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EASTLAKE CoMMUNITY COUNCIL 1 17 E. LOUISA STREET. # 1 , WA 98'I 02 Tues.,Dec. llth - Fairview Green Street Planning Meeting

,. - \1r'\r{\ I,EASTLAKE.OO.N ET 7-9p.m. @ TOPSSeward School Cafeteria Tues.,Jan. 8th - Fairview Green Street Planning Meeting 7-9p.m. @'fyee Yacht Club, 3229 Fairview Ave. E. Tues.,Jan. 15th - NeighborhoodEmergency Preparedness (ECC General Meeting) 7-9p.m. @ TOPSSeward School Library

FaIRvIEW AvTNuE GREEN STREET PIaTTITINGCOnavENCES

A seriesofplanning meetings to define and develop guidelines for Fairview Avenue Green Street began with a public meeting held on October 30, 2001. Fairview Avenue E., from Newton to Roanoke and Hamlin to Fuhrman, has been designatedas a Type III Green Streetthat allows for continuous use of the street by motor vehicles, pedestriansand bicyclists. As a result of this designationthe Eastlake commu- nity has the opportunity to design the guidelines for future street enhancements. ECC BoenD MEMBERs The large attendanceat the public meeting was a strong indication that many people passionately care o about Fairview Avenue and preserving its unique neighborhood characteristics. Fairview Avenue has DAVIDHUBER been described as a "strolling lane," honoring the fact that residents frequently use the street itselfas a MARY LoU PEDERSON walking path and want to continue to do so safely. A display of photographsenabled participants at the BaneAnn ZEcAn public meeting to take a visual journey along the street, They made numerousrecommendations to both MAnrrADExrrrrsroru protect the nafural ambienceof Fairview and to consider potential improvementsin traffic calming, park- ing and habitat, as well as the treatment of litter containers and view areas.

CHRIs Lerr,tnrrt An initial "green street" planning meeting was held on Tuesday,November 13th. Members of the com- JIM HECKHRS munity met to review past planning activities associatedwith Fairview Avenue, as well as the comments collected from the public meeting and other sources so far. This group is in the processoforganizing a volunteer committee to design community guidelines that will be consistentwith the characterand exist- ing use of the street. The next meeting for Fairview Avenue Green Streetwill be held Tuesday,December llthfrom7:00to9:00PMattheTOPSSewardSchoolcafeteria,2500FranklinAve.E.Ameetingisalso scheduled for Tuesday,January 8th, 2002 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Tyee Yacht Club, 3229 Faiwiew Ave. 8., to discuss ideas for north Fairview from Hamlin to Fuhrman.

Your comments and participation in the meetings are essentialto this ongoing planning process. Sugges- tions pertaining to specific sectionsand features of Fairview are especially helpful. They can be sent to Fairview Avenue Green Streetc/o ECC, Mail, 117 E. Louisa St. #1, SeattleWA 98102 or emailed to Martia Denniston at [email protected] and volunteers are welcome (720- s51 9). * EastlakeNews

tffis W BusinessNotes

SeattleTimes businesscolumnist StephenDunphy on October21 featuredEastlake to illustrate the impactsof the recenteconomic downtum. Dunphy knows ihe neighborhoodbusiiie"s distr,ct as only a longtime residentcould. The article quotedrepresentatives of CompuStar Comput- ers, Louisa's Bakery and Cafe, Serafina Restaurant, and Travel Experts, and ended: "the shopkeepers,accountants, real-estate agents, cooks and waitressesthat make up the Eastlake economy will await an upturn, hopefully soon."

Hines Public Market Coffee, Inc. (2243 Eastlake,568-7742) has openeda coffee housein a beautifully renovated storefront. Hours are 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. M-F, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on week- ends. To go with the fresh-bakedpastry from next-door Bandoleone are drip cotlee, tea, ancihot chocolate,not to mention espressofrom one of the world's fwo largestespresso machines (the otherisinBerlin!). Groundandwholebeancoffeesarealsoavailablebythepound....Nextdoor is Porta Greek Taverna (2245 Eastlake,860-0284), which promisesthe most authenticGreek food in town. ... Congratsto Sophie'sDoughnuts (2238 EastlakeAvenue, 323-7132). Praising this local businessas one of the region's "remarkable doughnuterias,"the SeattleWeekly on Oct. 25 observed that Sophie's balances "the hit-and-nrn feel of the standard doughnut shop with plentyofseatingwhereonecanfritterawayarainymomingsampling,well,ftitters."..Sam's Steakhouse(2947 Eastlake,957 -77'77) got a nice write-up in the Nov. 16 SeattleTimes, which observed,"It's the little things that make this self-proclaimed 'neighborhood steakhouse'so neigh- borly." ... Three Eastlakerestaurants made it into the SeattleWeekly's Nov. 15 rating of "100 Hot Dishes": linguine carbonaraat Pomodoro Ristorante Italiano (2366Eastiake,324-3160), mushroomgnocchi at Serafina (2043 Eastlake,323-0807), and gardenpaella at Cafe Ambrosia (2501 Fairview Ave. E., 325-7 111.)

Fabu (2938C EastlakeAvenue,709-1634) offers custom clothing designsand personal tailoring for all sizes, ages, and genders. It also offers handmadepillows, home decor, and crafts of the cloth. HoursareTuesdays,Wednesdays,andThursdaysll-T,andFridaysandSaturdaysll-6.... Congratsto Annette Lance, a staff memberwho recentlypurchased Salon 1520 (1520 Eastlake Avenue, 328-8 161 ) from its longtime owner. Hours are M-F 10 -7 and Saturdays1 0-5. Kristine Anne's (3200Harvard Avenue E., 860-1972)is sellinga lot of dog and cat beds,along with dolls and bearsand the chairs that fit them, dressmakerforms, and other handmadeupholstery. Kristine Anne has welcomed her daughter Sara into the business,making this the only mother-daughter handmade doll store we know of. ... Kim Brooke Group (2044 Eastlake, 329-llll) is a full- service agency representing models and talent of all ages and types; it also provides training, photography,portfolio consultation,and skin care. ... Eastlake Market (2244Eastlake,720- 1483)opens M-F at 5 a.m.,and 6 a.m. on weekends,and doesnot closeuntil 2 a.m. everynight.

Lake Union Dry Dock continuesto distinguishthe neighborhoodwith high-profilefix-up jobs like the historic Mrginia V and the U.S. Nary's retired Turner Joy (the latter, at 418 feet one of the largest vesselsever to enter Lake Union, has now refumed to the Bremerton waterfront), Wash- ington ferry Klahowya, and others. Also moored there are legendary ships like the SeaShepherd, the tug Chickamauga and the handcraftedGlory of the Seas. ... The remarkable paintings and sculpturesof Sabah Al-Dhaher (2310 FranklinAve. 8.,324-1730, wwwaldaher.Sm.com)were featuredin a recent show at SeattleCenter. ... The Eastlake-basedTudor Choir hosts from London the world-renownedTallis Scholarsin a Dec. 13 concertat St. Mark's. The holiday program includes a Christmas Mass by Thomas Tallis, and other Renaissanceworks and chants. Information on tickets ($22 to $30): 322-31 18 or www.tudorchoir.org.. . . Liz Halperinof the Deaf-Blind Service Center (2366Eastlake,323-9178),who herself is deaf-blind,was a featured speakerat a recenttelevised Seattle City Councilforum on needsofthe disabled.... BradDecker, owner of the new office building at3302 FuhrmanAve. E., was one of its first tenants;other tenantsinclude Seattle Mortgage (407-0100,www.smcloan@com), PetersenRothert Insur- anceServices (329-7092,www.petersenrothefi.com), Four SeasonsHomes (650-0568),and the 1awfirms ofKrogh and Leonard (464-1872),and Bradshaw and Richards (622-1444) ... Continuedon page 12 EastlakeNews * -

EASTLAKE MODERNISM Historic Seattle

Mention historic architecture in Eastlake,and for many of us, early 20th century Art Repairs to Veneer & Carring Deco apartmentbuildings and Craftsmen bungalows come to mind. However, it is the a Replacementof Mssing Elements buildings that lie between - those of our recent past, often overlooked and ignored - a Preservationof Exuting S'urtaces that are the focus ofinterest and study among a group oflocal architectural historians. a Painting Thesebuildings are some of the architecturalexpressions of the Modem Movement in a Lacquer WesternWashington.

Also Avrilable New csstom Furniture and Reproductions While today Eastlake is a unique place to live and work, in the 50s and 60s architects saw it as a unique place to build. It was close to downtown, relatively inexpensive, and provided an eclectic urban laboratory for new ways ofworking and design. Be- cause of this, Eastlake is home to a number of excellent representationsof Modem- style architecture. Some ofthese buildings were recently showcasedby Historic Seattle's DoCoMoMo.WeWa (Documentation and Conservationof buildings, sites, and neigh- F}urrS borhoods of the Modern Movement in Western Washington) committee in a tour spon- sored in our neighborhood this past surnmer. carbstails i---- Some of the buildings on display included the Egan Residence, a well known land- Lr:I:r mark at 1500 Lakeview Boulevard East, and the Gene Zema-desigrredbuilding at 200 l{ East Boston. The Zema building exhibits many elements characteristic to the mod- 3119EastlakeAve. E. Seatde,VA98l02 ern-erastyle including use of pure planes of materials,namely wood stucco and glass, a virhrally flat roofline, and a design that hovers above the ground to minimize the 206.729.7416 impact on the site.

Many of us walk, bike, or drive pastexcellent ex- amplesof EastlakeModernism every day. Those to :{ lookfor include: Epr*Hed{&y" Ssrse firte. EqioyLi*e. ElmecBuilding, 1920Eastlake Ave. E s PacificArchitect & Builder's.1945 Yale Place E Architect'sOffrce Building, 2000MinorAve. E LakeUnion CommunityPsychiatric Clinic, 2009Mi- nor Ave.E TheCastlewood Apartments, 271 7 FranklinAve. E Arclitect's Office Building, 1264Eastlake Ave. E LakeviewBlvd. Apartments,1555 Lakeview Blvd.

By understandingthe historical significance ofthese buildings,both in theelements of theirdesign and in their relationshipto our neighborhood'sevolvement overtime, we developanew appreciationforthe built .qs, environmentof Eastlake'srecent past. me$roqnni* grounnctnffik ddrudserlily *cya*rfud If you're interestedin learningmore about Modern arehitectureand DoCoMoMoWeWa.visit Historic Seattle'swebsite at www.historicseattle.ors.Here eh**k lrl*tthi* ttle+ffs ]Frelilt nt you'll find information on future eventsJwell as Ii an opportunity to becomea memberand be placed wurw"de{ieious-ptnnet. c0 m on theirmailing list. If you would like to purchasea Flegulgf . xtEge:gfisil *tr€gsr*. dr*ox copyofthe self-guidedEastlake Tour brochure ($3), s includingdetailed ?s&7?"*-?ilt? iii-.{+ descriptionsofthe featuredbuild- rll!'ll: ings,call Historic Seattle at206-622-6952. cstcr*ng ev*i{flhts

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VOIUruTEERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ENSI.IArcE

Have you ever lived in a small town? Youdo, you know. Oh, itb not incorporated, and no road signsannounce the town borders; But it's here, Eastlake, a community with a heart and a conscience, its own tiny budget, town meetings, and a growing number of volunteers who are wilting to stand eachyear and say, "We care; we'll give afew hours a month to the neighborhoQd;count on us. "

-Dick Arnotd, Eastlake News

If the EastlakeCommunity Council did not exist, it would have to be invented. Volunteer action has preservedand improved this wonderful neighborhood, and is most effective when coordinated. Long before ECC's l97l founding, volunteer efforts were in progress. Eastlakersorganized in 1910 to defeat a proposed Northem Pacific rail line along our shores,and again in the 1920sto protect Fairview Avenue E. from becoming a four-lane arterial. The North Capitol Hill/Eastlake Community Club worked for neighborhood improvement from the 1920s to the 1950s; had it survived when I-5 was being planned, that freeway might have demolished fewer homes and businesses,and might not be such a source of noise and a barrier.

The EastlakeCommunity Council is one of the most praised of neighborhood associations.It was recognizedas unusually effective by the 1979National Commission on Neighborhoods, and in 1993, the SeattleNeighborhood Coalition honored it as the "Commu- nity Council Decade." SNC observedthat ECC "consistently through the years has demonstratedan outstandingability to reach into its own community and beyond for ideas,people, and solutions. They have set a standardfor developing partnershipswith govern- ment and the diverse intereststhat exist within their jurisdiction. They have been pro-active and inclusive of all people and needsin their area." Following are someof ECC's accomplishments.

Community-building. ECC's first-listed offrcial purpose is to "foster and encouragea senseof community among people who live and work in the Eastlake community." Toward this end, we publish the Eastlake News (4000 circulation), which a network of volunteers unmatchedin Seattledistributes to every home and workplace in the neighborhood. Similar information is increasingly available on.the Eastlake web site, http://eastlake.oo.net. ECC holds regular general meetings that have brought Eastlakersinto dialogue with one another and with civil servantsand elected offrcials on a wide variety of topics (ECC never takes positions for or against candidatesfor public office).

Ccimmu4ity-building muStn't get too serious;it's got to be fi,rn. ECC has organizedbanquets, pot-lucks, "get-to-know-you dinners," picnics, softball games,clean-ups, paint-outs, cruises,walks, dances,concerts, holiday and Halloween parties, art shows, auctions, rummage sales, street fairs, festivals, tree-planting, weeding, plant exchanges,park dedications,centennials, reunions, a farmer's market.and a tour of homes.businesses. and boats.

ECC was initially fosteredby the FloatingHomes Association, and in turn ECC hasencouraged the foundingof suchlocal organiza- 'frotrsas the Olmsted-Fairview Park Commission, EastlakeCommunity Land Trust, NOISE, TransportationLegal DefenseFund, and bu'sinessassociaJions. ... Continuedon page5 EastlakeNews {*

Schools. Although ECC usually avoids positions on ballot measures,it has chosen to officially endorseschool bond issues. At a time when the School District was considering the sale of Seward School, ECC fought to keep it open. When the Seward School program closed, ECC welcomed the Colman School program to temporary quarters at Seward while it encouragedthe permanent relocation to Seward of TOPS altemative school. ECC has a representativeon the TOPS Site Council, which advises the school administration. ECC membersworked closely with the School District on the renovationof the Sewardbuildings, and ECC is working to increasethe number of local children admitted to TOPS. For severalyears, ECC sponsoreda community school, based at Seward,funded by the City, and taught by local volunteers.

Public Safety. ECC efforts with the police and fire departmentshelped keep this a safety neighborhood. We have particularly worked to ensure full coverage during the Fourth of July, when approximately 30,000 people jam our neighborhood to see the fireworks display.

Social Services. ECC has worked to ensurethat our social service institutions enhancethe neighborhood. An ECC board member worked with a steering committee of senior citizens to researchthe nutritional and social needsof the elderly.

Art. ECC hasworked with the SeattleArts Commission on competitions that produced such art works as the three "dreamboats," the many glasscomerstones, and the steel sculpture at the corner of Fairview and Eastlake. ECC has sponsoredseveral art shows. The mastheadof the Eastlake News was drawn by Victor Steinbrueck. Eastlake posters have been designed,among others, by Dick Arnold, Robert Rudine, and Karen Berry, who also drew ECC's letterhead.

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Driving. Parking. Walking and Bic),cling. ECC has worked to protect EastlakeAvenue and other streetsfrom pass-throughtraffrc and to ensurethe safety of local drivers, pedestriansand bicyclists. Our defeat of two private skybridge applications prevented the overshadowingof EastlakeAvenue and refocused attention on safer crosswalks. ECC successfullycampaigned for traffrc signals (stop lights) along EastlakeAvenue at Fuhrman, Newton, and Garfietd, and pedestrian-friendlytiming for the traffic signal at Louisa. We preventedthe proposedwidening of Lynn Street,and are working to beautiS it. ECC spearheadedinstallation ofthe traffrc circle at Franklin and Hamlin. Years of ECC effort produced the Residential Parking Zone, which gives residentspriority for on-street spaces,but its design is friendlier to neighborhood businessesthan any other RPZ in the city.

Bus and Rail. ECC has repeatedlygone to bat for Metro bus riders, working to preserveand improve routesand shelters. We helped achievethe electrification ofbus route 70, which formerly had been diesel. The ECC board supporteda county salestax increasethat helped make up for revenueslost when voters slashedthe motor vehicle excise tax. ECC has actively followed and participated in the light rail and monorail debates,and sharesthe positions found in the EastlakeNeighborhood Plan.

Noise and Pollution. Working with our state legislators and other affected neighborhoods,ECC arrangedfor an $80,000 study of how to mitigate noise from I-5 and SR-520. ECC helped broker an agreementunder which float plane companies avoid early- morning takeoffs, and avoid routes that are most likely to distwb nearby residents. We have worked to resolve noise issuesbetween tavems and nearby residents. We successfullyovertumed a permit the City had issuedfor a helicopter port at the comer of Eastlake and Garfield. We secureda Metro policy restricting the idling of diesel busesin the neighborhood.

Freewa)' Expansion. ECC has worked to prevent expansionof I-5 and SR-520 into the neighborhood,such as an off-ramp proposed in the 1970sthat would have destroyedSeward School, and recent proposalsto take street,sidewalk, and even homes along Boylston Ave. E., or huge increasesin traffrc into and out of a new tunnel opening near the Eastlakebusiness district, the shorelineand the new "colonnade park" under I-5.

Green Space. Working with other organizations,ECC volunteers helped build Lynn Street Park, Terry Pettus Park, and Roanoke Street Park (1970s), Hamlin Street Park (1980s), Fairview Park and Good Turn Park (1990s), and Franklin Green Street and the renovation of Rogers Playfield (2000s). When we beganthe struggle for Fairview Park, few City ofFrcialsthought we could succeed at assemblingthe state, county, city dollars neededto purchasethe property from developerswho were preparing to build a huge offrce complex that would have overshadowedthe P-patch and devastatedthe natural area.

History and Landmarks. ECC has worked to preserve our past through an oral history program and historic documentsand photo- graphs (see narrative and photos at http://eastlake.oo.net). We worked for City landmark status for Seward School and the Lake Union Steam Plan and Hydrohouse, and to ensure that this landmark status was respectedin the buildings' renovation. An ECC appeal of a six-unit condominium proposal at 2819 Franklin Ave. E. prevented demolition of an old Victorian house,which is now a City landmark and was beautifully restoredby its new owners. A similar ECC appealof a bulky apartmentproposal at 216-20 E. Lynn savedan old house, which was tastefully expandedinto three apartmentunits.

Shorelines. One of the six offrcial purposes of the ECC is to "maximize public use and enjoyment of the inland waters and shorelinesadjoining the Eastlake community." ECC campaignedfor State shoreline legislation, and helped shapethe City's shore- line ordinance for Lake Union. Its earliest battle overturned a City-issued permit for a 400-foot-long five-story overwater condo- minium building at the foot of Roanoke Street. The court casewent all the way to the StateSupreme Court and establishednationally that community groups have standingto sue in the public interest. ECC continuesto speakfor the public interest in shoreline issues, and is willing to file appealsand go to court when necessary.

Zoning and Land use. Frequently, ECC is con- tacted by developersbefore they apply for City permits; it facilitates neighborhoodinput for their ff*rtrnm*r"*il*u"ry"**r*m plans, and often sponsorsopen meetings for this *tr.arr**r-t"ftry*. purpose. ECC's review ofplans, discussionswith developers and with City officials, and in some l*re grt&:nllGs Wi@rT{&ss l.{e&hffi}1$s *eJrG$!rJs,!"Bp ftr{l*r{;l.rj.s,(e cases,administrative appeals and court challenges, have reducedthe height, bulk, and scale and im- BFIfii{, Es4*lF{T* Fgff fr*tfi,r|{E AnEr mslEGilT& Er.Fsrss ftc}sq &rR{}rB} provedthe designofpractically every largebuild- ttE ing constructedhere in the years. last thirty In w3lffin0 e{rfr"$r*,AirxrrE EA#r ... Continuedon page 7 , s* *fitfl* i{&rr@"$ffi*

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some instances,our input causedout-of-scale building pro- posals to be withdrawn, among them a seven-story mini- storagewarehouse under I-5 at 1700 Franklin, a hotel just north of Eastlake and Roanoke, and a huge apartment build- Hin*ilffi ing at Boston Street between Minor and Fairview. TFffiffi Proactively shaping zoning rules can create greater clarity frtuchure*,*-ogo*. for the community and developers alike, so ECC has con- ffiaw$fiLelledlesd,Envelopes, vincedthe City to reducethepotential height, bulk and scale ftr*in*es S€rds, "etisrsd.l$sdiakb.gfll of several residential and commercial zones. We even se- Fresentst"lsne,Nw*h{tels efs{mtialilt bdpitrg orr cured a City Council resolution applying the new cornmer- eflryrmlgr$n', impsve ffitnffi cial standardsretroactively to offrce projects that had al- aur im*geamd becom* Design,Marketirg, ready applied for permits, triggering the withdrawal of sev- r|}o{r flxei€rrt e{ ulrflt Ma**gwnent lrqdiuo eral project applications. ECC also helped eliminate sev- #lffirrffi eral large billboards from the neighborhood. CInesn Onc-G,roupe

In its thirty-year history ECC has gone to court only five emmrffir$ times to seek enforcement of City and state rules and per- Harduareand $ofirvare mit conditions, and in two of thesecases--including the re- Upgrade*,Rapair, cent Lake Union Crew case--it did so in supportof the City, Troubleshnoling. which had filed the original complaint. . #hftrrmrk$upport .&dffirrrtr ffiW Neighborhood Business. ECC has encouragedbusinesses that serveneighborhood needs,as with re-establishmentof Analyrle, a laundromat at the Eastlake and Louisa, where a new de- Flans"h{arketing velopment had displaced the previous laundromat. ECC '' ;fi:r tln*ffi " .',..,:+"=e,2.?.ll,t:P_=l.Q.lS" has worked for retail spacein buildings fronting on parts of gc*s i::':"::""'''^ H#sgE$&aenuc *- i;'iisiiti:= ' ' EastlakeAvenue. The EastlakeNews carriesaregularbusi- &t*e fig $er.v,frtgft#Jfl*e &s$li*esces ness column, and becauseof its low advertising rates and Sea&,WASg1m $iircetgSS wide circulation, many businesseschoose to advertise. lhll IflFq*g-Imfim rhtt mnmffifLsum ... Continuedon page9

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Neighborhood Planning. ECC led a community pro- cess that produced the Eastlake Goals and policies that were acknowledgedby a 1979City Council reso- lution and helped to shape the neighborhood's de- m#"#ng M velopmentin the 1980s. ECC also contractedwith the City to host a partnershipof neighborhood orga- nizations and businessesthat produced a neighbor- hood needssurvey (1990), an EastlakeVision plan (1993) and an EastlakeTransportation plan (1994). These efforts served as one model in the formation of a citywide program of neighborhood planning, in which we participatedby jointly producing with other Eastlake groups the Eastlake Neighborhood plan FfHALLY' (1998; available at http://eastlake.oo.netor on the * nsTrER pt {}dTItt$ Hsff$Ircgil**nrc* Ftrl,tfy. City's web site). Adopted by City Council resolu- t* h** tqhsr. trX *ri4 rhr ft*kiag of th* ot*e** mr*{te tion and ordinance, this plan works to reduce noise Ji€&ff in*urxr*e rcmp*r5 it llastb,lsrrrinr k *t i* ritNrt"* from I-5, revitalize .,main Eastlake Avenue as our **d tc gra if Fri**drig,ff ti$d,l street," and make FairviewAvenue E,.safer for walk- ing. The plan also works to keep the neighborhood t" t'er; r'rirry*f iiiyr rrfrs, fr.f tupcr{or mrcrrgcE l" ,{g:.*ed rd*e os t{x*l lffi" Ft*@r.xidian" diverse and affordable, and has helped bring City t, pwwl pnqp*rtg'*+r+rcd. r*hrrq nr inrilurqe uxil*- funds for projects such as parks under I.5, and for it. As*srnrfit sswra1p tir rdjo{aid* lM} itr,lctrruf street and sidewalk improvements. 5, $b*f,?"ad:mr$n rant|sd. t{oodin* coyrrrd. 6. +hxh li*ility limif* *rnil*ble" VolunteersAll. It is quite remarkable that ECC has y. *l'rdied **r{srt*. id**E{kS. achieved the above with such a tiny budget. ECC's fi. Sdr*g* *c+wg* tarhdrd. neighborhood improvement efforts have depended *" fl**ffie dcd$dibl*r ** ktrr $rwiurtr, Iff. Hired rrw*.grx erneryd itilc ct alodir*M on the volunteerefforts of thousandsofEastlake resi- ..".fld m{sf dents, workers, and business and property owners. ECC was founded by Phyllis Boyker and Margaret t:ilNlf,{fT ?llf 3ffilT tilStlRAf{fE A6ff{Cy *'f Newcombe, and among othersits board has included 1S5-13${lSO* SS.T"*ff"C AS{S il QilJ!{*d.C$fr{F&*l$tlttt {ril}'E htly fo{st*il *a 15ff} lycstnfr€ ou I*k" actor's union official DickAmold, civil rights leader Urfum} John Comethan, Chinatown businessmanTed Choi, Tlfu *x**ilnlr* plvgria i* [rq***ri tu .t+* hN historian Walt Crowley, land use consultant Carol ffum lnrur*ne, ud fu ftnot *rrsrrmr *Smli lxr" Eychaner, housing advocate John Fox, business leader Jules James,Issaquah City Council president Fred Kempe, hospital administrator Lynn poser,jour nalist andhouseboat advocate Terry pethrs,actress Marjorie Nelson Steinbrueck, architect Victor Steinbrueck,and Center for Wooden 'Boatsfounder Dick Wagner. Hundredsof other volunteers--young, retired, or in mid-career - have also served on its board and com_ mittees,among them accountants,architects. artists, doctors. ge- ographers,investigators. lawyers, managers. nurses, realtors, so- cial workers, teachers- and many others who, whatever their cre- dentials,performed as volunteerswith the utmost ofprofessional- ism.

Be a Volunteer. Practically any of the activities mentioned in the above sectionscould use your volunteer time and skills. (you can also seehow very far your dollars will go, if you prefer to make a cash donation.) ECC can continue at the same pace onlv if new volunteers emergeto help. With enough volunteers,we could try something we couldn't before, such as produce a video history of the neighborhoodor do more outreachto the elderly and disabled. As a volunteer, maybe you could suggesta new activity that ECC has not thought of yet. Let us know if you, too, would like to make a difference.

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Is your coffee "sustainably grown',? That,s the question an Eastlake basednon-profit organization is asking consumersin a puget Sound area campaign that has heightened awarenesslocally and will soon be going national. The Songbird Foundation, startedby vashon Island residentand singer/songwriterDanny o'Keefe in 1997, is working to educatepeople about the impact their coffee choices have on migratory songbirds in Latin America, and they,re doing it all from their headquartersin our neighborhood.

Traditionally,coffee in Latin America hasbeen grown under the shade ofthe rain forest's canopy,but an increasedtrend in aggressivesun- grown coffee is encouragingdestruction of the bird's natural habitat. By buying shade-grown,organic, fair traded coffees we can help to preservesustainable agriculture practices that result in the preserva- tion of the songbird's home.

The Songbird Foundation has teamedup with the popular media and the entertainmentindustry to get their messageout through a Sus_ tainable Coffee Campaign.This spring, a benefit concert was staged at the Paramountalong with the Northwest Shadecoffee campaign and TransFairUSA featuringBonnie Raitt, JacksonBrowne, and Keb' Mo'. In November, a number of Thursday night concertswere held at neighborhood cafes from Olympia to Bellingham showcasing lo_ cal Northwest artists.

The messageof the Songbird Foundation is that we can alr contrib- ute to this cause by the choices we make as consumers. If you're interestedin doing your part, you don,t have to go far to find a re- tailer who offers sustainablecoffee. Safeway,eFC, and Starbucks" to name a few, have all made efforts to carry theseblends.

For a complete list of seattle arearetailers and for more information about The Songbird Foundation, check out their website at songbird.org.

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The Eastlake community council welcomes donations of the fol- SPEc I NTR'oT'Uc.ToRY. lowing items: an easelfor public presentations,solid chairs such as IAL .CIFFTIi one would roqOFltY .,',, use around a conferencetable, and picfure frames, espe_ $23 ur"Karnetl is otferinoa,eonsutlta -tion;, cially big ones. Old neighborhood photos _ exammalron"two are always welcome or x+ays6t 1q$i1ed)anO.an initiaaOl@ go out and take some new ones, such as ofthe eagles,herons, and kingfishers that frequent the neighborhood. In addition, we are look- : ing for sparecopies of the 1994 Eastlake Transportationplan (grey cover) and of the 2000 Supplement to the Eastlake Neighborhood li€{r.Nofts 0rdl:.€{E$tnlnxl$ nb,F.{EFtrd st UsEU rtsit. Plan, onAdoption and Stewardship(white coverwith colorpicture). Ihis ofter.otdtflj€ oo'firFlsfi,and[€ s+id'i49} Aalmr. L'$;i.=r,*+6;:=*,;i,,r:::ii,L:;g.;iJdA*],lni;+dGt+:*.l;l' Contact Chris Leman at 322-5463 or cleman@,oo.net. -i!'i Eu

11 ffi Eastlake BusrrrressNoTES. Corur. LnrunTnusr SEuxs BoaRo MrrraeEns Based in Santa Clara, Wood Associates, Inc. has opened a Seattleoffrce at 2815 EastlakeAvenue E. #150 (809-1814). The Eastlake Community Land Trust is expanding its board The company offers services in marketing, promotion, and and invites you to get involved. The land trust is a tax-exempt merchandising. ... New to 2367 Eastlake is the Songbird organizationwhose purposeis to createsome permanently af- Foundation (314-3 67 4, www. songbird.org), whosegood work fordable housing in the neighborhood. No experienceneces- was recently featured in the SeattleTimes. ... Global Solu- sary but we would welcome experiencein accounting, law, tions (2712 Eastlake,343-5210) sells attractiveaddress books, real estate,or fund-raising. Contact Chris Leman, Co-chair, photo books, guestbooks, joumals, paperweights, letter open- 322-5463,[email protected]. ers, rubber stamps,wax seals,and wrapping and bulk papeq much made from recycled materials. ... Two Eastlake resi- MEETITc SpaCE OFFERED AT dents work at GIow Natural Health Center, 636 Lake Wash- ington Blvd E (546-1545) Punltc Scuools

Congratsto Chris Bolas of Eastlake Mail and BusinessCen- The SeattleSchool District is offering meeting spacein se- ter (2226 Eastlake,323-0508, www.eastlakemail.com). A lected schools for community and neighborhood groups (in- customertells us that the U.S. AchievementAcademy awarded cluding gardenclubs, service organizations, etc.) forjust $10 him its National CollegiateAward in Businessfor 2001. Bo- a night. Thanksto TOPS at Seward(2500 Franklin Ave. E.) las is also a full-time student at Seattle Central Community for being one of the 23 schools participating. The only re- College, wherea faculty membernominated him for the award. quirement is to apply at least two weeks before the meeting, and to encourageyour group's membersto donatetime or re- Mention in this column does not imply endorsementby the sourcesfor schoolneeds. For an application,call 615-1812 ECC, writer, or editor. Send your business news to Chris or (preferably) by e-mail to sandra.boas- Leman ([email protected]),85 E. RoanokeStreet, Seattle 98102- [email protected]. 3222.

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If you did not receive this in the mail with a label attachedwith your name, then you are not a paying member of the Eastlake Community Council. We need your support, and you will receive benefits in retum, so please send in your membership application today. Thank you. L2 R.ogers Pl ayground

A -A/erghborhood tlistory by Jul-es James

on1_omhor ?nn1 qaamc an uy LUrrruu! aw w L oEgllrD etL oIJpr^nnr- L)- priaLe moment to look back. Rogers Playground has changed more during t-he fast Lhree years than

sinr-e fhe nrirrin:l!:rrlrqf yu!rrn:rk f]il}/!vvslLtsff imnrnrzamanF- LD n of 1908-1910. Two new entrances, al

lowered and removed perimet.er f ences, d U a new baseball backstop, re-surfaced t, tennrs courts, a 92-year-old oak o ]J remnrzod fha cnmnl ol_ a ronl:^^m^h+- o ! vrrrv v vv, evrrLyf u uu r s}/rq9girrgtf L Ol- of topsoil and grass, new irrigation o i :nd drain:ao urrv u!urrrqvs . . . aIIO. neW pl^] ay--- eqU_Lp- ]J -h.i -^..' ]J d ment pending. (nC]

qi But this isn't a story about o r-onr-refF n-r'rrq nl:etin ninina =nrl , yrgU Urv yfyfll:, qlfu ! c.) cyclone fencing. Playgrounds are (-) personal. OLD WOODY, 7925. The Parks Department and the qaatf la .pima<

In contrast Lo Mr Campbell's cherished memories, playground namesake Governor John R. Rogers (L897-1901) may have unknowingly glanced, over the vacant block eventually named in his honor. Stump-strewn meadows were more cofirmon than houses in East.lake prior to 1900, so it is unlikely anyone ever pointed out the 235'x 3 55 ' ttnderzel onod nl arzf i al d l_ n f ha dn\/arhAr yf uJ rrutu uv urrs vvvgrtlu!.

1 Up From the Stumps 6 d Lr) .d 1--^+ c^-Ftst^r^..--F^'. n A'lqrrvvqJ frnrarz al.nrrqrvlrv thour-_ frnllarz _*--J lina t ULWCCLI o JUdLLIe S WdLel- o front and the staLe university campus, the one-room Denny- d o Fuhrman School was built in 1895. Between the school and o tr playfield. o the Lrolley line was the Denny-I'uhrman o c o As a Leenager, David T. Denny (L832 - 1903) helped found q) a Seattle. By the 1890s, he and Louisa (as in Louisa Street) resided on the Northeast corner of Eastlake and Hamlin. Henry Fuhrman, a real estate developer, lived in a mansion at the Nor[heast corner of BoylsL.on and Edgar. The two men drew up for development the north half of Eastlake as the "Denny-Furhman Addition" in 1890.

The Panic of 1893 devastated the national economy and local real esLaLe values. Almost overnight., David Denny lost the real estate, trolley car and timber portfolio he had built over 40 years. The city of Seattle purchased Lhe land for the Denny- r-tthrm:n Dlarzris]ql from Mr. Denny via Sheriff's safe in I896, but until19OB the playfield remained undeveloped.

Economic difficulties, however, can change quickly. The yukon Gold Rush of IBgi ineni rarr r''^1-1, / vver a gold rush. America acquired t-he Philippines f or its fledgling empire followingr the Spanish-American War of 1898. The focus of the nation came upon the Pacific Ocean as a highway rather than a barrier. Seattle responded with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 (Exposition hereinafLer), hefd on tho nF -:mn"q the state university. The Exposit.ion sent to the nation the civic statement that our frontier bumpkin days were indeed history; that we were now a crry of international consesuence.

During the period of 1896-1908, America also redefined its way of thinking about public recreat.ion. Coming inLo the 1890s, parks were generally pastoral places to strofl-, to have a family picnic, t.o appreciate t.he beauty of a tended formal- garden, or to have a romantic paddle on a placid lake. During the first decade of the 20th (aentrrrrz = franz:t ctf f i fnaqe .i vqrrrEcame qurvDDaCfOSS theLIIE tqtLu.land. IFO1. UI oa Vistral vlJ_*_ _-,.*y_maoe: nicfrrre Teddw Roosevelt. rn fact, it. was Teddy who ca11ed Logether the first White House Conference on Playgrounds in 1906; Boy Scouts, Boys C1ubs, Campfire Girls and Girl Scouts all were established between 1906 and 1912.

The Ofmsted concept of passive beauty continued (Seattle's overall park scheme evolved from an Olmsted plan adopted in 1903), but the public desire to be vigorous, hard-bodied young empire-builders quickly grew to be both a companion and a compet-

incr inferos,f f^,r nrr'hlir- ! frrnrl'i urrurtr:J nn t Qa:tFlo usq u urg c.) was at the forefronl with g6 million appro- ]J ]J priated (0 for recreation, boasting a rank of o Ll third nationally for playground facilities, t and boasting the best recreation facilities ll ! west n of Chicago. cj - fn December 1903, at the undeveloped

CJ T-)onnrr-!-tthrm:n LD Lsl laru fL !lrv,i al d u Q-rza=r-nl vqr vlu d T.lannrz-rsl jf fy c I' o Furhman Schoolkid Phil Johnson and his o friends were chasing wind gusts in Lheir ]J n i m:rri T'rA1 \7 r-l nf h-uri nnad l-ri n-1 anaq nnr^rarad l-rrz vfytuffsD l/vvvs!su vy p; pusher propellers, one kid H as Orville and o another as Wilber Wright. Mr. Johnson grew {)- up to become President of Boeinq (c.1925- 0 I 1933 and 1940-L944\.

ROG.E'R.gPLAYFIELD, L909. The Parks Department Annuaf Rep.lrt of 7909 featured this photo. The 6 The Glory Days 6 text incLudes: "Though a smaTf tract of sTightly over an acre, this...is a weTl equipped n 1905, the Denny-Fuhrman School was smalT playground. A smaLf but neat modern SheTter House of a standard design,.. has been lifted up and moved south by 50 or so built, swings teeters and amusements for smaff f eet. f n its place a modern eight.- chifdren have been provided, whife the ball classrcom school was buift. The School Di-s- field is the center of attraction for the trict intended to name it for the frontier Tarqer bovs. "

.> -lrrr+- mi qai a)rt2r\/ M:rclc h7l.riyvllf Fm=n I dr^rrndqr^7al I nf nai nh- f ilr oDf vf fqrJ frq! uuD ulltqtl, uuL q vr vuf luovvEf i ur f rcf vti borhood opposiLion changed the name to Seward Schoof. William Henry Seward (1801-1872) was a man who never saw Seattle, but was important as the visionary em- bodimenL of the upcoming Exposition. As a Senator from r/) C)

New York in the 1B5Os, he had been a vocal proponent of .i

Pacific expansion. As Secretary of StaLe in 7861, he -O fr negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia. o ]J In 1909, t.he adjacent Denny-Fuhrman Playfield was o re-named for Governor Rogers. The 1909 Parks Depart- o] ment Annual Reporr states: "The tract was re-named C) ]J ]J recently in honor of the lale John R. Rogers, former r0 C) governor, author of the famous "barefoot school boy" (n law which free c! by text. books are furnished in the o nrrl-rl i r- sr-hool s' Of the Slate Of Washincrl_ nn " The Cita- ! tion reads nicely, but hardly can be the whole name- (.) sake story. U

nDAqrrnrzornnr,TnhnRncorqlar{+-hact-:1-aA"rinnhn1-h?EuV1^5'1910'(Photo420645in uvfffr flvvurJ rgu Lffg DuquE uu!fllv !vurr vvvgrfrvr, Lhe seaEtle Municipal Archives) fho vrrknnurlvrr vvr cn.r d rrrsh sf,rv anrl fheLffe uyqffrDffSnanish-American rurrErfuqri warlvvq!. whenyvfrEff Barely discernabfe wjLhin are Ewo the 1st Washington Volunteers were training in Tacoma womenin Tong;skirts pTaying before departing for the Philippine theater of the Lennis on a court without a perimeLer fence' Snani q,h-Ameri r-an War, their tempOrary hOme waS "Camp Rnnorq 'I afrar the war, Fort Lawton (now ) was named for the general who led the 1st Washington Volunteers,' City Park on Capitol Hi 11 was re-named to honor the war's soldiers.

The Barefoot Schoolboy 1aw was passed when Mr. Rogers served as a legislator from n""-l I 6^L F^-L1 ruyo If ''^ u}J, IIUL auns, .l-\zornr.lr . TTn vrrruDD l oqc I'iIMr . f\vvsrD Rnaarc TCIJTUbCJILULLranracant- aA l-L^L]]e lad-l,L-Ld-Jae-l-^ -^llltl-Ly----* nhl.rnrhnnd as a legislator, it seems highly improbable for an Eastlake public playfield to honor his Iecrislaf irre ar-r-omnliShments.

In Lhe 1909 Exposition year, Governor Roger's Yukon and Pacific involvement most cerlainly counted for more than his legislat.ive record in the naming of the City's premier playlield along the trolley line to the Exposition. Whatever the primary naming inspiratjon, John Rogers wasn't around to bask in the honor. He caught a cold in ]_ha fircf \/aar of his second term, it turned into pneumonia and he died in office, December 27, 1901.

In 1909, new cedar steps led down the hill from Seward School. A shelter house and an efaborate set of wooden fitness apparat.us were inst.alled in Rogers Playfield. The equipment proved a false starl. The next year, all buL L.he wood-sided sandbox were replaced with metal eguipment - swings, teeter-totters, slides, rings, chin-up bars and ladders.

These were the youthful glory days of promise for Rogers Playfield. ft was one of Lhe first four public parks the city outfitted with play equipmenL and supervised with fitness instructors. Seattle's first Bov Scout troop was formed in 1910 at

PLAYFIEI,D oT PIJAYGROUND?

parks q5^-i .i //nT Ar-r-nrdi nrr fuv r.r rqrr:r TlFnArfmon1_ uul/q! ulrrsfru f LsLrrrfffvrvv] arm.i nnl ncrz rvcufGf IDLD, a :. tarn.,nAt, li> i a ^9gvrVfffv -l -+-- - vloyvruullu smafler than a "p1ayfie1d". Playfields are regional draws, have scheduled athletic fields and maybe a community center or other facilities. Playqrounds are more nei crhborhood-oriented. Rogers. In 191-2, the Setnrard lrorzq haseball team \^r.)n l_ha .i frz ch:mn inn- shin rnrifhurr fRnrrorq lvYe! L aS their home field. In L924, in

ovnari man 1_ r^zi t1-r t.- i t-t ^n vvt urr vf u)'

T,i crht . rlvY Rocrers 9! v 14165,i1lu- , '\'',3iill minated. Those "experi- -1 .i^1-ts^ llrEffLqr'-^-F-'l/ rr9IILD tglttqfllcu-^--.i-^: until 1951.

Muriel Weissberg, who d O lived on Franklin Ave, N remembers from the late Ot lr 1920s./ "Werrv vyvsnent a lot (J of time at the play- "au crl nrnrrnd ql_ arl_ i nn r^r'i l. h j- lra p ee! u+rrY -ic) big sandbox in the cor- B

-lOJ ner near our house, .11 'r'r11 ir rrradrra I i ncr sy tO the E- swings, rings, horizon- tal bar and finally the tennrs courts. On sunny Murief's Memories: Muriel btreissberg now lives in California. But she ore.w ,tn i n I he E1a

Seward/Rogers neighborhood kid Pearl Wanamaker grew up to be Superintendent of Public Instruction for Washington state from L94I to 1957. Rogers/Seward kid Don Hillman became an ace P-47 fighter pilot during World War fI, and made the cover of Life Magazine (December B, 1946). David Storm, a 1940s Rogers/Seward schoolkid, grew up to be a Episcopal priest who still lives in Lhe Roanoke Park house of his vouth.

>< o The Decline 6

reeways tend to make bad neighbors. Our freeway (Interstate-5), built in the late 1950s and early 1950s, paved over hundreds of houses once brimmingr wit.h qnlrnnl -=aarl ahi-lflrgn. When completed, it created a noisy, dirty, dangerous, hostife chasm where a thriving community existed before. With the North Capitol Hill kid count devastated, the Seatlfe School District regularly recommended closing Seward School for the next 25 years.

fn L965, the Parks Department gave Rogers Playground a minor make-over. The baseball diamond was upgraded to Lit.tle League standards (gearing Loward more raainnrr n'l'\'\ E'Lql t . The shelter house was demolished. A new bathroom (half the size of tsl-^ l Lrru uLrgrrro.r^--.: ^..1 -- >rrelter^l^ house with none of the pleasant exterior aesthetics), was built near Lhe tennis courts and the remaining playscape equipment.

ln I975, neighbors and schoof parents instalfed new play equipment on Frankl-in Avenue between Rogers Playground and Seward School. Only the swings and the pre- schoolers' sandbox remained in the northeast corner of Rogers. (The mid-1970s days were Lhose of Rogers/Seward kid SLone Gossard, now a guitarist for Pearl Jam, running r^rilrl al- rrvYUru Pncorq Dl:rznrnrrnr{ \ u ! rqJY!vsffe. / As an Eastlake resident and businessperson, f've been around Rogers Playground most every day for nearly 20 years. I remember community softbalf games in the mid-1980s. We,d play all ages, all genders, afl abilities. Over 1_lro f onco r^r:c t \errvand uurrr still iSrrl ) anq oUt . Startinq in those years, I kept an informal list of Lr -^!: --: ^^ ^ ^ ^r i n Rocrorq. ki f o-f l rzi nn an'l f auLf vrLtcS Suel.|... , Yv+L ' ._l- footbalf (touch, f1ag, Nerf, tackle), kickball, rd Or lacrosse, boomerang, soccer, Lai chl, l] o sunbathing, flyfishing, baseball (hardball, E d sof t.ball, t-ball), vol1eyball, fencinq, snow- (s ba11ing, plane flying (balsa, paper, o radio- ! controlfed), dog romping, cross-count.ry ski- i^9, windsprints, jogging, croquet, cricket, Recovered Treasures. The Rogers frrigation badminton, tag, jump-roping, shot-put, tree and Drainage Project of 2001 created a rare Far qeLsLLllt!/dataafina hahhtti

6 The Re-Building 6

Fr^^^5 rrrvff9 LllvDl - who care, t.here is a perpetual discussion about the essentiaf l\ components of a neighborhood. A proprietor-run grocery store? A coffee house? L I a good public school? People outside tending their flowers and dogrs? A tavern r^7hara6rrar'An6 knows your name? Clear boundaries and of ficial city recoqnition? or is it more - pure and simple - just people who care?

Vflho Owns Rogers?

Pnaarc D1 arznrn'1nd and Sewardrv Schoofuurrvvf areqIE oftenVI UglI ttLaDLA^Clf,mistaken toL-\J J.JL be aq of sino'l ffvrE e nrnnorfrz . ts,rvts,u- -f The confusion is underst.andable anytime a public park is adjacent to a public school, but is further blurred by the Lraffic restrictions on Franklin Avenue between t.he school and park. Seward School belongs to the Seattfe School District. Rogers Playground belongs to the Seattfe Parks Department. And Franklin q Awentte'i rr s a l/uvf ntrbliC ru SLfeetDLrggL COnf.rol'luuttL- ed lrrz tho Seaft'l e Transnorfafion Tloner1_rsuye! _flent.

The 2500 block of Franklin Avenue has been pedestrian-only datinq back to 1918. At first, t.emporary chains stret.ched across Lhe Frankfin roadway at both ends of Lhe block t.o allow kids safe access during schoof hours from school to park. The chains were replaced with immovable melal posts by the Parks Department from lqqn fhrnrrah 1975. Then, after 22 years of highway guardrails spanning the Franklin roadway , removable wooden bollards were instalfed in 1998.

Since 1-998, the 2500 block of Franklin Avenue has been designated by City Council as a "Green Street, Type 4." Motorized traffic is restricted to'emer- gerrcy -.^L.ivellrc-Les. ^-r ^^ The school communiLy, Parks Department and the Eastlake neigh- borhood jointly maintain the Franklin Avenue Green Street. What.ever the essential componenLs, kids, and pre-schoolers most particularLy, ara fha a'l"a Yfse ^fvr residential neighborhoods. Without pre-schoolers, we tend t.o recre- ate regionally, not 1oca1ly. Our pre-schoolers bring us out to the fawns, ont.o the sidewalks, and down to the playground. That is where we share with strangers our kids at play and our st.ories of parenLing And strangers become acquaintances, friends neighbors.

In 1992, the Eastlake Comrnunity Council and TOPS/Seward School teamed up Lo replace t.he 1975 equipment at the Franklin Avenue playscape. A year or so 1ater, Lhe School District committ.ed to a multi-million dollar remodel of the school. InMay 7998, as part of the Seward School renovationproject, the FranklinAvenue playscape was demolished. Plans calfed for a temporary playscape to be installed in the Northeast corner of Rogers during the remodel, followed by a new school and communit.y playscape located on school property. From the day it was installed untif the day it was removed, the Rogers temporary playscape was swarmed with kids. But the nFrm^nFnj_ n1 :rzq6'36p orrtsi dc f e I/rsJ rusyu vuLof us uffuhe kii\rffuurvq! nderrr:rf ugrr on r-l,aq.qr.^mquf qoorvvlrrD, r^rhiw,-,v,, nh nnonarl +rr i n JSIJLglttvg! eanf aml.rar 1999, turned out to be too sophisticated for pre-schoolers to use safely. Neighbor- hood children were once again without play equipment.

7( 1 Restoring Play Equipment to Rogers \f

remember my son Alexander riding a pony in Rogers Playground. It was after dusk, but the neighbor-kids were there. A11 but the newest kid - and that was the reason for t.he pony in Eastlake. IL was AugrusL 1998. Fletcher had been born with the will to 1ive, but not the lungs. Nearing the end of his 23 days in the hospital, the neighbor girls brought in t.heir pony f or Fletcher' s brot.her to ride . It was a distraction which helped us all tremendously. A year later, when the kindergarten playscape proved a pre-school failure, Ffetcher's parents Laurie and KC wanted to build something in his name. They were thinking maybe 95,000 and a weekend's community work project t.o f i11 the play equipment void left aL Rogers Playground. But other needs surfaced (and 95,000 buys not much in public playground equipment) . TOPS/Seward needed nl=rz aarrinman+- y'sj 1?-rzo:r-n1d tidS. fOf the 1- LO LJ Jsq! vtu n The Parks Department needed wheelchair access to the tennis courts and baLhrooms. And the Depart- menL of Neighborhoods required a public process 6 tO i nSrtre the n-^^^^-1 r.,-^ +..ttl rz f ha .^mmrrni l- rzr q rd Irr vt/uDqa waJ LI *_: o desire, not just the unsupported crusade of a few. !) Sm:'1 I .rrar^r hi cr F'r'i onds, of Rnrrorq Fl arzr-rrnrrnd a) - vr f\vvErD rrqyvrvqrru/ wiLh Laurie SLusser-McNeil's feadership, swelled into a two-year, $300,000 project. Hundreds of 'l ALEX JAMES and DAD, Spring 2007. We 13rqoool ass rsqvsDearzos rrrr,-u.-ees i mhedded i n 1_ha rrl arz ara: r^ii...... I I a -affy 2r? spaforf annravima|'altz al- |ha nar,r v.\L'|Ig cr!} nai alr'l.rnra l- moqq,aaroq. f rnm f :m i I rz , f-* ni *----i, andc rrel-gttl)or s, lJust- pnfranae ln fha nra-

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