Today's walk in the Green Lake neighborhood started in the park along the east side of the lake.


There is a lovely arch at the end of the tree-lined walkway shown above.

Out on East Green Lake Drive N, a commercial area houses restaurants, cafes, running shops, bicycle shops and the Green Lake Library which is currently being renovated. Bike lanes are prominent here.

The area west of 1st Avenue and north of E Green Lake Way N, is much more residential than the commercial area closer to 72nd Street. I noted older homes with impressive details and some lovely gardens.

I observed a mural, ...

... pumpkins growing in a parking strip, ...

... a reading nook around a Little Free Library, ...

...and a staircase which I climbed.

75th Street is just an alley in this area.

Over on Woodlawn Avenue, the Great  Hall at Green Lake has been let out to businesses (I think mostly professional services-oriented). Woodlawn is also home to restaurants, a gym, a chess academy and ...

... in an old church, the Center for Community, Arts & Spirituality.
I passed the Green Lake Masonic Lodge, Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Seattle Formosan Christian Church, and Seattle Jewish Community School.

It wouldn't be Seattle with building going on - this structure is near I-5 across from the plaza for Green Lake Village.
On this 6.5 mile walk, I passed eleven Little Free Libraries. They contained, novels, children's books, non-fiction books, cook books, magazines, travel books, coding manuals, health and wellness materials, collectable sports cards, books on cassette tapes, religious publications, a book on the flags of the world and a bowl of loose change (it sat on the top of one of the libraries).




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