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* Seattle Channel's City Stream: Seattle Stairways (2016) 

* KPLU 88.1 "Tourist in Your Own Town" - Mount Baker Stairway Walk (2013)

* KING 5 Evening Magazine - Discover the Secret Stairways of Seattle (2013)

* KUOW News - The Hidden Legacy of Seattle Stairways (2013)

* AAA Journey - Last Stop: Stair Attraction (2012)

* Seattle Times - Guidebook Authors Show Ups and Downs. . . (2012)

Feet First - Seattle Walkability Advocates

* Sound Steps - Great Walking Groups for Over-50s!

* WalkOn inBellWa! - Walking Routes in Bellevue's Parks and Neighborhoods

Inventory of Seattle Stairs of 100 Steps or More website by Doug Beyerlein

* All Stairs Seattle Guide website by Susan Ott & Dave Ralph

* Year of Walking Seattle's Parks blog by Linnea Westerlind

*KOMO News - Year of Mapping Seattle's Stairs (2011)

*Seattle Times -  Queen Anne Stairways Map (2009)

* Washington Trails Association Magazine -  Urban Hiking (2007)

* Seattle Times - Seattle Stairways: Taking Time to Learn More About the City (2003)

* Seattle Weekly - Stairway Weekend (1999)

The Mountaineers as well as our publisher, Mountaineers Books

Seattle Stairway Walks: An Up-and-Down Guide to City Neighborhoods 

by Jake & Cathy Jaramillo

* The only guidebook to stairway walks in Seattle
* Explore Seattle neighborhoods in a new way with these interesting walks in Seattle
* Written for people of all ages who want to get outside, exercise, and explore
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Friday
Jan242014

A Stairway Transformed: Cedar Park

We've previously mentioned the refurbishing of the NE 130th Street stairway along the Cedar Park route. The work has been complete for about 10 months, so today we decided to take advantage of the bright winter sunshine by putting on our walking shoes and heading out to document the results.

The "Cedar Park and the Burke-Gilman Trail" stairway walk (see Chapter 4) wanders up and down the forested bluff at the northwest corner of Lake Washington, through an off-the-beaten track, north Seattle neighborhood. Because many of the trees on the bluff lose their leaves for winter, sunny winter days give exhilarating glimpses of the thickly forested hills rising just across the lake to mark St. Edwards State Park. You'll also get views of the snow-covered Cascades far in the distance to the northeast, especially from the long NE 135th Street stairway near the start of the walk (196 steps).

The refurbished stairway takes you from a street contouring along the bluff, all the way down to the Burke-Gilman Trail at the lakeshore. From there you stroll along the Trail for a while, before heading back up the bluff to complete the route. Here are a few before-and-after pictures of the newly refurbished NE 130th Street stairs.

 

Thursday
Jan162014

January Visit to San Francisco

The person who most inspired us to write "Seattle Stairway Walks" is Adah Bakalinsky, who wrote two stairway walks books - one for Los Angeles and the other for San Francisco. We recently used her book "Stairway Walks in San Francisco" (now in its 7th edition) to explore her Golden Gate Heights route with friends, on an unusually warm 70 degree-ish January day. If you find yourself in San Francisco, we heartily recommend an exploration of this world-class stairway city with the help of Adah's book - hopefully under similar weather conditions.