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JULY, 2003
 
Vistas of Green: the Olmsted Legacy in the University Neighborhood
(ongoing through August 29th)
Suzzallo Library, University of Washington campus

In the spring of 1903, John Charles Olmsted, of the Olmsted Brothers firm
of Brookline, MA. and stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted, arrived to survey
the Seattle area and create a plan for open spaces in Seattle. This
exhibit celebrates the Centennial of the presentation of the Olmsted
Brothers "Comprehensive System of Parks and Parkways" to the Seattle Board
of Park Commissioners in 1903. Using materials from the Manuscripts,
Special Collections, University Archives (MSCUA) Division of the
Libraries, the display presents the contributions the Olmsted Brothers
made to the landscape of the University of Washington campus, and to the
parks in the University Neighborhood. Included in the exhibit are Ravenna
and Cowen Parks, the University campus, and the Washington Park Arboretum.

Location: "Vistas of Green" is currently on display in the exhibit room of the
Suzzallo Library on the University of Washington campus. The exhibit room
is just inside the main entrance to Suzzallo on the left. The exhibit
will be in place until August 29th, and may be viewed whenever the library
is open. Library hours and directions to the Suzzallo library are
available at 206/543-0242.

For more information:
Carla Rickerson at 206/543-1929 or crick@u.washington.edu
Youth in Focus: Reflecting Olmsted
Photography Exhibit-July 11-September 30

Student members of the Seattle-based nonprofit organization, Youth in Focus, will exhibit a collection of black and white photographs of Seattle's Olmsted parks this summer in celebration of the Olmsted Centennial. The photographs, taken by urban teens: Thuy Van, Megan Fredette, Gabiano Mabalay and Tiffany Renfro, explore contemporary images of locations such as Volunteer Park, Seward Park, Green Lake, the Arboretum and Mount Baker.

Members of the public who are interested in viewing this exhibit should check in with the front desk at the University House at Wallingford retirement residence upon arrival. Viewing hours are 9 AM-7 PM, seven days a week. The exhibit is free and no reservations are necessary. Detailed directions and information about extended viewing hours are available at 206-545-8400.

This exhibition is presented by University House at Wallingford in cooperation with Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks with generous support from the Norcliffe Foundation.

For more information contact:
Colleen Kiser
206-447-1181
ckiser@eracare.com.

Seattle Streetside Garden Contest - Summer 2003

This year streetside gardeners throughout the city will compete for
trophies in seven categories. Streetside gardening has particular
challenges and plant height requirements. Awards are presented in
September. Take a tour of the nominees in your neighborhood and pick
your favorite. All locations will be listed on the SDOT web site at:
http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/trafficcircles.htm

For further information, please call SDOT Urban Forestry 684-5008
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Seattle Art Tuesdays: Art Talk Lecture Series at Cal Anderson Park
July 8, 15, 29 and September 9
7pm in the new shelterhouse at Cal Anderson Park

Please join us for a series of four community-sponsored art talks which begin July 8th at the new Shelterhouse activity building in Cal Anderson Park. We'll be taking a refreshing look at a group of Northwest artists who worked among and around the better-known artists with an equal measure of passion and commitment.

Sometimes it seems that we hear about the same Seattle and Northwest artists over and over . . . and over and over. Come see and learn about the intriguing art of many OTHER gifted and powerful artists associated with Seattle and environs, past and present.

July 8, 7-8 p.m. - David Martin
Painted With Light: Northwest Pictorial Photography 1890-1930
The works of little-known Northwest photographers, many of them
women and Japanese-Americans, are explored. After years of
obscurity, they are being rediscovered nationally and internationally.

David Martin is the co-owner of Martin-Zambito Gallery at 721 E. Pike in the
Pike/Pine neighborhood. He developed a strong interest in regional art and
has become an expert on the subject. He has brought a revival of interest and
appreciation to many overlooked regional artists.

Location: The new Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse activity building is located on the northern border of the Bobby Morris Playfield in Cal Anderson Park (formerly Lincoln Reservoir Park), near the intersection of 11th Avenue and East Olive Street on Capitol Hill.

Seattle Art Tuesdays is sponsored by the Capitol Hill Stewardship Council, Groundswell Off Broadway, Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition, Capitol Hill Community Council, Capitol Hill Arts Committee and Seattle Parks and Recreation.

 
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Bicycle Saturday: Lake Washington Boulevard
Saturday, 10am - 6pm
Join with friends and neighbors at Seattle's largest playground for summer fun on Lake Washington Boulevard. Between 10am and 6pm, on designated Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer, Lake Washington Boulevard is closed to motorized traffic between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park.

Sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation

For more information visit the Parks and Recreation web page at http://www.seattle.gov/parks/Athletics/bikesatsun.htm

General Information: (206)684-4075
E-mail Parks: parksinfo@seattle.gov
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Walking Tour in Colman Park with Duse McLean and Joan Burton from their book: Urban Walks, 23 Walks through Seattle's Parks and Neighborhoods, published by Thistle Press

Sunday, July 13, 10:00 a.m.
Meet at the Colman Park parking lot, 1800 Lake Washington Blvd. So.

Join authors Duse McLean and Joan Burton on one of their free monthly walks from their book Urban Walks. The book includes 23 self-guided walks, including history of the areas, through Seattle's downtown, several Olmsted parks, and five neighborhoods. The Colman Park walk starts at the shores of Lake Washington and wends its way through a classic Olmsted park landscape, past a PeaPatch garden, to stairs leading to a neighborhood. The walk is free and reservations are not required.

For more information contact:.
Duse McLean
ph: 425 885-3173
email: DuseM@thistlepress.com

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Seattle Art Tuesdays: Art Talk Lecture Series at Cal Anderson Park
July 8, 15, 29 and September 9
7pm in the new shelterhouse at Cal Anderson Park

Please join us for a series of four community-sponsored art talks which begin July 8th at the new Shelterhouse activity building in Cal Anderson Park. We'll be taking a refreshing look at a group of Northwest artists who worked among and around the better-known artists with an equal measure of passion and commitment.

Sometimes it seems that we hear about the same Seattle and Northwest artists over and over . . . and over and over. Come see and learn about the intriguing art of many OTHER gifted and powerful artists associated with Seattle and environs, past and present.


July 15, 7-8 p.m. - David Martin
The Other Northwest School: Early NW Regional Art 1880-1950
A look at artists who established the cultural foundation of the Northwest as
painters, printmakers and sculptors. Although not as well known as their
celebrated contemporaries (Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, et al) they exhibited
alongside some of the nation's greatest artists.

David Martin is the co-owner of Martin-Zambito Gallery at 721 E. Pike in the
Pike/Pine neighborhood. He developed a strong interest in regional art and
has become an expert on the subject. He has brought a revival of interest and
appreciation to many overlooked regional artists.

Location: The new Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse activity building is located on the northern border of the Bobby Morris Playfield in Cal Anderson Park (formerly Lincoln Reservoir Park), near the intersection of 11th Avenue and East Olive Street on Capitol Hill.

Seattle Art Tuesdays is sponsored by the Capitol Hill Stewardship Council, Groundswell Off Broadway, Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition, Capitol Hill Community Council, Capitol Hill Arts Committee and Seattle Parks and Recreation.

 
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Seattle Parks Foundation Monthly walk: Seward Park- Saturday, 10:00-12:00

Saturday, July 19th, 10 am - noon
Meeting place: Seward Park, 5898 Lake Washington Blvd S, meet at the entrance building

Join hosts the Seattle Parks Foundation for a tour of Olmsted-designed Seward Park, led by Seattle Parks and Recreation, Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks, and local parks experts and enthusiasts. A sprawling 300 acre park on Lake Washington, Seward Park includes one-hundred-twenty acres of old growth forest, three miles of shoreline, and a multitude of open spaces, gardens, picnic areas, and pedestrian pathways. Come discover this beautiful park, learn about its history, and what is being done to preserve and maintain the park for its next 100 years.

For more information contact:
Hilary, Seattle Parks Foundation, 332-9900
email: hilary@seattleparksfoundation.org
web: www.seattleparksfoundation.org
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The Alps to Arboretum Bike Tour: Celebrating the Greenway Olmsted Legacy
Saturday, July 19th
Begins at 9 a.m. near the Pickering Barn in Issaquah.
This bicycle tour will highlight the trail linkages from the Seattle Olmsted parks and boulevards to the modern suburban connections that are part of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, a 100 miles scenic and recreation corridor of lakes, rivers, trails and forests - a National Scenic Byway. The tour will highlight some of the special green amenities like the landscaped park lids over the freeway on Mercer Island.

Cost and information:
 Lunch will be provided.
For costs and to register, check www.mtsgreenway.org

Sponsored by the Mountains to Sound Greenway and Bicycle Alliance of Washington.

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Walk from Volunteer Park to Graham Visitor Center in Washington Park Arboretum.
Saturday, July 19
10:00am-12:30pm.

We will start out at the Water Tower at Volunteer Park 1400 East Prospect. After a reading of some of the field notes and letters of John Charles Olmsted and James Dawson, his assistant, we will walk through Interlaken to the Arboretum to join the bicyclists who are travelling on the "Alps to Arboretum" ride sponsored by the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and Bicycle Alliance and hear Mayor Nickels speak at the Visitor Center.

If you email kitchell@seanet.com, or call 206-324-3522 by July 16, you can have a lunch at the center for $9. Metro bus tickets will be provided for return trips.

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Ivy Removal Work Party at Seward Park - an EarthCorps Volunteer Project

Saturday July 19, 9am-12pm

Help EarthCorps, Friends of Seward Park, and Seattle Department of Park and Recreation rip English Ivy OUT of Seward Park! English ivy is a woody, climbing vine that's non-native to the United States. It grows rapidly, has no natural predators and is destroying our urban forests. Our goal at Seward Park is to remove all of the ivy by the end of 2003. Volunteering for this event will help us as we get closer to reaching that goal. For more information on IvyO.U.T. please visit www.ivyout.org

For more information contact Joanna Nelson at 206.793.2338
email joanna@earthcorps.org
or click here to visit EarthCorps on the web

Directions To Seward Park: Directions to Seward Park
From I-5 North or South take the Columbian Way exit (just South of Downtown Seattle). Follow Columbian way as it winds down to Rainier Ave. South (approximately 2 miles). At Rainier Ave South take a right (south). Follow Rainier Ave. to S. Orcas St. and take a left. Follow this down to the water and take a right on Lake Washington Blvd. At the next stop sign Seward Park will be on your left. Follow signs to the work party or check the Kiosk at the Nature Center for the exact location.
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Bicycle Sunday: Lake Washington Boulevard
Sunday, 10am - 6pm
Join with friends and neighbors at Seattle's largest playground for summer fun on Lake Washington Boulevard. Between 10am and 6pm, on designated Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer, Lake Washington Boulevard is closed to motorized traffic between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park.

Sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation

For more information visit the Parks and Recreation web page at http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/Athletics/bikesatsun.htm

General Information: (206)684-4075
E-mail Parks: parksinfo@seattle.gov
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Gas Works Park Celebration and Exploration

Saturday, July 26th, 10am - 4pm

The Friends of Gas Works Park will host a day of celebration and exploration of the park on Saturday July 26, 2003 from 10AM until 4PM. There will be: opportunities to meet with the landscape architect responsible for the park's design, Richard Haag!...hourly tours of the park highlighting its history and unrealized dreams, such as the camera obscura installation in the south tower,...a walk-in camera obscura which will provide a preview of the final version with pin hole camera construction to demonstrate the principles of the cameras obscura,..and more.

For more information contact:
John Rozdilsky
jrozdil@u.washington.edu
206-878-7391
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A Bicycle Tour through Seattle's Olmsted Landscapes
Saturday, July 26
Begin: Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill
Join David Robinson from the Cascade Bicycle Club for a guided tour through some of Seattle's Olmsted landscapes. The tour will begin at Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill with a tour of the Olmsted Exhibit atop the Water Tower and will include a brief stop at Gas Works park to join the Friends of Gas Works Park for their Olmsted Centennial Celebration (see above). Two tours will be offered: One 25-30 mile tour, moderately paced, and a shorter, slower-paced version for those opting for a more leisurely bicycle outing.

Future guided rides include:
August 16- Tour Olmsted landscapes in the southern half of Seattle
October (date TBD)- Fall foliage tour: Appreciate Seattle's autumn colors on a tour of Olmsted parks and parkways (route TBD).

For more information contact:
David Robinson, Cascade Bicycle Club
phone: 206-979-5784
email: david.robinson4@attbi.com
Or visit the Cascade Bicycle Club’s web page at www.cascade.org and click on “Daily Rides.”
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Discovery Park Walking Tour: The Olmsted Influence on Discovery Park

Saturday, 2pm
Meet at Discovery Park Visitor's Center
3801 W. Government Way, Seattle

For more information and to reserve a place on this free walking tour led by Darrell Drew call 386-4236 on July 26 after 8:30am.
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Walks in the Woods - Madrona Woods Walk #3
Saturday, July 26, 10am

Okay, we'll be up front about it. We're willing to do whatever it takes to entice more folks into the ever-more-beautiful Madrona Woods! And we're not worried about you finding it well worth your while once you get there.

Our first step is to offer four walks in the Woods for the whole family, so more people can learn about what makes it such a Seattle treasure. The first walk was on May 31, when our local bird expert Fran Wood led a nature walk looking at how all those birds and other creatures manage to find their own niches in the various layers of the forest. The second walk on June 28, led by Penny Rose, who works for the Seattle Parks Department in Discovery Park, focused on "A wren's-eye view of restoration".

Our landscape architect, Peg Gaynor, will lead the third walk on July 26 at 10:00 a.m. She'll talk about the past, present and future of the Woods and its restoration efforts, complete with photos from times long, and not so long, past and plans for the stream daylighting.

For more information, contact
Judith Starbuck, 322-2640, judithstarbuck@msn.com
Ann Bucher, 323-8325
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Seattle Art Tuesdays: Art Talk Lecture Series at Cal Anderson Park
July 8, 15, 29 and September 9
7pm in the new shelterhouse

Please join us for a series of four community-sponsored art talks which begin July 8th at the new Shelterhouse activity building in Cal Anderson Park. We'll be taking a refreshing look at a group of Northwest artists who worked among and around the better-known artists with an equal measure of passion and commitment.

Sometimes it seems that we hear about the same Seattle and Northwest artists over and over . . . and over and over. Come see and learn about the intriguing art of many OTHER gifted and powerful artists associated with Seattle and environs, past and present.

July 29, 7-8 p.m. - Roger Van Oosten
Seattle's Hidden Mural History
Seattle has a long and successful history of wall decoration, however, much of it is off limits to the public. Come view a presentation of the rich history of Seattle’s murals and the stories they tell.

Roger Van Oosten is a noted historian of the New Deal art projects of the 1930s. He has published books and magazine articles on the topic and has organized the restoration of murals nationwide.

Location: The new Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse activity building is located on the northern border of the Bobby Morris Playfield in Cal Anderson Park (formerly Lincoln Reservoir Park), near the intersection of 11th Avenue and East Olive Street on Capitol Hill.

Seattle Art Tuesdays is sponsored by the Capitol Hill Stewardship Council, Groundswell Off Broadway, Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition, Capitol Hill Community Council, Capitol Hill Arts Committee and Seattle Parks and Recreation.

 

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