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Goose Hill799 viewsKite Hill got its name because it was a good place to fly kites from, but it should be renamed Goose Hill because the Canada geese have taken it over.
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Aurora Avenue Bridge776 viewsAurora Avenue is Highway US 99, which also passes very near our B&B in Edmonds away to the north.
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Canada Geese753 viewsThese geese are the same ones who show up on the golf course near our house in the fall and spring. The one in front is George, the next one is Georgia, the third is Geoff, then Glenda, and so on.
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Queen Anne Hill738 viewsThe hill is 456 feet high, the second highest point in Seattle, and contains a number of steep streets and pedestrian staircases; it also hosts 3 TV towers..
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City of Waterways714 viewsThis busy waterway is a part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal known as the Fremont Cut. The Canal enables water transport from Puget Sound to (surprise!) Lake Washington, via Lake Union..
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Capitol Hill712 viewsTo the left (east) of downtown is the Capitol Hill district, a hilly, densely populated area which is a center of entertainment and nightlife, and also of Seattle's LGBTQ community.
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Reclamation711 viewsBy the time the Gas Works shut down in 1956, this site was a toxic hellhole. Advanced bioremediation methods were used to clean it up and turn it into a public park, which opened in 1973. The gas plant was left intact as a museum piece.
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Seattle Gas Works695 viewsThe Seattle Gas LIght company built this plant in 1906 and operated it until 1956, using coal and oil gasification technology..
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Space Needle689 viewsJust to the left of center in the picture you can see the Needle, which proudly towers over the southern section of the Queen Anne District.
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Eastlake District688 viewsA view of the eastern shore of Lake Union from Kite Hill. The large white structure at center near the top of the hill, is St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral.
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Dominant Species686 viewsThe geese ignore the humans, whom they clearly regard as an inferior species, unworthy of their attention.
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Nick and Jane on Kite Hill668 viewsI caught Nick and Jane as they were climbing Kite Hill and shot them against the background of the Aurora Avenue Bridge.
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