved path curving like a snake through the […]

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Slater Park

November 28, 2016
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Location: Mercer Island
Address: 2835 60th Pl. S.E.
Acreage: approx. 0.5

Just a half-block north of Garfield Landing, another street end park in Mercer Island, you’ll find Slater Park.

More developed than most of the other street ends on the western side of the […]

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Garfield Landing

November 21, 2016
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Location: Mercer Island
Address: S.E. 30th St. & 60th Ave. S.E.
Acreage: approx. 0.07

Garfield Landing feels even a little more private and special than the previous street ends I wrote about as I’ve been exploring Mercer Island’s waterfront parks.

Here, tall trees […]

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Proctor Landing

November 17, 2016
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Location: Mercer Island
Address: S.E. 32nd St. & 60th Ave. S.E.
Acreage: approx. 0.15

I’ve been checking out waterfront street ends on Mercer Island lately, and Proctor Landing is a pleasant discovery.

Unlike most other street ends I’ve come across, this one has […]

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