[polarbear-]

Here is a great article from the PI on the Olmsted brothers who helped create many of Seattle's parks (Seward being one of my favorites).

[MooseAndSquirrel]

That was an interesting article, glad we got the right Olmsted to do the job! The story touched on how Seattle looked when he first took a gander at the city- lots of logged-off areas especially. I've always been amused when people think of the "good old days" and picture an idylic landscape, when quite the opposite was generally the case thanks to a propensity to level the existing trees for a growing city. Most pictures I've seen of older Seattle show a stark, ugly landscape created by man. Thank goodness there has been some progress made over time in trying to correct past mistakes & ways of thinking about our environment.