The original Burke Gilman trail connected Gas Works Park and Tracy Owen Station in Kenmore 12.1 miles away. The trail was formerly owned by Burlington Northerner Railroad and was abandon in 1971 a citizen group launched a campaign to acquire the abandon railroad tracks and turn it into a non-motorized public biking and walking trail. After some opposition from residents living around the trail was overcome the City of Seattle and the University of Washington go developed the original 12.1 mile route from Gas Works Park to Tracy Owen station Most of the original trail that follows the west … (2 comments)
seattle neigborhoods: Merlins Return to the N'Hood
- 02/07/11 10:55 AM
For the last several weeks since I've noticed and heard the return of the Merlin Falcons to the Victory Heights and Pinehurst neighborhoods in northeast Seattle. This is the fourth year in a row the Merlins have chosen this area to breed. The first year they nested in a large Norwegian Pine in my front yard in Victory Heights. I wasn't sure what kind of birds they were until several bird-watchers showed up early one morning with folding chairs and a thermos. The bird enthusiasts, Barb and Kim, let me know that this was the first confirmed nesting of Merlin … (0 comments)
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