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Sal’s stories

SR-522, Seattle to Monroe

9 stories · 7 min
SeattleMonroe

Capitol Hill to University District

1 story · 1 min
Lake Union (Lake)
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Lake Union (Lake)
A freshwater lake inside Seattle, carved by the Vashon glacier and joined to Puget Sound by the ship canal.
45 s

University District to Green Lake

1 story · 1 min
Ravenna Creek (Stream)
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Ravenna Creek (Stream)
A Seattle creek daylighted through Ravenna and Cowen Parks, reconnected to Lake Washington in 2006.
60 s

Green Lake to Lake City

2 stories · 2 min
20th Avenue NE Bridge
Place
20th Avenue NE Bridge
A 1913 steel lattice-arched bridge over a Ravenna Park ravine, closed to cars since 1975 and open to pedestrians and cyclists.
62 s
SR-522 — Green Lake to Lake City
Stretch
SR-522 — Green Lake to Lake City
A highway from Seattle along Lake Washington, first built as a brick road to Bothell.
61 s

Lake City to Lake Forest Park

1 story · 1 min
Saint Edward Seminary
Place
Saint Edward Seminary
That grand old seminary trained young men for the priesthood from 1931, sat unused for years, and reopened in 2021 as a state-park lodge.
21 s

Lake Forest Park to Wayne

1 story · 1 min
Log Boom Park
Place
Log Boom Park
That 600-foot pier was built over original pilings from the days when loggers anchored log booms along the Kenmore shore.
51 s

Wayne to Woodinville Junction

1 story · 1 min
Brackett's Landing
Place
Brackett's Landing
A Bothell riverside park sharing its name with George Brackett's 1877 logging landing and steamboat dock.
53 s

Woodinville Junction to Maltby

1 story · 1 min
Hollywood district name
Place
Hollywood district name
Hollywood was the logging town of Derby until 1911 — renamed at a lumber baron's urging, said to be for his holly trees.
15 s

Maltby to Cathcart

Eastbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.

Cathcart to Monroe

1 story · 1 min
Snoqualmie River (Stream)
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Snoqualmie River (Stream)
The Snoqualmie River runs 45 miles through Washington, gathering three forks before Snoqualmie Falls.
60 s

Cathcart to Monroe

1 story · 1 min
Snoqualmie River (Stream)
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Snoqualmie River (Stream)
The Snoqualmie River runs 45 miles through Washington, gathering three forks before Snoqualmie Falls.
60 s

Maltby to Cathcart

Westbound · not yet recorded
Nothing recorded here yet.

Woodinville Junction to Maltby

1 story · 1 min
Hollywood district name
Place
Hollywood district name
Hollywood was the logging town of Derby until 1911 — renamed at a lumber baron's urging, said to be for his holly trees.
15 s

Wayne to Woodinville Junction

1 story · 1 min
Brackett's Landing
Place
Brackett's Landing
A Bothell riverside park sharing its name with George Brackett's 1877 logging landing and steamboat dock.
53 s

Lake Forest Park to Wayne

1 story · 1 min
Log Boom Park
Place
Log Boom Park
That 600-foot pier was built over original pilings from the days when loggers anchored log booms along the Kenmore shore.
51 s

Lake City to Lake Forest Park

1 story · 1 min
Saint Edward Seminary
Place
Saint Edward Seminary
That grand old seminary trained young men for the priesthood from 1931, sat unused for years, and reopened in 2021 as a state-park lodge.
21 s

Green Lake to Lake City

2 stories · 2 min
20th Avenue NE Bridge
Place
20th Avenue NE Bridge
A 1913 steel lattice-arched bridge over a Ravenna Park ravine, closed to cars since 1975 and open to pedestrians and cyclists.
62 s
SR-522 — Green Lake to Lake City
Stretch
SR-522 — Green Lake to Lake City
A highway from Seattle along Lake Washington, first built as a brick road to Bothell.
61 s

University District to Green Lake

1 story · 1 min
Ravenna Creek (Stream)
View
Ravenna Creek (Stream)
A Seattle creek daylighted through Ravenna and Cowen Parks, reconnected to Lake Washington in 2006.
60 s

Capitol Hill to University District

1 story · 1 min
Lake Union (Lake)
View
Lake Union (Lake)
A freshwater lake inside Seattle, carved by the Vashon glacier and joined to Puget Sound by the ship canal.
45 s
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