Schools, schools, schools seemed to be everywhere on today's walk in the View Ridge, Bryant and Wedgwood neighborhoods. This shady street is alongside Thornton Creek Elementary which shares grounds with Decatur Elementary.


This staircase leads to ....

... this field and another staircase that leads to View Ridge Elementary.

These garden apartments abut Concordia Lutheran Elementary School but ...

... rows of modern townhouses are encroaching on them.

As I walked between 70th and 80th Streets from 35th to 50th Avenue, I could have been in the suburbs. I admired beautiful gardens and lovely parking strips, ...

... passed what I though was a Little Free Library until I realized it was a place to store sidewalk chalk, ...

... marveled at the fish imprinted in a parking strip ...
... and a private basketball half-court.

Density may soon disturb the suburban feel. I noted that a large new home, which fills its lot, was for sale. Another lot appears to have as many as five foundations going in.

Along this 6.5 mile walk, I saw parks, churches, shops, food pantries and Little Free Libraries I have recorded in prior posts. I did pass two new Little Free Libraries. They contained novels, self-help books as well as books on music, nature (specifically the North Cascades), pregnancy, and childbirth (maybe not surprising given all the elementary schools in the area).




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