It’s time!
Light rail trains start running in just 31 days, and with free Opening Day rides, Sound Transit expects the line to attract 100,000 people on that Saturday alone. Many of them will be visiting the Rainier Valley for the first time.
What will they all do? Where will they all go?
Our pals at Seattle Transit Blog have asked us to play tour guide and we want your help, but not for nothin’. If we choose your suggestion, you’ll win two tickets to Columbia City Cinema and a brand new super cool Rainier Valley Post t-shirt!
Suggestions must be within walking distance of one of our five light rail stops:
Beacon Hill- Mt. Baker
- Columbia City
- Othello
- Rainier Beach
And be appropriate for one of the following visitors:
- Station Hugger (within 1/4-mile)
- Urban Explorer (within 1/2-mile)
Please email us directly with your suggestions. Deadline is Sat., June 27.
Thanks, neighbors!
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I am interested to see what people come up with for the Tuckwila stop. As far as I can tell, there’s a whole lot a nuthin around there.
I hear they have a park & ride.
not exactly a tourist attraction, but it sure would be nice to have one of those around here. Or my old Graham St station back.
They should check out the car wash by the Beacon Hill stop.
You think they’d have the sense to put in a park and ride next to one of these stops!
Ok, I can’t resist.
How about Othello Park and Playground! My favorite activities include:
- Watching the locals communicate with profanities during family picnics;
- Play with unleashed dogs like Doberman Pinchers;
- Hunt for empty dime-bags in the playground;
- Watch people hop the fence near the basketball court to buy drugs;
- Enjoy the smell of wacky tobacco; and
- The very realistic chance that I might witness or be the victim of crime.
Maybe we should clean up these neighborhoods before we start trying to invite visitors. I don’t even want my parents to see wear we live.
My brother was just here visiting and I found myself pointing out where so and so got killed and where they shoot your dog in your yard and found that I am getting a very negative view of our city, it wasn’t on purpose it just flows from you so naturally when it happens ALL THE TIME. I did like that I didn’t hear the Rainier Valley Choir “A bunch of sirens” while I was not here.
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