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Here is my mini review of mini parks. Mini usually describes something that's small and cute. Mini parks may not be cute but they certainly are small - very small. Each park is so small that there are 3 on Fairview Ave alone. How do does the city of Seattle make the decision to build a mini park? I imagine the process goes something like this. Important decision maker #1: Hmm... there's enough space here for 2 cars. What should we do? Important decision maker #2: Well, we obviously can't let anyone park here. Let's build a mini park. We start up the road at Terry Pettus Park. The official word on the street is that this park is 0.9 acres. Google tells me that 1 acre is 43560 square feet which means that this park is 39204 sq ft. I'm stunned. Did I sleep through Math on Crack 101? Perhaps 39204 sq ft is the total surface area of all the leaves in the park, the parking lot, and the street. |
![]() ![]() Terry Pettus park. All 0.9 acres of it. |
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Moving along, there is Lynn Street Park. Lynn Park was saved by some kind of grocer or something. I can't be bothered to read the plaque. Lynn park is cute cute cute. There are tiles everywhere. It's like big bathroom! But seriously - cute doesn't mean park goers should ever be careless in their attitude towards sewage overflow. Beware. It could happen to you. |
| Finally we get to Roanoake St. Mini Park. I can't talk about this park because I, like the city of Seattle, am trying to conserve space. Actually, it was pretty boring, and I don't remember anything about it other than that it was mini. |
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The lost insole ... How does one lose an insole? Did the bottom of this person's shoe fall off? Of course once you lose something in park this size, there is no way to find it again. |
| No matter how small the park is, sewage is always in fashion. | A mini park? or someone's used lawn furniture. Tough call. |