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What can I do to help protect the park?
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As these spaces disappear, the importance of free and accessible public space only grows. Public parks, beaches, and other shared spaces offer something different. A place where people can gather, connect, and build relationships without first opening their wallet. Community should not be reserved for those who can afford it. As a transgender woman and…
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Although we may not think much about what we choose to wear to the beach today, every generation has had its own idea of what is acceptable, until fashion, culture, and laws changed. For over 100 years, Denny Blaine beach has challenged the rules and cultural expectations surrounding bodily expression, helping to redefine how Seattle…
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At Denny Blaine Park, there are limited infrastructure options to assist parkgoers in living up to this ethos of “Leave No Trace”, so we encourage parkgoers to pay special attention to their use of the park to ensure it is left better than it is found. Help keep Denny Blaine Park a clean, beautiful, and…
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As trial approaches, we encourage & welcome you to join us in the courtroom. This issue affects the entire Denny Blaine community, and your presence is deeply appreciated. Please follow the below guidelines if you plan to attend: Schedule Trial beings on 5/27, sessions will be held Mondays through Thursdays, 9:00am – 12pm and 1:30pm…
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SEATTLE, WA — Every generation deserves proof that people like them survived, created, and built community before them. Public recognition of queer history matters because it reminds people that LGBTQ+ communities have always existed and always will.
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On the hottest day of the spring so far, I made my way to Denny Blaine and found the beach waking back up after months of gray skies and cold weather. For Evan, places like this are about far more than nudity. They are about comfort. About existing in public without feeling watched or out…
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Our local ecology is comprised of many different types of plants, animals, insects, and microbes that work together to create a healthy environment and keep systems stable. This precarious situation can be interrupted with the addition of invasive or destructive species and practices.
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One of the most controversial of our Community Guidelines that we have heard about during our stewardship efforts reads: “Dogs are prohibited on the beach area for the preservation of plant life and beach ecology. Please only bring your leashed dog to the upper park areas.” Needless to say, it has been unpopular with some…
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Denny Blaine Park may look simple enough to access on a map: a small public beach with parking tucked into the historic Denny-Blaine neighborhood along Lake Washington Boulevard with easy street access, but anyone who has tried to visit on a sunny Seattle day knows that getting to the beach can be a struggle. If…