I will have copies of the 2nd Edition for sale soon.
The new, Second Edition will be out soon.
Join me and fellow Seattle writer Taha Ebrahimi, author of Street Trees of Seattle, on February 19 at 7pm at Elliott Bay Books. It’s sure to be a thrilling event. Sign up here.
For the second edition of Seattle Walks, I have updated all of the walks and added three new ones, listed in green below. I also removed two walks; they are available below as PDFs. My goal was to write a book with walks that help people notice details they have perpetually walked by, as well as pull together disparate observations that reveal larger stories. The walks take people to new spots and by old favorites, lead to panoramas and intimate hideaways, and go on trail and sidewalk. By taking these tours, I hope that readers will see Seattle in a new light and acquire a new appreciation of how the city has changed through time, how the past influences the present, and how nature is all around us, even in the urban landscape.
Were You At? Walk – Walk 4 from the 1st Edition of Seattle Walks
Magnuson Park Walk – Walk 12 from the 1st Edition of Seattle Walks
A very nice review, from the Seattle Times (2/23/2017).
Walk 1 – Seattle’s Historic Shoreline: Remnants from the Past
Walk 2 – Denny Hill: The Big Hill that Went Away
Walk 3 – Stories in Stone: Downtown Rocks
Walk 4 – Who’s Watching You?: A Downtown Menagerie in Stone and Terra-Cotta
Walk 5 – Regrades and the International District: Shaping a Landscape of Diversity
Walk 6 – Madison Street: Elliott Bay to Lake Washington
Walk 7 – Cascade and South Lake Union: Working Class Diversity to Global Tech Headquarters
Walk 8 – Lake Union: Circumnavigate the Center of the City
Walk 9 – The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Discovery Park: Boats, Birds, and Big Trees
Walk 10 – Green Lake to Lake Washington: Tracing a Historic Creek
Walk 11 – Meadowbrook Pond and Thornton Creek: Restoration and Renewal
Walk 12 – Capitol Hill: Elegance in the Details
Walk 13 – Central District: Transformation and Diversity
Walk 14 – Beacon Hill: Great Diversity and Great Views
Walk 15 – Rainier Beach to Columbia City: From Slough to Slough
Walk 16 – Georgetown: Beer, Burials, and Railroads
Walk 17 – Delridge and Pigeon Point: The Lesser-Known Side of West Seattle
Walk 18 – West Seattle: Old Growth and Alki Point