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12 Ways of Looking at Ravenna Creek (Photo Gallery)

By Michael van Baker
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Ravenna Creek

"Before the arrival of settlers from the United States, the principal feature of Ravenna and Roosevelt was the creek that drained Green Lake and emptied into Union Bay," mentions HistoryLink, in its entry on Ravenna.

"Ravenna Creek is a stream," reports Wikipedia, contrarily.

It's about 3,500 feet of creek (or stream), thanks to daylighting work that added 650 feet to its length. It arises in Cowen Park, then runs down to the bottom of a playfield, where it enters a pipeline that lets it empty into Lake Washington's University Slough. A trail meanders alongside its meanderings, and small wooden bridges cross it.

As Heraclitus knew, it's never the same creek twice.

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The 13th way of looking at Ravenna Park
See Charles Burns book Black Hole. When the teenagers get infected by the STD that causes them to mutate, they are forced to live like outcasts in Ravenna Park and eat garbage. Based on a true story.
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RE: The 13th way of looking at Ravenna Park
I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP! I left the path to take a picture of a bridge and on my way back looked up and saw three teenagers in a tree. Now I have chills.
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