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Aurora Avenue Bridge309 viewsAurora Avenue is Highway US 99, which also passes very near our B&B in Edmonds away to the north.
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Goose Hill302 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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Canada Geese294 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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City of Waterways283 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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Nick and Jane on Kite Hill272 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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Eastlake District263 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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Seattle Gas Works263 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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Queen Anne District261 viewsThe northern section of Queen Anne, as seen across Union Lake from Kite Hill in the Gas Works Park. Queen Anne Hill and District take their name from the fact that many of the houses built in the late 19th and early 20th century were in the Queen Anne style, a variant of Victorian. (The name refers to the British queen who reigned from 1702 to 1714, though the style actually has nothing to do with her or her time.)
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Dominant Species260 viewsThe geese ignore the humans, whom they clearly regard as an inferior species, unworthy of their attention.
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Capitol Hill252 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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Queen Anne Hill242 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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Downtown Seattle236 viewsAs seen across Lake Union from the Gas Works Park. On the shoreline, in the center, is the Museum of History and Industry (Mohai).
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