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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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Tuesday
Jul092013

Stairwalking in Eastlake

Chris Leman of the Eastlake Community Council invited us to lead a stairway walk with Eastlake residents last weekend, as part of the Council's busy schedule of neighborhood activities. We did the route in Chapter 9, "Eastlake, North Capitol Hill, and Portage Bay," altering the sequence just a bit so we could meet and start in Eastlake, next to Colonnade Park.

Other than the change to starting place, we walked the route in its entirety. As always seems to happen with stairway walking, we again discovered new neighborhood treasures we hadn't noticed on multiple previous walks!

Thursday
Jun272013

Goats Block Downtown Stairway

A reader alerted us that the Pine Street stairway just below Pike Place Market is now blocked by a chain-link fence. This is part of the "Downtown: City Hall to Pike Place" stairway walk detailed in Chapter 15, so we took a look and brought back some pictures to fill in the story, which revolves around goats: 

A nearby sign advises walkers to take the stairs running up the outside corner of the parking garage just to the south. We tested them and they work just fine. For additional route detour directions, go to our main "Downtown: City Hall to Pike Place" post. 

The goats, many of them rescued, are housed on Vashon Island when they're not helping the city do its annual cleanup of blackberries, thistles and other noxious weeds in hard-to-reach areas. The goat-running outfit, "Rent A Ruminant," says the goats should finish cleanup here by the end of June. Hopefully the fencing will come down right after that.