PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON TIPPLE-LEEN, CAROLYN LAW & BETH SOMERFIELD
1.
CARKEEK
...underneath the thorn bushes there might very well be fruit.
2.
FLO WARE
..neighborhoods should stick together.
3.
HIAWATHA
Every kid needs something they excel at.
4.
GAS WORKS
..you just have to accept the life that you are given.
5.
VOLUNTEER
Her grandmother said, ‘Look at those orchids.’
6.
DANNY WOO
...in the way love and industry can turn a place into something special.
7.
WOODLAND
It’s the only sport where someone can start in midlife and excel.
8.
GREEN LAKE
People should learn languages like the cavemen did.
9.
KUBOTA
The only way to know your garden is to crawl through it.
10.
BALLARD SKATE PARK
‘Play’ in the case of this story means ‘skateboard’.
11.
BRADNER
This neighborhood is full of poor, smart people.
12.
COMMODORE
Bob Kildall still gets excited, almost forty years later.
