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The Seattle Department of Transportation’s Shoreline Street Ends program turns any shoreline at the end of a street into a public access beach.

The giant mural between Pike Place and Elliott Bay brings attention to restoration efforts and preservation.

Enjoy some community events or give back to local nonprofits for this year’s commemoration of Juneteenth.

Planning a getaway? Bellingham has all the charms of a small, coastal town with the comforts of nature and a bustling events schedule.

Seattle’s “ramps to nowhere,” which were partially demolished during WSDOT’s current Montlake project, were the result of 1963 protests — sometimes referred to as the Freeway Revolts — over the construction of a freeway that would have split the Central District in half.