Tag: interlaken
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Thorness: Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Lake Washington Bike Path
The Lake Washington Bike Path turns 125 this year! Or it would if it weren’t torn up in 1905 to build Interlaken Boulevard. Bill Thorness, author of “Cycling the Pacific Coast” and “Biking Puget Sound,” wrote a story for the Seattle Times about the history of the old path. Thorness also spoke with yours truly…
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Watch: Searching for the 125-year-old Interlaken bike path
In 1896, Seattle city crews and a group of volunteers worked together to build a bike path from downtown to Lake Washington. They made it quickly, following the terrain around the north end of Capitol Hill to find the easiest route. They cleared the skinny path and dug as needed to make it mostly flat,…
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Reminder: 520 Bridge meeting Thursday will discuss future Roanoke Lid
A community meeting Thursday will discuss plans for the Roanoke lid of the planned (but $2 billion-lacking) 520 Bridge replacement project. The meeting will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Montlake Community Center. Though the bridge plans do not currently include a biking and walking trail across Portage Bay (which is crazy), the…
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